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Wallace Shawn has 39 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Toy Story.
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Winnie the Pooh
2011
Animation · Family

The Boss Baby
2017
Animation · Comedy

Hotel Transylvania
2012
Animation · Comedy

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
2014
Animation · Family

Bilby
2018
Animation · Comedy

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
2012
Animation · Family

Ramona and Beezus
2010
Comedy · Family

Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017
Comedy · Family

Toy Story
1995 · Movie · Voice
Top 1%Disney+ · Included

The Princess Bride
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Disney+ · Included

Marriage Story
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Netflix · Included

Toy Story 3
2010 · Movie · Voice
Top 8%Disney+ · Included

Toy Story of Terror!
2013 · Movie · Voice
Top 13%Disney+ · Included

Toy Story 2
1999 · Movie · Voice
Top 16%Disney+ · Included

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
Dir. Noah Baumbach · With Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
Dir. Lee Unkrich · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

as Mr. Gibbles (voice) · Voice
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals: Fred, Velma, and Daphne.
Dir. Joe Sichta · With Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Grey DeLisle

What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror.
Dir. Angus MacLane · With Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers, Tom Hanks

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.
Dir. Louis Malle · With Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
Dir. John Lasseter · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
Dir. Mark A. Walsh · With Wallace Shawn, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Dir. Richard Ayoade · With Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
Dir. Tony Bancroft, Scott Christian Sava, Jaime Maestro · With Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Lydia Rose Taylor

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
Dir. Michael Moore · With Michael Moore, Elijah Cummings, Marcy Kaptur

The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
Dir. Patricia Rozema · With Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave

During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot.
Dir. Steve Purcell · With Kristen Schaal, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hanks

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
Dir. Yaron Zilberman · With Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
Dir. Gary Rydstrom · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Wallace Shawn, Gina Gershon, Louis Garrel

as Barnacle Paul (voice) · Voice
Dueling cat-and-mouse team Tom and Jerry hit the high seas on a hunt for buried treasure in this pirate adventure. The tale begins when crew member Tom sets sail with an infamous pirate and finds a treasure map along with stowaway Jerry. The furry swashbucklers race to a deserted island where X marks the spot, but along with battling each other, they must outwit ruthless buccaneers, angry monkeys and a giant octopus to strike it rich.
Dir. Scott Jeralds · With William Hanna, Mark Hamill, Kathy Najimy

An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.
Dir. Tom McCarthy · With Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Wallace Shawn

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Dir. Danny DeVito · With Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell

The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters.
Dir. Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon · With Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.
Dir. Angus MacLane · With Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
Dir. Curtis Hanson · With Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert

When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.
Dir. Marc Webb · With Callum Turner, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Dir. Tony Richardson · With Jodie Foster, Beau Bridges, Rob Lowe
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Dir. Donald Petrie · With Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.
Dir. Rob Minkoff · With Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Terence Stamp
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