Movies with music written by Christopher Young
"Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out." Those words, spoken by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington), form the thematic foundation of Norman Jewsion's latest film, The Hurricane. Alternatively tragic and triumphant, it is an ex...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-12-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Liev Schreiber, ...
It’s hard to assign a rating to something like Pet Sematary. This new adaptation of the popular Stephen King novel matches the book when it comes to dread and nihilism. Bad things happen to good people with no hope of redemption, salvation, o...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-04-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Terror, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer
Cast: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, ...
Like most movies concerned to one degree or another with the subject of gambling, Lucky You addresses the themes of obsession and redemption. The film loosely follows the trajectory of an "addiction movie," although it's less grim than pictures of...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-05-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, ...
The temptation is to think this: Just what we need - another PG-13 remake of an Asian horror film. These come along so frequently that they have become more like punch lines to bad jokes than serious cinematic endeavors. Not so fast, though. The U...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-01-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: HORROR/THRILLER
Director: The Guard Brothers
Cast: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, ...
Back in mid-'90s, director Curtis Hanson was known as a B-list filmmaker - someone who could cull a fair amount of tension out of workmanlike stories such as The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild. All of that changed in 1997, however, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-02-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Curtis Hanson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, ...
The Gift is an example of how superior craftsmanship can transform a ho-hum genre entry into a sporadically gripping thriller. On the surface, there's nothing special about this movie - it's a run-of-the-mill supernatural murder mystery with all o...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Keanu Reeves, ...
"You know what the problem with Hollywood is - they make shit." It is with that statement - not profound, but undeniably true - that Swordfish opens. And, while this movie isn't going to convince anyone that the major studios have suddenly turn...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-06-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Dominic Sena
Cast: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, ...
Someone finally figured out a way to make the concept of "found footage" interesting, and it's by incorporating it into the film's overall scope rather than employing it as the governing factor. Sinister is an intense horror film that starts out ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Michael Hall D'Addario, ...
The villain of Species -- a new science fiction/action/thriller/gorefest from director Roger Donaldson -- is a sexy young alien named Sil (Natasha Henstridge). For most of the film, her primary problem is a massive case of sexual frustration. Eve...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-07-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, ...
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is being sold as the latest PG-13 horror movie, albeit one that deals with demonic possession instead of ghosts. In reality, however, it's a courtroom drama with a twinge of the supernatural (most of which occurs during fl...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, ...