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Danny Strong has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
Comedy

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Movie · Writer
Top 11%Netflix · Included

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Movie · Writer
Top 14%Netflix · Included

Dopesick
2021 · Mini · Creator
Top 17%Disney+ · Included

Game Change
2012 · Movie · Writer
Top 33%Max · Included

Recount
2008 · Movie · Writer
Top 50%Max · Included

Rebel in the Rye
2017 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 59%Paramount+ · Included

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Dir. Lee Daniels · With Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo

The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.
Dir. Danny Strong · With Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris

College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed since her parent's day. Banished to a condemned house, Sydney joins forces with seven outcasts to take over the student government and win equal rights for nerd and noted alike.
Dir. Joe Nussbaum · With Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr.

The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Dir. Danny Strong · With Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Victor Garber
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Dir. Danny Strong, Lee Daniels · With Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Bryshere Y. Gray

as Boner
In this horror parody, a masked serial killer menaces the town of Bulimia Falls with various sharp objects. Attention-seeking television personality Hagitha Utslay is soon on the scene, reporting on the ever-growing body count. Former mall security guard Doughy shows up to protect the teenage population, but he's clearly not much help, allowing the murderer to pick off even more hapless kids as numerous scary movies are referenced.
Dir. John Blanchard · With Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tom Arnold, Coolio
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