Robert Schenkkan’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Robert Schenkkan has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Hacksaw Ridge.
Recurring themes

Jagged Edge
1985
Thriller

The Star Chamber
1983
Drama · Thriller

A Perfect Man
2015
Drama · Thriller

Criminal Law
1989
Drama · Thriller

Addicted
2014
Drama · Thriller

Return to Sender
2015
Drama · Thriller

Arbitrage
2012
Drama · Thriller

No Way Out
1987
Thriller · Drama

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Dir. Mel Gibson · With Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn

Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Dir. Phillip Noyce · With Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Đỗ Thị Hải Yến
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
Dir. Jay Roach · With Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert

A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda.
Dir. Robert Schenkkan · With Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Eric McCormack