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Michael Anderson has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s.
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While the City Sleeps
1956
Thriller · Drama

The Hindenburg
1975
History · Thriller

No Way Out
1950
Drama · Crime

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Thriller · Action

Rules of Engagement
2000
War · Drama

Marooned
1969
Adventure · Drama

A Night to Remember
1958
Drama · Action

The Eagle Has Landed
1976
Adventure · Drama

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, Michael Redgrave

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti