Greg Kinnear’s Typical Vibe
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Greg Kinnear has 45 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Little Miss Sunshine.
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Dan in Real Life
2007
Comedy · Romance

Waitress
2007
Drama · Comedy

A Lot Like Love
2005
Comedy · Drama

Something New
2006
Romance · Comedy

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year
2009
Drama · Comedy

The Winning Season
2009
Comedy · Drama

Adventureland
2009
Comedy · Drama

Shopgirl
2005
Comedy · Drama

Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Netflix · Included

House of Cards
2013 · Series · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Black Bird
2022 · Mini · Actor
Top 11%Apple TV+ · Included

Stuck in Love
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Prime Video · Included

The Gift
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Paramount+ · Included

The Last Song
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Disney+ · Included

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Dir. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton · With Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
Dir. Beau Willimon · With Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Constance Zimmer

The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops. His target: the Ia Drang Valley, called "The Valley of Death." As Moore prepares for one of the most violent battles in U.S. history, he delivers a stirring promise to his soldiers and their families: "I will leave no man behind...dead or alive. We will all come home together."
Dir. Randall Wallace · With Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Dir. Dennis Lehane · With Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Dir. James L. Brooks · With Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Dir. Josh Boone · With Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves

Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.
Dir. Dave McCary · With Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Dir. Julie Anne Robinson · With Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Bobby Coleman

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
Dir. Tom Shadyac · With Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, Tiffany Dupont

Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Dir. Nora Ephron · With Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Greg Kinnear

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.
Dir. Ericson Core · With Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!
Dir. David Koepp · With Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear, Téa Leoni

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Dir. Rick Famuyiwa · With Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Dir. Jill Sprecher · With Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.
Dir. Gideon Raff · With Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
Dir. Richard Shepard · With Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis

International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Dir. Michael Carney · With Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, Renée Zellweger

After their young son, Colton, undergoes emergency surgery, small-town parents Todd and Sonja Burpo are overjoyed at the child's miraculous recovery. However, the Burpos are unprepared for what happens next... Colton says that during his surgery he went to heaven and back, and tells his parents things that he couldn't possibly know. Can Todd find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world?
Dir. Randall Wallace · With Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum

Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.
Dir. Nicholas Jarecki · With Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly

In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.
Dir. Marc Abraham · With Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney

A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Dir. Rowan Athale · With Amy Ryan, Nick Robinson, Margaret Qualley

What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.
Dir. Neil LaBute · With Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
Dir. Paul Schrader · With Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. It is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Dir. Robert Benton · With Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian, and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.
Dir. Ira Sachs · With Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Dir. Simón Brand · With Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan

Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
Dir. Tony Goldwyn · With Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman
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