J.J. Abrams’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
J.J. Abrams has 19 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Star Trek.
Recurring themes

McLaren
2016
Documentary

QT8: The First Eight
2019
Documentary

Dior and I
2015
Documentary

De Palma
2016
Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
Documentary

Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
Documentary

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
Documentary

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Documentary

Star Trek
2009 · Movie · Director
Top 2%Paramount+ · Included

Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · Movie · Director
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Lost
2004 · Series · Creator
Top 5%Hulu · Included

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 6%Disney+ · Included

Fringe
2008 · Series · Creator
Top 13%Hulu · Included

Super 8
2011 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 14%Paramount+ · Included

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Dir. J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Jeffrey Lieber · With Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
Dir. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J.J. Abrams · With Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Dir. Michael Bay · With Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Dir. Susan Lacy · With Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames

The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son: Adam.
Dir. Adam Nimoy · With William Shatner, George Takei, J.J. Abrams

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Dir. Jake Szymanski · With Orlando Bloom, Andy Samberg, John Cena

A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
Dir. Morgan Spurlock · With Morgan Spurlock, Peter Berg, Paul Brennan

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.
Dir. Steve Miner · With Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Dir. Arthur Hiller · With Jim Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne DeSalvo

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Dir. John Dahl · With Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley
Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
Dir. Christopher Cain · With Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette

Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Jennifer Garner, Victor Garber, Ron Rifkin