Sam Worthington’s Typical Vibe
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Sam Worthington has 38 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Avatar.
Recurring themes

Snitch
2013
Action · Drama

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Fast Convoy
2016
Drama · Action

Son of a Gun
2014
Action · Crime

The Abyss
2023
Thriller · Drama

Sugar Mountain
2016
Drama · Thriller

Avatar
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Hacksaw Ridge
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

The Shack
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Netflix · Included

I Will Find You
2026 · Mini · Actor
Top 13%Netflix · Included

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Dir. James Cameron · With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Dir. Mel Gibson · With Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Dir. James Cameron · With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.
Dir. James Cameron · With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver

A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
Dir. Stuart Hazeldine · With Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw

Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
Dir. Robert Hull · With Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Chi McBride

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Dir. Brad Anderson · With Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Lucy Capri

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
Dir. David Mackenzie · With Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur · With Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal

In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow gunman.
Dir. Kevin Costner · With Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
Dir. Asger Leth · With Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell

An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Dir. F. Gary Gray · With Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington

A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
Dir. Dustin Lance Black · With Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones

When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
Dir. Greg McLean · With Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, Sam Worthington

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
Dir. John Woo · With Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.
Dir. Laurent Bouzereau · With James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.
Dir. Robert Connolly · With Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Deborah Mailman

Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.
Dir. John Madden · With Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
Dir. McG · With Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood
Faye attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (SIM). Although SIM Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for SIM Evan as it does for her. SIM Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
Dir. April Mullen · With Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Simu Liu
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.
Dir. Cate Shortland · With Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran
Ryan Logan, a former Special Forces operative, is battling to cope with life after the loss of his wife. He is thrusted into the criminal underworld to keep his only son from being taken from him.
Dir. Matt Nable · With Sam Worthington, Matt Nable, Phoebe Tonkin

When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Dir. Eytan Rockaway · With Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, John Magaro
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Dir. Daniel Barnz · With Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick

An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
Dir. Jonathan Mostow · With Sam Worthington, Odeya Rush, Amy Landecker
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated haven.
Dir. Stefon Bristol · With Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis

Michael and Joanna are a young and successful married couple who appear to have it all. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague and Joanna encounters the other great love of her life, each is thrust into an evening of temptation.
Dir. Massy Tadjedin · With Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
Dir. Louis Leterrier · With Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen

John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.
Dir. David Ayer · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.
Dir. Gigi Gaston · With Lena Headey, Dean Scott Vazquez, Sam Worthington
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