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Bruce McGill has 37 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Cinderella Man.
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The Business
2005
Drama · Action

Two for the Money
2005
Comedy · Crime

Fulltime Killer
2001
Action · Crime

Domino
2005
Action · Crime

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008
Drama · Action

The Contract
2006
Drama · Action

Man on Fire
2004
Action · Drama

New Police Story
2004
Action · Thriller

Cinderella Man
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Netflix · Included

Blue Miracle
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Netflix · Included

Matchstick Men
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Collateral
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Paramount+ · Included

Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Series · Actor
Top 22%Netflix · Included

61*
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 33%Max · Included

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Dir. F. Gary Gray · With Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.
Dir. Julio Quintana · With Jimmy Gonzales, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Gonzalez

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith

Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.
Dir. Tony Scott · With Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
Dir. Robin Bissell · With Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.
Dir. Janet Tamaro · With Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges

The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Dir. Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin · With Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Hayden Zaller
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Dir. Billy Crystal · With Barry Pepper, Thomas Jane, Anthony Michael Hall

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Dir. John Landis · With Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Dir. John Duigan · With Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.
Dir. Gary Fleder · With John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson · With Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra · With Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr.

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Dir. Scott Frank · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Michael Caine, Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe

For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.
Dir. Tim Story · With Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.
Dir. Cameron Crowe · With Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Dir. John Singleton · With Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Don Cheadle

World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
Dir. Robert Redford · With Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize Theron

After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.
Dir. Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly · With Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander

In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
Dir. Peter Hyams · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver

When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
Dir. Penelope Spheeris · With Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson
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