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Best Ricky Gervais movies

Today we present the best Ricky Gervais movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen ... and that you love! Let's go there with the best movies from Ricky Gervais:

TOP 25: Escape from Planet Earth

Ricky Gervais as: Mr Bing (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
Release: 2012
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.


TOP 24: For Your Consideration

Ricky Gervais as: Martin Gibb
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2006
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

TOP 23: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Ricky Gervais as: Ricky Gervais (uncredited)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Release: 2008
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York.


TOP 22: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Ricky Gervais as: Dr. McPhee
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family
Release: 2009
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.


TOP 21: David Brent: Life on the Road

Ricky Gervais as: David Brent
Genre: Comedy, Music
Release: 2016
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.

TOP 20: The Invention of Lying

Ricky Gervais as: Mark Bellison
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 2009
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.


TOP 19: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Ricky Gervais as: Dr. McPhee
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2014
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.


TOP 18: Muppets Most Wanted

Ricky Gervais as: Dominic Badguy
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Family
Release: 2014
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

TOP 17: The Unbelievers

Ricky Gervais as: Self
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2013
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.


TOP 16: Ghost Town

Ricky Gervais as: Bertram Pincus
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 2008
Dentist Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When he dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, Pincus wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.


TOP 15: Night at the Museum

Ricky Gervais as: Bambi
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release: 2006
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

TOP 14: Cemetery Junction

Ricky Gervais as: Len Taylor
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2010
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.


TOP 13: David Blaine: Real or Magic

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2013
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen Hawking at his office in Cambridge University. Blaine also travels the world, astonishing people from all walks of life with never-before seen, inconceivable magic.


TOP 12: Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame

Ricky Gervais as: Himself (Uncredited)
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Release: 2017
Fedoras, mom's underpants, and puppy love all make Jim Norton's s**t list in 'Mouthful of Shame'.


TOP 11: The Willoughbys

Ricky Gervais as: The Cat (voice)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Release: 2020
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

TOP 10: Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2007
Ricky Gervais third stand-up comedy routine.


TOP 9: Stardust

Ricky Gervais as: Ferdy the Fence
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family
Release: 2007
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.


TOP 8: Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2003
Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine.


TOP 7: Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2010
Ricky Gervais Live IV Science or the way things worked before we invented God. The hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up show from Ricky Gervais, following his complete sell out tour - filmed live at London's Hammersmith HMV Apollo


TOP 6: Talking Funny

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Release: 2011
What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, discuss and debate their craft.

TOP 5: Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2004
A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.


TOP 4: Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2010
Following the complete sell out of his UK tour, multi-award-winning writer/comedian Ricky Gervais brought his new stand up show Ricky Gervais Live: Out of England 2 to Los Angeles. Performing Sunday night at the Nokia Theatre, Gervais delivered an honest, hilarious, tasteless and thought provoking 75-minute set that thrilled the celebrity studded audience featuring such fans as Kathy Griffin, Ben Stiller, Rob Reiner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Guest and Ed Norton.


TOP 3: The Little Prince

Ricky Gervais as: The Conceited Man (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Family
Release: 2015
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.


TOP 2: Ricky Gervais: Out of England

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2008
Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special is a high-spirited hour of offbeat observations and understated humor from the actor/comedian/writer/director.


TOP 1: Ricky Gervais: Humanity

Ricky Gervais as: Himself
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2018
In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

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