John Pankow’s Typical Vibe
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John Pankow has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

Against All Odds
1984
Crime · Drama

In Too Deep
1999
Drama · Action

At Close Range
1986
Crime · Drama

Eye of the Needle
1981
Drama · Thriller

The Star Chamber
1983
Drama · Thriller

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Crime · Romance

Deadfall
2012
Crime · Drama

Choice of Arms
1981
Crime · Thriller

To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%Prime Video · Included

Monkey Shines
1988 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%MGM+ · Included

Episodes
2011 · Series · Actor
Top 54%Paramount+ · Included

The Extra Man
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 72%Prime Video · Included

Mad About You
1992 · Series · Actor
Top 73%Hulu · Included

Morning Glory
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 78%Paramount+ · Included

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Dir. William Friedkin · With William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
Dir. George A. Romero · With Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope

In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Dir. Matthew Robbins · With Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan

A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.
Dir. David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik · With Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
Dir. Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman · With Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
Dir. Paul Reiser, Danny Jacobson · With Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.
Dir. Roger Michell · With Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton

A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.
Dir. Alan Rudolph · With Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
Dir. Nicholas Hytner · With Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda