Patricia Clarkson’s Typical Vibe
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Patricia Clarkson has 40 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 Shutter Island.
Recurring themes

Angel Eyes
2001
Drama · Romance

Lars and the Real Girl
2007
Comedy · Drama

Catch and Release
2006
Comedy · Drama

Georgia Rule
2007
Drama · Comedy

In the Land of Women
2007
Romance · Comedy

Latter Days
2004
Drama · Comedy

Caramel
2007
Drama · Comedy

Griffin & Phoenix
2006
Comedy · Drama

The Untouchables
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Dogville
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Mubi · Included

Jumanji
1995 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Max · Included

House of Cards
2013 · Series · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

The Station Agent
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Prime Video · Included

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.
Dir. Wes Ball · With Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Dir. Lars von Trier · With Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, John Hurt

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Dir. Joe Johnston · With Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
Dir. Wes Ball · With Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.
Dir. Beau Willimon · With Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Constance Zimmer

After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
Dir. Lone Scherfig · With Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison

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

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Dir. Wes Ball · With Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Dir. Tom McCarthy · With Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Dir. Marti Noxon · With Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina

Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.
Dir. Will Gluck · With Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Dir. Maria Schrader · With Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson

The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.
Dir. Daniel Barnz · With Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson

When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. After assembling a team of hot-headed college all-stars, who are humiliated in an early match, Brooks unites his squad against a common foe: the heavily-favored Soviet team.
Dir. Gavin O'Connor · With Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich

Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.
Dir. Scott Hicks · With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Dir. George Clooney · With David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Dir. Todd Haynes · With Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating prank at the senior prom, she unleashes a horrifying chaos on everyone, leaving nothing but destruction in her wake.
Dir. David Carson · With Angela Bettis, Patricia Clarkson, Rena Sofer

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.
Dir. Will Gluck · With Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Jenna Elfman

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
Dir. Peter Hedges · With Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Patricia Clarkson

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem

Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.
Dir. Buddy Van Horn · With Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson

Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.
Dir. Sally Potter · With Patricia Clarkson, Cherry Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas

A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Dir. Sean Penn · With Jack Nicholson, Helen Mirren, Aaron Eckhart
A man recently released from a mental institute inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted.
Dir. Dennis Iliadis · With Topher Grace, Kelli Barksdale, Patricia Clarkson

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo · With Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington
A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.
Dir. Mel Damski · With Patricia Clarkson, Devon Graye, John Cena

An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Dir. Zal Batmanglij · With Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page
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