Andrew Niccol’s Typical Vibe
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Andrew Niccol has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Truman Show.
Recurring themes

The Truman Show
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

The Terminal
2004 · Movie · Writer
Top 5%Paramount+ · Included

In Time
2011 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 9%Hulu · Included

The Host
2013 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 52%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Anon
2018 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 67%Netflix · Included

Good Kill
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 91%Paramount+ · Included

In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci

In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener

Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore

In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz