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James Vanderbilt has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Scream VI.
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Scream VI
2023 · Movie · Writer
Top 5%Paramount+ · Included

Nuremberg
2025 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 5%Netflix · Included

Zodiac
2007 · Movie · Writer
Top 6%Paramount+ · Included

Scream
2022 · Movie · Writer
Top 9%Netflix · Included

The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 · Movie · Writer
Top 18%Disney+ · Included

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 · Movie · Writer
Top 31%Disney+ · Included

Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett · With Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Dir. James Vanderbilt · With Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.
Dir. David Fincher · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
Dir. Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin · With Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Mason Gooding

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Dir. Marc Webb · With Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
Dir. Marc Webb · With Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Dir. Kevin Williamson · With Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
Dir. John McTiernan · With John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal

After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.
Dir. Jeremy Garelick · With Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.
Dir. Peter Berg · With Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson

On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their enemy and even the score.
Dir. Sylvain White · With Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldaña, Chris Evans

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.
Dir. Kyle Newacheck · With Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Luke Evans

A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even smarter than he is: his estranged sister.
Dir. Guy Ritchie · With John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza González

As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned, and the casualties begin to mount.
Dir. James Vanderbilt · With Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Dir. Jonathan Liebesman · With Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie T. Usher
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