John Hillerman’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
John Hillerman has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Chinatown.
Recurring themes

Alice, Sweet Alice
1976
Horror · Mystery

Marathon Man
1976
Thriller · Crime

Hardcore
1979
Drama · Crime

The Parallax View
1974
Crime · Drama

The American Friend
1977
Drama · Thriller

Mr. Klein
1976
Mystery · Drama

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
Drama · Mystery

Night Moves
1975
Thriller · Crime

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Dir. Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson · With Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley
A man is convinced that 11-year old girl, Ivy, is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before Ivy was born.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck