David Morse’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
David Morse has 40 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 Twelve Monkeys.
Recurring themes

Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%MUBI · Included

The Rock
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Max · Included

World War Z
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Prime Video · Included

The Hurt Locker
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Prime Video · Included

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%Disney+ · Included

Disturbia
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Dir. Frank Darabont · With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Dir. Lars von Trier · With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Dir. Michael Bay · With Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
Dir. F. Gary Gray · With Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.
Dir. Alejandro Monteverde · With Cristiana Dell'Anna, David Morse, Giancarlo Giannini

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow · With Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Dir. Peter Hedges · With Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Dir. Peter Landesman · With Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
Dir. John Gatins · With Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson

Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Dir. Kirk Ellis · With Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse

Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture.
Dir. David Simon, Eric Overmyer · With Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Chris Coy

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Dir. Joseph Ruben · With Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
Dir. Scott Hicks · With Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis

The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.
Dir. Brett Johnson, Michael Tolkin · With Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano, Patricia Arquette

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him.
Dir. Sean Penn · With David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Dir. Antonio Banderas · With Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Dir. Deborah Kampmeier · With Dakota Fanning, Oliver Clayton-Luce, Isabelle Fuhrman

One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer utopia, no one will talk about the accident – neither her childhood friends "The Liars" nor her first love Gat, forcing her to uncover the truth herself.
Dir. Julie Plec, Carina Adly MacKenzie · With Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Joseph Zada
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
Dir. Nick Stagliano · With Anthony Hopkins, Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Robert Pastorelli

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.
Dir. Mikael Håfström · With John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Dir. Alexandre Aja · With Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella
Top Collaborators
Directors with 2+ shared titles, ranked by frequency