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Jonathan Lynn has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by My Cousin Vinny.
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Clue
1985 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 11%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Yes Minister
1980 · Series · Creator
Top 12%BritBox · Included

Yes, Prime Minister
1986 · Series · Creator
Top 13%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Wild Target
2010 · Movie · Director
Top 41%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Whole Nine Yards
2000 · Movie · Director
Top 46%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · Movie · Director
Top 67%Starz · Included

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay · With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

James Hacker MP the Government's bumbling minister for Administrative Affairs is propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - No. 10. Could this have possibly have been managed by his trusted Permanent Private Secretary, the formidably political Sir Humphrey Appleby who must move to the “Top Job” in Downing Street to support him, together with his much put upon PPS Bernard Wolley. What could possibly go wrong?
Dir. Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn · With Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds

Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims. After sparing her life, he unexpectedly acquires a young apprentice. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Natasha Henstridge

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis

A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri

Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, Mike Epps

The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important women in their lives.
Dir. Emile Ardolino · With Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
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