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Sarah Paulson has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 5 rank in the Top 10%, led by 12 Years a Slave.
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Dir. Steve McQueen · With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Dir. Todd Haynes · With Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Dir. Aneesh Chaganty · With Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy

A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Dir. Jill Culton · With Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Suzy Eddie Izzard

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Dir. M. Night Shyamalan · With James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson

A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
Dir. Ed Stone · With Amanda Peet, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Paulson

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.
Dir. Evan Romansky · With Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Jon Jon Briones

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Dir. John Crowley · With Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Nicole Kidman

Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Dir. Gary Ross · With Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.
Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
Dir. Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Tom Rob Smith, Sarah Burgess · With Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Annaleigh Ashford

During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
Dir. Jay Roach · With Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.
Dir. Alexandre Lehmann · With Mark Duplass, Sarah Paulson, Clu Gulager

A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.
Dir. Garry Marshall · With Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt

In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
Dir. Will Joines, Karrie Crouse · With Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Dir. Mary Harron · With Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris

After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
Dir. Sean Durkin · With Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy

The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”
Dir. Dahvi Waller · With Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Dir. Peyton Reed · With Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson

Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans:g to wipe out the entire city.
Dir. Frank Miller · With Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
Dir. Austin Stark · With Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen