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John Cassavetes has 18 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Dirty Dozen.
Hardcore
1979
Drama · Crime
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 8%Max · Included
Opening Night
1977 · Movie · Actor · Director · Writer
Top 14%Max · Included
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 15%Max · Included
Faces
1968 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 34%Max · Included
Mikey and Nicky
1976 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Max · Included
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Fred Draper
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Diahnne Abbott
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress, who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian, a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin
A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…
Dir. Elaine May · With Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes
Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
Dir. John Cassavetes · With Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
Dir. Larry Peerce · With Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam
In a small town in Wisconsin, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister cult might be behind the brutal murders. They must track down the vicious killer, who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell.
Dir. John Hough · With John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Helen Hughes
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.
Dir. Steve Carver · With Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Sylvester Stallone
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
Dir. Nick Cassavetes · With Sean Penn, Robin Wright, John Travolta
