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Billy Crudup has 31 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 Big Fish.
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The Spectacular Now
2013
Comedy · Drama

Oh Lucy!
2018
Comedy · Drama

mid90s
2018
Drama · Comedy

The Rum Diary
2011
Comedy · Drama

Mississippi Grind
2015
Comedy · Drama

As Cool as I Am
2013
Comedy · Drama

Tallulah
2016
Drama · Comedy

The Land of Steady Habits
2018
Drama · Comedy

Big Fish
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Watchmen
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Max · Included

Almost Famous
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Paramount+ · Included

The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%AMC+ · Included

The Morning Show
2019 · Series · Actor
Top 28%Apple TV+ · Included

Mission: Impossible III
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 29%Paramount+ · Included

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman

In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Malin Åkerman, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup

In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.
Dir. Cameron Crowe · With Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez · With Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Dir. Mike Mills · With Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
Dir. Jay Carson · With Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Dir. William H. Macy · With Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because this is the 17th century, Maria, like other females, is prohibited from pursuing her dream of acting. But when powerful people support her, King Charles II lifts the ban on female stage performers. And just as Maria aided Ned, she needs his help to learn her new profession.
Dir. Richard Eyre · With Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Derek Hutchinson

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Dir. Jill Sprecher · With Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup

A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that sometimes you have to take a gamble at life to find love.
Dir. Justin Theroux · With Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Dir. Guillaume Canet · With Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard

After a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
Dir. Leif Tilden · With Graham Rogers, Billy Crudup, Liana Liberato

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Dir. Keith Gordon · With Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Hipp

Seeking funds for her orphanage in India, Isabelle travels to New York to meet Theresa, a wealthy benefactor. An invitation to attend a wedding ignites a series of events in which the past collides with the present while mysteries unravel.
Dir. Bart Freundlich · With Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Dir. Pablo Larraín · With Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig

In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Dir. Pat O'Connor · With Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Dir. Robert De Niro · With Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Dir. Gillian Armstrong · With Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon

Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron.
Dir. Noah Baumbach · With George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".
Dir. Ryan Murphy · With Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, James Franco
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
Dir. Bart Freundlich · With David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup

The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.
Dir. Lisa Rubin · With Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson
Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.
Dir. Peter Glanz · With Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup

In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to revitalize their customers' lives by hawking timeshares on the moon.
Dir. Lucas Jansen, Amit Bhalla · With Billy Crudup, Haneefah Wood, Hank Azaria
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