The 15 Best Steve Martin Movies

"Baby Mama," a friendship comedy about the complications of motherhood and surrogacy. Fey's Kate is a high-achieving single woman who works at a plant-based health foods company. Martin has a smaller role as Kate's hippie granola boss, Barry.  

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"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982) was Martin's second feature screenplay and reunited him with director Carl Reiner after "The Jerk."  "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" is a genuinely beautiful piece of filmmaking and a hilarious movie. 

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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"Three Amigos!" is another example of the comedian's ability to blend silly humor and Hollywood satire. "Three Amigos!" feels like an unofficial "Saturday Night Live" movie.  

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Three Amigos!

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"All of Me" is the kind of romantic comedy that could only exist in the '80s, as it's simultaneously a particular criticism of the yuppie era and new-age spiritualism.  

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All Of Me

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The film has a classic romantic comedy formula -- Adam is good for Jane while Jake isn't.  The Adam role is one that typically loses. In one of his more sincere performances, Martin is charming, funny, winsome, and vulnerable. 

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It's Complicated

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"Pennies from Heaven" is more of a direct homage and commentary on Hollywood's golden age musicals. Arthur is a romantic sheet-music salesman. film about the grim reality of the Great Depression and the relentless hope of the people who lived through it 

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"Parenthood" is a quieter, intergenerational family dramedy. Directed by Ron Howard, the film explores the lives of three siblings, their children, and their father as they try their best to be a loving and functional family.  

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 Parenthood

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The film that would become the blueprint for the Muppet franchise follows Kermit and Fozzie Bear  travel across the country to Hollywood, hoping to find success.Martin has a small role as the waiter serving Kermit and Piggy on their date   

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The Muppet Movie

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"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," is a stylish and funny movie. Working with his frequent collaborator, director Frank Oz, Martin stars as Freddy, a smarmy con artist who makes his way to the French Riviera for his latest grift.  

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrel

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Thanksgiving movies to exist and is also the best. Written and directed by John Hughes, the film follows cranky advertising executive Neal (Martin in prime know-it-all mode) trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving.  

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Planes, Trains, And Automobile

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"Bowfinger" is one of his more direct satirical takes on the industry.  Bowfinger is a ruthlessly ingenious independent filmmaker who is determined to make a movie by any means necessary -- despite his lack of experience or budget. 

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Bowfinger

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"Father of the Bride" showcases one of Martin's most iconic roles -- the neurotic and overprotective father, George Banks. In the original film, he grapples with the impending marriage of his only daughter.  

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Father Of The Bride Part II

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"Roxanne," Charlie is a fire chief in a small resort town with a comically large nose. Charlie is kind, heroic, smart, and funny, but chronically single -- which he chalks up to his nose. He meets the beautiful rocket scientist Roxanne  

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"Little Shop of Horrors," Seymour works in a struggling plant shop alongside his unrequited crush, Audrey . Seymour launches the shop into unexpected stardom when he buys a baby plant, not realizing it's from outer space and needs blood to survive. 

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Little Shop Of Horror

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"The Jerk" was Martin's debut feature screenplay and breakout starring role. Co-written by Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias and directed by Carl Reiner, "The Jerk" follows Navin Johnson (Martin, at his absolute silliest). 

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The Jerk

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