James Mangold

2017 · James Mangold · 137 min · Action / Drama

Logan stripped away everything audiences expected from a superhero movie and replaced it with something raw, personal, and deeply felt. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and newcomer Dafne Keen deliver performances that transcend the genre, anchoring a story about mortality, failure, and reluctant fatherhood. The villains can't match the weight of those central performances, but that barely matters when the emotional core hits this hard. It's a film that earned its ending and left audiences wrecked in the best possible way.

2019 · James Mangold · 152 min · Drama / Action

Ford v Ferrari is a roaring crowd-pleaser that turns a corporate racing rivalry into one of the most satisfying films of 2019. Christian Bale and Matt Damon have outstanding chemistry, the racing sequences are among the best ever filmed, and James Mangold's direction finds the human story inside the machine without losing any of the speed. It's a film that makes you care about the difference between winning and being allowed to win, and that distinction gives it more weight than the average sports movie.

2024 · James Mangold · 141 min · Biographical Drama

A Complete Unknown succeeds as a character study of artistic rebellion, with Timothee Chalamet disappearing into Bob Dylan's restless genius, though the film's reverence for its subject occasionally keeps it at arm's length.

2007 · James Mangold · 122 min · Western

3:10 to Yuma is a taut, well-acted Western remake that thrives on the crackling dynamic between Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, even if its explosive final act stretches credibility past the breaking point.