Frederic Forrest’s Typical Vibe
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Frederic Forrest has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Apocalypse Now.
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Apocalypse Now
1979 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Conversation
1974 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Prime Video · Included

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Movie · Actor
Top 54%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Movie · Actor
Top 57%Prime Video · Included

The Two Jakes
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 83%Paramount+ · Included

One from the Heart
1982 · Movie · Actor
Top 85%Tubi · Free w/ ads

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
Dir. George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola · With Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Moffat
After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article believing that he is the reincarnation of her grandfather, and hoping that she can learn the truth about how he died.
Dir. Andrew Silver · With Ariel Aberg-Riger, Lee Stetson, Karlene Crockett

Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
Dir. Mark Rydell · With Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Dir. Daniel Petrie · With Tom Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Dir. Jack Nicholson · With Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
Dir. Johnny Depp · With Johnny Depp, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo

In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniversary and each pursue the fantasy of new love over one neon-soaked night—he with a free-spirited acrobat, she with a seductive musician. But as illusion and reality blur, both must decide whether passion or devotion truly defines the heart.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest, Raúl Juliá
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