Michael Cera

Michael Cera
Date of Birth: 07 Jun 1988
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 63 (Actor), 2 (Director), 2 (Writer)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (63) | Director (2) | Writer (2)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. This is the story of the double life of legendary showman Chuck Barris - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night.
Frequency
In this mind-bending thriller, director Gregory Hoblit presents a fresh and original take on time travel with the gripping human story of a father (Quaid) and a son (Caviezel) who reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime. (New Line Cinema)
Superbad
Two co-dependent high school seniors (Hill and Cera) are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. (IMDB)
Juno
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual and bizarre decision regarding her unborn child. (imdb)
Nick and Norah\
High school student Nick O'Leary, bassist of the queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg after a show. She asks him to fake being her boyfriend for five minutes to avoid being alone in front of a girl from school, but complications arise when the girl is Nick's ex, Tris, who's left him heartbroken.
Extreme Movie
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments. (imdb)
Year One
When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Switching Goals
Sam (Mary-Kate) is the sporty, less-popular one, while Emma (Ashley) is the boy and fashion-obsessed one. Here, the twins sign up for their dad's soccer team. However, Emma is picked first out of pity for her dad's Hurricanes team, while Sam is shafted into the loser-ish Buzzards team. So, to help each other out, Sam and Emma trade places with each other to play on the opposite teams... until their mom finds out. (imdb)
Paper Heart
Charlyne Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. Well, at the very least, she doesn't believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into yet another modern-day skeptic. PAPER HEART follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand...
Youth in Revolt
Based on the popular novel series by C.D. Payne, this dark comedy stars Michael Cera as Nick Twisp, a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager plagued by his troubled home life and an obsession with bedding his dream girl, Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday).
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation
This small animation features scenes (and characters!) that did not appear in the live-action film.
Bromance w/ Michael Cera, Tony Danza, & Martin Starr
A friendship between Michael Cera, Tony Danza, & Martin Starr is starting.
The End of Love
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial. (sundance.org)
The Familiar Stranger
Elisabeth Welsh discovers that her husband Patrick faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother with two sons. (imdb)
My Louisiana Sky
Set in 1957, in the small town of Saitter, Louisiana, where twelve-year-old Tiger Ann Parker lives with her mentally challenged parents. When her beloved grandmother suddenly dies, Tiger faces the choice of either staying with her parents or moving in with her rich, glamorous aunt in Baton Rouge. (wikipedia)
Crystal Fairy
Jamie is an insensitive American twentysomething traveling in Chile, who manages to create chaos at every turn. He and his friends are planning on taking a road trip to experience a legendary hallucinogen called the San Pedro cactus. In a fit of drunkenness at a wild party, Jamie invites an eccentric woman--a radical spirit named Crystal Fairy--to come along. What is meant to be a devil-may-care journey becomes a battle of wills as Jamie finds himself locking horns with his new traveling companion (Sundance)
Magic Magic
Sarah and her cousin Sarah make their way through rural Chile with Sarah's boyfriend, his sister, and their strange American friend Brink, Alicia's insomnia slowly takes control. The difference between what is happening in reality and what is happening in her own mind becomes less and less clear to her. After she takes a stab at hypnosis to help solve the problem, things only get worse. As her waking nightmare continues, will her "friends" be her salvation or her downfall? (Sundance)
This Is the End
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse. (imdb)
Failure
Failure (2013) - Short Film
A young man encounters a mysterious woman in his house.
Brazzaville Teen-Ager
In a self-effacing attempt to save his father from a death by deterioration, a young man enlists his curmudgeonly boss and Kelis to perform a song, and a miracle. (shortoftheweek.com)
Gregory Go Boom
Gregory Go Boom (2013) - Short Film
A paraplegic man leaves home for the first time only to discover that life on the outside is not like he had imagined it. (imdb)
Hits
Hits is a comedy about a paranoid municipal worker named Dave, his The Voice-obsessed 19-year-old daughter, a wannabe teenage rapper who has an unrequited crush on the daughter, and their neighbors in a small, working-class town in upstate New York. Dave finds fame when videos of his rants at City Hall go viral, and hordes of appallingly well-meaning hipsters from Brooklyn descend on their town to make sure Dave's rights aren't trampled by "the man." (Sundance)
Ultimate G\
A boy dreams of flying and grows up to make those dreams real. (imdb)
Bad Dads
Bad Dads (2011) - Short Film
In a series of free-form comedy shorts, a son tries desperately to form a relationship with his chronically absent father. (imdb)
Entertainment
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert. (imdb)
Arrested Development
Childrens Hospital
A Very Murray Christmas
Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his T.V. show due to a terrible snow-storm in New York City. (imdb)
Sausage Party
A sausage strives to discover the truth about his existence. (imdb)
The Lego Batman Movie
Bruce Wayne must not only deal with the criminals of Gotham City, but also the responsibility of raising a boy he adopted.
Lemon
A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years. (imdb)
How to Be a Latin Lover
Finding himself dumped after 25 years of marriage, a man who made a career of seducing rich older women must move in with his estranged sister, where he begins to learn the value of family.
Custody of the Heart
A successful businesswoman is suddenly sued for custody of her children by her stay-at-home husband.
Person to Person
Follows a variety of New York characters as they navigate personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.
Molly\
The true story of an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. Her players included movie stars, business titans and unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. (imdb)
Tyrel
Tyrel, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.
Man Rots from the Head
A salesman on a bum route runs in to an odd lot. (imdb)
Spivak
Struggling writer Wally Spivak is stuck in a rut - - until he meets an engaged couple and starts to see life in a whole new way. (imdb)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.
Gloria Bell
A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs. (imdb)
How and Why
How and Why (2014) - TV Movie
After his children's science show is canceled, Goodman Hesselman tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world. (imdb)
The Berenstain Bears
Papa, Mama, Brother, and Sister jump from their beloved children's books right into their all-new animated TV show! They are presented with many situations, such as new neighbors, watching too much TV, and bullies, and solve each dilemma in their own unique way. (imdb)
Cryptozoo
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown. (imdb)
What Katy Did
A 13-year-old girl is more than her widowed father can handle at times, even with help from her aunt, until a tragic accident changes her outlook on life.
That Dog
That Dog (2015) - Short Film
Michael Cera and Tim Heidecker star in this wickedly acerbic yarn about three people in an L.A. apartment complex who have made social awkwardness and crass insensitivity into an art form. (YouTube)
Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Life & Beth
Barbie
In the whimsical world of Barbie Land, perfection is paramount, unless you're facing an existential crisis or happen to be Ken. {Original summary)................................ Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. (IMDB)
Black Mirror
Black Mirror (2011) - TV Series
The Adults
The plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as Eric finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game.
Dream Scenario
A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom (imdb.com).
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
A 20-something Toronto indie rocker's adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.
Under the Boardwalk
Under the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore, a land crab townie falls in love with a sea crab tourist, but tensions between their friends and families rise. When a storm casts the duo far from home, their love will lead them on an adventure.
Clarke and Michael
A mockumentary series focused on two aspiring producers who believe their own hype regarding the big idea for a TV show, but do little in the way of actually making the program. (imdb)
Sacramento
When free-spirited Ricky suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from LA to Sacramento.
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
Following the events of the 2016 film, Frank, Brenda, Barry, and Sammy try to build their own food society.
Christmas Eve in Miller\
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own. (imdb)
Cooking with Alfred
Alfred, Batmans faithful butler, is trying to show Batman and Dick how to make a perfect omelette. Animated short on the home entertainment release of The Lego Batman Movie.
The Phoenician Scheme
The story of a family and a family business.