Mary Kay Place’s Typical Vibe
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Mary Kay Place has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Being John Malkovich.
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My One and Only
2009
Comedy · Drama

Dil To Pagal Hai
1997
Drama · Romance

EverAfter
1998
Drama · Romance

Where the Heart Is
2000
Comedy · Drama

Pardon
2005
Comedy · Drama

Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Comedy · Drama

Garden State
2004
Comedy · Drama

Barefoot
2005
Romance · Comedy

The Rainmaker
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Paramount+ · Included

Smashed
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 46%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Latter Days
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 47%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Citizen Ruth
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 59%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Private Benjamin
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 72%Tubi · Free w/ ads

I'll See You in My Dreams
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 75%Prime Video · Included

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
Dir. Spike Jonze · With John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan · With Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola · With Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito

Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life—just when she thought she had it all figured out.
Dir. Nancy Meyers · With Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.
Dir. James Ponsoldt · With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

Christian, a hunky, 20-something, West Hollywood party boy gets more than he bargains for when he tries to seduce Aaron, a sexually confused Mormon missionary who moves into his apartment complex.
Dir. C. Jay Cox · With Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Jacqueline Bisset

New York fashion designer Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Dir. Andy Tennant · With Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
Dir. Gil Kenan · With Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Dir. Alexander Payne · With Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith

After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika, whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
Dir. Steve Buscemi · With Casey Affleck, Kevin Corrigan, Liv Tyler
A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful choice between his life and his art.
Dir. John Waters · With Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong

A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Dir. Howard Zieff · With Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.
Dir. Brett Haley · With Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, June Squibb

Aspiring New York City artist John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend Rebecca, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.
Dir. John Krasinski · With John Krasinski, Margo Martindale, Richard Jenkins

A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.
Dir. Jacob Vaughan · With Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Peter Stormare

The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist parents who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah.
Dir. Will Scheffer, Mark V. Olsen · With Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.
Dir. Michel Gondry · With Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans

When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve the vessel. Upon arriving on a small island and realizing that the ship is in rough shape, Martin and his family end up with more than they bargained for as the roguish Captain Ron signs on to sail the boat to Miami. It doesn't take long before Ron's anything-goes antics get the Harveys into plenty of trouble.
Dir. Thom Eberhardt · With Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place

Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.
Dir. Karen Leigh Hopkins · With Katie Holmes, James Badge Dale, Callan Mulvey
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
Dir. Sia · With Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Maddie Ziegler