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Dennis Hopper has 47 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2010s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by True Romance.
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Blue Velvet
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Tubi · Free w/ ads

True Grit
1969 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Paramount+ · Included

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%AMC+ · Included

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%MGM+ · Included

Hoosiers
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Prime Video · Included

Colors
1988 · Movie · Director
Top 38%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Dir. Tony Scott · With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Dir. David Lynch · With Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
Dir. Jan de Bont · With Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dir. George Stevens · With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell

Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.
Dir. Dennis Hopper · With Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson

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

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Dir. John Sturges · With Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Jo Van Fleet

The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
Dir. George A. Romero · With Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
Dir. Wim Wenders · With Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Dir. David Anspaugh · With Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Dir. Dennis Hopper · With Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, María Conchita Alonso

A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon.
Dir. Curtis Harrington · With Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
Dir. John Dahl · With Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.
Dir. Franco Amurri · With Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Dir. Bob Rafelson · With Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey
His high school teacher issues an ultimatum: turn in a science project or flunk. So Mike Harlan scavenges a military base's junk pile for a suitable gizmo. He finds one... and unwittingly unleashes the awesome power and energy of the unknown. Twisted dimensions. Time warps. A fantastic realm where the past, present, and future collide in a whirling vortex of startling adventure and superlative special effects.
Dir. Jonathan R. Betuel · With John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Dir. Julian Schnabel · With Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio del Toro

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
Dir. Tim Hunter · With Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye

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

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Dir. Dennis Hopper · With Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly

A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Dir. Bobby Moresco · With James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Dir. Kevin Reynolds · With Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn

A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal hunts them.
Dir. Tobe Hooper · With Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow

Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland

Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.
Dir. Isabel Coixet · With Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson

In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.
Dir. Joshua Michael Stern · With Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton
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