<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=12uflR_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=12uflR_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Nathan Atkins / MEGA</figcaption></figure>Turn on the TV, and there’s Kevin Hart. Everywhere. If it’s not some new miniseries he’s popping up in, it’s the commercials that appear at every break, whether it’s for a new credit card or a sports betting app. Think you can avoid him on streaming? There’s Kevin Hart stand-up specials everywhere for the adults, and, for the kids, Kevin Hart-voiced characters in numerous animated features (plus a stint on “The Masked Singer”). You might as well give in. It’s Kevin Hart’s world. Resistance is futile.Hart’s presence is so ubiquitous that we sometimes forget that he’s also an actor, and a very good one at that. From wild action flicks like the “Jumanji” reboot series (2017 and 2019), to romantic dramas like “About Last Night” (2014) and “Top Five” (2014), to buddy comedies like “Central Intelligence” (2016) and “The Upside” (2017), Hart has shown a surprising range in his many roles on film. Certainly, he always brings the funny, but in a number of his best movies, he has layered in elements of drama to create rich, fully-developed characters.The funnyman is also regularly on people’s dream lists to host the Oscars — and he came close in 2018 until some of his problematic past tweets resurfaced, causing him to drop out. In the years since, Hart has said he’s never going to host Hollywood’s biggest night.In honor of his complete takeover of the entertainment industry, let’s raise a glass and celebrate by counting down and ranking the 12 best Kevin Hart movies, ranked. Scroll through our photo gallery above or click here for direct access.<h2>12. RIDE ALONG (2014, 2016)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=201MJR_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=201MJR_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Universal Pictures</figcaption></figure>Director: Tim Story.Writers: Various.Starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Laurence Fishburne, Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt.Hart rejoined his “Think Like a Man” director Tim Story for this buddy-cop movie that proved to be a hit with audiences. Ben Barber (Hart), a lowly security guard, wants to marry his love Angela (Tika Sumpter) but needs the blessing of her brother, police detective James (Ice Cube). Concerned that Ben is not worthy of his sister, he will only give his blessing if Ben agrees to ride along on his beat for 24 hours. The comic chemistry between Hart and Ice Cube tickled audiences, so much so that the pair reteamed for a 2016 sequel.<h2>11. DEATH AT A FUNERAL (2010)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2kHl9m_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2kHl9m_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy Screen Gems Productions</figcaption></figure>Director: Neil LaBute.Writer: Dean Craig.Starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Regina Hall, Danny Glover, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Hart, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Loretta Devine.Hart has only two scenes in this American remake of the 2007 British comedy, but, as it usually is the case with Hart, he makes the very most of them. As Brian, the director of the funeral home where the service is taking place, Hart tries to keep a calming exterior that he has it all the details under control, but inside, he’s secretly panicking. It seems that he has misplaced the body in question, though he’s sure it’s in one of two places. And he’s pretty sure it’s in the second place. Hart comes in, he shoots and he scores.<h2>10. NIGHT SCHOOL (2018)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2CrfEj_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2CrfEj_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Universal Pictures</figcaption></figure>Director: Malcolm D. Lee.Writers: Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells, Matt Kellard, Nicholas Stoller, John Hamburg.Starring Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Romany Malco.Hart is often paired with other male comic actors in his buddy movies, so his teaming with Tiffany Haddish in this classroom-set comedy brought a new dynamic to the comic’s game. In order to get a much-needed job, Teddy (Hart) needs to go back to night school to get his required GED. There his difficulties in concentration are recognized by his unorthodox teacher Carrie (Haddish) as dyslexia, and she works together with him to help him to succeed. Hart and Haddish made for an unexpectedly warm team together.<h2>9. BORDERLANDS (2024)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2WP5EK_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2WP5EK_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate</figcaption></figure>Director: Eli Roth.Writers:Eli Roth, Joe Crombie.Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu.In this screen adaptation of the popular video game, Hart takes on a rare action role as Roland Graves, an ex-soldier-turned-mercenary who joins a bounty hunter (Cate Blanchett) and her follows to rescue a kidnapped girl and keep her away from her greedy industrialist father (Edgar Ramirez). Though the film received largely negative reviews, Hart not only acquitted himself admirably as an action star, but he more than keeps up with such Oscar-winning co-stars as Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis.<h2>8. THE WEDDING RINGER (2015)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2aClKh_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2aClKh_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing</figcaption></figure>Director: Jeremy Garelick.Writers: Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender.Starring Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco, Ken Howard, Cloris Leachman, Jenifer Lewis.In this unexpected bromance, Hart plays Jimmy Callahan, whose shady rent-a-best-man firm that helps out friendless grooms is hired by awkward tax attorney Doug Harris (Josh Gad) to provide groomsmen for his upcoming nuptials. Though Jimmy is planning to con the unsuspecting groom, what he didn’t expect was a genuine friendship begin to grow between these two men. Though the comic styles of Hart and Gad couldn’t be more different, they click together here as an effective comedy team.<h2>7. THINK LIKE A MAN (2012, 2014)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3I2Pav_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3I2Pav_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing</figcaption></figure>Director: Tim Story.Writer: Keith Merryman, David A. Newman.Starring Kevin Hart, Meagan Good, Romany Falco, Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Jerry Ferrara, Gabrielle Union.Based on Steve Harvey’s self-help book, the film focuses on four different storylines, each centering on one particular couple, in which the man is following the guidelines in Harvey’s book. Hart plays Cedric, a newly-divorced man who is enjoying his new freedom to carouse, but he soon comes up against Mya (Meagan Good), to whom he is attracted but who has a “90-day rule” — no sex until at least 90 days after a romantic breakup. The film received favorable reviews (particularly for Hart and Good) and spawned a 2014 sequel.<h2>6. THE UPSIDE (2017)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0MALa5_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0MALa5_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of STXfilms and Lantern Entertainment</figcaption></figure>Director: Neil Burger.Writer: Jon Hartmere.Starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Golshisteh Farahani, Aja Naomi King, Tate Donovan.In this American remake of the hit French film “The Intouchables,” Hart portrays Dell, a parolee who gets a job working for Philip (Bryan Cranston), a wealthy quadriplegic who has lost the will to live. Though Philip wants to die, Dell’s outgoing personality and sheer life force gives Philip second thoughts about having the plug pulled on his life. The remake received mixed reviews from critics, but Cranston and Hart’s performances earned greater praise, particularly for their dramatic scenes together.<h2>5. FATHERHOOD (2021)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=14CoJj_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=14CoJj_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Netflix</figcaption></figure>Director: Paul Weitz.Writers: Paul Weitz, Dana Stevens.Starring Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, Paul Reiser.For Paul Weitz’s dramatic comedy “Fatherhood,” Hart was cast against type as Matt, a recently-widowed father who now has to raise his newborn baby as a single parent. Though his late wife’s mother (Alfre Woodard) disapproves, Matt tries his best to juggle work with raising the baby (not to mention dealing with his own grief, yet somehow he perseveres and becomes the father he always hoped he could be. Hart received widespread critical praise for his convincing dramatic take on the role.<h2>4. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE (2016)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0SNNZU_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0SNNZU_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Claire Folger</figcaption></figure>Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber.Writers: Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, Rawson Marshall Thurber.Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Aaron Paul, Jason Bateman.This buddy action comedy was the first of five films which Hart and Dwayne Johnson have made together where their special brand of comic chemistry was first spotted. The film flips expectation by casting Johnson as a once-bullied overweight nerd who has turned himself into a hulking CIA agent, and Hart as the high-school BMOC who has gone on to become a lowly accountant. Fate throws them together to stop a deadly terrorist, but that doesn’t stop them from bickering, hilariously.<h2>3. ABOUT LAST NIGHT (2014)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0OOUYx_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0OOUYx_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy Screen Gems Productions</figcaption></figure>Director: Steve Pink.Writer: Leslye Headland, based on the play “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” by David Mamet.Starring Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant.In this second remake of the David Mamet play “Sexual Perversity in Chicago,” Hart stars as Bernie, a ladies man who offers to serve as wingman to his best friend Danny (Michael Ealy) who is rebounding from a recent breakup. Danny moves cautiously with his new girlfriend Debbie (Joy Bryant), a style in sharp contrast to Bernie’s kinetic relationship with Joan (Regina Hall), with whom his heated arguments usually lead to hot, passionate sex. The film earned largely favorable reviews, with highest praise going to Hall and Hart.<h2>2. TOP FIVE (2014)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ISnrm_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ISnrm_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures</figcaption></figure>Writer/Director: Chris Rock.Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Sherri Shepherd, J.B. Smoove, Romany Malco, Leslie Jones, Michael Che, Hayley Marie Norman.In Chris Rock’s acclaimed directorial debut, Hart received strong notices as Charles, the Ivy League-educated agent to standup comic Andre Allen (Rock), a recovering alcoholic who wants to play more substantial dramatic parts in movies. Charles, however, encourages Andre to follow through on his promise to wed reality-TV star Erica Long (Gabrielle Union) on her television show. Hart’s fast-talking line of gab provides big laughs, even as Rock’s Andre is undergoing an existential crisis.<h2>1. The JUMANJI reboot series (2017, 2019)</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=29jCGl_0wPX9jDo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=29jCGl_0wPX9jDo00" width="620" height="360" ><figcaption>Image Credit: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing</figcaption></figure>Director: Jake Kasdan.Writers: Various.Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas.In this 2017 reboot of the original “Jumanji” (1995) switches the medium from a board game to a video game, with the players becoming adult avatars who try to complete a treacherous quest. For high school football player Anthony “Fridge” Johnson (Ser’Darius Blain), he is visibly disappointed in his avatar — diminutive zoologist (Hart) who loves cake but who more than saves the day. Bolstered by favorable reviews, the film became the most financially successful of Hart’s career, leading to a 2019 sequel which was another huge success.</div></body>

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Turn on the TV, and there’s Kevin Hart. Everywhere. If it’s not some new miniseries he’s popping up in, it’s the commercials that appear at every break, whether it’s for a new credit card or a sports betting app. Think you can avoid him on streaming? There’s Kevin Hart stand-up specials everywhere for the adults, and, for the kids, Kevin Hart-voiced characters in numerous animated features (plus a stint on “The Masked Singer”). You might as well give in. It’s Kevin Hart’s world. Resistance is futile.