Michael Murphy’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Michael Murphy has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Manhattan.
Recurring themes

Love and Anarchy
1973
Romance · Drama

The Man Who Loved Women
1977
Drama · Comedy

My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
Comedy · Drama

The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015
Drama · Romance

Beaches
1988
Comedy · Drama

An Average Little Man
1977
Drama · Comedy

The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
Drama

Windstruck
2004
Comedy · Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Dir. Martin Ritt · With Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Dir. Saul Bass · With Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Dir. Robert Altman · With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Dir. Oliver Stone · With James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.
Dir. Sarah Polley · With Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Leon Bronstein is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term 'student union', determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
Dir. Jacob Tierney · With Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Geneviève Bujold

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.
Dir. Richard Franklin · With Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.
Dir. Wes Craven · With Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, Peter Berg

Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons.
Dir. Nancy Bardawil · With Hilary Duff, Evan Ross, Ellen Burstyn