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Ethan Hawke has 64 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Dead Poets Society.
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The Black Phone
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

Training Day
2001 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Before Sunrise
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Predestination
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Before Sunset
2004 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 4%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Maudie
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn

An unexpected meeting on a train leads two travelers to spend an evening wandering through Vienna. As the night unfolds, they share stories and conversations about life and love, exploring new ideas while a quiet intimacy grows between them, knowing it may be their only night together.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.
Dir. Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig · With Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff

It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Vincent D'Onofrio

Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
Dir. Aisling Walsh · With Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Gabrielle Rose

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Dir. Robert Eggers · With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang

Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
Dir. Andrew Niccol · With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
Dir. Frank Marshall · With Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, Ethan Hawke

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Dir. Randal Kleiser · With Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Seymour Cassel

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Dir. Luc Besson · With Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen

A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Dir. Paul Schrader · With Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Jon, a first-time filmmaker, finds himself in Lansing, Michigan to present his film at a local film festival. Vince, his high school friend who is now a volunteer fireman and small-time drug dealer, also visits the town to support Jon on his big day, or so it seems. After a raucous hello and much backslapping, it appears that there is an undercurrent of tension in the air.
Dir. Richard Linklater · With Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman

Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.
Dir. RZA · With Shameik Moore, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Dir. Jeremy Slater · With Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.
Dir. Joe Dante · With Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Dir. Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig · With Ethan Hawke, Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Dir. James DeMonaco · With Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Dir. Jean-François Richet · With Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne
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