The Best Movies Starring Bill Murray

In this movie mashup of mostly live action with a single computer animated character, Murray provides the voice for the animated Garfield, everyone’s favorite lazy cat, whose pastimes include eating lasagna and tormenting his owner, Jon.

In this sequel to the first Garfield movie, Murray returns as the mischievous animated cat, this time sneaking aboard a plane to London, where he is fortuitously mistaken for a cat named Prince XII, heir to a castle in the English countryside.

In this work of historical fiction, Murray plays Sergeant Richard Campbell, an architect enlisted by the Allies during WWII to help track down artwork stolen by the Nazis.

In this sci-fi film based on a novel by Jeanne DuPrau, Murray plays Mayor Cole, the corrupt leader of an underground city with a failing infrastructure and dwindling food sources.

In this action comedy, Murray takes on the role of John Bosley, Charlie’s assistant, who ends up being captured and needs the Angels to rescue him.

In this slapstick comedy, Murray plays Wallace Ritchie, an unsuspecting theater game participant who is mistaken for a hitman.

In this sequel to the paranormal comedy “Ghostbusters” (see below), Murray returns as one of a team of professional spirit hunters who reunite to rid the world of dark forces.

In “Ghostbusters,” Murray plays Dr. Peter Venkman, a former professor who teams up with a few other out of work parapsychologists to start a ghost trapping business.

In a vignette cameo appearance, Bill Murray plays himself as a waiter who converses with two members of Wu Tang Clan, chugging coffee straight from the pot and asking the hip hop artists to keep his identity under wraps.

In this modern comedic take on “A Christmas Carol,” Murray plays Frank Cross, a heartless capitalist who treats the people around him as only means to an end.

In this comedic revenge story and homage to Jacques Cousteau, Murray plays oceanographer Steve Zissou, who is intent on destroying the shark that ate his diving partner.

In this comedy drama, Murray plays misanthrope Vincent MacKenna, whose dubious attempts at babysitting his 11-year-old neighbor develop into an unlikely friendship.

In this French-American film, Murray portrays a rich retiree, Don Johnston, who wants nothing more than to live in peace. However, after receiving a mysterious letter, Don ends up on a quest to find out if he has a long-lost son.

Murray stars in this comedy as Bob Wiley, a well-intentioned man with extreme phobias who follows his therapist on vacation and proceeds to drive him mad.

In one of his earliest big films, Murray plays Carl Spackler, a deranged groundskeeper at a country club who goes to extremes attempting to kill a gopher that has been damaging the golf course.

Murray stars in this war comedy as John Winger, a former cabbie who enlists in the army, barely graduates from boot camp, and becomes an unlikely hero.

In the 2016 animated version of this Rudyard Kipling tale, Murray provides the voice of Baloo, a fun-loving bear who rescues and befriends Mowgli, a human child living in the jungle.

Murray stars in this unconventional romantic comedy as Bob Harris, an American film star confronting his midlife crisis while in Tokyo.

In this coming of age comedy, Murray plays Walt Bishop, a lawyer and father of an eccentric teenager who runs away with her Boy Scout boyfriend.

In Wes Anderson’s first major Hollywood movie, Murray plays Herman Blume, a dour businessman who befriends a struggling private school student and falls for a woman with whom the teen is obsessed.

In this stop-motion animated comedy, Murray provides the voice for Clive Badger, Mr. Fox’s lawyer and best friend.

In “Groundhog Day,” Murray plays Phil Connors, an egotistical weatherman who finds himself stuck in a time loop, doomed to repeat the same day every time he wakes, until he can figure out how to break the cycle.