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Richard Jenkins has 61 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Friends with Kids
2012
Comedy · Drama

The Shape of Water
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Max · Included

The Visitor
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Prime Video · Included

Burn After Reading
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 30%Netflix · Included

White House Down
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 38%Hulu · Included

Wolf
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 38%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Step Brothers
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Tubi · Free w/ ads

as Lionel Dahmer
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
Dir. Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan · With Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
Dir. Drew Goddard · With Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · With Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Dir. Peter Berg · With Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Dir. Niki Caro · With Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
Dir. Tom McCarthy · With Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette

Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Dir. Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly · With Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal

An aging publisher becomes a demon wolf and, with this newfound youthful vigor, fights to keep his job.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader

Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins

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

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Dir. George Miller · With Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.
Dir. Jane Anderson · With Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Dir. S. Craig Zahler · With Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Dir. Roger Michell · With Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off a pier. John eventually falls in love with Savannah, who promises to write to him until he returns from overseas.
Dir. Lasse Hallström · With Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins

Six New Yorkers navigate love, commitment, and adulthood. When struggling novelist Sam takes in an abandoned boy he meets on the subway, his life begins to intertwine with a talented singer who challenges his bachelor ways. Meanwhile, his best friend Annie battles alopecia while torn between two drastically different men, and a long-term couple faces a crossroads that could alter their future together.
Dir. Josh Radnor · With Josh Radnor, Malin Åkerman, Kate Mara

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Dir. Frank Oz · With Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
Dir. Matt Reeves · With Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
Dir. Marshall Brickman · With John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon

Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.
Dir. Josh Radnor · With Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie · With Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Dir. Harold Becker · With Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman

Chronicling the troubled existence of Duncan Mudge, a 14-year-old misfit who—while vying for the attention of his vacant father—struggles to fill the void brought on by his mother's sudden death.
Dir. Michael Burke · With Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.
Dir. David O. Russell · With Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
Dir. Dean Parisot · With Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin

The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Woody Harrelson, Michael Stahl-David, Richard Jenkins
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