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Frank Grillo has 46 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Warrior
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Prime Video · Included

End of Watch
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Prime Video · Included

Peacemaker
2022 · Series · Actor
Top 16%Max · Included

Boss Level
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Hulu · Included

Black and Blue
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Netflix · Included

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%Max · Included

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo · With Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Dir. Gavin O'Connor · With Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte

One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.
Dir. James DeMonaco · With Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Dir. David Ayer · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez

Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan “Gator” Bodine, a local crime boss.
Dir. Gary Fleder · With Jason Statham, James Franco, Izabela Vidovic

The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with Bloodsport, Peacemaker soon discovers that his freedom comes at a price.
Dir. James Gunn · With John Cena, Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma

A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
Dir. Joe Carnahan · With Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
Dir. Christian Sesma · With Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Jaime King

Rookie cop Alicia West, an Army veteran, inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.
Dir. Deon Taylor · With Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.
Dir. Patrick Hughes · With Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek Pinault

After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Dir. Joe Carnahan · With Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Dir. Henry Alex Rubin · With Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo

Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
Dir. Lowell Dean · With Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Frank Grillo

After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
Dir. Akiva Goldsman · With Shree Crooks, Frank Grillo, Anna Torv
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.
Dir. Todor Chapkanov · With Rico Verhoeven, Frank Grillo, Marie Dompnier

Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Dir. James DeMonaco · With Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson

On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Dir. Joe Carnahan · With Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder
After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
Dir. Isaac Florentine · With Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick, Rhona Mitra

Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Dir. Kevin Grevioux · With Alain Moussi, Frank Grillo, Marie Avgeropoulos

Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.
Dir. John Swab · With Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Frank Grillo

Follow the exploits of the Creature Commandos, a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails... they're your last, worst option.
Dir. James Gunn · With Indira Varma, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk

A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
Dir. Jeremy Rush · With Frank Grillo, Caitlin Carmichael, Garret Dillahunt

Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman · With Rebecca De Mornay, Jaime King, Frank Grillo
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands.
Dir. Declan Whitebloom · With Ruby Rose, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Frank Grillo

China's deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians, he must leave his newfound peace behind and return to his duties as a soldier and protector.
Dir. Wu Jing · With Wu Jing, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade
A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.
Dir. Anna Gutto · With Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman

A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
Dir. Joe Lynch · With Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Marcia Gay Harden

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
Dir. Martin Campbell · With Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution of a high-ranking cartel member on TV, his Chief of Staff and Doc inform him about the peace he just ended. But it’s too late, as Cuco, the cartel’s hatchet man, has set his vengeful sights on Doc’s daughter Dixie.
Dir. John Swab · With Frank Grillo, Eric Dane, Annabeth Gish
Deceit and betrayal rise to the surface after newlyweds survive a deadly car accident in the Moroccan desert.
Dir. David Marconi · With Roschdy Zem, Jaimie Alexander, Frank Grillo
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