01 A television directing and producing role behind one of the decade's most acclaimed dramas.
Ben Stiller – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 4, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, and Tropic Thunder share the same anxious, overconfident-guy comic engine. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is the sincere outlier, and Severance shows the director now shaping his career as much as the actor.
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02 A risk-averse insurance adjuster falling for a free spirit.
03 An early leading role in a defining Gen-X romantic comedy, which he also directed.
04 A gleefully sleazy gym-chain owner and dodgeball villain.
05 A struggling father taking a job as a museum night guard with unusual consequences.
06 A daydreaming photo editor finally living out his imagined adventures.
07 A washed-up action star who also directed and co-wrote the film.
08 A nervous fiancé under constant suspicion from Robert De Niro's ex-CIA father-in-law.
09 A dim-witted male model turned unwitting assassin, in his most quotable role.
10 A hapless romantic lead in one of the defining gross-out comedies of the 90s.