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Dylan Baker has 37 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by Spider-Man 2.
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Trick 'r Treat
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Netflix · Included

Road to Perdition
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Fido
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Revolutionary Road
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 36%Netflix · Included

The Hunting Party
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 40%Prime Video · Included

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
Dir. John Madden · With Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.
Dir. Michael Dougherty · With Brian Cox, Quinn Lord, Anna Paquin

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Dir. Todd Solondz · With Jane Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Dir. John Hughes · With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
Dir. Richard Pearce · With Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz

Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
Dir. Andrew Currie · With Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker

David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
Dir. John Polson · With Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Dir. Tarsem Singh · With Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates

Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Dir. Kristoffer Borgli · With Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera

as Utah Prosecutor David Yocom
Netflix · Included
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Dir. Joe Berlinger · With Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco

A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad.
Dir. Richard Shepard · With Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg

Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
Dir. Shane Atkinson · With John Magaro, Steve Zahn, Galadriel Stineman

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Dir. Roger Michell · With Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and calling himself Tom Eliot (he’s a poet at heart). We’re drawn into his world and his predicament when Christopher Walken strolls in as a shadowy American who claims to know Johnny. The encounter forces him into the company of some ambiguous American businessmen who claim to be on the islands for a conference on the global financial crisis. When one of them falls in the sea, their financial PR seems to know more than she's letting on. Worricker soon learns the extent of their shady activities and he must act quickly to survive when links to British prime minister Alec Beasley come to light.
Dir. David Hare · With Bill Nighy, Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Dir. Barry Levinson · With Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland

The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.
Dir. Sebastian Gutierrez · With Abbey Lee, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino
Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.
Dir. Dale Launer · With Sandra Bullock, Tate Donovan, Anne Bancroft

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Dir. Bill Condon · With Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd

In this anthology series, heroic scientists risk all to deal with deadly outbreaks.
Dir. James V. Hart, Jeff Vintar, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders · With Daniel Dae Kim, Tony Goldwyn, Dylan Baker

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
Dir. Bob Odenkirk · With Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride

Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.
Dir. Heidi Thomas · With Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, Kathryn Newton

After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.
Dir. Lee Tamahori · With Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott

A prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
Dir. Steven Moffat · With David Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Dolly Wells
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