Austin Nichols’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Austin Nichols has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Prayers for Bobby.
Recurring themes

The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
2006
Romance · Drama

Raising Helen
2004
Drama · Comedy

Boys and Girls
2000
Comedy · Drama

Joe Somebody
2001
Comedy · Romance

A Good Year
2006
Comedy · Drama

Shall We Dance?
2004
Drama · Romance

The Clique
2008
Comedy · Drama

Center Stage: Turn It Up
2008
Drama · Music

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
Dir. Russell Mulcahy · With Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Dir. James Gartner · With Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight

In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.
Dir. Mark Schwahn · With James Lafferty, Bethany Joy Lenz, Sophia Bush

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum

Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to 119 as his confidence on the court slowly ebbs away. Now, on the eve of his leaving the world of professional tennis, he’s granted a wild card, allowing him to play his final Wimbledon tournament…make that his final tournament ever.
Dir. Richard Loncraine · With Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Sam Neill
Sisters Alex and Madison are whisked away to the Bahamas for winter break but soon find themselves crossing paths with a man smuggling stolen artifacts.
Dir. Steve Purcell · With Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols
A young girl struggles to survive after a group of home invaders break into her house to steal her family's priceless artwork.
Dir. Shane Dax Taylor · With Alyvia Alyn Lind, Bella Thorne, Mircea Monroe

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Dir. Shawn Ku · With Maria Bello, Michael Sheen, Alan Tudyk
A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.
Dir. Gregor Jordan · With Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster