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Don Roos has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society.

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie · Writer
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Single White Female
1992 · Movie · Writer
Top 47%Netflix · Included

Boys on the Side
1995 · Movie · Writer
Top 49%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Happy Endings
2005 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 79%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Other Woman
2010 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 80%AMC+ · Included

Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Dir. Mike Newell · With Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew Goode

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Dir. David Frankel · With Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane

Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.
Dir. Barbet Schroeder · With Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up Jane's friend Holly, who is trying to escape an abusive relationship. With three distinct personalities, the women must overcome their differences to help one another.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Dir. Don Roos · With Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow

Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
Dir. Don Roos · With Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Jesse Bradford

Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless carries on, attempting to forge a connection with her stepson William and to resist the interference of Jack's jealous ex-wife.
Dir. Don Roos · With Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Charlie Tahan

The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed scheme to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. The psychological strain starts to weigh on the two women when a retired police investigator begins looking into the man's disappearance on a whim.
Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · With Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri

Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem. As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow.
Dir. Don Roos · With Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natasha Henstridge