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Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Critics' Choice Movie Awards, also called the Critics Choice Awards, annual film honors since 1995 from the 500-member Critics Choice Association, voted by working critics, held each January in Santa Monica as a leading Oscar precursor.

Critics' Circle

The Critics' Circle is a British professional association of critics founded in 1913, with more than 500 UK members whose Drama Section runs the annual Theatre Awards.

Critters (film)

Critters (1986) is a New Line Cinema horror comedy directed by Stephen Herek, also known as Krites, about carnivorous alien furballs attacking a Kansas farm family; it earned $11.3 million and spawned three sequels.

Critters 3

Critters 3 (1991) is a direct-to-video American sci-fi horror film, the third Critters entry, directed by Kristine Peterson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in his film debut as Josh, with Don Opper returning as Charlie McFadden.

Critters: A New Binge

Critters: A New Binge is a 2019 eight-episode horror-comedy web series rebooting the Critters film franchise, directed by Jordan Rubin for Shudder, in which Crites return to Earth seeking a missing hybrid of their kind.

Croak (Yellowjackets)

"Croak" (Yellowjackets season 3, episode 7) aired March 21, 2025; directed by Jennifer Morrison, written by Alisha Brophy and Ameni Rozsa. Lottie kills scientist Edwin, while Arctic banshee frogs explain the screaming trees.

Crocodile (Black Mirror)

Crocodile is Black Mirror season 4 episode 3 (2017), written by Charlie Brooker, directed by John Hillcoat, starring Andrea Riseborough as Mia Nolan. Filmed in Iceland, it uses the Recaller memory-extraction device in a hit-and-run cover-up thriller.

Crocodile (악어) (1996 film)

Crocodile (악어, Ageo) is Kim Ki-duk's 1996 South Korean debut drama about a Han River vagrant who extorts suicide victims' families and abuses a woman he saves; a domestic flop that launched his festival career.

Crocodile Dundee

Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan as bushman Mick Dundee opposite Linda Kozlowski. Second-highest-grossing film of 1986 worldwide and the most commercially successful Australian film ever made.

Crocodile Dundee II

Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American action comedy sequel directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee, who lures drug dealers from New York into the outback.

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) is the third Crocodile Dundee film, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski; it grossed $39.4 million worldwide and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cromwell (film)

Cromwell (1970) is a Ken Hughes British historical drama starring Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell and Alec Guinness as Charles I, released by Columbia, winner of the Academy Award for Costume Design, and widely criticized for historical inaccuracy.

Cronos (film)

Cronos (La invención de Cronos) is Guillermo del Toro's 1992 Mexican horror-fantasy feature debut about an alchemist's scarab device granting eternal life with a thirst for blood, starring Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman, a Cannes Critics' Week and nine-Ariel winner.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn is a 2025 third-person survival horror game by Bloober Team (Silent Hill 2 remake). The Traveler time-travels between post-apocalyptic New Dawn (Nowa Huta, Kraków) and 1980s Poland; Orphans merge with corpses. Metascore 77.

Crook (film)

Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (क्रूक), 2010 Hindi action thriller by Mohit Suri, Vishesh Films, starring Emraan Hashmi and Neha Sharma; about racism against Indian students in Australia; released 8 Oct 2010, a flop.

Crooked House (film)

Crooked House (2017) is a Gilles Paquet-Brenner mystery film adapting Agatha Christie's 1949 novel, with screenplay by Julian Fellowes, starring Max Irons, Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, and Christina Hendricks.

Crooklyn

Crooklyn is Spike Lee's 1994 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about the Carmichael family in 1970s Brooklyn, written with siblings Joie and Cinqué Lee, starring Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, and Zelda Harris.

Crooks (TV series)

Crooks is a German Netflix crime thriller series created by Marvin Kren, premiering April 4, 2024. Frederick Lau and Christoph Krutzler star as Charly and Joseph, crooks chased over a stolen coin; season 2 arrived April 14, 2026.

Cropsey (film)

Cropsey (2009) is an 84-minute documentary by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio linking the Staten Island Cropsey urban legend to Andre Rand and five missing children, including Jennifer Schweiger, released theatrically in June 2010.

Crosby Fitzgerald

Crosby Fitzgerald is an American actress from Atlanta, Georgia, known for Sylvia in Palm Royale (2024), Madison in The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox (2025), and Caroline Ingalls in Netflix's Little House on the Prairie (2026), with film roles in Crime 101 and Goodrich.

Cross (American TV series)

Cross is a Prime Video American crime thriller (2024–) created by Ben Watkins, starring Aldis Hodge as James Patterson's detective Alex Cross. Eight-episode seasons; original stories, not novel adaptations; renewed for Season 3 in March 2026.

Cross Ange

Cross Ange (クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞) is a 25-episode Sunrise original mecha anime aired October 2014 to March 2015, directed by Yoshiharu Ashino, about exiled princess Ange fighting Dragons in Para-mails.

Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron is Sam Peckinpah's 1977 British-West German war film, based on Willi Heinrich's novel The Willing Flesh, starring James Coburn as Sergeant Steiner and Maximilian Schell as Stransky during the 1943 German retreat on the Eastern Front.

Cross-dressing in film and television

Cross-dressing in film and television is the depiction of characters wearing another gender's clothing on screen, a device present since early cinema and most common in comedy.

CrossFire (穿越火线)

CrossFire (穿越火线) is a 2020 Chinese esports web drama adapted from Smilegate's shooter game, starring Lu Han and Wu Lei in dual 2008/2019 timelines, streaming 36 episodes on Tencent Video with a Douban score of 8.1.

Crossing (2024 film)

Crossing (2024) is a drama by Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin, also known from And Then We Danced. Retired teacher Lia searches Istanbul for her trans niece Tekla with neighbor Achi, meeting lawyer Evrim. It won the Teddy Jury Award at the 2024 Berlinale and holds 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Crossing (2026 film)

Crossing (四渡) is a 2026 Chinese war epic directed by Xu Zhanxiong, executive produced by Andrew Lau, starring Liu Ye as Mao Zedong, dramatizing the Four Crossings of the Chishui River; released June 26, 2026, it earned 289 million yuan. Distinct from the American faith drama The Crossing: Shoulders of Mercy.

Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey (1988) is Joan Micklin Silver's romantic comedy, from Susan Sandler's play, starring Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, and Reizl Bozyk, about a matchmaker, a pickle seller, and the Jewish Lower East Side.

Crossing Hennessy (月满轩尼诗)

Crossing Hennessy (月满轩尼诗) is a 2010 Hong Kong romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Ivy Ho, starring Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei as Wan Chai singles pushed into matchmaking; it opened the 2010 HKIFF and won HKFCS Best Screenplay.

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an NBC crime drama (2001-2007) created by Tim Kring, starring Jill Hennessy as Boston medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh; six seasons, 117 episodes, canceled in 2007.