Catherine Keener’s Typical Vibe
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Catherine Keener has 45 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 Into the Wild.
Recurring themes

Chaos Theory
2008
Comedy · Drama

Love Aaj Kal
2009
Comedy · Drama

Friends with Kids
2012
Comedy · Drama

18 Years Old and Rising
2011
Comedy · Drama

Rocket Science
2007
Comedy · Drama

Frances Ha
2013
Comedy · Drama

Brad's Status
2017
Comedy · Drama

Gloria
2013
Comedy · Drama

Incredibles 2
2018 · Movie · Voice
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

Get Out
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Max · Included

The Adam Project
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Netflix · Included

Living in Oblivion
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Croods: A New Age
2020 · Movie · Voice
Top 30%Peacock · Included

Capote
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 33%Prime Video · Included

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Dir. Sean Penn · With Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt

Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Dir. Brad Bird · With Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Dir. Jordan Peele · With Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Dir. Spike Jonze · With John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
Dir. John Carney · With Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir. Charlie Kaufman · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
Dir. Stefano Sollima · With Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo

Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering.
Dir. Tom DiCillo · With Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Dir. Tommy O'Haver · With Elliot Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland

Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans -- a family that's a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder. As tensions between the new neighbors start to rise, a new threat soon propels both clans on an epic adventure that forces them to embrace their differences, draw strength from one another, and survive together.
Dir. Joel Crawford · With Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds

Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a restored outlook on being middle-aged and single, Eva decides to take a chance on her new love interest Albert — a sweet, funny and like-minded man. But things get complicated when Eva discovers that Albert is in fact the dreaded ex–husband of Marianne...
Dir. Nicole Holofcener · With Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
Dir. Bennett Miller · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames

A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
Dir. Charles Binamé · With Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Carrie-Anne Moss

Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
Dir. Dave Holstein · With Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
Dir. Judd Apatow · With Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Dir. Spike Jonze · With Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.
Dir. Nicole Holofcener · With Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
Dir. Yaron Zilberman · With Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Dir. Joe Wright · With Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.
Dir. David Schwimmer · With Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Dir. Jeff Tremaine · With Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Georgina Cates

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener

as Ellie / Self
Bad Grandpa .5 gives you a whole new perspective on the world of Irving Zisman with bonus scenes and pranks also featuring Spike Jonze as "Gloria" and Catherine Keener as Irving's wife "Ellie", plus a look at the evolution of Johnny Knoxville's naughty alter-ego, the makeup effects, and a behind-the-scenes peek at the idiocy it takes to make a hidden camera movie in public.
Dir. Jeff Tremaine · With Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jackson Nicoll

Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Dir. Andrew Fleming · With Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, J. J. Soria

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and feisty Gran gather food by day and huddle together in a cave at night. When a more evolved caveman named Guy arrives on the scene, Grug is distrustful, but it soon becomes apparent that Guy is correct about the impending destruction of their world.
Dir. Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders · With Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
Dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass · With John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei
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