Best movies of Michael Caton-Jones

City by the Sea(2002)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.



Basic Instinct 2(2006)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Novelist Catherine Tramell is once again in trouble with the law, and Scotland Yard appoints psychiatrist Dr. Michael Glass to evaluate her. Though, like Detective Nick Curran before him, Glass is entranced by Tramell and lured into a seductive game.



This Boy's Life(1993)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 51

The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive step-father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff.



The Jackal(1997)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 37

An imprisoned IRA fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.



Rob Roy(1995)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 28

In 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite.



Shooting Dogs(2005)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 36

In April 1994, after the airplane of the Hutu President of Rwanda is shot down, the Hutu militias slaughter the Tutsi population. In the Ecole Technique Officielle, the Catholic priest ...



Doc Hollywood(1991)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A young doctor causes a traffic accident in a small town and is sentenced to work for some days at the town hospital.



Memphis Belle(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 16

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in UK prepares for its 25th and last bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.



Urban Hymn(2015)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Urban Hymn follows a troubled teenage girl, Jamie, who possesses an amazing singing voice, and an inspiring and unconventional social worker, Kate, who encourages her to use it.



Scandal(1989)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.



Our Ladies(2019)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 18

In 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic school girls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.



Asher(2018)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 10

An aging hitman's last job goes sideways, forcing him to redeem himself.



Asher(2017)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An aging hitman's last job goes sideways, forcing him to redeem himself.