Damien Chazelle’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Highest-ranked title
Damien Chazelle has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Whiplash.
Recurring themes

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
Dir. Dan Trachtenberg · With John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons, Nate Lang

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke

Tom Selznick, the most talented pianist of his generation, stopped performing in public because of his stage fright. Years after a catastrophic performance, he reappears in public in a long awaited concert in Chicago. Just moments after starting his performance in the packed theater, in front of an expectant audience, Tom finds a threatening message written on the score: 'Play one wrong note and you die'. Without leaving the piano, Tom must discover the anonymous sniper's motives and look for help without anyone realizing.
Dir. Eugenio Mira · With Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Tamsin Egerton
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.
Dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly · With Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Andrew Sensenig