Ron Dean’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Ron Dean has 8 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 The Dark Knight.
Recurring themes

Best Seller
1987
Action · Crime

Kill Me Again
1989
Drama · Action

No Mercy
1986
Action · Crime

Extreme Prejudice
1987
Action · Thriller

Next of Kin
1989
Action · Crime

Shoot to Kill
1988
Action · Thriller

Black Rain
1989
Drama · Action

Red Dawn
1984
Action · Thriller

The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

The Breakfast Club
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Netflix · Included

The Fugitive
1993 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%AMC+ · Included

One Small Hitch
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 44%Prime Video · Included

The Package
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 57%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Code of Silence
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 68%MGM+ · Included

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Dir. Christopher Nolan · With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
Dir. John Hughes · With Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano

On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?
Dir. John Burgess · With Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar, Daniel J. Travanti

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Dir. Andrew Davis · With Chuck Norris, Mike Genovese, Henry Silva

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Dir. Roger Donaldson · With Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue
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