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John C. Reilly has 48 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Jeune Femme
2017
Comedy · Drama

The New Romantic
2018
Drama · Comedy

Goodbye Berlin
2016
Drama · Comedy

Frances Ha
2013
Comedy · Drama

Brad's Status
2017
Comedy · Drama

Gloria
2013
Comedy · Drama

Friends with Kids
2012
Comedy · Drama

18 Years Old and Rising
2011
Comedy · Drama

Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018 · Movie · Voice
Top 6%Disney+ · Included

Wreck-It Ralph
2012 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Disney+ · Included

We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Prime Video · Included

Chicago
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Paramount+ · Included

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Dir. James Gunn · With Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet — the netizens — to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.
Dir. Phil Johnston, Rich Moore · With John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.
Dir. Rich Moore · With John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Dir. Lynne Ramsay · With Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
Dir. Shane Acker · With Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With Jim Caviezel, Nick Nolte, Sean Penn

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos · With Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Dir. Taylor Hackford · With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Dir. Jon S. Baird · With Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey

Filmmakers Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey chronicle a year in the lives of an Alaskan brown bear named Sky and her cubs, Scout and Amber. Their saga begins as the bears emerge from hibernation at the end of winter. As time passes, the bear family must work together to find food and stay safe from other predators, especially other bears. Although their world is exciting, it is also risky, and the cubs' survival hinges on family togetherness.
Dir. Keith Scholey, Alastair Fothergill · With John C. Reilly

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Dir. Jacques Audiard · With John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
Dir. Jake Kasdan · With John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.
Dir. Phil Joanou · With Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman

A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
Dir. Jim Hecht, Max Borenstein · With John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow

Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Meryl Streep, David Strathairn, Kevin Bacon

The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby, is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife, and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen

Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Dir. Azazel Jacobs · With Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton

Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
Dir. Gregory Jacobs · With John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
Dir. Tony Scott · With Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman

A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.
Dir. Garth Jennings · With Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane
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