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Diane Ladd has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Chinatown.
The Client
1994
Drama · Thriller
The World's Fastest Indian
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Prime Video · Included
Chesapeake Shores
2016 · Series · Actor
Top 40%Prime Video · Included
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 47%Disney+ · Included
Enlightened
2011 · Series · Actor
Top 64%Max · Included
White Lightning
1973 · Movie · Actor
Top 75%Prime Video · Included
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Anthony Hopkins, Walton Goggins, Diane Ladd
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · With Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Dir. Nick Hamm · With Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Jim Belushi
After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, Kris Kristofferson
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Dir. David Lynch · With Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
Dir. John Tinker · With Meghan Ory, Laci J. Mailey, Emilie Ullerup
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Dir. Jack Clayton · With Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd
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
After a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, Amy tries to get her life back together.
Dir. Mike White, Laura Dern · With Mike White, Luke Wilson, Timm Sharp
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
Dir. David O. Russell · With Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
Kingdom is a hospital whose bizarre population includes a brilliant surgeon who lives in the basement, a nearly blind security guard and a nurse who regularly faints at the sight of blood. But when patients and staff hear the voice of a girl crying through the halls and a patient destined for life as a paraplegic miraculously recovers, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers... at their own peril.
Dir. Lars von Trier, Stephen King · With Allison Hossack, Bruce Davison, Janet Wright
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father. When Dorothy tells Jonathan that she is pregnant and that her father will deny her inheritance if he finds out, Jonathan murders her, but he stages her death as a suicide. As Jonathan works his way onto Mr. Carlsson's payroll, Dorothy's twin sister, Ellen, investigates the apparent suicide.
Dir. James Dearden · With Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
Dir. Adam Simon · With Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon
