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Kevin J. O'Connor has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including There Will Be Blood.
Recurring themes

Sniper
1993
Action · Drama

In Too Deep
1999
Drama · Action

Payback
1999
Action · Drama

The Quick and the Dead
1995
Western · Action

Kiss of Death
1995
Crime · Thriller

The Negotiator
1998
Action · Crime

Desperate Measures
1998
Action · Drama

The Edge
1997
Action · Adventure

There Will Be Blood
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

Steel Magnolias
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Netflix · Included

The Mummy
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Max · Included

Catch-22
2019 · Mini · Actor
Top 44%Hulu · Included

F/X2
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 48%MGM+ · Included

Lord of Illusions
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 51%MGM+ · Included

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper, Hannah, hires a handsome young gardener, the flamboyant director and simple yard man develop an unlikely friendship, which will change them forever.
Dir. Bill Condon · With Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave

Pianosa Island, Italy, World War II. Bombardier John Yossarian tries to fulfill his duty, maintain sanity and return home as soon as possible, but incompetence and bureaucracy constantly stand in his way.
Dir. Luke Davies, David Michôd · With Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart

F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
Dir. Richard Franklin · With Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Dir. Clive Barker · With Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia

In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
Dir. Martin Campbell · With Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller

The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and arid deserts, far from the comforts and codes of civilisation, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.
Dir. David Von Ancken · With Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott

A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
Dir. Michael Moore · With John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.
Dir. Peyton Reed · With Bruce Campbell, John Hannah, Ali Wentworth

Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.
Dir. Rupert Wyatt · With John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors

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A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Dir. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · With Nick Jonas, Isabel Lucas, Dermot Mulroney
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container.
Dir. Scott Thomas · With David Chisum, Kristen Kerr, Richard Tyson
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.
Dir. Brett Leonard · With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.
Dir. Richard Rush · With Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades
Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.
Dir. Jerry Jameson · With Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Michael Kenneth Williams
A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical will kill every living thing once it melts. They have to take the chemical codenamed 'Elvis' to the next nearest military base while being chased by terrorists who want it to hold the country for ransom.
Dir. Hugh Johnson · With Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth
The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than everyday toxins and traumatic experiences.
Dir. Bobby Miller · With Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Anjelica Huston
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