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Matt Clark has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Back to the Future Part III.
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The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen

The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
Dir. Walter Hill · With Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
Dir. Walter Murch · With Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh

As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
Dir. Martin Sheen · With Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne

Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Dir. John Huston · With Paul Newman, Victoria Principal, Ned Beatty

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
Dir. Michael Apted · With Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels

During the Great Depression, a young boy leaves his family's Oklahoma farm to travel with his country musician uncle who is trying out for the Grand Ole Opry.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, John McIntire

As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Dir. Seth MacFarlane · With Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried

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Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.
Dir. Bill Condon · With Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary
Vowing revenge on the detective who apprehended him, serial killer "Meat Cleaver" Max Jenke returns from beyond the grave to launch a whole new reign of terror.
Dir. James Isaac · With Lance Henriksen, Brion James, Rita Taggart

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Dir. Joseph Sargent · With Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Dir. Fritz Kiersch · With James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Dir. Steve Carver · With Chuck Norris, Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree