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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Burton Gilliam has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Paper Moon.
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Paper Moon
1973 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Blazing Saddles
1974 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Prime Video · Included

The Getaway
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 74%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 80%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Dir. Mel Brooks · With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Dir. Michael Cimino · With Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.
Dir. Peyton Reed · With Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Ali Wentworth

On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fiancée.
Dir. Andrew Bergman · With James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker