Hello, Mack Fans! We recently sat down with our fearless leader, Mr. Macaulay Culkin, to rehash one of our favorite topics: Macaulay Culkin movies. Specifically, we got him to rank his top ten. Which is pretty meta and weird, and no, we can’t believe this is our lives. So without further ado: Here are Macaulay Culkin movies ranked … by Macaulay Culkin himself (with a little bit of behind-the-scenes trivia, of course).
10. MY GIRL
Mack: “Least favorite because I died. It was also when I learned I wasn’t allergic to bees. When I first got the job I had to go to a doctor to get tested for allergies to make sure I wasn’t allergic so that I wouldn’t die in real life. In your face, Devon Sawa, I got the part!”
9. JACOB’S LADDER
“I was not even in the credits. Also I got hit by a car in it.”
8. SAVED
“Because Mandy Moore is a delight. I also got to be in a movie with people who were all my own age for once. All the other movies had been me as a kid with adults. On Saved I was the only one who was old enough to buy liquor.”
7. UNCLE BUCK
“Because John Candy made me giant pancakes, which were really real. I never ate them because they were made a week earlier, but they were actually cooked in a kitchen on a giant skillet.”
6. PARTY MONSTER
“I always felt pretty, but that’s where I learned I actually was pretty. It taught me to totally understand why women put in all that time getting ready. It’s worth it and I looked awesome.”
5. GETTING EVEN WITH DAD
“Ted Danson is a total sweetheart who knew I really didn’t want to be there. He was a good sport.”
4. HOME ALONE
“Okay, Google.” (Editor’s note: If you don’t get that, we suggest you Google it). “But also, the whole movie hinged on a little kid, which was a lot of pressure, but in the end it did so great that I got to go to school that year and say, ‘I beat Rocky’—because we did better than Rocky 5.”
3. RICHIE RICH
“It was the last movie I made for 20 years. John Larroquette hated me, but we bonded over Barq’s root beer because he was from Louisiana and that’s where Barq’s was made. Also, everyone in the cast was over 6’2 in order to make me look shorter and younger than I was at the time.”
2. THE PAGEMASTER
“What kid wouldn’t want to be a cartoon and work with Christopher Lloyd? He hated me in the beginning, but I won him over. We both had the same type of dog, a bearded collie, and that bonded us.”
1. HOME ALONE 2
“Because that’s the one that helped me buy a new house.” [Editor’s note: It’s a sweet house.]
There you have it! Macaulay Culkin movies ranked … by Macaulay Culkin. And if you like hearing about Mack talk about stuff, be sure to check out his podcast here. There’s the one where he talks about his favorite TV shows, another where he discusses what he’d bring on a deserted island, and yet another where he talks to Seth Green about Marvel movies. You can also check him out on our YouTube channel here, doin’ stuff like pointing at Milwaukee with the Red Letter Media guys.
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Hello, loved you on AVGN! Did you like your work on Good son? Would you ever try to play darker roles like that in the future? Thank you!
The Good Son?
Party Monster?
Hello!!!
I just have to tell you that Home Alone 2 was always my favorite over Home Alone as well! The fact that it allowed you to buy a new house is SO AWESOME!! However, my question is, was it more fun to shoot as well? Like the stunts with Maurve, Harry, hotel staff(OMG FUNNY) etc?
On a personal note, I would like to tell you what these movies meant to me. I have Cerebral Palsy and I am in a wheelchair. This movies were with me through surgeries, good days, bad days, etc. My parents had to buy me new VHS tapes because I wore them out. To this day, whenever I watch these movies (especially Home Alone 2) they ALWAYS make me laugh. I can’t even imagine what your childhood was like but I want you to know these movies helped me.
The Good Son doesn't make the list?!
The fact that The Good Son isn't even on here... smh
I see many people asking about the good son, I don't blame you for not listing it.. I vaguely remember being told you were forced into that role to avoid being type casted.. and it had some negative impacts on you.. even if that's not true.. I could understand you not even wanting to reminisce on that role.
There’s a deleted scene in Pagemaster of you getting hauled away by Frankenstein’s monster, shown in a behind the scenes pencil sketch animation and a brief shot of the monster in the international trailer. Could you elaborate more on that missing scene? Thanks.
I didn't know he made that many.
Q: Mack what security measures are you taking incase your... Home alone?
Only the lonely cameo ?