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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Dan Gilroy has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Nightcrawler.
Recurring themes

Tim's Vermeer
2013
Documentary

The Captains
2011
Documentary · Science Fiction

The Sweet Escape
2015
Comedy · Drama

Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
2017
Documentary

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
Documentary

An Honest Liar
2014
History · Comedy

Rocco
2016
Documentary

Adult World
2014
Comedy

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Dir. Dan Gilroy · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
Dir. Tarsem Singh · With Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Daniel Caltagirone

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts · With Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Dir. Tony Gilroy · With Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to be directed by Tim Burton and star Nicolas Cage as the man of steel himself, Superman. The project went through years of development before the plug was pulled, and this documentary interviews the major filmmakers: Kevin Smith, Tim Burton, Jon Peters, Dan Gilroy, Colleen Atwood, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and many many more.
Dir. Jon Schnepp · With Jon Schnepp, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.
Dir. Dan Gilroy · With Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
Dir. Geoff Murphy · With Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo

Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.
Dir. Dennis Hopper · With Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Dir. Dan Gilroy · With Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton