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Randy Quaid has 32 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Paper Moon.
Gridlock'd
1997
Comedy · Crime

Brokeback Mountain
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Hulu · Included

Paper Moon
1973 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Independence Day
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Hulu · Included

National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Quick Change
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Prime Video · Included

Kingpin
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 42%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Dir. Ang Lee · With Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik · With Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · With Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Dir. Alan Parker · With Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall
An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven... or screw up and go to Hell.
Dir. Uli Edel · With Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Dir. Bill Murray, Howard Franklin · With Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Dir. Hal Ashby · With Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.
Dir. Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly · With Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel

Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can 'win' their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie's girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie's sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn't; eliminate Packard's criminal gang the hard way...
Dir. Mike Marvin · With Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
Dir. Walter Hill · With David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Dir. Tom Gries · With Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland

Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside, but has trouble explaining his fears to his new-found friend Sheila, or the school's social worker.
Dir. Bob Balaban · With Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries-- and his fear.
Dir. Tony Scott · With Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.
Dir. Arthur Penn · With Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Dir. Alex Winter, Tom Stern · With Alex Winter, Michael Stoyanov, William Sadler

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.
Dir. Miloš Forman · With Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgård
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
Dir. Peter Werner · With Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Lara Harris

The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
Dir. Stephen Kessler · With Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid

An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.
Dir. Mikael Salomon · With Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Minnie Driver

Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
Dir. Alan Metter · With Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Dave Thomas
A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.
Dir. Adrian Lyne · With Jodie Foster, Cherie Currie, Marilyn Kagan

A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep friendship, while the date for her execution draws nearer.
Dir. Bruce Beresford · With Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid

An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.
Dir. Danny Leiner · With Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid, Brando Eaton

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When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this unlikely animal alliance risk their hides and match wits with a mysterious band of bad guys.
Dir. Will Finn, John Sanford · With Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
Dir. Ron Underwood · With Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson
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