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Richard Riehle has 27 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Man from Earth.
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Class Act
1992
Comedy · Drama

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996
Adventure · Comedy

Little Indian, Big City
1994
Adventure · Drama

Lost in Thailand
2012
Comedy · Adventure

Dedicated to my ex
2019
Drama · Comedy

Annie
2014
Comedy · Drama

My Cousin Vinny
1992
Comedy · Drama

Everything's Gonna Be Great
1998
Family · Drama

The Man from Earth
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Prime Video · Included

Of Mice and Men
1992 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%Prime Video · Included

Iron Will
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 37%Disney+ · Included

Desperate Measures
1998 · Movie · Actor
Top 64%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Red
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 78%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Contracted: Phase II
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 78%AMC+ · Included

A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
Dir. Richard Schenkman · With David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
Dir. Mike Judge · With Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman

Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
Dir. Gary Sinise · With John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston

When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. This race will require days of racing for long hours, through harsh weather and terrain. This young man will need a lot of courage and a strong will to complete this race.
Dir. Charles Haid · With Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, Brian Cox

Thomas Jacobs invents a way to watch people's memories from the inside. Going against his morals, he accepts an offer to enter a heroin addict's memories to literally see if he committed a crime. However,a malfunction causes his consciousness to become trapped inside the criminal's mind. He remains a prisoner in the addict's memories for more than four years until he discovers the possibility of escape.
Dir. Nir Paniry · With Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart

Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
Dir. Howard Deutch · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Richard Riehle
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a faithful orphan named Quinn, her new friend Will, and a wonderful group of magical talking dogs to save St. Nick and show the world what Christmas is really all about.
Dir. Robert Vince · With Kaitlyn Maher, Madison Pettis, Zachary Gordon
Horror junkie Joe Foster gets to live out his ultimate scary movie fantasy courtesy of Fear Inc., a company that specializes in giving you the fright of your life. But as lines blur between what is and is not part of the game, Joe's dream come true begins to look more like a nightmare.
Dir. Vincent Masciale · With Lucas Neff, Caitlin Stasey, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Dir. Barbet Schroeder · With Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox
In a race against a devious cat, the Buddies and their new friends, Cammy and Babi, must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb - all in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind!
Dir. Robert Vince · With Skyler Gisondo, Charles Henry Wyson, Ty Panitz
The family man farmer John Rollins is stressed with his financial situation: the crows and the lack of irrigation are destroying his crop of corn; the bank is near closure of his mortgage; he does not have credit to fix the water pump or to buy seeds; and his marriage is in crisis and his wife Mary is giving too much attention to her friend Tommy. When John accidentally discovers a hidden compartment in the barn, he finds a creepy scarecrow but his son Michael makes him promise to destroy it. However, his neighbor Jude Weatherby visits him, gives a six-pack of beer to the abstemious John and convinces him to put the scarecrow in the cornfield. Out of the blue, the life of John changes: the crows die; the pump works again irrigating the land; and the banker responsible for the closure has an accident and dies. However, he feels that his land is possessed by something evil that is threatening his beloved family.
Dir. Martin Barnewitz · With Norman Reedus, Heather Stephens, Claire Holt

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Jason James Richter, Keiko, Lori Petty

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.
Dir. Mike Mitchell · With Rob Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin
It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was a Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.
Dir. Joe Lynch, Adam Green, Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Bear McCreary · With Richard Riehle, Adam Rifkin, Ray Wise
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
Dir. Craig Moss · With Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, Ron Perlman

Avery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the letter of the law. But when the law fails him, and the boys' father clearly defines right and wrong in his own way, Avery must avenge himself by any means possible.
Dir. Lucky McKee, Trygve Allister Diesen · With Brian Cox, Noel Fisher, Kyle Gallner

Picking up directly where the previous film left off, the story follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.
Dir. Josh Forbes · With Matt Mercer, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown
A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.
Dir. John Luessenhop · With Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Dir. Adam Green · With Joel David Moore, Amara Zaragoza, Deon Richmond
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Paul Hogan, Beverly D'Angelo, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a intruder.
Dir. Richard Schenkman · With Noell Coet, Ian Bamberg, Adam C. Edwards
Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most conventional; Tate brims with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother; and Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.
Dir. Larry Clark, Edward Lachman · With James Ransone, Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it.
Dir. Norman René · With Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Kathy Bates
When Sara takes Beethoven to spend summer vacation with wacky Uncle Freddie in an old mining town, the mischievous canine "digs up" the missing clue to a legendary hidden fortune of Rita and Moe Selig. Now everybody wants to be the dog's best friend as his discovery unleashes a frenzy of treasure hunting among the community's cast of kooky creatures. With help from Uncle Freddie and Garrett (a friend or maybe more), Sara and Beethoven try to help uncover a secret that has been in the crazy little town for years.
Dir. Mark Griffiths · With Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase
The story of a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.
Dir. Michael Polish · With Kate Bosworth, Wes Bentley, Shashawnee Hall
When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself.
Dir. John Fortenberry · With Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Dir. Howard Franklin · With Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci
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