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Roland Emmerich has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Stargate.
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Stargate
1994 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 10%Prime Video · Included

Independence Day
1996 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 11%Hulu · Included

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

Universal Soldier
1992 · Movie · Director
Top 43%Paramount+ · Included

Moonfall
2022 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 51%Prime Video · Included

2012
2009 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 83%Starz · Included

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum

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 American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley

Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Jamie Campbell Bower, Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many of their fully automatic mining robots are disappearing on their flight home. Since nobody else wants the job, they send prisoners to defend the mining station. Among them undercover agent Stone, who shall clear the whereabouts of the expensive robots. In an atmosphere of corruption, fear and hatred he gets between the fronts of rivaling groups.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie T. Usher