John Wood’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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John Wood has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Purple Rose of Cairo.
Recurring themes

Great Expectations
1998
Comedy · Drama

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
1999
Comedy · Drama

The Girl on the Bridge
1999
Drama · Comedy

The Barber of Siberia
1998
Comedy · Drama

New York Stories
1989
Comedy · Drama

Some Girls
1988
Comedy · Drama

Too Beautiful for You
1989
Drama · Romance

Restoration
1995
Drama · Romance

Chocolat
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Paramount+ · Included

Ladyhawke
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Citizen X
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Max · Included

WarGames
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%MGM+ · Included

The Madness of King George
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Prime Video · Included

Lady Jane
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 44%MGM+ · Included

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Dir. Chris Gerolmo · With Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Dir. John Badham · With Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to prevent the king's political enemies, led by the Prince of Wales, from usurping the throne.
Dir. Nicholas Hytner · With Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
Dir. Sally Potter · With Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau

The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Dir. Trevor Nunn · With Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, John Wood

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
Dir. Oliver Parker · With Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett

After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, John Wood
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
Dir. Jonas McCord · With Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · With Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery