Stephen Lang’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Stephen Lang has 45 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Avatar.
Recurring themes

No Escape
2015
Thriller · Action

Peppermint
2018
Action · Thriller

Erased
2012
Action · Thriller

Kidnap
2017
Action · Thriller

The Hunter's Prayer
2017
Action · Thriller

Eliminators
2016
Action · Thriller

The Hit List
2011
Action · Thriller

Daughter of the Wolf
2019
Action · Thriller

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

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

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

Don't Breathe
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Netflix · Included

Sisu: Road to Revenge
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Don't Breathe 2
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Hulu · 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

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 group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Dir. Fede Álvarez · With Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Dir. George P. Cosmatos · With Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues.
Dir. Jalmari Helander · With Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
Dir. Rodo Sayagues · With Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Brendan Sexton III

FBI Agent Will Graham, retired after catching notorious cannibal Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.
Dir. Michael Mann · With William L. Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell · With Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.
Dir. Aaron Nee, Adam Nee · With Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe
LAPD K-9 officer Jake Rosser has just witnessed the shocking murder of his dedicated partner by a mysterious assailant. As he investigates the shooter’s identity, he uncovers a vast conspiracy that has a choke-hold on the city in this thrilling journey through the tangled streets of Los Angeles and the corrupt bureaucracy of the LAPD.
Dir. John Stalberg Jr. · With Aaron Eckhart, Stephen Lang, Diego Tinoco

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Dir. Volker Schlöndorff · With Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Dir. Michael Mann · With Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard
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

Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
Dir. John Badham · With Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Dir. Uli Edel · With Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young

When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and he's haunted by strange visions of the woman he loved.
Dir. Roland Suso Richter · With Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo
Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
Dir. Allan Ungar · With Dominic Purcell, Cody Hackman, Saul Rubinek

Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.
Dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg · With Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
Dir. Christian Rivers · With Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving

Follows the personal and professional life of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell · With Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.
Dir. Joe Begos · With Stephen Lang, Martin Kove, William Sadler
Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
Dir. Lucky McKee · With Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh

A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.
Dir. Aaron Nee, Adam Nee · With Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
Dir. Jonathan Kaplan · With Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, William Sadler
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency—to determine what happened.
Dir. Félix Alcalá · With Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Stephen Lang
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Dir. John Stockwell · With Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Luis Guzmán

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Dir. Grant Heslov · With George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
Dir. Don Michael Paul · With Josh Kelly, Danielle Savre, Cole Hauser
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