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Cary Elwes has 38 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Saw.
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Striptease
1996
Comedy · Crime

Plunkett & Macleane
1999
Action · Comedy

Tai-Chi Master
1993
Action · Comedy

Citizen Ruth
1996
Drama · Comedy

Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Drama · Comedy

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995
Comedy · Drama

Death to Smoochy
2002
Comedy · Crime

On Guard
1997
Adventure · Action

Saw
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

The Princess Bride
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

BlackBerry
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Netflix · Included

The Unholy
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 15%Hulu · Included

The Crush
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Prime Video · Included

Kiss the Girls
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Paramount+ · Included

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
Dir. James Wan · With Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin

Count Dracula, a 15th-century prince, is condemned to live off the blood of the living for eternity. Young lawyer Jonathan Harker is sent to Dracula's castle to finalise a land deal, but when the Count sees a photo of Harker's fiancée, Mina, the spitting image of his dead wife, he imprisons him and sets off for London to track her down.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Dir. Edward Zwick · With Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes

During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A true story about a secret British WWII organization — the Special Operations Executive. Founded by Winston Churchill, their irregular warfare against the Germans helped to change the course of the war, and gave birth to modern black operations.
Dir. Guy Ritchie · With Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
Dir. Matt Johnson · With Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson

Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
Dir. Evan Spiliotopoulos · With Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Cricket Brown, William Sadler

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Dir. Alan Shapiro · With Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.
Dir. Frederik Du Chau · With Jessalyn Gilsig, Andrea Corr, Cary Elwes
Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
Dir. Tom Shadyac · With Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
Dir. Gary Fleder · With Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes

The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Dir. Jim Abrahams · With Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
Dir. Jan de Bont · With Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.
Dir. Mel Brooks · With Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.
Dir. Guy Ritchie · With Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Dir. Trevor Nunn · With Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.
Dir. Kevin Greutert · With Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell

A cranky, retired author reluctantly embarks on a final book tour to help out a young publisher.
Dir. Lina Roessler · With Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
Dir. Tony Scott · With Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman

Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Dir. E. Elias Merhige · With John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier

In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes

Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?
Dir. Ivan Reitman · With Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline

Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Dir. Tommy O'Haver · With Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes

In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to his becoming a spy.
Dir. Marek Kanievska · With Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn

To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle -- and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.
Dir. Mary Lambert · With Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes, Lee Ross

as Portly Gentleman / Dick Wilkins / Fiddler / Business Man (voice) · Voice
Disney+ · Included+1
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
After moving into a cottage together, two young lovers confront horrors of a forgotten childhood.
Dir. Rick Bieber · With Cary Elwes, Dominic Sherwood, Drea de Matteo

Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Nick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Devon Bostick

Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey

Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
Dir. Adam Rifkin · With Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins
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