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David Strathairn has 43 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Bourne Ultimatum.
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Fracture
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Temple Grandin
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Max · Included

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Hulu · Included

Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie · Voice
Top 17%Disney+ · Included

UFO
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Sneakers
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%Prime Video · Included

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Dir. Paul Greengrass · With Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
Dir. Gregory Hoblit · With Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.
Dir. Mick Jackson · With Claire Danes, David Strathairn, Barry Tubb

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Dir. Olivia Newman · With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson

After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
Dir. Jared Bush, Byron Howard · With Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt

Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
Dir. Charles Guard, Thomas Guard · With Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn

A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.
Dir. Ryan Eslinger · With Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, Ella Purnell

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Dir. Phil Alden Robinson · With Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Dir. Chloé Zhao · With Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Dir. John Sayles · With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell

Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.
Dir. Mark Steven Johnson · With Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Dir. George Clooney · With David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette

An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.
Dir. Perry Lang · With David Strathairn, Brenton Thwaites, Yael Grobglas

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Dir. Mark Waters · With Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Dir. McG · With Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man. Inspired by the real events that led to the end of the Johnston Gang, who operated in the northeastern United States in the 1970s.
Dir. James Foley · With Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.
Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Dir. John Sayles · With John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.
Dir. Michael Hoffman · With Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett
A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
Dir. Fred Schepisi · With Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone

Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Dir. Larysa Kondracki · With Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Dir. Mary Harron · With Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris

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

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal · With Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn
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