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Chris Bauer has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Recurring themes

Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
Drama · Crime

The Mule
2018
Crime · Drama

Street Flow
2019
Drama · Crime

About Schmidt
2002
Drama · Comedy

The Weather Man
2005
Comedy · Drama

Riding in Cars with Boys
2001
Drama · Comedy

The Upside of Anger
2005
Comedy · Drama

Nowhere Boy
2009
Drama

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

The Deuce
2017 · Series · Actor
Top 43%Max · Included

True Blood
2008 · Series · Actor
Top 53%Max · Included

Heels
2021 · Series · Actor
Top 59%Netflix · Included

HIS & HERS
2026 · Mini · Actor
Top 60%Netflix · Included

Flawless
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 62%Prime Video · Included

The adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.
Dir. Charles Martin Smith · With Bryce Dallas Howard, Jonah Hauer-King, Alexandra Shipp

A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Dir. Christopher Leone · With Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson
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
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

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Dir. Jodie Foster · With George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
Dir. David Simon, George Pelecanos · With James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
Dir. Alan Ball · With Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Dir. Mary Harron · With Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris

In a close-knit Georgia community, a family-owned wrestling promotion finds two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to (and just as hard to leave behind).
Dir. Michael Waldron · With Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff

Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
Dir. William Oldroyd · With Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schreiber

An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Dir. Brad Bird · With Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Physically frail and unaccustomed to his rough surroundings, Ron is primed to fall victim to sexual predators and bullying guards – that is, until he's befriended by Earl, a veteran inmate who finds meaning in protecting the vulnerable new kid.
Dir. Steve Buscemi · With Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
Dir. John Lee Hancock · With Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
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