John Getz’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
John Getz has 11 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 The Fly.
Recurring themes

Trash Fire
2016
Comedy · Drama

It
2017
Horror · Thriller

The Banana Splits Movie
2019
Horror · Thriller

Excision
2012
Drama · Horror

Prison
1987
Crime · Horror

Monkey Shines
1988
Horror · Science Fiction

Basket Case
1982
Horror · Comedy

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines
2012
Horror · Thriller

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Dir. David Cronenberg · With Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Dir. David Fincher · With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir. Joel Coen · With John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.
Dir. John Hughes · With Jim Belushi, Alisan Porter, Kelly Lynch

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz
Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosomes to come out of their dormant state.
Dir. Chris Walas · With Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson

Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Dir. Emilio Estevez · With Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope

Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.
Dir. Manny Coto · With Kirsten Storms, Shadia Simmons, Lauren Maltby

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.
Dir. Kelly Reichardt · With Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams

With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyfriend, disagrees with her future plans for marriage and a family. The resulting painful breakup leaves Leah heartbroken, until she meets the charming and handsome Carter Duncan. Soon, the budding romance turns dangerous as Carter reveals his volatile nature, forcing Leah to break up with the man she thought was Mr. Right. She soon realizes that Carter doesn't want to let her go.
Dir. David M. Rosenthal · With Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Dir. Stig Svendsen · With Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz