The best Adam Sandler’s drama movies

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

09/09/1966 (57 años)
Adam Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and producer. At seventeen, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he took the stage at a Boston comedy club. He regularly performed in clubs and at universities while attending New York University. In 1987, he got a recurring role on The Cosby Show. While working at a comedy club in Los Angeles, he recommended to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels by Dennis Miller. Sandler was a cast member from 1991 to 1995. After Saturday Night Live, Sandler went on to star in movies such as Airheads, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Big Daddy. He has also starred in Mr. Deeds, Eight Crazy Nights, and Punch-Drunk Love. He also writes and produces many of his other films and has composed songs for several of them, including The Wedding Singer. Sandler has had several of his songs placed on the Billboard charts, including The Chanukah Song.
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Spaceman

Spaceman
5.7/10
An orphan boy raised in the Czech countryside becomes the country's first astronaut. He is tasked with a solo mission to Venus and while venturing into deep space discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider.

Click

Click
6.4/10
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.

That's My Boy

That's My Boy
5.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/06/2012
  • Character: Donny Berger
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

Funny People

Funny People
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 30/07/2009
  • Character: George Simmons
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.

Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems
7.4/10
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Big Daddy

Big Daddy
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/06/1999
  • Character: Sonny Koufax
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love
7.3/10
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/10/2014
  • Character: Don Truby
Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.

The Cobbler

The Cobbler
5.8/10
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.

Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/03/2007
  • Character: Charlie Fineman
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

Top Five

Top Five
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/12/2014
  • Character: Adam Sandler
A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

Mixed Nuts

Mixed Nuts
5.4/10
The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 13/10/2017
  • Character: Danny Meyerowitz
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

WWE WrestleMania 21

WWE WrestleMania 21
7.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 03/04/2005
  • Character: Adam Sandler
WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleManiaPPV. It was presented by Snickers and took place on April 3, 2005 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The main match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield versus John Cena for the WWE Championship. Another primary match was an interpromotional match between The Undertaker versus Randy Orton. The featured matches on the undercard were Kurt Angle versus Shawn Michaels and a Money in the Bank ladder match. The event also featured the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin who started his part-time appearances with WWE at this event. The event drew a Staples Center record attendance of 20,193 people and grossed more than $2.1 million in ticket sales.

Goldman v Silverman

Goldman v Silverman
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/01/2020
  • Character: Rod Goldman
Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that.

Blossoms & Blood

Blossoms & Blood
6.5/10
A surreal short film crafted out of extra footage from the Paul Thomas Anderson film Punch-Drunk Love and set to Jon Brion's "Here We Go."

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