Russell Crowe’s Typical Vibe
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Russell Crowe has 44 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Gladiator.
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Bad Day for the Cut
2017
Thriller · Drama

The Coldest Game
2019
Drama · Thriller

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Sniper
1993
Action · Drama

Snitch
2013
Action · Drama

Kiss of Death
1995
Crime · Thriller

Cinderella Man
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Netflix · Included

Nuremberg
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Netflix · Included

American Gangster
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Netflix · Included

Land of Bad
2024 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Apple TV+ · Included

Man of Steel
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%Max · Included
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Dir. Julius Avery · With Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring, Hitler's right-hand man.
Dir. James Vanderbilt · With Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin

When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission suddenly becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.
Dir. William Eubank · With Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Dir. Shane Black · With Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Dir. Tom Hooper · With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.
Dir. James Mangold · With Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer

Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.
Dir. Peter Farrelly · With Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Kyle Allen

Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn’t commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.
Dir. Paul Haggis · With Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Ty Simpkins

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Dir. Kevin Macdonald · With Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Golshifteh Farahani

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Dir. Gabriele Muccino · With Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Aaron Paul

Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Dir. Adam Cooper · With Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Marton Csokas

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard

Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?
Dir. Geoffrey Wright · With Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.
Dir. Joel Edgerton · With Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
Dir. J.C. Chandor · With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger
Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.
Dir. Derrick Borte · With Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow

In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Dir. Russell Crowe · With Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yılmaz Erdoğan

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Dir. Taika Waititi · With Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale

The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life.
Dir. Tom McCarthy, Gabriel Sherman · With Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Josh Stamberg

Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.
Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse · With Hugo Weaving, Russell Crowe, Geneviève Picot
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