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Ron Shelton has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Bad Boys II
2003 · Movie · Writer
Top 25%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Bull Durham
1988 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 37%Mubi · Included

Under Fire
1983 · Movie · Writer
Top 57%Prime Video · Included

Dark Blue
2002 · Movie · Director
Top 73%Prime Video · Included

The Best of Times
1986 · Movie · Writer
Top 78%Prime Video · Included

Blue Chips
1994 · Movie · Writer
Top 81%Paramount+ · Included

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.
Dir. Michael Bay · With Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Rosie Perez

Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.
Dir. Calmatic · With Sinqua Walls, Jack Harlow, Lance Reddick

Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode · With Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode · With Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Dir. William Friedkin · With Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson, Lolita Davidovich
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Dir. Reginald Hudlin · With Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.
Dir. Ron Shelton · With Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo
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