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Sam Rockwell has 51 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Green Mile.
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Bernie
2012
Comedy · Crime

Dope
2015
Crime · Drama

The Kings of Summer
2013
Comedy · Drama

The Armadillo's Prophecy
2018
Comedy · Drama

Philanthropy
2002
Comedy · Drama

The Angels' Share
2012
Drama · Comedy

Jolly LLB
2013
Comedy · Drama

I Feel Good
2018
Drama · Comedy

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Moon
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Bad Guys
2022 · Movie · Voice
Top 3%Netflix · Included

The Bad Guys 2
2025 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Galaxy Quest
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 14%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Trolls World Tour
2020 · Movie · Voice
Top 14%Peacock · Included

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Dir. Frank Darabont · With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Dir. Martin McDonagh · With Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.
Dir. Taika Waititi · With Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson

With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
Dir. Duncan Jones · With Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.
Dir. Pierre Perifel · With Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina

The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Dir. Pierre Perifel · With Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Paul Walter Hauser, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Dir. Jim Rash, Nat Faxon · With Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
Dir. Dean Parisot · With Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman

Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
Dir. Walt Dohrn · With Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Ron Funches

A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
Dir. Gore Verbinski · With Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson

A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
Dir. Thea Sharrock · With Bryan Cranston, Sam Rockwell, Brooklynn Prince

A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman

Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
Dir. Robin Bissell · With Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
Dir. Jon Favreau · With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Dir. Martin McDonagh · With Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson

A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
Dir. Drew Pearce · With Ben Kingsley, Scoot McNairy, Lester Speight

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
Dir. Andrew Dominik · With Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Dir. George Clooney · With Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney

When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 year quest to free Kenny. With the help of best friend Abra Rice, Betty Anne pores through suspicious evidence mounted by small town cop Nancy Taylor, meticulously retracing the steps that led to Kenny's arrest. Belief in her brother - and her quest for the truth - pushes Betty Anne and her team to uncover the facts and utilize DNA evidence with the hope of exonerating Kenny.
Dir. Tony Goldwyn · With Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Dir. Garth Jennings · With Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Zooey Deschanel

In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-year-old daughter from one family, forges a friendship with Trent, things suddenly get very complicated.
Dir. John Duigan · With Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton, Christopher McDonald

Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV.
Dir. Michael Price, Bill Burr · With Bill Burr, Laura Dern, Justin Long
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.
Dir. Victor Salva · With Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Bobby Salem

A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Dir. Paco Cabezas · With Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.
Dir. Kirk Jones · With Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Dir. David Mamet · With Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo

Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off with an army officer intent on war with Native Americans.
Dir. Susanna White · With Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, Sam Rockwell
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