Happy Gilmore! Howard Ratner! Hubie Dubois! They’re all here.
What exactly is going on here?That ’s the query you may end up asking yourself when survey Adam Sandler ’s mega - successful and sometimes comedically refutable career . When the fresh - faced comic emerged in the other ' ninety withSaturday Night Livebitslike Canteen Boy , " Lunch Lady Land , " and Opera Man , he was the dizzy , most childly star of the show ’s ill-famed bad - boy crew . We were all so innocent back then .
Along the way , there have been highs and lows . Though he has more recently earned raves for his dramatic good turn in picture show like the basketball dramaHustleand the gaming thrillerUncut jewel , he ’s still laudably committed to craft clown comedy where he go on vacation with his friends . ( He recently wrap production onMurder Mystery 2 . ) So , let ’s taking stock of the Sand - Man ’s filmography ( minus cameos in picture show likeConeheads , Dirty Work , andShakes the Clown ) to track how babe voices , vacation destinations , and Rob Schneider cameo build a megahit career .
44.Grown Ups 2(2013)
Things that happen inGrown Ups 2 : a deer pees on Sandler and Salma Hayek ; Jon Lovitz leads the distaff cast appendage in a physical exertion where the only drill is chest shaking ; bodybuilder Kris Murrell play a role name " Beefcake Kitty , " who romances David Spade , which is supposed to be rotten because Beefcake is transgendered ; Shaquille O’Neal squeal and makes buffoon faces ; Kevin James " eructation snarts " ( that ’s a belch - sneeze - fart jazz group , if you were n’t familiar).Grown Ups 2is a monumental step rearward for society at large . Never see it , but also never let Adam Sandler leave that he made it.– Matt patch
43.Jack and Jill(2011)
The only ground Adam Sandler ’s sub - sitcom matching movie is n’t stewing at the bottom of this list is because it end with Al Pacino vocalizing and trip the light fantastic toe in a Dunkin ' Donuts advertizing about Dunkaccinos . Female Sandler expose asshole with a runaway spurt Ski trusted did n’t cut it . –Matt Patches
42.Bedtime Stories(2008)
Sandler ’s bigger , wacky , messier take onNight at the Museumcan be seethe down as such : [ kooky fantastical consequence ] , [ Adam Sandler gawking ] , [ blockbuster lot slice ] , [ Adam Sandler screaming ] , repeat . The picture show looks like it cost nine figures , and all that money buys one mirthful gag : Rob Schneider giving Sandler a Ferrari"for FREEEEEE.“Now if the imaginedrain of gumballswas more in the Roland Emmerich venous blood vessel … – Matt piece
41.The Cobbler(2014)
In a flick that read the idiom " walk a mile in someone ’s shoes " way too seriously , Sandler toy a cobbler who let out a magical stitching machine in the basement of his Lower East Side shop that lets him commit crimes , harass women , and have a wild-eyed dinner with his mother while … wearing someone else ’s shoes ! If the nauseatingly whimsical , sub - Charlie Kaufman vanity was n’t unsound enough , the picture show piles on anti-Semite , sexist , and transphobic jokes that it err for trend social caustic remark . If you thought this was another disposable intersection off the Happy Madison assembly origin , think again : it was a passion undertaking for theatre director Tom McCarthy , who would follow it up with the Best Picture - winningSpotlight . Sandler was n’t as lucky – his next movie wasPixels.– Dan Jackson
40.Blended(2014)
What is it with Sandler and going on holiday ? The true " auteur " of the comic ’s film is his traveling federal agent , who books the flights before a page of script is compose . Blendedreunites Sandler with hisWedding Singerco - star Drew Barrymore , but does not reunify him with jokes that land . It ’s a two - hour commercial message for South Africa ’s Palace of the Lost City holiday resort and a 5 - year - onetime screaming " monster - ating ” alternatively of “ menstruating " kill any romantic Muriel Sarah Spark . Sit Sandler and Barrymore in a nondescript room and they can make magic . Send them on a safari and the ostrich that Sandler take a firm stand on riding in a " hilarious " path pecks your optic out . –Matt Patches
39.Men, Women & Children(2014)
JunoandUp In the Airdirector Jason Reitman’sCrash - for - the - Snapchat - generation ensemble play is an abomination . Some highlights : Hank fromBreaking Badyells at his stripling boy for play online role - playing game , Jennifer Garner tracks her daughter ’s cellphone employment like a CIA agent , and Emma Thompson narrate the whole affair in her best " T - Mobile commercial directed by Stanley Kubrick " vocalisation . But , really , nothing beats the scene where you find out Adam Sandler was consume sex with his married woman on the morning of 9/11 . Now , this is not a movie about 9/11 at all , but it ’s the type of film that ’s not above trying to stop up a terrorist attack into its Mad Libs of alarmist buzzwords about " how we live now . “– Dan Jackson
38.Grown Ups(2010)
Next toGrown Ups 2 , Sandler ’s first foray into kinfolk and friendship looks likeThe Big Chill . On its own , the movie ’s a cruel parade of sitcom setup and reject Lockhorns jokes . The funniness supergroup of Kevin James , Chris Rock , David Spade , and Rob Schneider should n’t have to try this firmly . perchance if Sandler , who casts himself as a dad who ’s just too successful and grade - headed , tried at all.– Matt plot of ground
37.TheRidiculous 6(2015)
Like Seth MacFarlane withA Million Ways to buy the farm in the West , Sandler chased the gaseous , fart - fueled fire ofBlazing Saddlesand end up eating shit with his Western parody . There are a handful of funny jokes – most of them involve Rob Schneider ’s diarrhoea - prone donkey and Will Forte ’s eyepatch - sporting villain – but Sandler , who handled co - writing duties on this one , does n’t exactly reveal himself to be a budding genre satirist . Instead of spit cowboy conventions , it ’s mostly just another barmy , cameo - filled Happy Madison movie , only this time some of the character wear 10 - gal hats , the flow sets do n’t all resemble five - hotshot resorts , and Vanilla Ice plays Mark Twain . It ’s the perfect movie to scroll by on Netflix when you ’re looking for something better.– Dan Jackson
36.Click(2006)
At some point in his career , Sandler became convinced he was a modern - day Jimmy Stewart . Nowhere is that more clear than this cloying , manipulative morality story about a schlub who receives a magical remote control from a Bed Bath & Beyond employee play by Christopher Walken . Instead of having the decency to just be a forgettable drollery , the story becomes a bleak - as - hell play about a workaholic who never has time for his family , neglects his wife , and ends up wasting his life . It beg for your tears and if you ’re an easy yell you ’ll finish up bawling to a movie where Adam Sandler wearsa fatness suit . Stay strong.– Dan Jackson
35.Eight Crazy Nights(2002)
Everyone enjoysthe " Chanukah Song , " Sandler ’s pre - internet viral novelty hit . It ’s catchy , clever , and somehow persist the only Jewish holiday strain with a great Rod Carew joke . But , man , what convinced a studio apartment to make a whole beggarly - spirited animated moving-picture show that exists mostly to remind people that , yes , the Chanukah birdcall was skillful in the ' 90s ? If you get energise by the idea of Sandler doing four grating character voices instead of just the common one , this is your motion-picture show . Otherwise , skip over this wannabe vacation classic.– Dan Jackson
34.Sandy Wexler
For all the race- , gender- , and clown - tantalize funniness in Sandler ’s modern repertoire , his most insufferable move is delivering a boring film . Sandy Wexler , the third fomite in Sandler ’s Netflix sight , is a kind - hearted , underdog story that follows the worst director in Hollywood as he helps angelic person singer Courtney Clarke ( Jennifer Hudson ) take off . It ’s also entirely void of jokes . Every so often Nick Swardson ’s Evel Knievel aspirant crash into food for thought handcart or a famous soul depict up for a wacky cameo . Quincy Jones throws ruby-red wine-coloured in Sandy ’s brass . Funny ? Definitelylively . At one point , Sandy has a heart attack and his ventriloquist client ( Kevin James ) mustWeekend at Bernie’shis way through a pitch meeting . The " bits " are few and far between , and the interim superintend to counter everything good ( Hudson ’s voice ) with something not so good ( Sandler ’s wacky - dacky - doo voice).Sandy Wexleris stuck in limbo between Sandler ’s more attached spell , as if the goal was to bring forth the perfect Netflix background watch . –Matt Patches
33.Going Overboard(1989)
Shot two days before Sandler joinedSaturday Night Liveand reach real renown , perish Overboardis the no - budget , no - experience , no - worry version ofAnimal House . The jokes are boggy . The plot is nonexistent ( a comic stow aside on a sail ship … then what ? ? ? ) . Sandler constantly break the fourth paries like a horndog variant of Ferris Bueller . Going Overboardis fossil oil and relentless , what frat brothers might make on a ho-hum , alcoholic drink - fuel Sunday , and the chumminess circle it back to gently charming.– Matt Patches
32.The Do-Over(2016)
Adam Sandler must ’ve loved the part inThe Fugitiveabout Devlin MacGregor . That ’s the only potential explanation for this high school reunion buddy comedy that morphs into an incomprehensible pharmaceutical thriller halfway through . The second of Sandler ’s projects for Netflix , the picture ’s sheer audacity is admirable – it ends with David Spade detect the cure for cancer , I think – but the moment of absurdity are undercut by slackness pacing , even - unfit - for - a - Sandler - movie misogynism , and a disturbing amount of Corona product locating . You ’ve got ta hand it to Sandler : even when he diverts from the rule , he still finds new ways to call up it in.– Dan Jackson
31.Just Go With It(2011)
Sandler ’s atavism to golden - age rom - com travesty is a total miss chance . Unlike Centennial State - prima Jennifer Aniston , who understands the nuttiness required to fake being a guy ’s ex-husband - married woman so he can hook up with a blond bombshell , then expend the same guy to fake another relationship ( switcheroo ! ) , Sandler ’s lethargy ca n’t juggle the prank . If you ’re going to repeatedly call your faux ex a drug - addicted streetwalker , muster up some playful energy ! whisk off the audience to Hawaii is not a substitute.– Matt Patches
30.Pixels(2015)
How wilted is Sandler in thisGhostbusters - meets - video recording - games action motion-picture show ? A CG Q*bert , who pees on the story when he ’s scared , upstage the actor . Pixelsworks on some level;Harry Potterdirector Christopher Columbus keeps the natural action brisk and the retro biz - inspired baddie eye - bug out . Sandler ’s the light connection , yet again bet a prodigy , a world - champion gamer who settle for a problem at Geek Squad , and the Hero of Alexandria . His shtik hit an prompt kill screen.– Matt Patches
29.I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry(2007)
For a abbreviated menstruum in 2007 , Adam Sandler was woke . The restfully conservative comedian has never exactly used his movies to defend specific effort – unless keeping David Spade ’s career alert is a political routine – but this dumb comedy about two butch firefighters ( Sandler and Kevin James ) who practice for a marriage permit to sidestep an indemnity loophole also work as a piece of stealth societal irony . The moving-picture show ’s gay - panic - put-on - mob supplication for permissiveness is n’t exactly radical , but , hey , at least for one picture show Sandler tried to use his force for something good , right?– Dan Jackson
28.Mixed Nuts(1994)
Sandler plays 8th violin in this pile holiday comedy , though winds up with a few of the better scenes , including a tenderness - to - fondness with Liev Schreiber ’s cross - dressing Chris , and a dinner - side serenade , perform with his usual affectation . On the scale of Nora Ephron motion picture , Mixed Nutsis a disaster . For Adam Sandler , it ’s in the middle of the pack.– Matt Patches
27.Bulletproof(1996)
In some ways , Bulletproofis the platonic ideal of a forgettable ' 90s buddy funniness : elaborate and unfunny action sequences , sub - Shane mordant - ian quips , an overwritten third act , and James Caan . For good and often for much , much worse , Sandler would never be this generic again . This is one of the few comedies in his filmography that he did n’t co - write or bring out , meaning it does n’t really feel like a " Sandler movie . " Instead , it just feels like a unconstipated old forged movie.– Dan Jackson
26.The Longest Yard(2005)
With none of the danger , off - colour remark , or racial comment of Burt Reynolds ' 1974 original , Adam Sandler’sLongest Yardsettles for the stiff sophomoric schtick of his previous movies , with a smattering of prison house football game natural process . A five - yard raft - up of a movie , destined for faineant Saturday good afternoon HBO viewing before tv camera even rolled.– Matt darn
25.Little Nicky(2000)
Sandler comedies incline to abide by a reasonably tight , well - examine expression that leaves little way for deviation , risk - taking , or elements that might pall away fast fans . Maybe that ’s becasue he got nervous about mess with the blueprint after the commercial-grade failure ofLittle Nicky , the most gamy - concept moving-picture show of the pre - Punch - Drunk Loveera . Sandler does n’t bring the normal schlub hero here , instead casting himself as Nicky , the favourite son of a devil ( Harvey Keitel ) who demand to find a new ruler of hell . Though the raspy - voiced Nicky character is grate , the silly world - edifice , ridiculous special effects , and light-colored religious sarcasm at least make this the weirdest of his non - fearful comedies . Points for originality!– Dan Jackson
24.Reign Over Me(2007)
Adam Sandler ’s spectacular functioning can be a quite a little like Adam Sandler ’s comedic performances . InReign Over Me , his character Charlie mouth in a sister vocalisation and mess to loud medicine , though alternatively of talking about " boobies , " he ’s mourning the passing of his children , who perish during 9/11 . This raw , schmaltzy face at post - traumatic heartache is some of Sandler ’s best oeuvre , no doubt , but his history of dopiness prevents us from fully buying into the comeback story.– Matt Patches
23.Hubie Halloween(2020)
After starring in the inexorable crime thrillerUncut Gems , which earned him some of the best limited review of his vocation , Sandler take back to his old tricks with this Netflix vacation lark . Hubie Halloween , which follows honeyed man - baby Hubie Dubois as he check over the townsfolk of Salem on Halloween nighttime , is a funny - voiced Sandler movie in the tradition ofThe Waterboy , Little Nicky , or the Canteen Boy sketches fromSNL . ( Keep your eyes peeled for an previous photo of Hubie wearing a scout uniform . ) It ’s got some of the family - favorable touches as theGrown Upsfranchise along with the spooky trapping of theHotel Transylvaniaanimated series . It ’s also stick enough cameo to make this the Sandler combining weight of the " Monster Mash , " which unsurprisingly pop out up on the movie ’s soundtrack . A fun claim to say out loud.– Dan Jackson
22.Murder Mystery(2019)
amend on their tepid first date , the Hawaii - set rom - comJust Go With It , Sandler and Jennifer Aniston reunify for this European vacation on Netflix ’s dime bag . This time the duet play a mediate - class married couple from New York who fit a debonair , moneyed playboy ( Luke Evans ) on a sheet and get whisked away to his home ’s yacht , where a very public murder of the family paterfamilias pass . Sandler ’s character is a cop with aspirations of becoming a investigator and Aniston act a styler with a passion for whodunit novels , so they both jump at the chance to solve the sheath , leading to some genuinely funny sleuthing . execution Mysteryis self - consciously disposable , like a movie designed to self - destruct in your brain seconds after viewing , but the Agatha Christie for goofballs script , publish byZodiacscreenwriter James Vanderbilt , is nimble enough to keep you from nod off . –Dan Jackson
21.Spanglish(2004)
Sandler can be effective in dramatic roles . It ’s just a ignominy those performances are often in lackluster film likeSpanglish , director James L. Brooks ' misconceived follow - up to his Oscar - win hitAs Good as It Gets . Sandler bring in low - key charm , compassion , and an understated touch to his theatrical role as a chef struggling to keep his family together as his wife – a combustible Téa Leoni – combat her own demons . It ’s a flick that never really find a rhythm and its awkward attempts to say something profound about the immigrant experience never quite connect , but that should n’t stop you from checking it out for one of Sandler ’s good spectacular turns.– Dan Jackson
20.Hotel Transylvania 2(2015)
This inoffensive sequel to Sandler ’s sweet-scented kids hit is more of the same : clever behemoth gag , rattling invigoration , and life lesson doled out with just enough deadpan humor for the adult to stay awake for the whole thing . This time Sandler ’s Dracula has anxiety about his half - vampire grandchild , especially whether or not he ’s run to be raised as a monster or as a homo . It ’s in reality a potent metaphor for how unlike generations pass on ethnic traditions and make compromises along the way , but luckily the picture does n’t attempt to accomplish for Pixar - dash pathos . It wears its wisdom light , like a overnice fatal cloak.– Dan Jackson
19.The Week Of(2018)
The Week Of , Sandler ’s 4th film in his partnership with Netflix , is a family clowning that ’s refreshingly undress loose of the comic ’s often irritating eminent - construct trimming and aspirational lifestyle porn configurations . Co - written and directed by Robert Smiegel , a longtime Sandler pal and the vocalisation of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog , the movie follows two Fatherhood , Sandler ’s Long Island schlub Kenny and Chris Rock ’s Los Angeles surgeon Kirby , as they receive , squabble , and prepare for the wedding of their two adult small fry . That ’s reasonably much it . The low - post set - up creates room for solid laugh from the supporting cast , which include Rachel Dratch and Steve Buscemi , and slowly - going interplay between the two stars . It ’s one of the sweeter , more poignant flick of the Netflix - Sandler epoch . –Dan Jackson
18.Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation(2018)
When you see Sandler ’s goofy Dracula trip the light fantastic in a Hawaiian shirt to Bruno Mars on the deck of a sail ship , you ’ll probably know whether you ’re in or out on this animated three - quel . Sandler ’s extremist - remunerative , benignly merriment kiddie dealership is n’t breaking any raw terra firma in the menage animated cartoon place , and the plot about the Lord of Vampires getting trace by and falling in love with a sail director who happens to be a distant relative of Van Helsing , vocalise by Kathryn Hahn , is pretty threadbare . But series music director Genndy Tartakovsky , who has a co - writing credit rating here for the first time , has a knack for stargaze up absurd , muzzle - filled chronological succession . Any motion picture with a screaming volleyball , a massive submerged volcano , and a climactic DJ battle have a nettlesome usage of the " Macarena " is up to something bizarre and laudable . –Dan Jackson
17.Mr. Deeds(2002)
If you’re able to get over the hutzpah it take for Sandler to cast himself as a modern - day Gary Cooper , this is actuallyone of his more digestible comedies . The " small - town yokel relocation to the openhanded city " narrative is n’t really a dependable burst for Sandler ’s abrasive rageaholic schtik , but it was a chic choice to pair him with Winona Ryder as the love sake and stack the rest of the cast with fun performances from Peter Gallagher as the scoundrel , Steve Buscemi as Crazy Eyes , and , in his first Sandler - verse appearance , John Turturro as avery , very sneaky Samuel Butler . It ’s not Frank Capra , but it works if you want to observe 40 minutes of something on TBS before falling asleep.– Dan Jackson
16.The Waterboy(1998)
" Now that ’s what I call high-pitched - quality H2O.“With those words , a thousand GIFswere wear , but before the internet turned Bobby Boucher into a meme , he was just a cockamamy flick fiber partially based on"The Excited Southerner"from Sandler ’s early drollery record album . Boucher is one of Sandler ’s most iconic creations – part barren simpleton , part rally psychopath – and this was his first massive hitting , grossing over $ 185 million worldwide , but the pic surrounding him is n’t quite as memorable as the catchphrases . It ’s the eccentric of movie that ’s more fun to quote than actually watch . Of naturally , that does n’t matter to superfanslike Kanye West : they ’re too busy going Bobby Boucher to care.– Dan Jackson
15.50 First Dates(2004)
reunite Sandler with Drew Barrymore for aMemento - fashion memory - loss narrative is n’t the bad idea in the world , and this Hawaii - set rom - com is always watchable . The two lead have genuine interpersonal chemistry , the name and address vacation setting does n’t feel like it ’s being chafe in your face , and this was the movie where Sean Astin and Dan Aykroyd joined the Sandler - repertory fellowship . Like Barrymore ’s amnesia - stricken character , you probably wo n’t remember any of it the next daytime , but that ’s o.k. . Better to have mildly enjoy and forgot , then to have never gently enjoyed at all.– Dan Jackson
14.Hotel Transylvania(2012)
As Sandler get erstwhile and his image becomes more family unit - favorable , it only makes sense that he ’d want to get in on the CGI - animate drollery bonanza of the last 10 years . Unlike the genuinely toxicEight Crazy Nights , Hotel Transylvaniais a surprisingly sweet , heedful movie about parentage with a clever , gag - heavy script co - write by Robert Smigel ( Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ) and dynamical , activeness - filled invigoration supervise by music director Genndy Tartakovsky ( Samurai Jack ) . Using a mutant on his Opera Man voice , Sandler convey a light touch to this portraiture of Dracula as an overprotective dad and the relaxation of the voice mould – including Sandler regular like Steve Buscemi , Kevin James , and David Spade – make the matter vanish by . It hold you wonder why it took so long for Sandler , who has always had a gift for voices , to make one of these things.– Dan Jackson
13.Airheads(1994)
The mid-’90s : when Brendan Fraser was a bigger star than Adam Sandler . This grungy take onDog Day Afternoonranks among Sandler ’s safe because it ’s a real film , with stake – a rock ring takes a radio receiver station surety ! – consequences , and a Cameron Crowe - esque melodious backbone . Fraser , Sandler , and Steve Buscemi rescue as straits - lie with poop , waxing poetic on heavy - metal icons ( " Who ’d win in a rassling match , Lemmy or God ? … conjuring trick interrogative – Lemmy IS God " ) and flailing when they need to step up to be malefactor . There ’s a rationality Comedy Central played this nonstop in its heyday : Airheadsis gooselike bliss.– Matt plot of ground
12.Anger Management(2003)
The large failing ofAnger Managementis that it ’s an OK moving-picture show that forebode to be Sandler ’s neat achievement . Pairing the furious comedian with the legendary Jack Nicholson at his most wily , the cockeyed story of one man ’s seek to calm down is just another slapstick , screamy TV - episode - gone - grown - screen , Meet the Parentswithout any of the undercurrent . But Jack Nicholson ’s in it ! And Sandler really knows how to lose his shit . So we have a indulgent spot for this one.– Matt Patches
11.Hustle(2022)
jam with NBA player cameos andRocky - worthy training collage , this Philly - set sports dramatic play understands how to cater to basketball obsessive while still telling an inspirational write up to a more general audience that might not empathise why it ’s confusing for Kenny Smith to play an agent even though his Inside the NBA co - host appear as themselves . A big part of the motion-picture show ’s success comes from Sandler ’s low - primal , Earth - aweary turn as hard - working 76ers lookout Stanley Sugerman . He has a fun moral force with real - life hoops star Juancho Hernangómez , play an obscure Spanish street - ball phenomenon Sugerman discovers , and grounded chemistry with Queen Latifah , playing Sugerman ’s supportive - to - a - point married woman . Even if the account is unapologetically formulaic , the performing artist find humanity in the small consequence of behavior director Jeremiah Zagar bewitch with his ever - stray camera , making this one of Sandler ’s astute later - calling experiment . — Dan Jackson
10.Big Daddy(1999)
While even early Sandler strike had sentimental portion , there was normally a respectable dose of caustic remark to go with the romantic - funniness pulsation and imitation - inspirational import . But withBig Daddythings get downright mawkish . While the movie has some uproarious line –“We blow the unspoilt surprise on you"still kills – this oaf - meets - cute - kid tarradiddle is mostly notable for a lengthy Sheryl Crowe - scored collage , a bigMrs . Doubtfire - style courtroom close , and the welps of " Scuba Steve ! " This was the first clip Adam Sandler figured out he could make bros cry . woefully , he ’s mostly used that exponent for evil ever since.– Dan Jackson
9.Funny People(2009)
Funny Peopleis easy to look up to in the synopsis : after the commercial success ofThe 40 - class - Old VirginandKnocked Upwriter - director Judd Apatow team up with his previous friend the Sand - human beings for a slightly meta , James L. Brooks - ian scrutiny of clowning , disease , and expiry . And , for many scenes , this flick feels like nothing else you ’ve ever seen , and Sandler feel caustic , barbed , and alive in ways that he ’s never been on screen before . It ’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the movie goes amiss in its 146 minutes – maybe that insane running clip is itself the fatal flaw – but it ’s exciting to guess that Sandler , a risk - averse comedian who seems to apply his motion-picture show as vacation packages for his friends and kinfolk , adjudicate to asterisk in a movie this unmatched , messy , and personal.– Dan Jackson
8.That’s My Boy(2012)
If you grow up enjoying Sandler’sincredibly foul comedy album , you ’ve probably spent the last few decades enquire yourself this question : where ’s the unclean clobber ? ostensibly he was saving it all for this underrated crying - out travesty , which find Sandler playing the objectionable Boston deadbeat father of Andy Samberg ’s uptight societal - climber . rid from the constraint of the PG-13 rating – and routinely pushing the edges of the R with joke about statutory rape , incest , and , uh , jizzing on wedding dress – the motion-picture show let Sandler be as wicked and blue as you always knew he was open of . It ’s not pretty but it ’s tail something Sandler funniness have lacked for a while : actual laughs.– Dan Jackson
7.You Don’t Mess with the Zohan(2008)
Unlike Will Ferrell , Ben Stiller , and other contemporaries , Sandler stays away from " high-pitched concepts . " Most of his pic play likeEverybody get it on Raymondepisodes with $ 70 million budget . Zohanis the polar opposite , an action comedy with a hyper - specific case – an Israeli heel counter - terrorist becomes an NYC styler ! – and absurd law of physics . There are burst of physical comedy and hommos jocularity galore . The moving picture was one big peril . Sandler seems cognisant – he gives Zohan all he ’s got.– Matt Patches
6.The Meyerowitz Stories(2017)
After issue three of his original clowning in the last two years –Ridiculous Six , The Do - Over , andSandy Wexler– Netflix finally cranked out a really well Adam Sandler movie . The Noah Baumbach - manoeuvre effort is a departure that still understands what ’s funny , wizardly , and potentially alienate about Sandler ’s character . ( He even get to sing light-headed Song dynasty on the pianoforte at one point . ) Along with Dustin Hoffman , Ben Stiller , Emma Thompson , and the very tart Elizabeth Marvel , Sandler plays a fellow member of the Meyerowitz family , a unambiguously miserable grouping of people link by their thin veiled resentment towards one another . Splitting the difference between the erosive misanthropy ofThe Squid and the Whaleand the freewheel fatuousness of his recent Greta Gerwig film , Mistress America , the movie finds both Baumbach and Sandler at the extremum of their powers.– Dan Jackson
5.Happy Gilmore(1996)
Sandler has returned to the dude - friendly , commonplace - filled sports picture well over the years , but this slobs vs. snobs comedy about a field hockey actor - turned - golf game professional earns its Au jacket . It ’s got the funniest cameos ( God bless Bob Barker ) , the most loveable sidekick ( RIP Chubbs ) , the best villain ( Christopher McDonald ’s sniveling Shooter McGavin ) , and even the product placement for Subway is funny ( " let the cat out of the bag about a pickle in one ! " ) . Two decades of the great unwashed incessantly quoting the movie out on the tie still ca n’t micro-cook this thing of its prospicient - effort - hitting , wizardly power . Even if you ca n’t tolerate Sandler , it ’s worth a watch . But do whatever you care . What would I know?I’m just a doctor.– Dan Jackson
4.The Wedding Singer(1998)
Sound the alarms : Adam Sandler has actual chemical science in a movie!The Wedding Singertakes advantage of Sandler ’s musical talents and implicit in schlubiness for a storybook romance . Drew Barrymore is like a lost John Hughes spark advance , sweetening the fraternity - star sign funniness . ' eighty nostalgia never looked , or sounded , so good.– Matt patch
3.Billy Madison(1995)
No stupid ' 90s comedy benefit more from the Saturday good afternoon Zapruder - plastic film rewatching experience thanBilly Madison , the copious - idiot - goes - back - to - schooltime movie that made Sandler a god to 12 - year - old across the nation and adjust him on the route to human beings - suppress stardom . While the classic baby - public lecture Sandler bits , likeshampoo vs. conditioner , still work , it ’s the small point , like Bradley Whitford complaining about Triscuits crackers , Chris Farley making out with a penguin in a field , Steve Buscemi softly frustrate Billy ’s name off his kill leaning , and the off - hand path Norm Macdonald says"October"that really make this an absurd shirker masterpiece.– Dan Jackson
2.Uncut Gems(2019)
Whether he ’s localize a bet on the Boston Celtics , attempting to rig an auction , or outrunning debt - hoard goons at his girl ’s in high spirits school sport , Howard Ratner , the Manhattan jeweller diddle by Sander in the Safdie Brothers - directed law-breaking thrillerUncut gemstone , believes in his ability to beat the odds . Even when he ’s pushing his luck or engaging in self - destructive demeanour , Howard displays assurance , a caliber Sandler brings to this emotionally thought-provoking , potentially alienate role . While other histrion were considered – at one pointedness , Jonah Hill attach himself to the projection – it ’s hard to imagine another performer in the part . The motion picture radiates a queasy energy , glide from one high - stress confrontation to the next , but Sandler holds it all together . As a striking actor , he ’s never shined brighter.– Dan Jackson
1.Punch-Drunk Love(2002)
Paul Thomas Anderson ’s furious wild-eyed clowning is the Pluto to Sandler ’s filmographic solar organisation . You ca n’t help but doubt it – does it even count as an Adam Sandler movie ? And yet the piece are there : the comic plays Barry , a freshness speculator salesmen who battles his malicious babe , a shadowy phone - sexual urge extortionist , and the crippling effect of depression , all while falling in love with the women of his dreaming . With brighter ignition and a top-40 soundtrack , it would trace in the track ofHappy GilmoreandBig Daddy . In Anderson ’s hands , it ’s a melancholic fictitious character subject field that strangles Sandler ’s persona with his own vocal chords . The colors are dreamlike . The ire is palpable . Sandler burst from the seams of his own fame . It ’s everything we desire from a funnyman - gone - serious , vitriolically odorous and mentally unstable , an alternative manner that Sandler ’s paladin building complex would never revert to again.– Matt Patches
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