Carrey's Best Films

Ask anybody who the best actor in comedy over the past two decades and they will likely mention Jim Carrey at some point. The man rakes in millions of dollars for every movie he appears in, and there is a reason for that.

Of course, you'll get a lot of argument about what his crowning achievement might be. He's been in so many successful films that it's hard to settle on just one as being the best. And people have a lot of different opinions.

I mean, look at the first two movies to put him on the map. There was the original Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the Mask.

These films put together forges Carrey's persona into a household name. His mad antics and bold comedy pushed him over the top into stardom. He has ridden those successes even further to the top of the entertainment game.

Dumb and Dumber, for example, followed about a year after those films and many consider it to be the best of Jim Carrey's long career. He starred along with Jeff Daniels as the lovable dimwit Lloyd Christmas. The duo traverse the country in pursuit of the woman of his dreams.

After that came films like Me, Myself and Irene and the Cable Guy. People either seem to love these flicks or hate them. Some actually regard these as Carrey's best films. That's totally open to interpretation.

Then Jim Carrey turned to a little more serious roles. He picked up starring roles in movies like the Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which both garnered him critical praise as well as exhibited his more subtle talents to the world.

Of course, Jim Carrey has a lot more films to go through, but narrowing his work down to the very best is a difficult task for many a movie fan. Nonetheless, everybody has their own personal favorites that will stand the test of time.