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Michael Cristofer has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Gia
1998 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 17%Max · Included

The Night Clerk
2020 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 55%Paramount+ · Included

Original Sin
2001 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 57%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Chuck
2017 · Movie · Writer
Top 76%Paramount+ · Included

The Other Woman
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 80%AMC+ · Included

The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Movie · Writer
Top 85%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Dir. Michael Cristofer · With Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Dir. George Miller · With Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon
With a reputation for seducing members of the opposite sex, regardless of their marital status, a notorious womanizer discovers a beauty who seems impervious to his charms. However, as he continues to pursue the indifferent lady, he finds himself falling in love.
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons

Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realises he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.
Dir. Michael Cristofer · With Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, John Leguizamo

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
Dir. Michael Cristofer · With Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Thomas Jane

During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.
Dir. Ulu Grosbard · With Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel

A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.
Dir. Philippe Falardeau · With Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss

Emilia, a law-school graduate, falls in love with her married boss, Jack. After Emilia marries Jack, her happiness turns unexpectedly to grief following the death of her infant daughter. Devastated, Emilia nonetheless carries on, attempting to forge a connection with her stepson William and to resist the interference of Jack's jealous ex-wife.
Dir. Don Roos · With Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Charlie Tahan

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Dir. Marya Cohn · With Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Ana Mulvoy-Ten

Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir of the same name.
Dir. Pamela Romanowsky · With James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr. Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.
Dir. Mike Figgis · With Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft