Christopher Plummer’s Typical Vibe
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Christopher Plummer has 52 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Twelve Monkeys.
Recurring themes

Up in the Air
2009
Drama · Romance

An Education
2009
Drama · Romance

Lucky You
2007
Drama · Romance

Angel Eyes
2001
Drama · Romance

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
Drama · Romance

Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
Drama · Romance

Death Defying Acts
2007
Drama · Romance

G
2002
Drama · Romance

Up
2009 · Movie · Voice
Top 4%Disney+ · Included

The Sound of Music
1965 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Disney+ · Included

The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Inside Man
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Netflix · Included

Somewhere in Time
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Prime Video · Included

The Gospel of John
2003 · Movie · Voice
Top 17%Prime Video · Included

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Dir. Rian Johnson · With Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Dir. David Fincher · With Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Dir. Pete Docter · With Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
Dir. John Huston · With Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
Dir. Shane Acker · With Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
Dir. Jeannot Szwarc · With Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer

When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Dir. Alejandro Agresti · With Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer

A word for word depiction of the life of Jesus Christ from the Good News Translation Bible as recorded in the Gospel of John.
Dir. Philip Saville · With Christopher Plummer, Henry Ian Cusick, Stuart Bunce

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Dir. Atom Egoyan · With Christopher Plummer, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow

The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
Dir. Todd Robinson · With Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
Dir. Franco Zeffirelli · With Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Yorgo Voyagis

The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Dir. Sergey Bondarchuk · With Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Dir. Douglas McGrath · With Charlie Hunnam, Nathan Lane, Jim Broadbent

A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
Dir. Don Bluth · With Phillip Glasser, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
Dir. Jon Turteltaub · With Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
Dir. Peter Chelsom · With Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
Dir. Daryl Duke · With Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader

Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.
Dir. David Leveaux · With Lily James, Jai Courtney, Eddie Marsan

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
Dir. Guy Hamilton · With Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
Dir. Mike Mills · With Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Dir. Bharat Nalluri · With Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger
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