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Marc Forster has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by A Man Called Otto.
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A Man Called Otto
2022 · Movie · Director
Top 2%Hulu · Included

Christopher Robin
2018 · Movie · Director
Top 8%Disney+ · Included

World War Z
2013 · Movie · Director
Top 13%Prime Video · Included

Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · Movie · Director
Top 18%Prime Video · Included

The Kite Runner
2007 · Movie · Director
Top 18%Prime Video · Included

Machine Gun Preacher
2011 · Movie · Director
Top 25%Starz · Included

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Cameron Britton

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Khalid Abdalla

The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric

After a successful experimental surgery restores her eyesight, a young woman sees her marriage spiral in a disturbing direction.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O'Reilly