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Gore Verbinski has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Action · Adventure

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 · Movie · Director
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Movie · Director
Top 4%Disney+ · Included

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Movie · Director
Top 6%Disney+ · Included

The Ring
2002 · Movie · Director
Top 8%Paramount+ · Included

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026 · Movie · Director
Top 14%Hulu · Included

A Cure for Wellness
2017 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 23%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

After losing Captain Jack Sparrow to the locker of Davy Jones, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa journey to the ends of the earth to rescue him. And as the East India Trading Company tightens its grip on the seas under Lord Cutler Beckett—now in control of Davy Jones—the fate of piracy hangs by a thread. Now, they must unite the pirate lords for one final stand. But as loyalties are tested and alliances shift, each must ultimately choose where they stand in the battle for freedom on the high seas.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman

A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson

A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini

When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty