Cole Hauser’s Typical Vibe
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Cole Hauser has 25 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Good Will Hunting.
Recurring themes

Snitch
2013
Action · Drama

Fast Convoy
2016
Drama · Action

Death Sentence
2007
Action · Crime

Proof of Life
2000
Thriller · Action

Assault on Wall Street
2013
Drama · Thriller

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Good Will Hunting
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

Yellowstone
2018 · Series · Actor
Top 1%Peacock · Included

Pitch Black
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Netflix · Included

Tears of the Sun
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Tigerland
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 64%Prime Video · Included

Transcendence
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 66%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
Dir. Taylor Sheridan, John Linson · With Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
Dir. David Twohy · With Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser

It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.
Dir. John Singleton · With Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Dir. Peter Kosminsky · With Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr.

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Dir. Wally Pfister · With Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.
Dir. Robert Mandel · With Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell
A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
Dir. William Kaufman · With Cuba Gooding Jr., Cole Hauser, Jonathan LaPaglia

African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
Dir. John Singleton · With Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport

When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlisting the help of a young lieutenant in a brilliant plot against his captors, McNamara risks everything on a mission to free his men and change the outcome of the war.
Dir. Gregory Hoblit · With Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
Dir. Don Michael Paul · With Josh Kelly, Danielle Savre, Cole Hauser

When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.
Dir. Brett Donowho · With Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Dir. George Gallo · With Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser, Vernon Davis

A stockbroker in a small southern town gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the plot. Sheriff Thurmond Fowler, the by-the-book town sheriff for over four decades, works earnestly to try and unravel the town’s mystery and winds up getting more than he bargained for.
Dir. Michael Mailer · With Cole Hauser, Jaimie Alexander, Morgan Freeman
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.
Dir. Paul Abascal · With Cole Hauser, Robin Tunney, Dennis Farina

Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.
Dir. Peyton Reed · With Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams

After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While exploring deeper into the underwater caves, a rockslide blocks their exit, and they soon discover a larger carnivorous creature has added them to its food chain.
Dir. Bruce Hunt · With Cole Hauser, Lena Headey, Morris Chestnut
An ex-marine is hired by a defense contractor to travel to Panama to complete an arms deal. In the process he becomes involved with the U.S. invasion of Panama, and learns an important lesson about the true nature of political power.
Dir. Mark Neveldine · With Cole Hauser, Mel Gibson, Kiara Liz
Two gangbangers turned cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Dir. Chris Fisher · With Clifton Collins Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr., Keith David
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.
Dir. Jason Cabell · With Nicolas Cage, Leslie Bibb, Peter Facinelli

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
Dir. John Moore · With Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Billy Crudup, Woody Harrelson, Penélope Cruz
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