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Dean Martin has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Rio Bravo.
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Sanjuro
1962
Drama · Action

French Cancan
1955
Comedy · Drama

La Ronde
1950
Romance · Comedy

Crazy in Alabama
1999
Comedy · Drama

Tai-Chi Master
1993
Action · Comedy

Marriage Italian Style
1964
Drama · Romance

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Comedy · Romance

Boccaccio '70
1962
Comedy · Romance

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Dir. J. Lee Thompson · With Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum

While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.
Dir. Frank Tashlin · With Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
Dir. Vincente Minnelli · With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin

Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With James Stewart, Dean Martin, George Kennedy

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Dir. Hal Needham · With Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett

An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Dir. George Seaton · With Burt Lancaster, Dana Wynter, Dean Martin

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
Dir. Hal Needham · With Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin
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