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Highest-ranked title
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David Mamet has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Untouchables.
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The Untouchables
1987 · Movie · Writer
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Ronin
1998 · Movie · Writer
Top 13%Prime Video · Included

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Movie · Writer
Top 15%Prime Video · Included

House of Games
1987 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 42%Prime Video · Included

Hannibal
2001 · Movie · Writer
Top 46%MGM+ · Included

Heist
2001 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 49%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.
Dir. James Foley · With Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden

The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Dir. Lee Tamahori · With Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Dir. David Mamet · With Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Dir. David Mamet · With Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
Dir. David Mamet · With Steve Martin, Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara

The residents of a small Vermont town don't know what hit them when a beleaguered Hollywood film crew brings a chaotic shoot to their quaint village.
Dir. David Mamet · With Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charles Durning

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Dir. Bob Rafelson · With Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos

Martial artist Mike Terry lives by a strict code of no competitions, for he feels that such contests weaken fighters. After saving a famous action star from a brutal attack, Mike takes a job in the film industry. He soon finds his personal beliefs and integrity on the line as circumstances force him to participate in a prize fight.
Dir. David Mamet · With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Alice Braga

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
Dir. David Mamet · With Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
Dir. Danny DeVito · With Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante

While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.
Dir. David Mamet · With Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalija Nogulich

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.
Dir. David Mamet · With Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Scott Foley

Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.
Dir. Stuart Gordon · With William H. Macy, Frances Bay, Rebecca Pidgeon

A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
Dir. David Mamet · With Helen Mirren, Al Pacino, Jeffrey Tambor