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Best James Corden movies

We present our ranking of the best James Corden movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Corden.

TOP 25: Gulliver's Travels

James Corden as: Jinks
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2010
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.


TOP 24: Lesbian Vampire Killers

James Corden as: Fletch
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Release: 2009
With their women having been enslaved by a pack of lesbian vampires, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.

TOP 23: The Emoji Movie

James Corden as: Hi-5 (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Release: 2017
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.


TOP 22: Planet 51

James Corden as: Soldier Vernkot (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family
Release: 2009
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.


TOP 21: The Three Musketeers

James Corden as: Planchet
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release: 2011
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

TOP 20: Into the Woods

James Corden as: Baker
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Release: 2014
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.


TOP 19: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

James Corden as: Post Modern Review Staff
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2008
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York.


TOP 18: Kill Your Friends

James Corden as: Waters
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2015
In the late 1990s, a drug-addled nihilist resorts to murder to climb the ladder of the London music industry.

TOP 17: The Lady in the Van

James Corden as: Street Trader
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2015
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.


TOP 16: Starter for 10

James Corden as: Tone
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Release: 2006
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.


TOP 15: Trolls Holiday

James Corden as: Biggie (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Family, TV Movie
Release: 2017
When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken.

TOP 14: One Chance

James Corden as: Paul Potts
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Release: 2013
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.


TOP 13: The History Boys

James Corden as: Timms
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2006
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.


TOP 12: Peter Rabbit

James Corden as: Peter Rabbit (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Release: 2018
Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.


TOP 11: Smallfoot

James Corden as: Percy Patterson (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2018
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village.

TOP 10: Yesterday

James Corden as: James Corden
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Release: 2019
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.


TOP 9: Trolls

James Corden as: Biggie (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Family
Release: 2016
Lovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known.


TOP 8: The Gruffalo's Child

James Corden as: The Mouse (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Release: 2011
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!


TOP 7: Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

James Corden as: Narrator
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Release: 2015
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. Mrs. Silver has a small pet tortoise, Alfie, whom she loves very much. One morning, Mrs. Silver mentions to Mr. Hoppy that even though she has had Alfie for many years, her pet has only grown a tiny bit and has gained only 3 ounces in weight. She confesses that she wishes she knew of some way to make her little Alfie grown into a larger, more dignified tortoise. Mr. Hoppy suddenly thinks of a way to give Mrs. Silver her wish and win her affection.


TOP 6: Ocean's Eight

James Corden as: John Frazier
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2018
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

TOP 5: The Gruffalo

James Corden as: Mouse (voice)
Genre: Animation, Family
Release: 2009
The magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut.


TOP 4: All or Nothing

James Corden as: Rory
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2002
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.


TOP 3: Begin Again

James Corden as: Steve
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance, Drama
Release: 2013
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.


TOP 2: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

James Corden as: Kirky
Genre: Drama
Release: 2005
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.


TOP 1: Trolls World Tour

James Corden as: Biggie (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Family
Release: 2020
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.

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