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Michael Caton-Jones has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
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Sugar Hill
1994
Drama · Action

The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
1999
Drama · Action

Sniper
1993
Action · Drama

The General
1998
Crime · Drama

In Too Deep
1999
Drama · Action

The Devil's Own
1997
Crime · Thriller

Cop Land
1997
Crime · Drama

State of Grace
1990
Drama · Crime

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier

After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan
Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Ron Perlman, Famke Janssen, Richard Dreyfuss

Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Oliver Maltman, David Bradley, Ben Chaplin
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda

Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco
Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.
Dir. Michael Caton-Jones · With Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling