Highest-ranked title
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Jonathan Demme has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Silence of the Lambs.
Against All Odds
1984
Crime · Drama
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Movie · Director
Top 1%MGM+ · Included
Philadelphia
1993 · Movie · Director
Top 5%Hulu · Included
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie · Director
Top 33%Paramount+ · Included
Something Wild
1986 · Movie · Director
Top 55%Mubi · Included
Married to the Mob
1988 · Movie · Director
Top 69%Prime Video · Included
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Movie · Director
Top 79%Netflix · Included
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Dean Stockwell
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin
Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.
Dir. Eddie Romero · With Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise
Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Thandiwe Newton, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Robbins
