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Philip Seymour Hoffman has 41 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Big Lebowski.
About Schmidt
2002
Drama · Comedy

The Big Lebowski
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Paramount+ · Included

Mary and Max
2009 · Movie · Voice
Top 10%Hulu · Included

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Netflix · Included

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Netflix · Included

Moneyball
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Netflix · Included

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · With Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Dir. Anthony Minghella · With Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Dir. Martin Brest · With Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman

In 1977, an idealistic porn producer and his promising protege try to catch up with the end of an era before their never-ending party collides with cold, hard reality.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Dir. Tom Shadyac · With Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Dir. Todd Solondz · With Jane Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Dir. Adam Elliot · With Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Dir. Charlie Kaufman · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
Dir. Spike Lee · With Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Dir. Bennett Miller · With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman

When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans.
Dir. Richard Curtis · With Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
Dir. John Patrick Shanley · With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Dir. Brett Ratner · With Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Dir. J.J. Abrams · With Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
Dir. Jan de Bont · With Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz

A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
Dir. Bennett Miller · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr.

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
Dir. Anton Corbijn · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
Dir. Anthony Minghella · With Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Dir. Tamara Jenkins · With Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco

A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.
Dir. Robert Benton · With Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
Dir. Richard Kwietniowski · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow
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