Stanley Donen’s Typical Vibe
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Stanley Donen has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Singin' in the Rain.
Recurring themes

The Immigrant
1917
Comedy · Romance

Pillow Talk
1959
Comedy · Romance

Let's Make Love
1960
Comedy · Romance

Move Over, Darling
1963
Comedy · Romance

Hello, Dolly!
1969
Comedy · Romance

That Touch of Mink
1962
Comedy · Romance

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963
Comedy · Romance

High Society
1956
Music · Comedy

Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Movie · Director
Top 1%Max · Included

Charade
1963 · Movie · Director
Top 4%Prime Video · Included

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954 · Movie · Director
Top 18%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Indiscreet
1958 · Movie · Director
Top 39%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Funny Face
1957 · Movie · Director
Top 44%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Royal Wedding
1951 · Movie · Director
Top 66%MGM+ · Included

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly · With Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen · With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Steven Warner, Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse

Architect Mark Wallace and his wife, Joanna, travel to France to meet with an affluent client. While there, they reflect on their first decade of marriage -- memories of when they first met, of courtship, and of road trips through the French countryside. As flirtation and playful quarreling turn to boredom with the banality of married life, the Wallaces struggle to rekindle their passion, while mutual infidelity threatens to tear them apart.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Georges Descrières

Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Michael Caine, Michelle Johnson, Joseph Bologna
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Captain Benson arrives Saturn 3 with Hector, incapable to controlling his emotions he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.
Dir. Stanley Donen · With Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel
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