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Tommy Lee Jones

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Amazing Howard Hughes, TheAmazing Howard Hughes, The (1977)
Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton
Produced for television, this biopic of the reclusive millionaire is suprisingly large–scale, but a little safe in its treatment of Hughes'…
Rolling ThunderRolling Thunder (1977) Recommended
Dir. John Flynn
Feat. William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones
A classic of 70's exploitation, this gritty revenge thriller follows a Vietnam vet who returns home a hero, but soon embarks on a mission of bloody…
Eyes of Laura MarsEyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif
A tightly made popcorn suspenser, with Dunaway playing a fashion photographer who believes she can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he…
Coal Miner's DaughterCoal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Biopic of country legend Loretta Lynn.
Savage IslandsSavage Islands (Nate and Hayes) (1983)
Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe
Tommy Lee Jones runs amok in the Pacific, clashing with pirates, missionaries, and a cannibalistic tribesman (played by Prince Tui Teka). Its clunky…
Black Moon RisingBlack Moon Rising (1986)
Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn
Tommy Lee Jones is hired by the government to steal a data tape from a criminal organisation, which he hides inside a futuristic prototype car, which…
Stormy MondayStormy Monday (1987)
Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting
Mix some American mobsters with Polish avant–garde jazz musicians and set it in Newcastle, England and you have something of a one–off…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series)Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993) Recommended
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover
A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Package, ThePackage, The (1989)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy
Sharp geo–political thriller with an anti–nuclear bent. Gene Hackman plays a veteran Army Sgt. assigned to escort a military prisoner…
Under SiegeUnder Siege (1992)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones
Block–buster breakthrough for Seagal – he plays the ship's cook who turns into a human Swiss army–knife when Tommy Lee Jones attempts…
Heaven and EarthHeaven and Earth (1993)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones
Oliver Stone completes his Vietnam trilogy by shifting the focus from the US military to a story based on the autobiographies of a Vietnamese woman.…
Fugitive, TheFugitive, The (1993) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward
Dynamic reprise of the '60s TV serial with Harrison Ford taking up the stride of the doctor mistakenly convicted of his wife's murder. Highly…
Blown AwayBlown Away (1994)
Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges
A psychotic terrorist is determined to test the skills of a bomb disposal expert to the limit. Action presides over logic but it's an exciting entry…
Blue SkyBlue Sky (1994)
Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones
Jessica Lange won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a flighty mother–of–two whose publicly turbulent marriage to army officer…
CobbCobb (1994)
Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones
Muscular sporting biopic from the creator of BULL DURHAM and WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP in which Tommy Lee Jones lets it rip as America's most…
Client, TheClient, The (1994)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones
The best adaptation yet of a John Grisham legal–eagle novel. Susan Sarandon embraces the character–driven story that is mercifully free…
Batman ForeverBatman Forever (1995)
Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O'Donnell
A new director and a new Batman (Val Kilmer) line up for this lucrative threequel. Its relentless onslaught of action has a rather numbing effect,…
VolcanoVolcano (1997)
Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche
A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
Men in BlackMen in Black (1997) Recommended
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino
Far out effects, a slightly believable alien conspiracy plot and some savvy comic timing render this superior blockbuster fare. Will Smith and Tommy…
U.S. MarshalsU.S. Marshals (1998)
Dir. Stuart Baird
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes
Tommy Lee Jones rebirths his role in THE FUGITIVE for this informal sequel, sending out an APB for the armed, dangerous and mysterious Wesley Snipes.…
Double JeopardyDouble Jeopardy (1999) Recommended
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones
Entertaining revenge–potboiler that sets a ruthless pace with Ashley Judd, framed for her husband's murder, pursuing the true villains with the…
Rules of EngagementRules of Engagement (2000)
Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce
Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists. But after the smoke has cleared 83…
Space CowboysSpace Cowboys (2000) Recommended
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland
Director Clint Eastwood plays a specially trained astronaut who takes three of his retirement–age buddies into space on a mission to repair a…
Men in Black 2Men in Black 2 (2002)
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle
Recycling the characters, humour and premise of the first, this much–diluted sequel has Tommy Lee Jones lose his memory, giving Will Smith the…
Hunted, TheHunted, The (2002)
Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen
Hunt–and–kill thriller with Del Toro playing a psychically wounded veteran of Kosovo, who back in America begins stalking deer hunters in…
Missing, TheMissing, The (2003)
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood
A brooding historical thriller set in 19th–century New Mexico in which Blanchett reunites with her estranged father (Jones) to search for her…
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, TheThree Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam
Stunning tale of redemption straddles the Texas–Mexico borderline, beginning with the offhand killing of a Mexican ranch–hand (Cedillo)…
Prairie Home Companion, APrairie Home Companion, A (2006)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Tommy Lee Jones
Reviving the musical scope of his 70s watermark NASHVILLE, Robert Altman’s last film lovingly dramatizes the backstage quandary of a live radio…
No Country for Old MenNo Country for Old Men (2007) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones
A masterfully executed thriller from the Coen brothers, who return to the suspense–driven fatalism of their most admired films (BLOOD SIMPLE,…
In the Valley of Elah In the Valley of Elah (2007) Recommended
Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon
Calculated military mystery from the director of CRASH, concerning an out–of–touch dad (Jones) searching for his missing son who has gone…
In the Electric MistIn the Electric Mist (2009)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard
Improving on previous James Lee Burke adaptation HEAVEN’S PRISONERS, this sturdy New Orleans thriller has Tommy Lee Jones assuming the plum role of…
Company Men, TheCompany Men, The (2010)
Dir. John Wells
Feat. Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones
A trio of high–flying sales executives feel the effects of the Global Financial Crisis in this timely yet earnest drama. As the…
Captain America: The First AvengerCaptain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones
Marvel's iconic superhero is reborn in this big, brash blockbuster, about a feeble military reject who is transformed into an ultimate solider by a…
Sunset Limited, TheSunset Limited, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson
Cormac McCarthy's one–room play is animated by the mesmerizing acting of Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson in this intense two–hander…
Men in Black 3Men in Black 3 (2012) Recommended
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin
Will Smith and co. return to inspired form for this third installment of the popular sci–fi comedy about a black–suited government agency…
Hope SpringsHope Springs (2012)
Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell
An admirable dramedy of twilight romance, with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones playing a couple of thirty years who attend marriage counseling when…
LincolnLincoln (2012)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn
Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
EmperorEmperor (2012)
Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune
Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones play Generals Bonner Fellers and Douglas MacArthur respectively in this solid dramatisation of the aftermath of the…
Family, TheFamily, The (2013)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron
In this stylised black comedy, De Niro sends himself up (yet again) as the patriarch of a mafia family shipped off to France under witness…
Homesman, TheHomesman, The (2014) Recommended
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer
Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
CriminalCriminal (2016)
Dir. Ariel Vromen
Feat. Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman
From the Luc Besson school of stylish action tosh comes this violent romp in which a dead CIA operative's memories are implanted into a…
Mechanic: ResurrectionMechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones
Jason Statham thumps his way through this by–the–numbers sequel to THE MECHANIC. Tommy Lee Jones eats what scenery remains.
Jason BourneJason Bourne (2016)
Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander
Breathless fifth entry in the Bourne franchise has Matt Damon returning as the former operative uncovering more secrets from his past.
Ad AstraAd Astra (2019)
Dir. James Gray
Feat. Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga
After his father's doomed space expedition threatens the universe, an astronaut embarks on a mission to the outer edges of the solar system to try to…
Comeback Trail, TheComeback Trail, The (2020)
Dir. George Gallo
Feat. Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman
Crime comedy based on an 80's film of the same name, with Robert De Niro playing a greedy grindhouse film producer who casts an aging, washed up…

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