The 40+ Best Jason Lee Movies

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List of the best Jason Lee movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Jason Lee's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Jason Lee movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Jason Lee movies will be at the top of the list. Jason Lee has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jason Lee movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Jason Lee films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Jason Lee role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Jason Lee performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List contains films like Clerks II and American Cuisine.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Jason Lee movies?" and "What are the greatest Jason Lee roles of all time?"
Most divisive: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
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  • Mallrats
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    Mallrats

    Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee
    57 votes
    In Mallrats, lifelong friends T.S. Quint (Jeremy London) and Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee) find solace in their local mall after being dumped by their girlfriends on the same day. A comedy directed by Kevin Smith, the film follows their misadventures as they plot to win back their respective exes, Brandi Svenning (Claire Forlani) and Rene Mosier (Shannen Doherty). The duo's antics intertwine with a memorable cast of characters, including comic book guru Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) and his sidekick Jay (Jason Mewes), adding to the hilarity. The movie is a riotous exploration of youth culture and relationships set against a backdrop of consumerism.
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  • Almost Famous
    2

    Almost Famous

    Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson
    54 votes
    Almost Famous is a semi-autobiographical comedy-drama directed by Cameron Crowe. It follows the journey of 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit), an aspiring rock journalist who gets his big break when he lands an assignment for Rolling Stone magazine. He goes on tour with emerging band Stillwater, led by charismatic frontman Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and experiences the highs and lows of the '70s rock scene. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and features a breakout performance from Kate Hudson as groupie-with-a-heart-of-gold, Penny Lane.
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  • The Incredibles
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    The Incredibles

    Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson
    47 votes
    In The Incredibles, Bob Parr (Craig T. Nelson), once known as Mr. Incredible, is a superhero in hiding, tucked away in suburban monotony with his wife Helen (Holly Hunter), formerly Elastigirl, and their three children. When duty calls, the family must leave their ordinary lives behind to combat the nefarious Syndrome (Jason Lee). This Pixar animated film, a blend of action and comedy, takes us on an extraordinary journey of familial bond and heroism, while exploring themes like identity and societal expectations. Winner of two Academy Awards, The Incredibles is a testament to Pixar's prowess in storytelling and animation.
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  • Dogma
    4

    Dogma

    Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon
    60 votes
    In the provocative comedy-drama Dogma, fallen angels Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) discover a theological loophole that could get them back into Heaven, potentially ending existence. Metatron (Alan Rickman), God's messenger, recruits Bethany Sloane (Linda Fiorentino), a disillusioned Catholic, to stop this disaster. As they embark on their mission, they encounter diverse characters like Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), Rufus the 13th Apostle (Chris Rock), and Serendipity (Salma Hayek). Directed by Kevin Smith, Dogma is a bold exploration of faith and redemption wrapped in irreverent humor.
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  • Chasing Amy
    5

    Chasing Amy

    Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
    51 votes
    Chasing Amy, a 90s romantic comedy-drama, delves into the complex world of love and friendship. It tells the tale of Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a comic book artist who falls in love with Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a fellow artist. However, Alyssa's past relationships with women create a stumbling block for their romance. Directed by Kevin Smith, this film explores themes of sexual identity and unconventional love while offering sharp dialogue and memorable performances. The movie's originality was recognized when it won two Independent Spirit Awards.
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  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    6

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

    Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Diedrich Bader
    43 votes
    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, a comedy directed by Kevin Smith, centers on the shenanigans of two characters: Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith). When they discover a movie is being made about their comic book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, they set out to sabotage it. Along the way, they encounter an array of colorful characters, including Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly (Will Ferrell) and Justice (Shannon Elizabeth), a jewel thief with a heart of gold. This comedic romp takes the duo from New Jersey to Hollywood in a zany quest for justice.
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  • Clerks II
    7

    Clerks II

    Rosario Dawson, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson
    41 votes
    Now in their 30s, slackers Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) find that they must change their lives and expand their horizons beyond pop culture and sex. After a disaster at their convenience store ends their employment there, they find new jobs at Mooby's, a fast-food empire.
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  • Dreamcatcher
    8

    Dreamcatcher

    Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee
    34 votes
    In the chilling thriller Dreamcatcher, four friends, Gary 'Jonesy' Jones (Damian Lewis), Pete Moore (Timothy Olyphant), Joe 'Beaver' Clarendon (Jason Lee) and Henry Devlin (Thomas Jane) embark on an annual hunting trip in the snowy landscapes of Maine. An unexpected encounter with a disoriented stranger and his mysterious ailments spirals into a terrifying battle against alien forces. As childhood secrets resurface amidst the chaos, their loyalty is tested, pushing their bonds to the brink. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, this movie weaves together elements of horror, sci-fi, and drama in a unique tapestry of suspense and intrigue.
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks
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    Alvin and the Chipmunks

    Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson
    33 votes
    After the tree they called home is cut down and shipped to Los Angeles, talking chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore find a new home with songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee). Despite a rocky start to this new arrangement, Dave eventually discovers that the spunky critters have rare singing talent. When the three perform in front of record executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), he immediately signs them. Although the infectious group rapidly gains in popularity, their loyalty is soon tested.
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  • Stealing Harvard
    10

    Stealing Harvard

    Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann
    22 votes
    John (Jason Lee) is a hard-working guy who only wants to marry his longtime girlfriend Elaine (Leslie Mann). Elaine and John have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. Things are fine until John's sister calls to remind him of his promise to pay his niece's tuition, which costs $29,829 and is due in two weeks! John turns to his friend Duff (Tom Green) to help him make $30,000 quickly. Duff convinces John to make a short-term commitment to petty crime.
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  • Monster House
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    Monster House

    Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mitchel Musso
    22 votes
    In the animated adventure Monster House, DJ (Mitchel Musso) is a 12-year-old boy with a suspicious neighbor, Mr. Nebbercracker (Steve Buscemi). This grumpy old man's house has a life of its own, consuming anything, or anyone‚ that steps on its property. When Mr. Nebbercracker mysteriously disappears, DJ, his friend Chowder (Sam Lerner), and Jenny (Spencer Locke), a prep school girl, decide to investigate. As they delve deeper into the mystery, they discover that the house is more than just possessed‚ it's alive. The trio must act quickly to destroy this monster house before it devours their entire neighborhood. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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  • Mumford
    12

    Mumford

    Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee
    18 votes
    Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean) is the new psychologist in a small town. His unique style of therapy draws many patients, including a billionaire (Jason Lee) and a woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (Hope Davis). But Mumford also draws the ire of the town's two established doctors (David Paymer, Jane Adams). Resentful of Mumford's success, they hire an attorney (Martin Short) to impugn his character, and together they reveal shocking secrets from Mumford's past.
  • Underdog
    13

    Underdog

    Jason Lee, Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage
    20 votes
    After a lab accident gives him extraordinary powers, including the ability to speak, a canine (Jason Lee) declares himself the protector of Capitol City and, especially, of a fetching spaniel named Polly Purebred (Brad Garrett). Underdog must save the day when evil scientist Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage) and his giant henchman (Patrick Warburton) hatch a plot to destroy Capitol City.
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
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    Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

    Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee
    30 votes
    Now in the care of Dave Seville's nephew (Zachary Levi), chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore take a break from pop-music stardom and return to school. Almost immediately, the tiny tunesmiths get the giant task of saving their school's music program by winning a battle-of-the-bands contest. Though the boys think winning it will be easy, romantic and musical sparks fly when they meet Brittany, Eleanor and Jeannette -- also known as The Chipettes.
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  • Enemy of the State
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    Enemy of the State

    Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight
    18 votes
    In the thriller Enemy of the State, Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith), an unsuspecting lawyer, becomes embroiled in a deadly government conspiracy. Unwittingly possessing evidence of politically motivated crime, he is relentlessly pursued by a rogue National Security Agency official, Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight). With the aid of ex-intelligence operative Brill (Gene Hackman), Dean attempts to turn the tables on his pursuers. Directed by Tony Scott, this film intertwines elements of action and political intrigue, offering viewers a riveting exploration of privacy invasion and state corruption.
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  • A Guy Thing
    16

    A Guy Thing

    Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
    21 votes
    Paul Morse (Jason Lee) is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky (Julia Stiles) and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen (Selma Blair), from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
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    Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

    Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate
    29 votes
    Dave Seville (Jason Lee), the Chipmunks (Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney) and the Chipettes are taking a luxury cruise to the International Music Awards. Of course, Alvin cannot resist the urge to create havoc, and the singing rodents soon find themselves marooned on a seemingly deserted island. While Dave and an unlikely ally launch a search, Alvin and company discover that they are not alone on the island, as they first thought.
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  • Vanilla Sky
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    Vanilla Sky

    Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
    26 votes
    In Vanilla Sky, David Aames (Tom Cruise) leads a charmed life as a wealthy publisher, until a horrific car accident alters his reality. Disfigured and desperate, he seeks solace in the affections of Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz), a woman he's long admired. However, his former lover Julie Gianni (Cameron Diaz) haunts him. As David navigates the labyrinth of his new existence, he is forced to question the nature of reality itself. This psychological thriller, directed by Cameron Crowe, is a mind-bending exploration of love, identity and second chances.
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  • Kissing a Fool
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    Kissing a Fool

    David Schwimmer, Judy Greer, Kari Wührer
    18 votes
    Kissing A Fool is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Doug Ellin. It primarily stars David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, Mili Avital, Kari Wührer and Vanessa Angel. Its plot is inspired by the short story "El curioso impertinente" that appears in Don Quixote.
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  • Jack-Jack Attack
    20

    Jack-Jack Attack

    Jason Lee, Bud Luckey, Bret Parker
    16 votes
    Jack-Jack Attack is a 2005 computer animated short film produced by Pixar based on their film The Incredibles, and directed by Brad Bird. Unlike many of their previous shorts, it was not given a theatrical release, but was included on the DVD release of the film. The idea for this short came from an idea for a scene originally considered for inclusion in the film The Incredibles; it was cut from the feature and subsequently expanded into this short. The short is based on the baby, Jack-Jack. From The Incredibles, the audience knows that Jack-Jack's babysitter Kari McKeen started experiencing difficulty with him shortly after hanging up the phone with his mother, Helen Parr.
  • Stealth
    21

    Stealth

    Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
    14 votes
    Navy fighter pilots Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx) and Kara Wade (Jessica Biel) are tasked with training an unmanned plane to hit important overseas targets. Ben doesn't trust the artificial-intelligence technology, especially after the plane is hit by lightning and rewired. However, the Navy is determined to put the plane in the air -- even after it goes off on a mission of its own. Ben knows he has to stop the technology before it sparks a new world war.
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  • Heartbreakers
    22

    Heartbreakers

    Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta
    15 votes
    Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
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  • Cop Out
    23

    Cop Out

    Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody
    19 votes
    Veteran detective Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) needs money to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, so he decides it's time to sell his prized '52 Pafko baseball card. Before he can turn it into cash, it's stolen, and Jimmy and his partner, Paul (Tracy Morgan), confront a gangster who is obsessed with sports memorabilia. First, Jimmy and Paul have to rescue a beautiful murder-witness who has the key to a fortune in offshore bank accounts.
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  • Drop Dead Sexy
    24

    Drop Dead Sexy

    Amber Heard, Crispin Glover, Jason Lee
    19 votes
    Drop Dead Sexy is a 2005 American comedy film starring Jason Lee.
  • Video Days
    25

    Video Days

    Jason Lee, Mark Gonzales, Guy Mariano
    11 votes
    Video Days is a skateboarding video by Blind Skateboards released in 1991. It is considered one of the most influential skate videos, as director Spike Jonze's format has continued to be arguably its definitive template. Video Days is the first movie/video directed by Spike Jonze and stars Mark Gonzales, Rudy Johnson, Jason Lee, Guy Mariano and Jordan Richter. Legendary professional skateboarder Danny Way was briefly on Blind Skateboards from 1990-1991 and shot some footage for Video Days. However, he soon quit Blind, returning to his original team H-Street Skateboards and his footage for Video Days was omitted. A brief shot of Way can be seen during Mark Gonzales' part in this video.
  • Columbus Circle
    26

    Columbus Circle

    Amy Smart, Selma Blair, Giovanni Ribisi
    13 votes
    Columbus Circle is an independent thriller film directed by George Gallo and co-written by Gallo and Kevin Pollak. The film stars Selma Blair, Giovanni Ribisi, Beau Bridges, Amy Smart, Jason Lee, and Kevin Pollak. The film was released directly to video in the United States on March 6, 2012. Producer Christopher Mallick is accused of stealing millions of dollars from customers of his now defunct billing company "ePassporte" to fund the production of his films. The film is about an heiress who has shut herself inside her Columbus Circle apartment for nearly two decades. A detective investigating the death of one of her neighbors and the duo who move into the subsequently vacant apartment force her to face her fears of the outside world.
  • 411VM: Vol. 14: Issue 2
    27

    411VM: Vol. 14: Issue 2

    Jason Lee, Kerry Getz
    10 votes
  • Big Trouble
    28

    Big Trouble

    Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci
    15 votes
    Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble" tells the story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad.
  • The Other Side
    29

    The Other Side

    Alanis Morissette, Woody Harrelson, Anjelica Huston
    10 votes
    The Other Side is a 2011 comedy-drama film. The film is the directorial debut of writer David Michaels, who co-wrote the script with Phil Reeves. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews, Anjelica Huston and Jason Lee.
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction
    30

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers
    11 votes
    Poking fun at the media, this film focuses on Julian Messenger (Ben Kingsley) and Lionel Powers (Gabriel Byrne), corporate bosses competing for control of a Los Angeles football team. Lionel and Julian both run newspapers and television stations, and they use their mouthpieces to smear each another. As the men wage their boardroom battle, Lionel's wife, Ariel (Mimi Rogers), and football stadium employee Jerry Pascoe (Chris Mulkey) are among the many observers drawn into the standoff.