James Ransone’s Typical Vibe
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James Ransone has 22 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 The Black Phone.
Recurring themes

1BR
2019
Thriller · Drama

Wake Wood
2011
Drama · Horror

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
Horror · Drama

Along Came the Devil
2018
Thriller · Horror

The Devil's Candy
2016
Horror · Thriller

When the Lights Went Out
2012
Thriller · Drama

Sleep Tight
2011
Thriller · Horror

Pet
2016
Horror · Thriller

The Black Phone
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

Inside Man
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Netflix · Included

Black Phone 2
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Netflix · Included

Generation Kill
2008 · Series · Actor
Top 20%Max · Included

Tangerine
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Hulu · Included

Kristy
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 61%Prime Video · Included

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
Dir. Andy Muschietti · With Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Vincent D'Onofrio

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
Dir. Spike Lee · With Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster

Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.
Dir. Scott Derrickson · With Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
Dir. David Simon · With Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Dir. Sean Baker · With Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Dir. Paco Cabezas · With Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.
Dir. Sean Baker · With Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Dir. Ciarán Foy · With James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan

The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
Dir. Ti West · With Ethan Hawke, John Travolta, Taissa Farmiga

When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
Dir. Olly Blackburn · With Haley Bennett, Ashley Greene, Lucas Till

In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.
Dir. Allen Hughes · With Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
Dir. Spike Lee · With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley

Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.
Dir. Rupert Wyatt · With John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors
Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most conventional; Tate brims with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother; and Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.
Dir. Larry Clark, Edward Lachman · With James Ransone, Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso

Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
Dir. Nelson McCormick · With Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup

After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, He's unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored on their premises—resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S.history.
Dir. Dito Montiel · With Liam Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Roberts
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.
Dir. Aaron Katz · With Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, John Cho
Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.
Dir. Sonny Mallhi · With Vinessa Shaw, James Ransone, Colin Ford
Eddie Krumble works as a paid audience member for infomercials and experiences a whirlwind of overnight fame after a late-night talk show host publicizes his frequent infomercial appearances.
Dir. Dito Montiel · With Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Tracy Morgan
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
Dir. Dito Montiel · With Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche
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