Ranking the 10 best Jack Black movies

While companies like DreamWorks and Pixar have dominated the animation scene for the last two decades, there are a few franchises that have been able to blossom outside of this dominant orbit. Ice Age from Blue Sky Studios has been one of the most successful family-friendly movie series since the 2000s. The first film features three era-specific animals that form a bond with a human baby while trying to save it from the dangers of the natural world around them. Jack Black provides voice work as Zeke, one of the saber-toothed tigers opposing the protagonist group. Unfortunately, Black never appeared in any of the sequels of Ice Age.

Before King Kong was turned into a part of the mediocre MonsterVerse with Godzilla, Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame had other ideas for the famous gigantic gorilla. Jack Black plays Carl Denham, an overly ambitious film director who will do whatever it takes to capture footage of Kong and the various monsters of Skull Island with his actors. Black’s wit and delivery during tense moments of the film helped grant levity to a 3-hour runtime that wore many audiences down. Still, King Kong is arguably the best adaptation of the original 1933 film about the lonely ape.

The movie based off of Nintendo’s most famous video game character has been the biggest box office success of 2023. Mario (Chris Pratt) must save his brother Luigi (Charlie Day) from the clutches of the evil Bowser, voiced by Jack Black. The actor is able to infuse Bowser with his iconic charm from the games, while also letting the audience know that he’s a villain to be reckoned with. We can’t wait to see if there will be more movies set in the Mushroom Kingdom in the years to come.