Owen Wilson's top-rated movies and TV shows, according to IMDb
From Loki to The Life Aquatic and Cars to Wedding Crashers, a look at Wilson's top projects
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Loki (2021)
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”
Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Owen Wilson (Mobius), Sophia Di Martino (Sylvie, The Variant), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ravonna Renslayer, Judge Renslayer)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel’s glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Rating: 8.1/10
Stars: Ralph Fiennes (M. Gustave), F. Murray Abraham (Mr. Moustafa), Mathieu Amalric (Serge X.), Adrien Brody (Dmitri), Owen Wilson (M. Chuck)
Wonder (2017)
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Rating: 7.9/10
Stars: Jacob Tremblay (Auggie), Owen Wilson (Nate), Izabela Vidovic (Via), Julia Roberts (Isabel)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation.
Rating: 7.9/10
Stars: George Clooney (Mr. Fox), Meryl Streep (Mrs. Fox), Bill Murray (Badger), Jason Schwartzman (Ash), Owen Wilson (Coach Skip)
Midnight In Paris (2011)
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Rating: 7.6/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (Gil), Rachel McAdams (Inez), Kathy Bates (Gertrude Stein), Kurt Fuller (John)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
Rating: 7.6/10
Stars: Gene Hackman (Royal Tenenbaum), Gwyneth Paltrow (Margot Tenenbaum), Anjelica Huston (Etheline Tenenbaum), Ben Stiller (Chas Tenenbaum), Owen Wilson (Eli Cash)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
A year after their father’s funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Rating: 7.2/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (Francis), Adrien Brody (Peter), Jason Schwartzman (Jack), Amara Karan (Rita)
Cars (2006)
On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn’t everything in life.
Rating: 7.2/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Bonnie Hunt (Sally Carrera), Paul Newman (Doc Hudson), Larry the Cable Guy (Mater)
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
Rating: 7.2/10
Stars: Bill Murray (Steve Zissou), Owen Wilson (Ned Plimpton), Anjelica Huston (Eleanor Zissou), Cate Blanchett (Jane Winslett-Richardson)
The French Dispatch (2021)
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch Magazine”.
Rating: 7.1/10
Stars: Benicio Del Toro (Moses Rosenthaler), Adrien Brody (Julian Cadazio), Tilda Swinton (J.K.L. Berensen), Léa Seydoux (Simone), Owen Wilson (Herbsaint Sazerac)
Marley & Me (2008)
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.
Rating: 7/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (John), Jennifer Aniston (Jenny), Eric Dane (Sebastian), Kathleen Turner (Ms. Kornblut)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.
Rating: 7/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (John Beckwith), Vince Vaughn (Jeremy Grey), Rachel McAdams (Claire Cleary), Christopher Walken (Secretary Cleary)
Meet The Parents (2000)
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend’s parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date’s worst nightmare.
Rating: 7/10
Stars: Ben Stiller (Greg Focker), Robert De Niro (Jack Byrnes), Teri Polo (Pam Byrnes), Blythe Danner (Dina Byrnes), Owen Wilson (Kevin Rawley)
Cars On The Road (2022)
Lightning McQueen and Mater go on a cross-country road trip to see Mater’s sister.
Rating: 6.9/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Larry the Cable Guy (Mater), Robin Atkin Downes (Additional Voices), Zeno Robinson (Additional Voices, Jeremy, Lance the Writer)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
Rating: 6.9/10
Stars: Luke Wilson (Anthony Adams), Owen Wilson (Dignan), Ned Dowd (Dr. Nichols), Shea Fowler (Grace)
Cars 3 (2017)
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove to a new generation of racers that he’s still the best race car in the world.
Rating: 6.7/10
Stars: Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Cristela Alonzo (Cruz Ramirez), Chris Cooper (Smokey), Nathan Fillion (Sterling)
No Escape (2015)
In their new overseas house, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape from an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Rating: 6.7/10
Stars: Lake Bell (Annie Dwyer), Pierce Brosnan (Hammond), Owen Wilson (Jack Dwyer), Thanawut Ketsaro (Samnang)
Armageddon (1998)
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Rating: 6.7/10
Stars: Bruce Willis (Harry S. Stamper), Billy Bob Thornton (Dan Truman), Ben Affleck (A.J. Frost), Liv Tyler (Grace Stamper), Owen Wilson (Oscar)