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Stephen Herek has 21 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Orange County
2002
Comedy · Drama
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989 · Movie · Director
Top 27%Prime Video · Included
Afterlife of the Party
2021 · Movie · Director
Top 35%Netflix · Included
The Mighty Ducks
1992 · Movie · Director
Top 39%Disney+ · Included
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · Movie · Director
Top 40%Disney+ · Included
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015 · Movie · Director
Top 40%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Critters
1986 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 45%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Victoria Justice, Midori Francis, Robyn Scott
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Chris O'Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Dee Wallace, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Green Bush
Meet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been jinxed for generations! After Meg Murphy (played by Big Time Rush's Ciara Bravo) and her family's house is destroyed in yet another freak accident, the family moves into their grandfather's house in Harvest Hills. In a not-so-strange case of bad luck, Meg's nemesis Ivy is also spending the summer in town. But things start to look up, kind of, when Meg meets a local boy named Brett and he casts another spell on her, a love spell that is! With help from her brother Charlie, Meg more determined than ever, must break the hex on her catastrophically cursed family! Watch this doomed teen try for a normal existence in a world full of hijinks!
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Ciara Bravo, Jack Griffo, Jacob Bertrand
After her partner's career-ending injury, a former figure skater shifts gears to become an instructor. Later, she finds the strength to return to competitive skating by partnering with an unconventional and notorious speed skater.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Francia Raísa, Brendan Fehr, Russell Yuen
A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West
Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Johnny Berchtold, Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Kristin Chenoweth
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks another rule by revealing her true identity to her living family.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Ellen Muth, Jasmine Guy, Callum Blue
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian
An ex-con on the run from his criminal past, hides out from those he ratted on by chaperoning a field trip to New Orleans.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Paul Levesque, Ariel Winter, Kevin Corrigan
A reporter Lanie Kerrigan interviews a psychic homeless man for a fluff piece about a football game's score. Instead he tells her that her life has no meaning and is going to end in just a few days, which sparks her to action, trying to change the pattern of her life...
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub
Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a geek. Can a little ingenuity and some help from her friends save the day?
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Ashley French, Robbie Amell, Kevin Pollak
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson
When they're hired to recover the lost treasure of Columbus, married scuba divers Sebastian and Dani think they've hit the jackpot. But as they get closer to the fortune, the couple begins to suspect their employers have their own agenda. Hitting upon the real plan, the two come to the chilling realization that they may be expendable and that there's much more than riches at stake.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Chris Carmack, Laura Vandervoort, David Anders
In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.
Dir. Stephen Herek · With Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston
