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Chris Columbus

Career

Active from 1980 to 2028, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gremlins
Gremlins
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chris Columbus Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Politics
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.5, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • John Williams Score 2
  • Suburban Satire 2
  • Broad Humor 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Classic Animation 2
  • 80s Nostalgia 2
  • Heartwarming Ensemble 2
  • Whimsical World-Building 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

Producer

Untitled Labyrinth Sequel
Untitled Labyrinth Sequel

Producer

2020s

14 titles ยท average score 66
Gremlins 3
Gremlins 3 (2028)

Producer, Director

The President's Cake
The President's Cake (2026)
GoodWatch score 84

Executive Producer

The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Producer

Nosferatu
Nosferatu (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer

Dรฌdi (ๅผŸๅผŸ)
Dรฌdi (ๅผŸๅผŸ) (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

Chupa
Chupa (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

Producer

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer

The Exiles
The Exiles (2022)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Cusp
Cusp (2021)
GoodWatch score 61

Executive Producer

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

Producer, Screenplay

Scoob!
Scoob! (2020)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Yes, God, Yes
Yes, God, Yes (2020)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 63
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse (2019)
GoodWatch score 81

Executive Producer

The Christmas Chronicles
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer

I Kill Giants
I Kill Giants (2017)
GoodWatch score 70

Producer

The Witch
The Witch (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

Executive Producer

Tallulah
Tallulah (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer

Pixels
Pixels (2015)
GoodWatch score 37

Director, Producer

Mediterranea
Mediterranea (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
GoodWatch score 53

Producer

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer

Applebaum
Applebaum (2012)

Executive Producer, Director

The Help
The Help (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

Producer

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Producer

2000s

13 titles ยท average score 57
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
GoodWatch score 36

Director, Producer

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

Producer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer

Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum (2006)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

Rent
Rent (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer, Director

Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four (2005)
GoodWatch score 44

Executive Producer

3-D Rocks
3-D Rocks (2005)

Director, Producer

Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
GoodWatch score 33

Producer, Screenplay

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Executive Producer

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Executive Producer

Monkeybone
Monkeybone (2001)
GoodWatch score 39

Executive Producer

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 58
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man (1999)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer, Director

Stepmom
Stepmom (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Producer

Jingle All the Way
Jingle All the Way (1996)
GoodWatch score 41

Producer

Nine Months
Nine Months (1995)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay, Producer

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
GoodWatch score 54

as Man in Toy Store (uncredited)

Only the Lonely
Only the Lonely (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Screenplay

Home Alone
Home Alone (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
GoodWatch score 67

Characters

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 62
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Heartbreak Hotel
Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
GoodWatch score 45

Director, Writer

Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

The Goonies
The Goonies (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Young Sherlock Holmes
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Gremlins
Gremlins (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer

Reckless
Reckless (1984)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer

I Think I'm Going to Like it Here
I Think I'm Going to Like it Here (1980)

Director