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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Jonathan Roberts has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Lion King.
Recurring themes
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
Dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff · With Matthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Jeremy Irons
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced Minister of Justice. His first venture to the outside world finds him Esmeralda, a kind-hearted and fearless Romani woman who openly stands up to Frollo's tyranny.
Dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise · With Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Kevin Kline
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Dir. Henry Selick · With Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley
A father who can't keep his promises dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
Dir. Troy Miller · With Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
Dir. Howard Storm · With Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton, Karen Kopins
