Michael Crichton books and films, ranked by your taste

Author and director · 19 books and 4 films on Boxlist

Best known for Jurassic Park, The Lost World and Airframe.

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Books by Michael Crichton

  1. The Lost World

    The Lost World

    Science fiction · 1995

    4.4 / 5

  2. Jurassic Park

    Jurassic Park

    Science fiction · 1990

    4.2 / 5

  3. Sphere

    Sphere

    Adventure · 1987

    4.2 / 5

  4. The Andromeda Strain

    The Andromeda Strain

    Science fiction · 1969

    3.9 / 5

  5. The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    Heist · 1975

    3.8 / 5

  6. Airframe

    Airframe

    Thriller · 1996

    3.7 / 5

  7. Dragon Teeth

    Dragon Teeth

    Adventure · 2017

    3.7 / 5

  8. Disclosure

    Disclosure

    Thriller · 1993

    3.6 / 5

  9. Timeline

    Timeline

    Science fiction · 1999

    3.5 / 5

  10. Prey

    Prey

    Science fiction · 2002

    3.5 / 5

  11. The Terminal Man

    The Terminal Man

    Thriller · 1972

    3.4 / 5

  12. A Case of Need

    A Case of Need

    Mystery · 1968

    3.4 / 5

  13. Micro

    Micro

    Thriller · 2011

    3.4 / 5

  14. Congo

    Congo

    Adventure · 1980

    3.3 / 5

  15. Next

    Next

    Science fiction · 2006

    3.2 / 5

  16. Rising Sun

    Rising Sun

    Crime · 1992

    3.1 / 5

  17. Pirate Latitudes

    Pirate Latitudes

    Adventure · 2009

    2.8 / 5

  18. State of Fear

    State of Fear

    Thriller · 2004

    2.5 / 5

  19. Travels

    Travels

    Biography · 1988

    4.0 / 5 · 3 ratings

Books from the Boxlist catalogue, highest rated first (Open Library reader averages; books with fewer than 5 ratings come after the rest). Ratings are quality, not fit.

Michael Crichton on screen

Directed by Michael Crichton

  1. Westworld

    Westworld

    1973 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    In a futuristic resort, wealthy patrons can visit recreations of different time periods and experience their wildest fantasies with life-like robots. But when Richard Benjamin opts for the wild west, he gets more than he bargained for when...

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  2. Coma

    Coma

    1978 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    A young female doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that...

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  3. The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery

    1978 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

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