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Brad Anderson has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Machinist.
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Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Lucy Capri
Jess, a newly separated mother and nurse, moves into her old family farmhouse with Tyler, her teenage daughter, and Owen, her eight-year-old son. One night, the family dog senses something in the woods and runs off to find it. He returns a couple of days later and attacks Owen, savagely biting him before Jess is able to intervene. Owen is rushed to the hospital. His condition worsens, and no one can figure out why... until Jess discovers a disturbing cure...
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Michelle Monaghan, Skeet Ulrich, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong

A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nadia Dajani

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon

A TransSiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Billie Boullet, Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich

While working a case as an interpreter, a hearing-impaired police detective must confront a group of criminals trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in her apartment building.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Joel Kinnaman, Sandra Mae Frank, Mekhi Phifer

A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Hayden Christensen, Thandiwe Newton, John Leguizamo