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Jay Roach has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Trumbo
2015 · Movie · Director
Top 26%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Meet the Parents
2000 · Movie · Director
Top 30%Netflix · Included

Game Change
2012 · Movie · Director
Top 33%Max · Included

The Roses
2025 · Movie · Director
Top 36%Hulu · Included

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · Movie · Director
Top 37%Max · Included

Recount
2008 · Movie · Director
Top 50%Max · Included

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Bryan Cranston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis C.K.

Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr.

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman

Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Dir. Stephen Hopkins · With Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis

When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
Dir. Jay Roach · With Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo

Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of opposites that definitely do not attract.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Mike Myers, Beyoncé, Seth Green

In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack

Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis

Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Stephanie Szostak