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Ann Dowd has 26 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Hereditary.
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Hereditary
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Captain Fantastic
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Side Effects
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Netflix · Included

Mass
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Netflix · Included

Taking Chance
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Max · Included

The Independent
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Peacock · Included
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Dir. Ari Aster · With Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Dir. Matt Ross · With Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Dir. David Frankel · With Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Dir. David Frankel · With Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.
Dir. Fran Kranz · With Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd

Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Dir. Ross Katz · With Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art

It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made, an idealistic young journalist teams up with her idol, legendary journalist Nick Booker, to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the election, and the country, in their hands.
Dir. Amy Rice · With Jodie Turner-Smith, Brian Cox, Ali Marsh

New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
Dir. David Siegel, Scott McGehee · With Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Ann Dowd

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.
Dir. Jane Anderson · With Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Dir. Michaël R. Roskam · With Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini

Lexington, Kentucky, 2004. Four young men attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in the history of the United States.
Dir. Bart Layton · With Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner

Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior reminiscent of the MacNeil possession fifty years prior.
Dir. David Gordon Green · With Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O'Neill

Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
Dir. Frank Hall Green · With Bruce Greenwood, Ella Purnell, Brian Geraghty

After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Dir. Ron Krauss · With Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
Dir. Bryan Singer · With Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Bruce Davison

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Dir. Gavin Wiesen · With Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas

Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
Dir. David Gordon Green · With Sandra Bullock, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.
Dir. Craig Zobel · With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy

Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
Dir. Christina Choe · With Andrea Riseborough, John Leguizamo, Steve Buscemi
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what's best for Jake, and each other.
Dir. Silas Howard · With Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer
A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and leads a scout group on a hike through the mountains.
Dir. Greg Beeman · With Daniel Stern, Jon Polito, Brad Sullivan
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works for, confesses he's unhappy with married life. Shirley has a crush on Michael, and seizes this moment to kiss him. Michael is so happy he presents Shirley with a big tip, which gives her an idea. Shirley plans to make extra money by setting up her teenage friends with other unhappy fathers.
Dir. David Ross · With John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon

Tess Thorne, a famous writer, is determined to seek revenge on the man who brutally assaulted and raped her on a desolate New England road.
Dir. Mikael Salomon · With Maria Bello, Ann Dowd, Will Harris

Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
Dir. Leslye Headland · With Kirsten Dunst, Rebel Wilson, Lizzy Caplan
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