Ben Wheatley’s Typical Vibe
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Ben Wheatley has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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Kill List
2011 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 35%AMC+ · Included

A Field in England
2013 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 36%MUBI · Included

Meg 2: The Trench
2023 · Movie · Director
Top 46%Max · Included

Sightseers
2012 · Movie · Director
Top 54%AMC+ · Included

Rebecca
2020 · Movie · Director
Top 67%Netflix · Included

High-Rise
2015 · Movie · Director
Top 98%Hulu · Included

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson

During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Richard Glover

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Shuya Sophia Cai

Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies

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
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.
Dir. Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Bruno Forzani, Adrián García Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srđan Spasojević, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi, Lee Hardcastle, Kaare Andrews, Anders Morgenthaler · With Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Erik Audé, Iván González

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Tom Hiddleston, Elisabeth Moss, Sienna Miller