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Adam McKay (1968-) is an Oscar®-winning American writer, director and producer. McKay has been behind some of the best comedies of the last 20 years. Since turning his attention to more serious movies he has picked up 5 Oscar® nominations. His IMDb page shows over 150 credits since 1995. This page will rank Adam McKay movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Adam McKay Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Adam McKay Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Adam McKay movies by his co-stars
- Sort Adam McKay movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Adam McKay movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Adam McKay movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Adam McKay movie received.
- Sort Adam McKay movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Adam McKay
1. Adam McKay was born in Denver, Colorado in 1968. McKay is married to director, Shira Piven. He is the brother-in-law to actor Jeremy Piven.
2. Adam McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
3. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell have been frequent collaborators. They have made many movies together, created the production company Gary Sanchez Productions and the website Funny or Die.
4. Adam McKay has directed three actors to an Oscar® nomination: Christian Bale (twice), Sam Rockwell, and Amy Adams.
5. Adam McKay has been nominated for 5 Oscars®. Twice for directing (The Big Short & Vice) twice for writing (The Big Short & Vice) and once for producing (Vice).
6. Adam McKay was one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe.
7. Adam McKay’s daughter Pearl was the little girl in the Funny or Die short, The Landlord (2007).
8. Adam McKay credits Christian Bale for saving his life. When McKay was having a mild heart attack he remembered something Bale had told him about heart attacks while filming Vice. He immediately went to the hospital where the quick reaction to his heart attack limited the damage to his heart.
9. Throughout 2000 and 2001, Adam McKay made several short films for Saturday Night Live (1975). Actors such as Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Chris Parnell, Andy Richter, Molly Shannon and Ben Stiller have appeared in his SNL shorts.
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Love Adam McKay, his Anchorman movies alone make him a worthy subject. One of the great comedy minds working today.