Edward Burns’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Edward Burns has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Saving Private Ryan.
Recurring themes

Thick as Thieves
2009
Action · Thriller

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
Action · Crime

Whiteout
2009
Action · Crime

Shaft
2000
Action · Adventure

Novocaine
2001
Comedy · Crime

Street Kings
2008
Action · Crime

Harsh Times
2005
Crime · Drama

The Recruit
2003
Action · Thriller

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Dir. Nancy Meyers · With Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
Dir. Asger Leth · With Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Dir. Anne Fletcher · With Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.
Dir. James Foley · With Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
Dir. Greg Marcks · With Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames

Deals with the lives of the three Irish Catholic McMullen brothers from Long Island, New York, over three months, as they grapple with basic ideas and values — love, sex, marriage, religion and family — in the 1990s.
Dir. Edward Burns · With Edward Burns, Michael McGlone, Connie Britton

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
Dir. John Moore · With Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Giovanni Ribisi

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
Dir. John Herzfeld · With Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Dir. Eric Valette · With Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancón

A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub

Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father's influence. They disagree on everything, but they have one thing in common: Mickey's ex-fiance Heather is Francis's secret love. Although both brothers are already married, Heather triggers their longtime sibling rivalry.
Dir. Edward Burns · With Jennifer Aniston, Maxine Bahns, Edward Burns
Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fire. As he mulls over accepting a job with the FBI, he is told that a friend has been murdered and he vows to track down the killer. Soon, he and his team are forced to match wits with a psychotic contract killer, who displays a disturbing commitment towards seeing his job through.
Dir. Rob Cohen · With Tyler Perry, Edward Burns, Matthew Fox
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
Dir. Peter Hyams · With Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley