No Escape
We know what you’re thinking: a low-budget film starring Owen Wilson after he became a well-known actor doesn’t sound possible, yet here we are. No Escape was a movie released in 2015 that followed an American couple who relocated to a mystery country in Southeast Asia. The action-thriller movie had a starting budget of $5 million but made more than ten times that amount at the box office.
This movie cemented Owen’s spot on a list of comedians who killed it in serious roles. Despite its horrendous Rotten Tomatoes rating of just 48%, as well as the main cast’s morally questionable decisions, it was an entertaining movie nonetheless.