Jim Carrey has given us some wonderful performances from the action-comedy Mask to serious dramas like The Truman Show. The versatile actor has also played villainous roles like the one in Batman Forever. I have always enjoyed Jim Carrey movies and never miss a chance to watch them again whenever aired on television. Here is my list of some Jim Carrey movies that I am sure you will enjoy no matter how many time you have seen them before.
The Mask
Among the top ten moneymakers in 1994, The Mask is an action-comedy flick that you definitely must watch once. But I can assure you that you will watch the movie every time it plays on TV and even dive into when on On Demand lineup.
The Mask (1994)
Director: Chuck Russell (as Charles Russell)
Stars: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert
Stanley Ipkiss is an average guy you wouldn’t notice most of the times. But life changes for Stanley Ipkiss when he happens to find the Loki mask that transforms him into a superhero with unlimited powers and super physical feats.
Dumb & Dumber
1994 was perhaps the biggest year for Jim Carrey as he belted out a hit after hit. After the Success of The Mask, Jim Carrey again ruled the screens with Dumb & Dumber with Jeff Daniels. When were you tired of laughing the last time? Can’t remember, you will remember this for a long time.
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Stars: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Lloyd and Harry, friends, roommates, and dumb, try to make a living with temp jobs that they often mess up. Lloyd falls in love with his limousine passenger. In expressing loyalty, he grabs the ransom bag that the passenger has intentionally left for the kidnappers. And thus begins a series of hilarious events you will experience for the next couple hours.
Ace Ventura: When Nature calls
Jim Carrey’s good luck continued into 1995 as he came up with another hit in Ace Ventura 2, a sequel to the original Ace Ventura: Pet detective movie. Whacky noises and faces, which had become a trademark for Jim Carrey’s performances since The Mask, were also very much visible in this movie.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow
In the Himalayas, Ace Ventura loses a Raccoon when on a rescue mission. The tragic death of the Raccoon throws Ace Ventura into depression and he joins a Tibetan monastery to get his mojo back. But the Grand Abbot sends Ace Ventura to hunt for a missing sacred white bat. The movie had overall positive response from the public and though not stellar, the movie is a good one-time watch.
Liar Liar
Jim Carrey was nominated for the Best Performace by Actor at the Golden Globe Awards for this movie in 1997. Fletcher Reed loves his family. But he is chronic liar and fails to keep promises made to his son and wife, often justified by false excuses. This lying ability is also the cornerstone of his success in the courtroom.
Liar Liar (1997)
Director: Tom Shadyac
Writers: Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur
Stars: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper
But when his dejected son wishes that his father should not be able to lie, the wish comes true and Fletcher is now in a soup as he can no longer lie to impress people or win cases.
The Truman Show
After a series of comedy movies, Jim Carrey came out with this diametrically opposite role in The Truman Show. Truman Burbank lives a very organized life in the Los Angeles Area. But there is something that is not right and this nagging feeling is upsetting Truman for some time now. Then, a light falls from the sky and Truman Burbank begins to realize that there is something seriously wrong with his life.
The Truman Show (1998)
Director: Peter Weir
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Jim Carrey is Truman Burbank in this Science fiction comedy-drama movie, where his life from the time of his birth is a big reality TV show. Everything that he says, does, and thinks is relayed live to audiences worldwide. In the age of CCTV cameras and Internet where everything you do leaves some breadcrumbs, you can slightly imagine what Truman feels when this realization dawns on him. Can Truman escape this make-believe world or will he stay back in spite of this new discovery?
Me, Myself & Irene
Charlie is a charming, shy, and a simple veteran police officer in Rhode Island. His simple nature, however, attracts a lot of abuse from everyone he comes across. But when his wife runs away with a dwarf limousine driver and leaves behind bi-racial triplets from the driver, charlie loses his balance. Although he takes care of the triplets, who love him, Charlie soon develops a split personality. Hank, Charlie’s alter ego is as violent and resourceful as Charlie is a simpleton.
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Stars: Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson
Trouble begins when charlies forgets his medicine on a road trip to ferry a witness to new York. Lack of medication brings back Hank too often, who helps him and Irene fend off criminal out to kill Irene.
Batman Forever
In another role, similar to The Mask, but with a villainous streak. In Batman Forever, Jim Carrey plays Riddler, and adversary of Batman.
Batman Forever (1995)
Director: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey
In Gotham City, Nygma – a researcher at Wayne Enterprises – develops a device that can beam television directly to a person’s brain. But he soon realizes that this device can also be used to transfer brainwaves from user to him. Nygma later becomes Riddler and joins forces with Harvey Two-Face to uncover the true identity of Batman. Will he succeed or will Bruce succeed in maintaining his cover?
Bruce Almighty
Do you think you can do better than God? What would you do if you have seemingly unlimited power to effect any change that you want and make people do what you want them to do? That is what Bruce Nolan is excited about. He has all the powers of God and can do what he wants, except change a person’s free will.
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Bruce Almighty (2003)
Director: Tom Shadyac
Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Bruce does exactly what anyone would. He gets rid of daily chores, makes his nemesis at workplace do weird things and lose his job. Impresses girls and makes them fall for him. But the voices in his head start making him uncomfortable. He soon finds out that these are prayers of people from across the world. He decides to automatically say Yes to all the prayers and creates more chaos than order.
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