Christopher McDonald’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
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Christopher McDonald has 46 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 Requiem for a Dream.
Recurring themes

Class Act
1992
Comedy · Drama

10 Things I Hate About You
1999
Comedy · Romance

Never Been Kissed
1999
Romance · Comedy

Blast from the Past
1999
Drama · Romance

Son in Law
1993
Comedy · Drama

Milk Money
1994
Comedy · Romance

French Kiss
1995
Comedy · Romance

My Cousin Vinny
1992
Comedy · Drama

Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Peacock · Included

Thelma & Louise
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

Lemonade Mouth
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 15%Disney+ · Included

SLC Punk
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Rosaline
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Starz · Included

Awake
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%Prime Video · Included

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Dir. Darren Aronofsky · With Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Dir. Brad Bird · With Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel

When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.
Dir. Patricia Riggen · With Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Hayley Kiyoko

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
Dir. Robert Redford · With John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Dir. James Merendino · With Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish

Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Dir. Karen Maine · With Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen

An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates the man to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames, seeking answers.
Dir. Jim Jarmusch · With Bill Murray, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange

Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.
Dir. Marcus Dunstan · With Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Dir. Joby Harold · With Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Dir. Robert Markowitz · With Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Dir. Dennis Dugan · With Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen
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

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Dir. Donald Petrie · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret

In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Dir. John Duigan · With Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald

Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
Dir. Emile Ardolino · With Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal

Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
Dir. Kyle Newacheck · With Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
Dir. Peter Faiman · With Ed O'Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
Dir. Callie Khouri · With Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Dir. Joel Silberg · With Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers

Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...
Dir. Joe Chappelle · With Skeet Ulrich, Angela Featherstone, Donal Logue

Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.
Dir. Bob Saget · With Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden

as Boss Hogg
When mischievous teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke are arrested, both boys are paroled to the care of their Uncle Jesse in Hazzard, sentenced to a summer of hard work. It's not long before the Duke boys learn of Boss Hogg's plans to foreclose on Uncle Jesse's farm. Together, with help from their cousin Daisy, Bo and Luke vow to save the family's property and its storied history of producing the best moonshine in all of Hazzard.
Dir. Robert Berlinger · With Jonathan Bennett, Randy Wayne, April Scott
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
Dir. Penelope Spheeris · With Maxwell Caulfield, Charlie Sheen, Patti D'Arbanville

In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
Dir. Kyle Newman · With Sam Huntington, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler

Bernie and Joan are two fiery flirters who are passionate about everything from hookups to breakups and each other. When he sets up his best friend, Danny, with her roommate, Debbie, the sparks soon fly as they try to navigate the relationship minefields from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
Dir. Steve Pink · With Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall

Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they've inherited a nightmare.
Dir. Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy · With Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Gravitt
Seattle medical examiner David Krane is obsessed with solving his wife's murder. A possible solution presents itself in an experimental "memory" serum designed by a neurobiology professor, which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but with potentially fatal consequences.
Dir. John Dahl · With Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
Dir. Franco Amurri · With Finster, Thora Birch, Harvey Keitel

Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
Dir. Mora Stephens · With Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss