Richard Donner’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Richard Donner has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Omen.
Recurring themes

Running Scared
1986
Comedy · Crime

Nothing to Lose
1997
Comedy · Crime

Who Am I?
1998
Adventure · Action

Half a Chance
1998
Action · Adventure

American Ninja
1985
Action · Adventure

Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Comedy · Crime

Blind Fury
1989
Action · Thriller

The Hard Way
1991
Action · Comedy

The Goonies
1985 · Movie · Director
Top 3%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Superman
1978 · Movie · Director
Top 7%Max · Included

Ladyhawke
1985 · Movie · Director
Top 20%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Conspiracy Theory
1997 · Movie · Director
Top 29%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Assassins
1995 · Movie · Director
Top 37%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Radio Flyer
1992 · Movie · Director
Top 39%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target and becomes a marked man himself.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore

A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, Mike decides to convert their toy trolley, the "Radio Flyer", into a plane to fly him to safety.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Adam Baldwin

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler