John Benfield’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
John Benfield has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by In the Name of the Father.
Recurring themes

Not Without My Daughter
1991
Drama · Thriller

Eye for an Eye
1996
Thriller · Drama

This Boy's Life
1993
Drama

The Devil's Own
1997
Crime · Thriller

Cop Land
1997
Crime · Drama

State of Grace
1990
Drama · Crime

Murder in the First
1995
Crime · Drama

Red Corner
1997
Crime · Drama

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson

A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Dir. Xavier Gens · With David Oakes, Ray Stevenson, Aura Garrido

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
Dir. Fraser Clarke Heston · With Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed

In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
Dir. Ken Loach · With Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell