All Time Top Five Best Jim Carrey Movies

Did anyone see 'The Number 23'? It wasn't that great--some people I know thought it was truly awful. I personally thought there was a lot of camp value in it, and the cinematography was great. Still, I can't argue with the fact that it was disappointing. Some people were excited because it was a Jim Carrey movie though, and that got me thinking--is a Jim Carry movie something to get excited about anymore? And I'm not sure that it is. However, I'm not sure it isn't either. So let's take a look at Jim's best work. The All Time Top Five Best Jim Carrey Movies.

5) The Mask - I'm not sure how well it holds up today, but it was pretty great to see when I was a kid. And the special effects were really state of the art at the time. Couple that with Cameron Diaz's film debut (and she never looked better. Ever.), and you've got a solid Jim Carrey flick, part of the original 3 movies that made him a star (the other two being Ace Ventura: Pet Detective & Dumb & Dumber).

4) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls - This was a surprisingly good movie, certainly much better than it had any right to be. The plot was ridiculous (something about a stolen bat and warring tribes in Africa?), but Jim Carrey-ed the movie (sorry, I couldn't help myself). I laughed a lot.

3) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - The movie that made Carrey a star is still hilarious today. Eminently quotable, great throwaway gags and lots of memorable scenes. The fact that it featured the always creepy Sean Young (check out the controversy section) as a transexual placekicker made it all that much more funny. She does have a pretty deep voice though. I'd believe it.

2) Dumb and Dumber - This is quite possibly one of the 5 funniest movies of all time, or at least one of the most quotable (which should probably be a forthcoming list). I must reference this movie at least once a week and it came out about 13 years ago (which is pretty hard to believe when you think about it). Sadly, they had to make a half-assed sequel to try and sully it's memory. Fortunately, no one saw it.

1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - This is one of my favorite movies. It's just spectacular, and Jim Carrey is surprisingly touching and real as a jilted lover who wants to forget his relationship. Of course, he's basically playing the guy from the Mask without the magic mask, but we can look past that. Kate Winslet is also phenomenal, as always. If you haven't seen it yet, stop wasting your time here and go put it on your queue!

All Time Top Five Best Jim Carry Movies That Just Missed the Cut: Bruce Almighty (gets a little overrated just because he hadn't done anything funny in a while), Liar, Liar (pretty funny, but I prefer my Jim Carrey humor without the half-assed sentimentality and moral lessons), The Truman Show (it was okay, but was Bizarro Bruce Almighty in that it was overrated just because Carrey played it straight and wasn't awful), and Man on the Moon (I actually thought this movie sucked, but Carrey did a good Andy Kaufman impersonation).