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John Lithgow has 48 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Interstellar.
The Coldest Game
2019
Drama · Thriller
Interstellar
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Hulu · Included
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Hulu · Included
Shrek
2001 · Movie · Voice
Top 9%Disney+ · Included
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Apple TV+ · Included
Blow Out
1981 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Prime Video · Included
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Tubi · Free w/ ads
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
Dir. Rupert Wyatt · With Andy Serkis, James Franco, Freida Pinto
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Dir. Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson · With Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.
Dir. Alejandro Monteverde · With Cristiana Dell'Anna, David Morse, Giancarlo Giannini
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Dir. Gavin O'Connor · With Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Dir. John Landis, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg, George Miller · With Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
Dir. Edward Berger · With Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Dir. Anand Tucker · With Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Dir. Peter Hyams · With Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
Dir. Nicholas Meyer · With Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
Dir. James L. Brooks · With Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
Dir. Robert Markowitz · With Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker
The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
Dir. Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner · With John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, Jane Curtin
A group of rambunctious toddlers travel a trip to Paris. As they journey from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty and love.
Dir. Stig Bergqvist, Paul Demeyer · With E. G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Cheryl Chase
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Dir. James Ashcroft · With John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees
A small, wealthy family in New York City gets progressively torn apart by secrets, lies, and the theft that orchestrates all of it.
Dir. Benjamin Caron · With Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door – until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
Dir. P.J. Hogan · With Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"
Dir. Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville · With Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley Jr., Kelsey Grammer
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.
Dir. Nisha Ganatra · With Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
Dir. Marshall Brickman · With John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman
Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets put to the test when Dusty's old-school, macho dad and Brad's gentle father arrive to turn the holiday upside down. After a sudden change in plans, the four men decide to take the kids to a luxury resort for a fun-filled getaway that turns into a hilarious and chaotic adventure.
Dir. Sean Anders · With Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Dir. George Roy Hill · With Robin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
Dir. Stephen Hopkins · With Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, John Lithgow
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