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Rip Torn has 28 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Men in Black.
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King of Beggars
1992
Action · Comedy

Stick It
2006
Comedy · Drama

The Legend of Drunken Master
1994
Action · Comedy

Mean Machine
2001
Comedy · Drama

Rob-B-Hood
2006
Drama · Action

Class Act
1992
Comedy · Drama

God of Gamblers II
1990
Action · Comedy

Bring It On
2000
Comedy

Coma
1978 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Hercules
1997 · Movie · Voice
Top 25%Disney+ · Included

Beyond the Law
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 50%Prime Video · Included

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 52%Max · Included

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004 · Movie · Actor
Top 53%Hulu · Included

Summer Rental
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 61%AMC+ · Included
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld · With Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
Dir. Michael Crichton · With Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley

Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Dir. Ron Clements, John Musker · With Tate Donovan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Dir. Albert Brooks · With Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn

Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhán McKenna, Hurd Hatfield

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
Dir. Elia Kazan · With Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.
Dir. Nicolas Roeg · With David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld · With Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn

A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
Dir. Michael Clancy · With Hank Azaria, Jesse Bradford, Zooey Deschanel

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Dir. David S. Ward · With Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider

Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?
Dir. Larry Ferguson · With Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen

Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a crew of rogue soldiers descends upon the border town for an off-the-books mission, all roads lead to a bloody, to-the-death showdown, as loyalties shift and the lines between good and evil are blurred.
Dir. Walter Hill · With Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside

Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
Dir. Richard Brooks · With Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight

When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
Dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber · With Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller

Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.
Dir. Don Coscarelli · With Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Dir. Sofia Coppola · With Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan

A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.
Dir. Penelope Spheeris · With Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard

Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.
Dir. Carl Reiner · With John Candy, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn
An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.
Dir. Maria Lease · With Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Dir. Ken Finkleman · With Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
Dir. Michael Moore · With John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Dir. Richard Benjamin · With Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander
A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.
Dir. Donald Petrie · With Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.
Dir. Peter Hewitt · With Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase

Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retaliates by spreading rumors that Jim is sexually abusing Freddy.
Dir. Tom Green · With Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of the company. To this end, OCP have decided to force them to leave by employing a ruthless mercenary army to attack and harass them. An underground resistance begins and in this fight, RoboCop must decide where his loyalties lie.
Dir. Fred Dekker · With Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn
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