Hal Ashby’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Hal Ashby has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Harold and Maude.
Recurring themes

California Suite
1978
Comedy · Drama

Scent of a Woman
1974
Comedy · Drama

California Split
1974
Comedy · Drama

A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970
Comedy · Drama

Manhattan
1979
Comedy · Drama

Murmur of the Heart
1971
Drama · Comedy

The Toy
1976
Comedy · Drama

Ecce Bombo
1978
Comedy · Drama

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid
In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate who suffered a paralyzing combat injury in the war.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern

On Election Day, 1968, irresponsible hairdresser and ladies' man George Roundy is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his girlfriends and mistress Felicia Karpf, whose husband Lester is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Jackie.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Brooks