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Chris Columbus

Born 1958 · American filmmaker

Christopher Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

Chris Columbus, in order

  1. 1984 Gremlins: wrote · directed by Joe Dante · critics 87%, audiences 78% · streaming on HBO Max
  2. 1984 Reckless: wrote · directed by James Foley
  3. 1985 The Goonies: wrote · directed by Richard Donner · critics 78%, audiences 90% · streaming on Pluto TV
  4. 1985 Young Sherlock Holmes: wrote · directed by Barry Levinson
  5. 1987 Adventures in Babysitting: directed · critics 74%, audiences 70% · streaming on Disney+
  6. 1988 Heartbreak Hotel: directed, wrote · critics 38%, audiences 50%
  7. 1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland: wrote · directed by Masami Hata and William T. Hurtz
  8. 1990 Home Alone: directed · critics 66%, audiences 81% · streaming on Disney+
  9. 1991 Only the Lonely: directed, wrote · critics 73%, audiences 51%
  10. 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: directed, acted · critics 35%, audiences 63% · streaming on Disney+
  11. 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire: directed · critics 74%, audiences 77% · streaming on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV
  12. 1995 Nine Months: directed, wrote, produced · critics 23%, audiences 37%
  13. 1996 Jingle All the Way: produced · directed by Brian Levant · critics 20%, audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV
  14. 1998 Stepmom: directed, produced
  15. 1999 Bicentennial Man: directed, produced
  16. 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: directed · critics 80%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Peacock
  17. 2001 Monkeybone: produced · directed by Henry Selick
  18. 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: directed · critics 82%, audiences 80% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
  19. 2004 Christmas with the Kranks: wrote, produced · directed by Joe Roth
  20. 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: produced · directed by Alfonso Cuarón · critics 91%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max, Peacock
  21. 2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing: acted · directed by Wendy Apple · audiences 83% · streaming on Starz
  22. 2005 Rent: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 46%, audiences 83% · streaming on Kanopy, YouTube (free)
  23. 2006 Night at the Museum: produced · directed by Shawn Levy · critics 42%, audiences 67% · streaming on Hulu
  24. 2009 I Love You, Beth Cooper: directed, produced
  25. 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: produced · directed by Shawn Levy
  26. 2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: directed, produced
  27. 2011 The Help: produced · directed by Tate Taylor
  28. 2012 Applebaum (TV movie): directed
  29. 2013 Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters: produced · directed by Thor Freudenthal
  30. 2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb: produced · directed by Shawn Levy
  31. 2015 Mediterranea: produced · directed by Jonas Carpignano
  32. 2015 Pixels: directed, produced · critics 18%, audiences 46% · streaming on Philo, Starz
  33. 2017 Patti Cake$: produced · directed by Geremy Jasper
  34. 2018 I Kill Giants: produced · directed by Anders Walter · critics 78%, audiences 73% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV
  35. 2018 The Christmas Chronicles: produced · directed by Clay Kaytis
  36. 2019 The Movies That Made Us (TV series): acted · audiences 71% · streaming on Netflix
  37. 2020 Scoob!: produced · directed by Tony Cervone
  38. 2020 The Christmas Chronicles 2: directed, wrote, produced
  39. 2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts: acted · directed by Casey Patterson and Eran Creevy · critics 93%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max
  40. 2023 Chupa: produced · directed by Jonás Cuarón
  41. 2024 Nosferatu: produced · directed by Robert Eggers · critics 85%, audiences 73% · streaming on Hulu
  42. 2025 The Thursday Murder Club: directed · critics 77%, audiences 54% · streaming on Netflix
  43. 2027 Gremlins 3: directed, wrote, produced
  44. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: directed