Michael Caine’s Typical Vibe
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Michael Caine has 76 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2020s. 4 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Dark Knight.
Recurring themes

Two for the Money
2005
Comedy · Crime

The Contract
2006
Drama · Action

Matchstick Men
2003
Comedy · Drama

Heart of Dragon
1985
Action · Comedy

Golden Men
2019
Crime · Drama

Magic Mike
2012
Drama · Comedy

The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Comedy · Drama

The Score
2001
Action · Crime

Interstellar
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Hulu · Included

The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Batman Begins
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Max · Included

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

The Man Who Would Be King
1975 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Dir. Louis Leterrier · With Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor
A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Dir. Matthew Vaughn · With Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest

Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the people and revered as rulers. After a series of misunderstandings, the natives come to believe that Dravot is a god, but he and Carnehan can't keep up their deception forever.
Dir. John Huston · With Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Nancy Allen, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis

Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Dir. Frank Oz · With Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Dir. Daniel Barber · With Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Iain Glen

The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
Dir. Tim McCanlies · With Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment
A look behind the lens of Christopher Nolan's space epic.
Dir. Dan Storey · With Alex Zane, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain

In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Dir. Cy Endfield · With Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Dir. Brian Henson · With Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire

Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
Dir. Sidney J. Furie · With Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman

Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino · With Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz

The story of fifteenth century Czech icon and warlord, Jan Zizka, who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.
Dir. Petr Jákl · With Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Dir. Richard Attenborough · With Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine

Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
Dir. Ronald Neame · With Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom

In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writings continue to circulate beyond its walls. As the authorities tighten control, a clash unfolds between the Marquis’ unyielding imagination, the reformist ideals of the Abbé in charge, and the repressive measures of a doctor sent to silence him. Desire, power, and censorship collide in a battle over freedom of expression.
Dir. Philip Kaufman · With Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
Dir. Mike Hodges · With Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon
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