Brendan James Fraser is an American-Canadian actor. He played Rick O’Connell in The Mummy trilogy, and has played leading roles in numerous comedy and fantasy films, including Dudley Do-Right, Monkeybone, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Inkheart, and Furry Vengeance. Fraser rose to stardom in the 90’s while showcasing his comedic chops in films like George Of The Jungle, Airheads, and Encino Man. He also proved that he can take on dramatic roles after being cast in 1992’s School Ties. Working in Hollywood for nearly four decades, Brendan Fraser is an enigma. Love for Brendan Fraser has been taking over social media. Maybe it’s the nostalgia that so many have for his classic movies.
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We have formed a list of must watch Brendan Fraser movies. They give the right amount of nostalgia and entertainment.
1. CRASH
YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis
IMBD: 7.8
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Amazon prime
The movie interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters include a district attorney played by Brendan Fraser and his casually prejudiced wife played by Sandra Bullock, dating police detectives Graham (Don Cheadle) and Ria (Jennifer Esposito) as well as a victimized Middle Eastern store owner and a wealthy African-American couple Terrence Dashon Howard, Thandie Newton respectively, humiliated by a racist traffic cop played by Matt Dillon.
AWARDS: Academy Award for Best Picture,
Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2. GODS AND MONSTERS
YEAR: 1998
DIRECTOR: Bill Cordon
IMBD: 7.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: By renting or purchasing on Google Play, Vudu, Amazon Instant Video, and iTunes.
Once a powerful Hollywood director, James Whale played by Ian McKellen is long since retired and in increasingly poor health. His stalwart housekeeper, Hanna (Lynn Redgrave), quietly disapproves of James’ faceless, nameless parade of young gay lovers, but when the director takes an interest in new gardener Clayton Boone, a former Marine and Korean War veteran, it seems to be for something more than his usual casual conquest.
AWARDS: Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
3. DOGFIGHT
YEAR: 1991
DIRECTOR: Nancy Savoca
IMBD: 7.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: buy on Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu
A young Marine named Eddie Birdlace is set to spend his last night in San Francisco with his military friends before they are deployed to Vietnam in 1963. That night, Eddie and his friends plan to attend a cruel bar event called a “dogfight,” which requires Marines to bring unattractive dates who will be judged for their ugliness. Eddie encounters a shy, frumpy girl named Rose whom he brings to the dogfight but finds himself falling for as the night goes on.
4. THE MUMMY
YEAR: 1999
DIRECTOR: Stephen Sommers
IMBD: 7.1
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Netflix
The Mummy is a suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
5. THE QUIET AMERICAN
YEAR: 2002
DIRECTOR: Phillip Noyce
IMBD: 7
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Amazon Prime
From the classic novel by Graham Greene comes a murder mystery centered on a love triangle set against the French Indochina War in Vietnam, circa 1952. It’s the story of a veteran English journalist (Michael Caine), a young American (Brendan Fraser), and a beautiful Vietnamese woman caught between them. This is a world where nothing is what it seems — suffused with opium, intrigue, and betrayal.
6. SCHOOL TIES
YEAR: 1992
DIRECTOR: Robert Mandel
IMBD: 6.9
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Hulu
When David Greene player by Brendan Fraser, receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends (Matt Damon, Chris O’Donnell) turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.
7. BLAST FROM THE PAST
YEAR: 1999
DIRECTOR: Hugh Wilson
IMBD: 6.7
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Prime Video
Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser) has lived his entire life in confinement in a fallout shelter in Pasadena. When the Webber family’s rations of food and supplies grow thin, Adam’s eccentric father, Calvin, sends him on a dangerous restocking mission. When Adam emerges from the Webber family’s subterranean refuge for the first time, he finds that rumors of a nuclear apocalypse were totally false. He ends up meeting gorgeous Eve Rustikov that is played by Alicia Silverstone.
8. NOW AND THEN
YEAR: 1995
DIRECTOR: Lesli Linker Glatter
IMBD: 6.7
Four childhood friends gather together to prepare for the birth of Chrissey’s baby. They wonder how the girls they were at 12 years could possibly have become the women they are now.
9. WITH HONORS
YEAR: 1994
DIRECTOR: Alek Keshishian
IMBD: 6.7
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Netflix
Academia meets street smarts when Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), who is a graduate student struggling to finish his program, loses his thesis and finds it in the hands of a homeless man named Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci). Though the two get off on the wrong foot, they become unlikely friends, with Simon teaching Monty some important life lessons. Although Monty’s roommates, including his buddy, Everett Calloway (Patrick Dempsey), initially disliked having Simon around, they grow to appreciate him, too.
10. STILL BREATHING
YEAR: 1997
DIRECTOR: James F. Robinson
IMBD: 6.5
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Prime Video/ Disney+/ HBO
A Texas street performer believes that his destined love is the disillusioned con woman he met in a Los Angeles bar.
11. THE MUMMY RETURNS
YEAR: 2001
DIRECTOR: Stephen Sommers
IMBD: 6.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Netflix
The evil mummy Imhotep returns to wreak havoc as he resumes his relentless search for power and immortality. To make matters worse, another ancient evil has been unleashed, even more dangerous than Imhotep. Only the heroic Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his Egyptologist wife stand in the way of these twin terrors as they embark upon a desperate mission to save the world.
12. GIMME SHELTER
YEAR: 2013
DIRECTOR: Ronald Krauss
IMBD: 6.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Netflix
Pregnant teenager Apple runs from her abusive mother and attempts to find her father. After a horrific encounter with a pimp, Apple ends up in hospital and is sent to a shelter for pregnant teens that offers hope and redemption for its guests.
13. NO SUDDEN MOVE
YEAR: 2021
DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh
IMBD: 6.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Prime Video
In 1954 Detroit, small-time criminals are hired to steal a document. When their heist goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them — and for what purpose – sends them wending through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city.
14. TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS
YEAR: 1997
DIRECTOR: Ross Kagan Marks
IMBD: 6.4
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Amazon Video
A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.
15. BEDAZZLED
YEAR: 2000
DIRECTOR: Harold Ramis
IMBD: 6.1
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Disney+
Desperate to gain the affection of a beautiful co-worker, Elliot (Brendan Fraser) strikes a deal with the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) — a drop dead gorgeous woman with a wicked sense of humor. In exchange for Elliot’s soul, she will grant him 7 wishes. But with each wish, he gets more than he asked for.
16. INKHEART
YEAR: 2008
DIRECTOR: Iain Softley
IMBD: 6.1
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Pay and watch on Youtube.
Mo (Brendan Fraser) and his daughter, Meggie, have the ability to bring storybook characters to life just by reading aloud. That gift backfires when he accidentally summons Capricorn, the evil villain of the novel “Inkheart.” Mo and Meggie must find a way to send him back to his literary realm, but the task will not be easy, for the malefactor likes his new world and will not leave it voluntarily.
17. THE LAST TIME
YEAR: 2006
DIRECTOR: Michael Caleo
IMBD: 6
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Disney+
Ted Riker (Michael Keaton), a hard-driving high-tech salesman, mentors the less experienced Jamie Bashant (Brendan Fraser) in the art of sealing the deal. Jamie is incompetent — but his fiancée, Belisa (Amber Valletta), is irresistible. Ted and Belisa begin an affair that becomes an obsession for Ted. His sales record and the company’s future go into free fall. It is only then that the master player learns that he himself has been masterfully played.
18. ENCHINO MAN
YEAR: 1992
DIRECTOR: Les May
IMBD: 5.8
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Prime Video
California teen Dave Morgan is digging a pit for a pool in his backyard when he happens upon a caveman frozen in a block of ice. Aided by his goofy friend Stoney (Pauly Shore) and Dave transports their discovery to his garage, where the caveman thaws and is revived. When Dave and Stoney find the living and thoroughly bewildered caveman, they attempt to pass him off as a foreign exchange student named Link played by Brendan Fraser, resulting in many misadventures.
19. JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF EARTH
YEAR: 2008
DIRECTOR: Eric Brevig
IMBD: 5.8
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Prime Video
During an expedition to Iceland, professor Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser), his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their guide, get trapped in a cavern. As they follow their only escape route deeper and deeper below the Earth’s surface, they pass through strange places and encounter incredible creatures, including dinosaurs. But as volcanic activity around them increases, they realize they must find their way out — soon.
20. GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
YEAR: 1997
DIRECTOR: Sam Weisman
IMBD: 5.5
WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT: Disney+
George played by Brendan Fraser has raised himself since since he was a baby in a plane crash which stranded him in an African jungle. Now an adult, George has his first human contact in years when he rescues explorer Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann) from a lion. George and Ursula connect, and she leaves her fiancé, Lyle and takes George back to San Francisco. But when George learns that his gorilla buddy has been captured, he and Ursula return on a rescue mission.
Frequently Asked Question:-
1) What movies is Brendan Fraser going to be in?
Yes, clearly! To recap, here’s a list of just the feature film projects that are on Fraser’s upcoming calendar: Killers of the Flower Moon, The Whale, Brothers and now, Batgirl!
2) What is Brendan Fraser’s Biggest Movie?
Now, we’re ranking all Brendan Fraser movies by Tomato meter!
- #8. School Ties (1992) 60% …
- #7. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) 61% …
- #6. The Mummy (1999) 61% #6. …
- #5. Still Breathing (1997) 62% #5. …
- #4. Crash (2004) 74% #4. …
- #3. The Quiet American (2002) 87% #3. …
- #2. No Sudden Move (2021) 92% #2. …
- #1. Gods and Monsters (1998) 96% #1.
3) Is Brendan Fraser making a new movie?
This year, he will star in The Whale, a psychological thriller about an obese man who struggles with binge-eating and wants to reconnect with his teenage daughter after abandoning his family.
