37 Movies Starring Tommy Lee Jones

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-08-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (5752 Reviews)

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Cast:

Writer:

John Carpenter (screenplay)

David Zelag Goodman (screenplay)

John Carpenter (story)

Fullplot:

Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes. She contacts the police and with the aid of a police detective, tries to stop the killer. But first, they have to figure out who it is.

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-03-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (12275 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Apted

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Rickman (screenplay)

Loretta Lynn (autobiography)

George Vecsey (autobiography)

Fullplot:

At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a sizeable family. Loretta appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognises his wife's musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the gruelling, tumultuous path to country music greatness.

The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-11-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

157 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1196 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Norman Mailer (screenplay)

Norman Mailer (book)

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of murderer Gary Mark Gilmore, spanning the last nine months of his life (May 1976-January 1977) in which at age 35, after being released for serving a long prison term in Utah for armed robbery, the unstable Gilmore murdered two men in two seperate and senseless robberies in which after a brief public trial in October, he was sentenced to death by firing squad which drew a lot of media attention when Gilmore insisted that his execution be carried out and he became the first man to be executed in the USA since the government reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

Black Moon Rising

Black Moon Rising

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-01-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (3479 Reviews)

Director:

Harley Cokeliss

Cast:

Writer:

John Carpenter (story)

John Carpenter (screenplay)

Desmond Nakano (screenplay)

William Gray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A professional thief is hired by the FBI to steal a data tape from a company under investigation. The analysis of this tape, will prove the criminal activities of this company. As this thief is discovered in his attempt, he hides the tape inside a prototype car, but unfortunately there is someone else interested in this vehicle.

The Park Is Mine

The Park Is Mine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1166 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lyle Gorch (screenplay)

Stephen Peters (novel)

Fullplot:

A vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.

Stormy Monday

Stormy Monday

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-05-01

Languages:

English, Polish

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2572 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Figgis

Fullplot:

Brendan takes a job as janitor for Finney, who runs a jazz nightclub in the Northern English city of Newcastle. But Finney is being pressured to sell his club, and Brendan soon provides non-janitorial services to Finney. Soon his rival's American boss Cosmo comes to town, while Brendan begins to fall in love with Kate, an escort working for Cosmo.

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-02-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

384 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.8 (13327 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Epic story about two former Texas rangers who decide to move cattle from the south to Montana. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call run into many problems on the way, and the journey doesn't end without numerous casualties. (6 hrs approx)

Under Siege

Under Siege

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-10-09

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (56937 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Davis

Fullplot:

The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam's personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship's XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain's birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of. When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it's a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship's nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them. Upon discovering their bodies, Stranix deduces that Ryback is more than a cook. He then sends Krill to check on him, and Krill discovers that Ryback's a NAVY SEAL, who got busted down to a cook after an incident in Panama. And Ryback continues to create trouble for them, so Stranix tries to hunt him down. Along the way, Ryback meets Jordan, a former playmate, who was supposed to entertain at the party but was also forgotten.

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-08-06

Languages:

English, Polish, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (199000 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Davis

Cast:

Writer:

Jeb Stuart (screenplay)

David Twohy (screenplay)

David Twohy (story)

Roy Huggins (characters)

Fullplot:

A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble makes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.

House of Cards

House of Cards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-06-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Italy, USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2125 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Lessac

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Lessac (story)

Robert Jay Litz (story)

Michael Lessac (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When Ruth Matthews's husband is killed in a fall at an archaeological dig, her daughter Sally handles her father's death in a very odd manner. As Sally's condition worsens, Ruth takes her to see Jake, an expert in childhood autism. Jake attempts to bring Sally out of her mental disarray through traditional therapy methods, but Ruth takes a different route. She risks her own sanity by attempting to enter her daughter's mind and make sense of the seemingly bizarre things that Sally does, including building a wondrous house of cards.

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-09-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4893 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Richardson

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Rama Laurie Stagner (story)

Rama Laurie Stagner (screenplay)

Arlene Sarner (screenplay)

Jerry Leichtling (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It's the early 1960s. Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, strait-laced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons-testing in America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the United States Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns... and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly, who is voluptuous, volatile and fun-loving. Her antics are wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each Army base.

Blown Away

Blown Away

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-01

Languages:

English, Irish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (21856 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Cast:

Writer:

John Rice (story)

Joe Batteer (story)

Jay Roach (story)

Joe Batteer (screenplay)

John Rice (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jimmy Dove works for the bomb squad in Boston and he is always the one who is on the tough jobs. One day he decides to quit the force and to become a teacher for the rookies of the squad. A few days later his former partner is killed by a bomb and Jimmy becomes suspicious that maybe this bomb could have been built by a former friend of himself. He begins to investigate and finds out that his worst nightmare has returned from his past.

The Client

The Client

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (42676 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Writer:

John Grisham (novel)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Robert Getchell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer. One day he and his brother are hanging out when a car pulls over beside them. The driver then sticks a hose in his exhaust and puts the other end into the car. Mark pulls it out. But the man sees him and grabs him and takes inside the car. The man talks to Mark then later shoots himself. The shock sends Mark's brother into a catatonic state. The police question him and slips out some stuff that makes them think he's saying more than he knows. Roy Foltrigg, a prosecutor with political ambitions tells Mark he wants to talk to him tomorrow. Mark feeling that he needs a lawyer, sees Reggie Love. Mark tells her about the man who killed himself. Reggie tells him he's a mob lawyer. And one of his clients is a member of a mob family who is suspected of killing a Senator who was trying to take down his family. But because the Senator's body is missing, they can't prosecute him. Reggie thinks Foltrigg thinks the lawyer told Mark where the body is which is why he wants to speak to him. Mark goes to meet Roy and when he threatens him, Mark steps out then Reggie comes in with a recording of his conversation with Mark telling him that made several violations. In the meantime, the mobster is told by the head of the family to take care of Mark. So he threatens Mark. Mark doesn't know what to do and learns that Reggie has some secrets of her own and is uncertain if he can trust her.

Cobb

Cobb

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-12-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (5714 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Shelton

Cast:

Writer:

Al Stump (article)

Al Stump (book)

Ron Shelton (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words. However, when Stump spends time with Cobb, interviewing him and beginning to write, he realizes that the general public opinion is largely correct. In Stump's presence, Cobb is angry, violent, racist, misogynistic, and incorrigibly abusive to everyone around him. Torn between printing the truth by plumbing the depths of Cobb's dark soul and grim childhood, and succumbing to Cobb's pressure for a whitewash of his character and a simple baseball tale of his greatness, Stump writes two different books. One book is for Cobb, the other for the public.

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-06-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (176250 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Cast:

Writer:

Bob Kane (characters)

Lee Batchler (story)

Janet Scott Batchler (story)

Lee Batchler (screenplay)

Janet Scott Batchler (screenplay)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face incorrectly believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side; he has unleashed a reign of terror on the good people of Gotham. Edward Nygma, computer-genius and former employee of millionaire Bruce Wayne, is out to get the philanthropist; as The Riddler he perfects a device for draining information from all the brains in Gotham, including Bruce Wayne's knowledge of his other identity. Batman/Wayne is/are the love focus of Dr. Chase Meridan. Former circus acrobat Dick Grayson, his family killed by Two-Face, becomes Wayne's ward and Batman's new partner Robin the Boy Wonder.

The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (519 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Cast:

Writer:

Elmer Kelton (book)

Tommy Lee Jones (teleplay)

J.T. Allen (teleplay)

Fullplot:

An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.

Men in Black

Men in Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-02

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (363455 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedySci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Lowell Cunningham (comic)

Ed Solomon (screen story)

Ed Solomon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based off of the comic book. Unbeknownst to other people, there is a private agency code named MiB. This agency is some kind of extra terrestrial surveillance corporation. Then, one of the agency's finest men only going by the name "K", is recruiting for a new addition to the agency. He has chosen James Edwards of the N.Y.P.D. Then, one day, a flying saucer crashes into Earth. This was an alien a part of the "Bug" race. He takes the body of a farmer and heads to New York. He is searching for a super energy source called "The Galaxy". Now, Agents J and K must stop the bug before it can escape with the galaxy.

Volcano

Volcano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-04-25

Languages:

English, Spanish, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (54196 Reviews)

Director:

Mick Jackson

Cast:

Writer:

Jerome Armstrong (story)

Jerome Armstrong (screenplay)

Billy Ray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Something unspeakably chilling is ultimately starting to heat up at The City of Los Angeles! Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city!

U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (72920 Reviews)

Director:

Stuart Baird

Cast:

Writer:

Roy Huggins (characters)

John Pogue

Fullplot:

When a prisoner transport plane crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan, skillfully escapes and saves lives at the same time. Deputy Sam Gerard and his team of U.S. Marshals pursue relentlessly, but Gerard begins to suspect that there is more to the exceptional fugitive than what he has been told. Meanwhile, Sheridan struggles to avoid capture while seeking answers of his own. Until the final scene, both Gerard and Sheridan are in jeopardy of the unknown.

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (242445 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lowell Cunningham (comic book "Malibu Comics")

Robert Gordon (story)

Robert Gordon (screenplay)

Barry Fanaro (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. And now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany, Canada

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (52893 Reviews)

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Cast:

Writer:

David Weisberg

Douglas Cook

Fullplot:

When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-04-07

Languages:

English, Arabic

Countries:

UK, Germany, Canada, USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (35946 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Webb (story)

Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam.

Space Cowboys

Space Cowboys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-08-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (56843 Reviews)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Fullplot:

When a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth starts to veer off course. It seems like the guidance system in the satellite is of American origin. It's important to try and fix it before it comes into the atmosphere. The NASA man, Bob Gerson tries to find out who designed it and discovers that it was designed by Frank Colvin, an Air Force pilot who 40 years ago was part of the team who was originally suppose to go to space but when NASA was formed and Gerson's influence they were dropped. Gerson asks Frank to help but Frank still holds a grudge. But after some prodding he agrees but only if he and his team can go there so he can fix it. Gerson reluctantly agrees so Frank recruits his former team members, Tank Sullica, Jerry O'Neill and Hawk Hawkins to join him. After some strenuous tests, they're cleared. And they go up with two other astronauts and check out the satellite and discover that they weren't told the whole truth.

The Hunted

The Hunted

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(33376 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Griffiths

Peter Griffiths

Art Monterastelli

Fullplot:

In the green woods of Silver Falls, Oregon, Aaron Hallam, a trained assassin AWOL from the Special Forces, keeps his own brand of wildlife vigil. After Hallam brutally slew four deer hunters in the area, FBI Special Agent Abby Durrell turns to L.T. Bonham-- the one man who may be able to stop him. At first L.T. resists the mission. Snug in retirement, he's closed off to his past, the years he spent in the Special Forces training soldiers to become skilled killers. But when he realizes that these recent slaying is the work of a man he trained, he feels obligated to stop him. Accepting the assignment under the condition that he works alone, L.T. enters the woods, unarmed--plagued by memories of his best student and riddled with guilt for not responding to Aaron's tortured letters to him as he began to slip over the edge of sanity. Furious as he is with his former mentor for ignoring his pleas for help, Aaron knows that he and L.T. share a tragic bond that is unbreakable. And, even as they go into their final combat against each other, neither can say with certainty who is the hunted and who is the hunter.

The Missing

The Missing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-26

Languages:

English, Apache languages, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (26074 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Eidson (novel)

Ken Kaufman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 19th-century New Mexico, a father (Tommy Lee Jones) comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie (Cate Blanchett). Maggie's daughter is kidnapped, forcing father and estranged daughter to work together to get her back.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-02-24

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (32753 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Fullplot:

A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-06-09

Languages:

English, Norwegian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (19096 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Altman

Cast:

Writer:

Garrison Keillor (screenplay)

Garrison Keillor (story)

Ken LaZebnik (story)

Fullplot:

"A Prairie Home Companion", hosted by humorist Garrison Keillor, is a down home radio variety show recorded and performed live in front of an audience in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. A show from another era, "A Prairie Home Companion" has been canceled. The regulars are performing on the last show, including Dusty & Lefty, singing/guitar playing cowboys with a risquè sense of humor, and the Johnson Girls, a sister singing duo of Rhonda and Yolanda who have a penchant for talking over each other. As the show goes on, the regulars, backstage, talk about their lives in relation to the show. Other goings-on include Yolanda and others trying to convince her shy somber daughter, Lola, to sing on this last show. As all this goes on, a mysterious woman in a white trench coat who is on a mission wanders around the theater, while the show's dim security guard, Guy Noir, who usually has nothing to do security-wise, follows.

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-22

Languages:

English, Norwegian, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (432015 Reviews)

Director:

Joe Johnston

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Markus (screenplay)

Stephen McFeely (screenplay)

Joe Simon (comic books)

Jack Kirby (comic books)

Fullplot:

It is 1942, America has entered World War II, and sickly but determined Steve Rogers is frustrated at being rejected yet again for military service. Everything changes when Dr. Erskine recruits him for the secret Project Rebirth. Proving his extraordinary courage, wits and conscience, Rogers undergoes the experiment and his weak body is suddenly enhanced into the maximum human potential. When Dr. Erskine is then immediately assassinated by an agent of Nazi Germany's secret HYDRA research department (headed by Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull), Rogers is left as a unique man who is initially misused as a propaganda mascot; however, when his comrades need him, Rogers goes on a successful adventure that truly makes him Captain America, and his war against Schmidt begins.

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-21

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (547160 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Joel Coen (screenplay)

Ethan Coen (screenplay)

Cormac McCarthy (novel)

Fullplot:

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

In the Valley of Elah

In the Valley of Elah

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (57436 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Haggis

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Mark Boal (story)

Paul Haggis (story)

Fullplot:

In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfield pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him?

In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (12729 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jerzy Kromolowski (screenplay)

Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenplay)

James Lee Burke (novel)

Fullplot:

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.

The Company Men

The Company Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (34698 Reviews)

Director:

John Wells

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company's balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will take the hit, like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job. Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle, and the loss of his home, but also his feelings of self-worth.

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (243311 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Etan Cohen

Lowell Cunningham (based on the Malibu comic by)

Fullplot:

After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something K had never told him.

The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-02-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

TV-MA

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (19122 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy (play)

Fullplot:

Two men in an apartment with their opposing beliefs in this play by Cormac McCarthey. The black guy, a former convict who believes in God, just saved the white agnostic professor from jumping in front of the express train. He won't let the depressed man leave, without following him, and feel he's in this situation for a reason, decided by God. An intense chamber play about belief or unbelief, and a conversation about what's true and important in life, or not.

Hope Springs

Hope Springs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-08-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (32068 Reviews)

Director:

David Frankel

Fullplot:

Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple whose marriage has declined until they are now sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the Doctor's intense week long marriage counseling session. Although Arnold sees nothing wrong with their 30 year long marriage, he reluctantly agrees to go on the expensive excursion. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart and what they can do to reignite their passion. Even with the Doctor's advice, Kay and Arnold find that renewing their marriage's fire is a daunting challenge for them both.

Emperor

Emperor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-27

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

Japan, USA

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (9492 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Webber

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Vera Blasi (screenplay)

David Klass (screenplay)

Shiro Okamoto (book)

Fullplot:

A story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal? Interwoven is the story of Fellers' love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and the future of two nations.

The Homesman

The Homesman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-06-26

Languages:

English, Danish

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (16810 Reviews)

Director:

Tommy Lee Jones

Genres:

DramaWestern

Cast:

Writer:

Tommy Lee Jones (screenplay)

Kieran Fitzgerald (screenplay)

Wesley A. Oliver (screenplay)

Glendon Swarthout (novel)

Fullplot:

Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.

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