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Elisabeth Shue has 27 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Back to the Future Part II.
1994
Comedy · Drama
Back to the Future Part II
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Disney+ · Included
The Karate Kid
1984 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Netflix · Included
Greyhound
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Apple TV+ · Included
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Prime Video · Free w/ ads
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Prime Video · Included
Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen
New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai.
Dir. John G. Avildsen · With Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Dir. Gregg Araki · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.
Dir. Aaron Schneider · With Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Kirstie Alley
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Dir. Mike Figgis · With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.
Dir. Ron Underwood · With Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard
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
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Dir. Anthony E. Zuiker, Ann Donahue · With Ted Danson, George Eads, Jorja Fox
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
Dir. John Gatins · With Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Dir. Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson · With Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue
Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.
Dir. Richard Franklin · With Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp, Steven Finch
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris · With Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.
Dir. Michael Hoffman · With Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr.
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Dir. Eli Roth · With Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Norris
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Dir. Phillip Noyce · With Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Šerbedžija
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Dir. Mark Tonderai · With Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Nolan Gerard Funk
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Dir. Paul Verhoeven · With Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if he doesn't prove the truth.
Dir. Volker Schlöndorff · With Woody Harrelson, Gina Gershon, Elisabeth Shue
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Dir. David Frankel · With Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell
Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom. When the couple are discovered by Vicki's beau, infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel, he makes a surprising pronouncement -- they'd better marry, or Charley is a dead man.
Dir. Jerry Rees · With Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
Dir. David Koepp · With Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney
Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
Dir. Tim Garrick · With Nat Wolff, Selena Gomez, Mary-Louise Parker
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.
Dir. Alexandre Aja · With Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steven R. McQueen
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