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Michael McKean has 31 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Comedy
Clue
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Jerry & Marge Go Large
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Paramount+ · Included
Best in Show
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Paramount+ · Included
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021 · Movie · Voice
Top 25%Netflix · Included
Used Cars
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 48%Prime Video · Included
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 59%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
as Bartholomew Wolper (voice) · Voice
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
Dir. Jay Oliva · With Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby
as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper (voice) · Voice
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
Dir. Jay Oliva · With Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Dir. John Hughes · With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Dir. Jonathan Lynn · With Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Dir. David Frankel · With Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."
Dir. Woody Allen · With Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Michael McKean
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.
Dir. Christopher Guest · With Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest
Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove it.
Dir. José Luis Ucha, Robert Cullen · With Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
Dir. Christopher Guest · With Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Dir. Steve Oedekerk · With Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley
A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.
Dir. Franco Amurri · With Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
Dir. Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal · With Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Jeremy Irons
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Dir. Kenneth Johnson · With Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Dir. Michael Lehmann · With Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
Dir. Susan Stroman · With Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
Dir. Paul Schrader · With Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Dir. Christopher Guest · With Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.
Dir. Lorene Scafaria · With Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.
Dir. Julien Temple · With Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey
A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.
Dir. Kevin Williamson · With Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Barry Watson
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, comes for visit, and brags about driving a Mercedes and living in a penthouse.
Dir. Daisy von Scherler Mayer · With Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Dir. Steve Barron · With Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michael McKean
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
Dir. Sean McNamara · With Jeremy Foley, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Steve Guttenberg
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Dir. George Ratliff · With Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan
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