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Billy Bob Thornton has 43 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Man Who Wasn't There.
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Made
2001
Comedy · Crime

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
2017
Thriller · Drama

Baby Boy
2001
Crime · Drama

Bernie
2012
Comedy · Crime

Defendor
2009
Drama · Action

Green Street Hooligans
2005
Crime · Drama

Adulthood
2008
Crime · Drama

Killshot
2008
Crime · Drama

Landman
2024 · Series · Actor
Top 11%Paramount+ · Included

The Gray Man
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Netflix · Included

The Gift
2000 · Movie · Writer
Top 19%Paramount+ · Included

Goliath
2016 · Series · Actor
Top 38%Prime Video · Included

Monster's Ball
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 51%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 55%Prime Video · Included

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · With Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco

Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West-Texas and a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Dir. Taylor Sheridan, Christian Wallace · With Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Andy Garcia

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Dir. Billy Bob Thornton · With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo · With Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Dir. Michael Bay · With Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Dir. David Dobkin · With Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.
Dir. Chris Miller · With Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Zach Galifianakis

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
Dir. David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro · With Billy Bob Thornton, Nina Arianda, Tania Raymonde

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
Dir. Peter Berg · With Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.
Dir. Michael Polish · With Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
Dir. Carl Franklin · With Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton

Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.
Dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa · With Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Billy Bob Thornton

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and California in order to finance their scheme for a new life south of the border. Unfortunately, things get more complicated when they meet Kate, who runs into them with her car. She joins the bandits on their cross-country spree, and eventually she steals something, too: their hearts.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett

When a desperate man’s car breaks down in a bizarre desert town while evading vengeful bookies, he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle. Caught between a married couple, he’s faced with deadly contracts to kill them both.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Dir. Adrian Lyne · With Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson

When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
Dir. Barry Battles · With Clayne Crawford, Travis Fimmel, Daniel Cudmore
You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Dir. Terry Zwigoff · With Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham

After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
Dir. Robert Duvall · With Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
Dir. Mike Newell · With John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Morris Buttermaker is a burned-out minor league baseball player who loves to drink and can't keep his hands to himself. His long-suffering lawyer arranges for him to manage a local Little League team, and Buttermaker soon finds himself the head of a rag-tag group of misfit players. Through unconventional team-building exercises and his offbeat coaching style, Buttermaker helps his hapless Bears prepare to meet their rivals, the Yankees.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.
Dir. Ed Solomon · With Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.
Dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson · With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Odessa Young

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Dir. Joel Coen · With George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush

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

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
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