Joe Cortese’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Joe Cortese has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Green Book.
Recurring themes

An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
Drama · Romance

The Fly II
1989
Horror · Science Fiction

Mommie Dearest
1981
Drama

Brightburn
2019
Horror · Science Fiction

Slugs
1988
Horror

Vico C: La vida del filósofo
2017
Drama

The Best of Enemies
2019
Drama · History

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
Horror

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Dir. Peter Farrelly · With Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.
Dir. Eric Weston · With Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Dir. Charles S. Dutton · With Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton