Adam Sandler is a famous comedian and film actor with a great sense of humour. His movies can be rewatched several times. Here is a selection of the best films with Adam Sandler.
Uncut Gems
- Rating IMDB – 7.4
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- US production / 2019
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $50,023,780
- Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Eric Bogosian, Keith Williams Richards, Judd Hirsh, Mike Francesa, Noah Fisher
A top film starring Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner, a pawnshop owner who manages to owe serious people money. The hero gets a second chance and bids for the Celtics.
The film received high marks and Sandler did well in an unfamiliar genre. Nevertheless, elements of humour found use, such as the tattoo of Howard’s name on Julia Fox’s buttocks. Well, Adam suffered the most – he had to wear fake teeth. The idea to star in this film came to Sandler’s wife after watching A Good Time.
Reign Over Me
- Rating IMDB – 7.4
- Genre: Drama
- US production / 2007
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $22,222,308
- Director Mike Binder
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burroughs, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks
A dramatic film about old friends meeting with different fates. Adam Sandler has once again shown that he can do more than just comedy. One of the characters lost his family and put his life on the line, the other achieved good heights in medicine and had a glorious family. This encounter will be fateful for our characters.
Originally, Tom Cruise was up for the lead role, but then, after much deliberation, Sandler took his place. After the premiere, the actor received a Young People’s Choice nomination from the Film Actor’s Choice category.
The Longest Yard
- Rating IMDB – 6.4
- Genre: Crime, sports, comedy
- US production / 2005
- Budget: $82,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $190,320,568
- Directed by Peter Segal
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, James Cromwell, William Fichtner, Nellie, Michael Irvine, Bob Sapp, Nicholas Turturro, Terry Crews
At the top of Adam Sandler’s list of best films is a comedy about the life of prisoners. The protagonist is a professional football player who gets behind the wheel drunk and ends up in a prison where there are football matches between guards and inmates. Sandler’s character, initiated by the warden, takes over the team of inmates.
All or nothing is a comedy that caused almost the entire cast to suffer – injuries, sprains… Incidentally, the film was filmed in a closed part of a prison complex in New Mexico. It was also the site of the biggest prison riot of 1980.
Anger Management
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.2 / IMDB – 6.2
- Genre: Melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2003
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $195,745,823
- Directed by: Peter Segal
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzman, Jonathan Loughran, Kurt Fuller, Christa Allen, January Jones, Woody Harrelson, Heather Graham
A killer comedy with Jack Nicholson in the background. Sandler’s character, a humble clerk, is thrown by fate into the crosshairs by an uncontrollable rage. After an attack on a flight attendant, the clerk finds himself in contact with a psychologist with an unusual technique. And here Sandler’s acting is intertwined with Nicholson’s acting talents. Watch an anger management session on behalf of top-notch actors.
Eddie Murphy, Dustin Hoffman and even Oscar-winning Robert De Niro were considered for the role of Buddy Rydell. The lead actor was Adam Sadler.
The film was dedicated to Lynn Thigpen, who died a month before the premiere.
50 First Dates
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.3 / IMDB – 6.8
- Genre: Comedy, melodrama, drama
- US production / 2004
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $196,482,882
- Directed by: Peter Segal
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lucia Strus, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Allen Covert, Blake Clarke, Maya Rudolph
50 First Kisses is a romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Adam’s character, Henry Roth, tries long and hard to win Lucy’s affection. And just as the kid gets his way, Lucy gets in a car accident that wipes the memories of the restless Romeo clean. Now Henry must win back his love by reminding Lucy of his feelings every day.
The scenario is based on a fictional illness that Lucy suffers from. Every morning her memory is erased to a certain point.
Fifty First Kisses is Sandler and Barrymore’s only work that has grossed an impressive two hundred million dollars at the box office.
The Wedding Singer
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.9 / IMDB – 6.9
- Genre: Melodrama, comedy, music
- US production / 1998
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $123,306,987
- Directed by: Frank Coraci
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Ellen Albertini Dow, Angela Featherstone, Alexis Arquette, Christina Pickles, Jodi Thelen
Another co-production between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Robbie, a wedding bandleader, and Julia, a waitress, are caught up in an unusual whirlwind of events after a chance encounter. Robbie’s marriage is postponed, after which he helps Julia prepare for her wedding. Well, the girl asks the guy to teach her how to kiss like in romantic movies.
“The Wedding Singer is the highlight of Sandler’s career. He received a hefty fee of over 5 million and overshadowed the box-office actors who had applied for the role: Matthew Broderick, Charlie Sheen and Christopher Macdonald.
Just Go with It
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.3 / IMDB – 6.4
- Genre: Melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2011
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $214,945,591
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson, Brooklyn Decker, Bailee Madison, Griffin Gluck, Dave Matthews, Kevin Nealon, Rachel Dratch
A romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler that showcases the rise of a desperate womaniser on his journey from loser and heel, to hunter of ‘one-night stands’. But once Sandler’s character falls in love for real, he has to resort to Jennifer Aniston’s character, who doesn’t share his world view.
The film shows classic humour from Adam Sandler, as well as a great figure from Jennifer Aniston, whose birthday (the 44th) coincides with the film’s premiere date. The hero’s potential spouse, by the way, was played by Adam Sandler’s real-life wife.
Spanglish
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.1 / IMDB – 6.4
- Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2004
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $54,982,234
- Directed by: James L. Brooks
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Tea Leoni, Cloris Leachman, Shelby Bruce, Sarah Steele, Ian Hyland, Victoria Luna, Cecilia Suarez, Ricardo Molina
A comedy film starring Adam Sandler. A Mexican woman and her daughter arrive in the States hoping to find a better life. A woman gets a job as a housekeeper for a Clasky couple. The highlight of the comedy is the language barrier, between Mexican and American citizens. There are a lot of awkward situations diluted with Sandler’s traditional humour.
There was also a language barrier on the set – actress Paz Vega did not speak English and the director did not speak Spanish. Only an experienced interpreter sitting next to James L. Brooks was able to remedy the situation.
The Meyerowitz Stories
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.4 / IMDB – 6.9
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- US production / 2017
- Director: Noah Baumbach
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Candice Bergen, Rebecca Miller, Judd Hirsh, Dan Flaherty
The protagonist is the son of a famous sculptor, a romantic poet played by Adam Sandler. Danny visits his father in New York with his child and his hemorrhoid, where he meets his successfully married half-sister.
Viewers are invited to watch the family reunion against the backdrop of a much-anticipated exhibition at MOMA. In parallel, the aging sculptor shares his life experiences and happy memories.
Thanks to the excellent cast and skilful director Noah Baumback, the film was selected for the Palme d’Or at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Click
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.1 / IMDB – 6.4
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
- US production / 2006
- Budget: $82,500,000
- Worldwide gross: $237,681,299
- Directed by: Frank Coraci
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Astin, Rachel Dratch, Cameron Monaghan
A top film starring Adam Sandler. Michael is a working-class architect desperate to get a promotion. Amidst this race, a guy’s relationship with his wife and children falls apart, and then a magic remote control falls into his hands. The little device allows you to take complete control of your life, but Michael hasn’t thought about the possible consequences.
A similar story was found in a story by R.L. Stein, written in 1995. The film and this work even had the same title, Click. Adam Sandler was nearly sued by Scholastic Inc for copyright infringement, but the parties later reached a settlement as another similar story surfaced – the old French fairy tale The Magic Floss.
Happy Gilmore
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.3 / IMDB – 7.0
- Genre: Comedy, sports
- US production / 1996
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $41,205,099
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Allen Covert, Robert Smigel, Bob Barker, Richard Keel, Dennis Dugan
Sandler’s character in Lucky Gilmore is a hockey fan and possesses a killer shot. As fate would have it, Gilmore starts playing golf and develops a cannon shot. The lad will have to put up with the downsides of the game and the business in exchange for colossal royalties. Despite the fact that Sandler has hardly ever held a club in his hands, either for hockey or golf, he is well prepared for the making of the film.
Incidentally, it was Sandler who managed to lure Christopher Macdonald, who initially refused to do the film. Age didn’t stop the actor from playing the fight scene.
Men, Women & Children
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.6 / IMDB – 6.6
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- US production / 2014
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $1,705,908
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Rosemary DeWitt, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, Emma Thompson, Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Crocicchia, Caitlin Deaver, Ansel Elgort
A comedy with drama elements, featuring Adam Sandler as a model family man. But it’s not Sandler’s character who’s at the centre of the story, it’s his children and their gang. The film is about the impact of the internet on the relationship between fathers and children.
At the time of its release, the film received poor reviews, but there was also some positive feedback. Many people still don’t like seeing Sandler in a serious character. “Men, Women and Children makes you think about important things and take a new look at your children and your parents, because there is a great chasm of modern technology and adolescent maximalism that separates us.
Bedtime Stories
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.9 / IMDB – 6.0
- Genre: Fiction, fantasy, melodrama, comedy, adventure, family
- US production / 2008
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $212,874,442
- Directed by: Adam Shankman
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Courteney Cox, Jonathan Morgan Haight, Laura Ann Kesling
A family fantasy starring Adam Sandler, whose hero has lived a boring life. One day the guy is left to look after his nephews, who can’t sleep without their mother’s stories. Sandler makes up incredible stories as he goes along and the next morning, they come true! This isn’t the first film where we’ve seen Sandler in a family film.
All of the computers shown in the film are exclusively from Apple. And in one scene, a bulldog that actually belongs to Adam Sandler appears.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 5.9
- Genre: Melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2007
- Budget: $85,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $186,072,214
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Nick Swardson, Nicholas Turturro, Richard Chamberlain, Mary Pat Gleason
The story is about two firemen who get caught up in a nasty story. Adam Sandler’s character and his friend, a bachelor fireman, make up a fake insurance policy and pass themselves off as a homosexual couple. The friends live on welfare benefits, but their deception is soon uncovered by a picky official. To preserve their legend, Chuck and Larry become embroiled in a whirlwind of ridiculous and ludicrous situations.
The first version of the script did not please actor Dan Aykroyd very much. He personally suggested some edits to Adam Sandler. It is known that his comments were included in the final version of the script.
Mr. Deeds
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 5.8
- Genre: Melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2002
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $171,269,535
- Directed by: Steven Brill
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Eric Avari, Peter Dante, Conchata Ferrell, Harve Presnell
One of the top films starring Adam Sandler. An ordinary cook, Longfellow Deeds, receives a $40 million inheritance from his uncle. Sandler’s character faces the envy of his in-laws and pressure from the press. But his acquaintance Emilio helps him find a way out of an unpleasant situation.
In A Millionaire in Captivity, Sandler showed great combat training. During the filming of the beating scene, Adam delivered a powerful blow to Allen Covert, after which he fell to the pavement and lost consciousness.
Punch-Drunk Love
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 7.3
- Genre: Drama, melodrama, comedy
- US production / 2002
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $24,665,649
- Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Luis Guzman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Smigel, Lisa Spector, Julie Hermelin, Karen Hermelin, Hazel Mayu
The film is about loser Barry, the eighth child in the family. He’s in his 30s, has no anger management skills and no ability to communicate with women. Suddenly, Sandler’s hero gets lucky – he meets a strange girl who turns his inner world upside down.
Adam Sandler was specially invited for this film. Paul Thomas Anderson wrote the script specifically for Emily Watson and Adam Sandler. The other actors were changed several times, for example, the role of Dean was to be played by Sean Penn.
Blended
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 6.5
- Genre: Comedy, family
- US production / 2014
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $127,994,610
- Directed by: Frank Coraci
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Braxton Beckham, Kyle Red Silverstein, Kevin Nealon, Zach Henry, Wendy McLendon-Covey
A classic comedy with Adam Sandler’s trademark charisma. Jim and Lauren meet on “speed dating” and hate each other. As fate would have it, they find themselves on a week-long holiday with their children at a posh resort. After all, they have to become friends and look at each other in a new way.
“Blended” is the third film in which Sandler stars with Drew Barrymore. The actors develop a great affection for each other. That’s why in the film Jim gives Lauren daisies, which are Drew’s favourite flowers in real life!
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.6 / IMDB – 5.6
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 2008
- Budget: $90,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $199,936,011
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Ido Mosseri, Rob Schneider, Dave Matthews, Michael Buffer, Charlotte Rae
A tough, but benchmark, comedy starring Adam Sandler as a Jewish spy who decides to go to America. The first-rate killing machine, played by Sandler, dreams of becoming a barber, but New York is full of Jews and Arabs who know Zohan. Can the spy start a peaceful life and marry a Palestinian woman?
This character had a real-life prototype, Nezi Arbib, a former Israeli military officer. He personally assisted Sandler in working on the character of the superspy barber.
Grown Ups
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 5.9
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 2010
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $271,430,189
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph, Joyce Van Patten, Ebony Jo-Ann
A heartwarming comedy with Adam Sandler and an excellent cast including Rob Schneider. Childhood friends gather after the funeral of their coach at the country house and share happy memories. They have different social statuses, different values. But what they have in common is Robin Hood roulette!
The film was a resounding success. After the premiere, Adam Sandler bought his closest colleagues in the film a brand new Maserati. By the way, the film was supposed to be released in 1990. Plans were overshadowed by the death of Farley. Adam Sandler didn’t return until several decades later.
Billy Madison
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.8 / IMDB – 6.3
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 1995
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $26,488,734
- Directed by: Tamra Davis
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridget Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel, Norm MacDonald, Mark Beltzman, Larry Hankin, Teresa Merritt, Dina Platias
A cool comedy starring Adam Sandler about a big-headed goofball named Billy Madison. Billy is the heir to a huge fortune, just living life behind a beer and obscene magazines. But soon Billy will have to sit behind a school desk, otherwise his entire inheritance will fall into the hands of the competition. The hero has to re-educate himself, and he has only two weeks for each class.
According to Sandler, playing the great retard was the hardest part of his acting career to begin with.
The Cobbler
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.2 / IMDB – 5.8
- Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
- US production / 2014
- Worldwide gross: $6,501,058
- Director: Tom McCarthy
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Method Man, Ellen Barkin, Meloni Diaz, Dan Stevens, Fritz Weaver, Yul Vazquez, Steve Buscemi, Dustin Hoffman, Lynn Cohen
A funny film starring Adam Sandler about reincarnations. Max is an ordinary shoemaker working in his family’s shop. At the height of his frustration with life, Max stumbles upon an unusual artifact that dramatically changes his life. Trying on someone else’s shoes, Max takes on the appearance of those who wore them. Of course, the charismatic comedian begins to actively use this gift.
The film features an unusual friendship between Adam Sandler and Steve Buscemi, who have collaborated on 10 films together.
Fun fact, “Cobbler” is a Hebrew word that translates as “Shoemaker”, which highlights the connection between the protagonist’s profession and the film’s title.
Little Nicky
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.0 / IMDB – 5.3
- Genre: Fantasy, comedy
- US production / 2000
- Budget: $85,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $58,292,295
- Directed by: Steven Brill
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tom ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr., Rodney Dangerfield, Allen Covert, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Robert Smigel
A film about the Devil’s retarded heir. Starring Adam Sandler as a dandy demon who escapes into the human world to bring back Satan’s runaway children. The film was filmed for exactly a year in New York, the symbolic city for religious communities.
Incidentally, there is a reference to Happy Gilmore in the film. This can be seen in the scene where Nicky meets Chaps in heaven and he talks about wanting to come down to earth and play golf. In Lucky Gilmore, the same actor (Carl Weathers) plays a former professional league player.
That’s My Boy
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.1 / IMDB – 5.5
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 2012
- Budget: $70,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $57,719,093
- Directed by: Sean Anders
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, Milo Ventimiglia, Vanilla Ice, Blake Clarke, Will Forte, James Caan, Tony Orlando, Susan Sarandon
A classic of the Adam Sandler genre. The plot centres on a teenager who sleeps with a sexy teacher, who, of course, goes to prison and gives birth to a son. Years later, the grown-up father shows up at his son’s wedding and starts causing mayhem.
The film is full of interesting facts. For example, Sandler is only 12 years older than his screen son (Andy Samberg). Because of the excessive amount of below-the-belt jokes, “Daddy Dosvidos” has received different age ratings several times.
Murder Mystery
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.3 / IMDB – 6.0
- Genre: Comedy, detective
- US production / 2019
- Directed by: Kyle Newachek
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Luke Evans, Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, David Walliams, Dani Boon, John Kani, Adil Akhtar, Olafur Darri Olafsson
The couple in Murder Mystery, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, go on a long-awaited holiday. After meeting a local aristocrat, they witness a murder on his yacht. The situation is serious, as the Americans are the first under suspicion, but they see it as just a colourful adventure.
Adam Sandler took a long time to prepare for filming, production work began back in 2012 and Charlize Theron was up for the lead role.
Funny People
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.1 / IMDB – 6.3
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- US production / 2009
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $71,842,711
- Directed by: Judd Apatow
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow
In Pranksters, Adam Sandler plays himself as a successful comedian and actor. The character is diagnosed with a terminal illness, finding out he has less than a year to live. At the peak of his career, he decides to befriend fellow actor Ira Wright, whose career is going down the drain.
Adam Sandler was so keen to take part in the comedy that he turned down an offer from Quentin Tarantino to play one of the lead roles in Inglourious Basterds. Instead of Sandler, the role went to Eli Roth.
Grown Ups 2
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 6.0 / IMDB – 5.3
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 2013
- Budget: $80,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $247,022,278
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Nick Swardson, Alexander Ludwig, Colin Quinn
The sequel to Grown Ups with Adam Sandler’s team turned out to be dubious. Almost all the characters from the first part have moved to a quiet town and are constantly sharing happy memories. In addition, the group clashes with the local fraternity, which leads to an amusing conflict.
Originally, Brad Pitt was considered for the role of the schoolteacher. The main myth of ‘Grown Ups’ is that there was no quarrel between Sandler and Schneider, Rob did not take part in the filming because of his work on ‘Conflict Situations’.
Big Daddy
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.4 / IMDB – 6.4
- Genre: Drama, comedy
- US production / 1999
- Budget: $34,200,000
- Worldwide gross: $234,801,895
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, John Stewart, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Josh Mostel, Leslie Mann, Allen Covert, Rob Schneider, Christy Swanson
Adam Sandler’s profession in Big Daddy is that of an unemployed loser living on welfare. As luck would have it, Sandler’s character adopts his friend’s son, creating an incomplete but fun family.
In the early days of his career, Adam Sandler had a hand in the script and props. The diver doll “Steve” is fictional, a diver invented by the actor himself, transferring memories from his childhood to the screen. But Adam called him Diver Dan. The same puppet was shown in the first scenes of Hard Child.
Jack and Jill
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 5.2 / IMDB – 3.3
- Genre: Comedy
- US production / 2011
- Budget: $79,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $149,673,788
- Directed by: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Elodie Tunier, Roen Chand, Eugenio Derbez, David Spade, Nick Swardson, Tim Meadows, Allen Covert
Adam Sandler, in the film, is a model family man who has to host his crazy twin sister. It soon transpires that the little sister is not here for a day or two, but to settle down in the flat of her brother, who can’t stand her.
Despite Al Pacino’s presence, Such Different Twins won in every “Worst” category – worst actor, worst director, worst supporting actor, worst script, etc. Plus, Adam Sandler accidentally exposed his genitals when he wore a miniskirt as the twin Jill.
Pixels
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 5.9 / IMDB – 5.6
- Genre: Animation, sci-fi, fantasy, action, comedy
- Production: USA, China, Canada / 2015
- Budget: $88,000,000
- Worldwide gross: $244,874,809
- Director: Chris Columbus
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Brian Cox, Matt Lintz, Sean Bean, Jane Krakowski, Dan Aykroyd
Adam Sandler’s first film about the apocalypse. Pixels – characters from popular games – suddenly invade the earth, and so it’s up to seasoned gamers, led by a fairy scientist, to fight them.
The prototype characters became prototypes of famous champion gamers. The numbers that flash across the film are no coincidence: the film’s video game record is Sam Brenner’s real-life score in the game Pacman, and the centipede is Jim Schneider’s record. And the image of the President of the United States is drawn from the real-life Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie.
The Do-Over
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 5.8 / IMDB – 5.7
- Genre: Action, comedy, detective, adventure
- US production / 2016
- Directed by: Steven Brill
- Cast: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson, Matt Walsh, Renée Taylor, Sean Astin, Natasha Legero, Luis Guzmán
An action-comedy from the master of humorous action, Adam Sandler. Two friends fake their own deaths in order to start life anew. They can’t put an end to crime, so they’re in for more trouble.
Adam Sandler did a good job on the script. He managed to combine the characters’ childhood fears, moderate action and Guy Ritchie-like criminal humour. Interestingly, the picture only took a little over a year to shoot, and the actors didn’t work as hard on their physicality as the real action heroes.
Hubie Halloween
- Rating: Kinopoisk – 5.4 / IMDB – 5.2
- Genre: Comedy, detective
- US production / 2020
- Directed by: Steven Brill
- Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows, Michael Chiklis, June Squib
Adam Sandler’s protagonist is Hubie, a simpleton who adores the Halloween holiday. Being the object of constant ridicule, he keeps order on the day and suddenly finds himself a witness in a case of mass disappearances.
The film received mixed reviews, with some praising Sandler’s performance while others criticized him. Thus, many people still find Adam Sandler a stock character actor even though he gave a good performance in Uncut Gems, 2019. Still, the movie was a commercial success, with many audiences enjoying the unique blend of comedy and thriller elements in the film.
