This best Jim Carrey movies list features the top Jim Carrey films of all time, including only titles that he has starred in that have already released. In order to be included in this top 5 Jim Carrey movies list Carrey must have played a prominent role. Author discretion is the final criteria used to distinguish these best Jim Carrey films.

Box Office Gross: $60,240,295     Adjusted for 2011: $107,532,489

The movie that became a tabloid sensation and infamous (perceived) box office failure. All Hollywood was quietly rooting against Carrey after an unprecedented string of hits propelled him to the rankings of worlds highest paid actor at $20 million dollars a film. Having set the bar so high Carrey was expected to deliver another home run, instead he chose a dark script heavily re-written by producer Judd Apatow and (then unknown) director Ben Stiller. They turned in a strangely offbeat comedy that blindsided audiences expecting the goofy antics of Ace Ventura. Carrey’s Kip ‘The Cable Guy’ is a sad man reminiscent of DeNiro’s Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorsese’s King of Comedy. Moments of hilarity ensue. A scene in which Kip (Carrey) sings a karaoke rendition of Jefferson Airplane’s ‘Somebody to Love’ is an example of vintage antics from the endlessly talented physical comedian. A film that grows on you with repeat viewings, perhaps that’s the reason for the inexplicable popularity the movie has received on cable and DVD.

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