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Kiefer Sutherland has 39 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Stand by Me.
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In Too Deep
1999
Drama · Action

Patriot Games
1992
Drama · Action

Mercury Rising
1998
Action · Crime

Beyond the Law
1993
Action · Crime

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
Action · Crime

Killshot
2008
Crime · Drama

Merantau
2009
Action · Drama

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

A Few Good Men
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Dark City
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Melancholia
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Mirrors
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Hulu · Included

They Cloned Tyrone
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 42%Netflix · Included

Juror #2
2024 · Movie · Actor
Top 44%Max · Included

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Dir. Alex Proyas · With Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Dir. Lars von Trier · With Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland

An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Dir. Alexandre Aja · With Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart

In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Dir. Mira Nair · With Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Dir. D.J. Caruso · With Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
Dir. Juel Taylor · With John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons

D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Chris O'Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.
Dir. Franco Amurri · With Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
Dir. Tarik Saleh · With Chris Pine, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Dir. Matthew Bright · With Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Wolfgang Bodison

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
Dir. Christopher Cain · With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Dir. John Schlesinger · With Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
Dir. Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow · With Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver

Barney Greenwald, a skeptical lawyer, reluctantly defends an officer of the navy who took control of the Caine from its captain, Lt. Philip Francis Queeg, while caught in a violent sea storm. As the court-martial proceeds, however, Greenwald increasingly questions if it was truly a mutiny or rather the courageous acts of a group of sailors who could not trust their unstable leader.
Dir. William Friedkin · With Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy

The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
Dir. George Sluizer · With Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Nancy Travis

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.
Dir. Geoff Murphy · With Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips

Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently framed as a mole in an assassination attempt on the President due to the machinations of a blackmailer who knows the secret he is hiding. Disgraced, dismissed, and now a fugitive with two relentless federal investigators hot on his heels, Garrison must both clear his name and save the president from assassination.
Dir. Clark Johnson · With Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Dir. David Guggenheim · With Kiefer Sutherland, Maggie Q, Kal Penn

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Dir. David L. Cunningham · With Ciarán McMenamin, Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon

Nothing is what it seems when John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations.
Dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa · With Kiefer Sutherland, Meta Golding, Enid Graham

as General W.R. Monger (voice) · Voice
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan's hometown of Modesto, California -- right before Halloween -- the team is dispatched to investigate. Everything appears normal, right down to the jack-o-lanterns peering out from every doorstep and windowsill. But when Halloween arrives, those innocent-looking carved pumpkins reveal themselves for what they really are mutant aliens. The altered pumpkins then start to implement their fiendish plan to take over Earth. The Monsters are there to combat the mutant gourds and try to smash their wicked scheme!
Dir. Peter Ramsey · With Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie

Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.
Dir. Gregg Champion · With Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott

John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.
Dir. Jon Cassar · With Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Demi Moore
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