6 Movies Starring Jon Heder

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (151020 Reviews)

Director:

Jared Hess

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Jared Hess

Jerusha Hess

Fullplot:

Preston, Idaho's most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite, lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro, snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley.

Surf's Up

Surf's Up

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-06-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (49854 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Don Rhymer (screenplay)

Ash Brannon (screenplay)

Chris Buck (screenplay)

Christopher Jenkins (screenplay)

Christopher Jenkins (story)

Christian Darren (story)

Lisa Addario

Joe Syracuse

Fullplot:

This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all of the other penguins think he's nothing but a surfing fool, to the "Big Z Memorial Surf Off" on Pen Gu Island. Young Cody is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of "Big Z," a deceased surfing legend whom he has idolized since childhood. But the waves in Pen Gu are different than in Shiverpool, and the competition is steep. The current champ, egotistical Tank Evans, isn't just about to let this little penguin knock him from first place without a fight. When Cody wipes out and encounters Geek, a recluse aging former surfer, living in the jungle, he learns some important lessons about life and surfing, and even teaches Geek a thing or two.

The Benchwarmers

The Benchwarmers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-07

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

80 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (37969 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Genres:

ComedySport

Cast:

Writer:

Allen Covert

Nick Swardson

Fullplot:

Three guys, all their lives, have been living in the shadow of bullies and are determined not to take it anymore. Now they must train with the help of Mel to take on the most offensive and meanest youth baseball teams.

Blades of Glory

Blades of Glory

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-30

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (120400 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedySport

Cast:

Writer:

Jeff Cox (screenplay)

Craig Cox (screenplay)

John Altschuler (screenplay)

Dave Krinsky (screenplay)

Craig Cox (story)

Jeff Cox (story)

Busy Philipps (story)

Fullplot:

When rivalry between the world's best men's figure skaters - sex addicted, improvisational Chazz Michael Michaels and germophobic, precise Jimmy MacElroy - breaks into a fight on the awards platform, they're banned from the event for life. Three years later, desire for a gold medal and a careful reading of the rules lead them to compete as skating's first male-male pair. Can they overcome mutual dislike, limited time to prepare, their coach's secret past, and the dirty tricks of their main opponents, the Van Waldenberg siblings? The key to victory or defeat may lie in the attraction of the virginal Jimmy toward Katie, the Van Waldenbergs' little sister.

School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (25359 Reviews)

Director:

Todd Phillips

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Todd Phillips (screenplay)

Scot Armstrong (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An unlucky meter reader enrolls in a confidence-building class so he can win the love of the girl of his dreams. The class turns out to be something quite different when it becomes clear to the young man that his professor has his sights set on the same girl.

For Ellen

For Ellen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(1406 Reviews)

Director:

So Yong Kim

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Joby Taylor, having risked home and family in pursuit of the roll-and-roll dream, finds himself being asked to surrender all rights of paternity to his six-year-old daughter Ellen in a divorce settlement. With much at stake at this late stage, is it too late for him to start being a father? That's the question as he approaches a deadline decision to either surrender or fight.

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