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Adam Rifkin has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

The Interview
2014
Action · Comedy

CHiPs
2017
Action · Comedy

The Watch
2012
Comedy · Action

Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1
2013
Comedy · Horror

The Dictator
2012
Comedy

The Hangover Part II
2011
Comedy

Bottoms
2023
Comedy

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
Comedy

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!
Dir. Adam Rifkin · With Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Dir. Joe Dante · With Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Denis Leary

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis

An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
Dir. Adam Rifkin · With Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Chevy Chase

as Miles Munson (segment "Wadzilla") · Director · Writer
It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.
Dir. Joe Lynch, Adam Green, Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Bear McCreary · With Richard Riehle, Adam Rifkin, Ray Wise

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
Dir. Adam Rifkin · With Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins
A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Dir. Frederik Du Chau · With Jason Lee, Peter Dinklage, Jim Belushi
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.
Dir. Peter Hewitt · With Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
Dir. Valerie Breiman · With Adam Sandler, Scott LaRose, Tom Hodges