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Chris Columbus has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
1997
Comedy · Romance
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Movie · Director
Top 1%Max · Included
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie · Director
Top 1%Max · Included
Home Alone
1990 · Movie · Director
Top 3%Disney+ · Included
The Goonies
1985 · Movie · Writer
Top 3%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 · Movie · Director
Top 8%Disney+ · Included
Gremlins
1984 · Movie · Writer
Top 9%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Robin Williams, Sally Field, Lisa Jakub
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
Dir. Joe Dante · With Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
Dir. Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz, Masanori Hata · With Takuma Gono, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroko Kasahara
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!
Dir. Joe Roth · With Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
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
A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold
