Barbara Hershey’s Typical Vibe
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Barbara Hershey has 28 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 6 rank in the Top 10%, led by Black Swan.
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Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

Strange Darling
2024 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Paramount+ · Included

The Right Stuff
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Stunt Man
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Prime Video · Included

Hoosiers
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Prime Video · Included

Beaches
1988 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Prime Video · Included

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Dir. Darren Aronofsky · With Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Dir. James Wan · With Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Dir. JT Mollner · With Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Madisen Beaty

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Dir. James Wan · With Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye

A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
Dir. Sidney J. Furie · With Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
Dir. Philip Kaufman · With Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.
Dir. Greg Marcks · With Rachael Leigh Cook, Ben Foster, Clark Gregg

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco
A young woman move towards a house that holds a potentially dangerous spirit that has been tormenting her. The woman tries to fight against the film itself as it starts to cause the world to collapse.
Dir. Peter Tscherkassky · With Barbara Hershey

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
Dir. Richard Rush · With Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Dir. David Anspaugh · With Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Dir. Garry Marshall · With Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard

A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
Dir. Tab Murphy · With Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith

An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
Dir. Ray Lawrence · With Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Dir. Thomas Carter · With Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
Dir. Alexandre Aja · With Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul
After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. With no one willing to believe her, Judith must either escape the confines of the manor, or fall victim to the evil that dwells within it.
Dir. Axelle Carolyn · With Barbara Hershey, Nicholas Alexander, Bruce Davison

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
Dir. Jane Campion · With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.
Dir. Gigi Gaston · With Lena Headey, Dean Scott Vazquez, Sam Worthington
A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Dir. Alan Rudolph · With Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte

After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Dir. Glen Mazzara · With Bradley James, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Omid Abtahi
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.
Dir. Mick Garris · With Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Dir. Howard Franklin · With Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci
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