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Renny Harlin has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
Action · Thriller

Cliffhanger
1993 · Movie · Director
Top 36%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Strangers: Chapter 2
2025 · Movie · Director
Top 43%Starz · Included

The Strangers: Chapter 3
2026 · Movie · Director
Top 52%Starz · Included

Mindhunters
2004 · Movie · Director
Top 61%Paramount+ · Included

The Strangers: Chapter 1
2024 · Movie · Director
Top 65%Peacock · Included

Deep Blue Sea
1999 · Movie · Director
Top 72%Tubi · Free w/ ads
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler

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For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Dir. Andrew Kasch, Daniel Farrands · With Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Wes Craven

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker

After learning that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, The Strangers return to finish the job. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya soon finds herself in a brutal fight for survival against psychopaths more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso

Tethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Madelaine Petsch, Richard Brake, Ema Horvath

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Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, Danny Hassel

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Kathryn Morris, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J

To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Andrew Dice Clay, Wayne Newton, Priscilla Presley

After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motives.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso
In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Holly Goss, Matt Stokoe, Luke Albright

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With John Cena, Aidan Gillen, Ashley Scott
Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Clifton Collins Jr.

Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Fan Bingbing
Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lane Smith
After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that promises to have far-reaching implications on his life and the lives of countless others.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, Nick Cannon

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Chace Crawford, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway
An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young Georgian schoolteacher separated from her family during the attack, the two reporters agree to help reunite her with her family in exchange for serving as their interpreter. As the three attempt to escape to safety, they witness--and document--the devastation from the full-scale crossfire and cold-blooded murder of innocent civilians.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Richard Coyle

Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense pressure being shoveled on him by his overly ambitious promoter brother as well as Bly's romance with his arch rival's girlfriend Sophia. With much riding on Bly, car owner Carl Henry brings former racing star Joe Tanto on board to help Bly. To drive Bly back to the top of the rankings, Tanto must first deal with the emotional scars left over from a tragic racing accident which nearly took his life.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue

In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.
Dir. Renny Harlin · With Kellan Lutz, Liam McIntyre, Gaia Weiss