Movies by Tommy Lee Jones
As part of the cast:
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Men in Black 3 (2012)
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
When Earth comes under the threat of an alien attack, Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to join forces with a much-younger Agent K (Josh Brolin) and change the course of history. But…
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Hope Springs (2012)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell …
Directed by: David Frankel
Feeling disconnected in her decades-old marriage, Maeve convinces her skeptical husband to attend a marriage therapy week with a celebrated relationship expert -- but now they must shed their…
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Lincoln (2012)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Director Steven Spielberg takes on the towering legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his stewardship of the Union during the Civil War years. The biographical saga also reveals the…
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Cast: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Hugo Weaving …
Directed by: Joe Johnston
In Marvel's superhero slugfest, Steve Rogers volunteers for a secret experiment during WWII after being deemed unfit for duty. Transformed into super soldier Captain America, he takes on…
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The Sunset Limited (2011)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones
After stopping a desperate man from jumping in front of the speeding Sunset Limited subway train, a Good Samaritan discusses the meaning of life and death with the person he rescued. This HBO…
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The Company Men (2010)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: John Wells
Written, directed and produced by John Wells, this indie drama stars Ben Affleck as a successful businessman who comes face-to-face with America's downsizing epidemic when he loses his…
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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dowling, Frank Champi …
Directed by: Kevin Rafferty
Filmmaker Kevin Rafferty (The Atomic Café) takes viewers to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved, interweaving actual gridiron footage with the…
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In the Electric Mist (2008)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard …
Directed by: Bertrand Tavernier
Detective Dave Robicheaux finds himself swimming in a murky sea of corruption, deception and lies when he probes the connection between a rash of murders and a notorious New Orleans mobster…
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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez (2007)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones
Directed by: Kieran Fitzgerald
In 1997, 18-year-old goatherd Esequiel Hernández Jr. was killed by a squadron of U.S. Marines, an innocent victim in the war on drugs. The tension between the United States and Mexico…
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin …
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
While hunting in the desert, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash. With a psychotic hit man hot on his trail, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
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A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep …
Directed by: Robert Altman
From director Robert Altman comes this quirky piece of fiction based on the real-life radio program of the same name, with a wry screenplay penned by the show's host, Garrison Keillor,…
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In the Valley of Elah (2006)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Paul Haggis
When an exemplary soldier disappears after returning from Iraq, his concerned father -- a retired sergeant -- works with a gutsy police detective to investigate in this drama based on actual events.
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Man of the House (2005)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian …
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) finds himself college bound when he's tapped to protect a boisterous group of University of Texas cheerleaders -- who happen to be the only…
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo …
Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones stars in and directs this dark drama set on the Texas-Mexico border. After accidentally killing a man, heartless border patrol officer Mike (Barry Pepper) quickly buries the…
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The Hunted (2003)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Connie Nielsen …
Directed by: William Friedkin
Tommy Lee Jones stars as L.T. Bonham, a retired special ops agent enlisted to track down an assassin with a strange proclivity -- he makes a sport of murdering deer hunters. Bonham gets his…
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The Missing (2003)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood …
Directed by: Ron Howard
When Maggie Gilkeson's oldest daughter is abducted by a witch doctor turned bandit, Maggie enlists her estranged father's help to find her. But they soon discover that other girls…
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Men in Black II (2002)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as Jay and Kay, two highly secretive, highly funded and highly unofficial government agents dealing with all things evil and alien --…
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Rules of Engagement (2000)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: William Friedkin
Sensing a crisis in Yemen, the U.S. government sends Col. Terry Childers to remove the U.S. ambassador and his family from the country. Childers succeeds, but in the process ends up killing…
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Space Cowboys (2000)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
A Russian satellite is about to fall back to Earth, and only retired engineer Frank Corvin knows how to stop it. When NASA begs for help, Corvin agrees on one condition: He and his…
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Libby Parsons is arrested for the murder of her husband. While in prison, she finds out that she's been framed. Now, the law of "double jeopardy" -- and the desire to kill her "late"…
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U.S. Marshals (1998)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Stuart Baird, Stuart Bairo
Convicted murderer Mark Sheridan is on his way to prison when his jet crashes into the Louisiana bayou, allowing Sheridan to escape. Yet, in the process of pursuit, U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard…
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Small Soldiers (1998)
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Tommy Lee Jones, Phil Hartman …
Directed by: Joe Dante
The Commando Elite are toy action figures programmed to annihilate another toy group, the Gorgonites. But before the Elite have been tested, the son of a toy store owner opens them, causing…
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Volcano (1997)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Earthquakes look like child's play compared with what Mother Nature is throwing at Tinseltown this time. A volcano erupts and threatens to engulf downtown Los Angeles. But fear not: a…
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Men in Black (1997)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio …
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
In director Barry Sonnenfeld's hip sci-fi romp, a streetwise New York City cop is enlisted to work with a seasoned government agent on a top-secret team that monitors space aliens living…
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Batman Forever (1995)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Chris O'Donnell, Jim Carrey …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
The top-grossing film of 1995, director Joel Schumacher's interpretation of Batman has new villains and a new sidekick as millionaire Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer) goes up against psychotic…
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Blown Away (1994)
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis …
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Bent on settling a 20-year-old score, lifer Ryan Gaerity (Tommy Lee Jones) breaks out of an Irish prison, making a beeline for Boston and the object of his retribution: retired bomb-squad ace…
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The Client (1994)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
After witnessing the suicide of a lawyer whose client is in the mob, 11-year-old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) seeks the aid and protection of lawyer Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon), while federal…
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Natural Born Killers: Director's Cut (1994)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr. …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Director Oliver Stone's stark satire of media and murder still generates controversy. Mickey and Mallory Knox (Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, respectively) hit the road on an…
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Cobb (1994)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich …
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Sports reporter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) is working on a plum assignment: a biography of the larger-than-life Detroit Tiger baseball player Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones). But his dream quickly…
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Broken Vows (1994)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Annette O'Toole, Milo O'Shea …
Directed by: Jud Taylor
A priest, Father McMahon (Tommy Lee Jones), gives last rites to a man murdered on the streets of New York, only to have his life changed forever. With the help of the dead man's…
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The Fugitive (1993)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, Dr. Richard Kimble escapes from custody after a train accident. But as he tries to find the real killer -- a mysterious one-armed man -- gung-ho U.S.…
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House of Cards (1993)
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina …
Directed by: Michael Lessac
When Ruth Matthews realizes that her daughter has broken with reality as a result of autism, Ruth teams up with a psychiatrist in an effort to come up with an unconventional approach get…
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Heaven & Earth (1993)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Haing S. Ngor, Bussaro Sanruck …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
After enduring a lifetime of hardship in her native country at the hands of French colonists and the communist Viet Cong, a young mother (Hiep Thi Le) becomes the wife of a U.S. marine (Tommy…
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Under Siege (1992)
Cast: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Director Andrew Davis's Oscar-nominated, action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned &NFi;USS Missouri&NFi_;. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix (Tommy Lee…
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Blue Sky (1991)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
When mentally unstable, loose Carly (Oscar winner Jessica Lange) and straitlaced Maj. Hank (Tommy Lee Jones) Marshall get transferred to a dismal Alabama post with their daughters, Carly…
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JFK: Special Edition (1991)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone's fascinating film about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- one of America's most enigmatic and mythical political figures -- is even more dramatic…
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Fire Birds (1990)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young …
Directed by: David Green
The Apaches are an elite flight corps trained by the U.S. Army to attack from the skies. With a national enemy threatening the country with high-tech weaponry, the men who fly the decidedly…
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The Package (1989)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Set during the Cold War, this political thriller stars Gene Hackman as Johnny Gallagher, an Army officer who's tasked with transporting political prisoner Thomas Boyette (Tommy Lee…
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Stormy Monday (1988)
Cast: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting …
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Writer-director Mike Figgis's understated first feature follows Brendan (Sean Bean), a young man who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of Newcastle, England. Brendan…
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Gotham (1988)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen, Frederic Forrest …
Directed by: Lloyd Fonvielle
Hard-boiled New York City detective Eddie Mallard (Tommy Lee Jones) finds himself involved in the weirdest case of his career when a wealthy widower asks for his help in stopping his ex-wife…
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April Morning (1988)
Cast: Chad Lowe, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Urich …
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Based on the penetrating novel by Howard Fast, this coming-of-age tale recounts the adventures of Adam Cooper (Chad Lowe), a teen caught up in the fight between American revolutionary forces…
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The Big Town (1987)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: Ben Bolt
In this drama set in 1957 Chicago, J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon) is a small-town gambler who heads to the Windy City to hit it big. Far from making the fortune he set out to find, he instead…
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel …
Directed by: Harley Cokeliss
Hired by the FBI to pilfer top-secret data from a company, expert burglar Sam follows through on his latest assignment -- but leaves the data behind in an experimental supercar. When the…
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Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent (1986)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Josef Sommer, Ed Lauter …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
Based on the life of KGB spy Yuri Nosenko, this thriller mines his pursuit of political asylum in America in exchange for what he claims is important information about the assassination of…
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, David Dukes …
Directed by: Jack Hofsis
This 1984 production has Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones taking on Tennessee Williams's much-admired play, with Lange as the seductive but troubled Maggie and Jones as the distant and…
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Nate and Hayes (1983)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Jenny Seagrove …
Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax
With the exotic South Pacific as a backdrop, this sylish actioner stars Tommy Lee Jones as infamous buccaneer Capt. Bully Hayes, who joins forces with a young reverend to rescue a beautiful…
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The Executioner's Song (1982)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette …
Directed by: Lawrence Schiller
Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones took home an Emmy for his starring turn in this made-for-television movie, adapted by acclaimed author-journalist Norman Mailer from his Pulitzer…
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Back Roads (1981)
Cast: Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith …
Directed by: Martin Ritt
In a fleabag hotel in Alabama, a hooker (Sally Field) -- who's just been evicted from her apartment but nonetheless exhibits plenty of joie de vivre -- is picked up by an equally…
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek shines in her Oscar-winning role as country singer Loretta Lynn in this biopic that charts the queen of country music's rise -- from her hardscrabble upbringing in…
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Barn Burning (1980)
Cast: Jimmy Faulkner, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan …
Directed by: Peter Werner
Abe Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a tenant farmer whose violent nature proves to be his undoing in this movie adaptation (with screenplay by Horton Foote) of one of author William…
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The Betsy (1978)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
An auto-dynasty family experiences scandal, adultery, incest and power struggles in a juicy adaptation of Harold Robbins's best-selling novel. Ruthless patriarch Loren (Laurence Olivier)…
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Raul Julia …
Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Fashion photographer Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is surprised to learn that, through her camera's lens, she has the point of view of a grisly serial killer as he commits horrific murders.…
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The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, James Hampton …
Directed by: William A. Graham
The legendary Howard Hughes (Tommy Lee Jones) began as an eccentric young industrialist, and in his shocking final days was the world's most bizarre billionaire. Through the eyes of his…
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Jackson County Jail (1976)
Cast: Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Lisa Copeland …
Directed by: Michael Miller
Having grown weary of life in Los Angeles, advertising executive Dinah Hunter (Yvette Mimieux) packs her car and heads for New York. Along the way, she picks up a couple of hitchhikers -- and…
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Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
Cast: Elizabeth Moorman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rose Quong …
Directed by: Gordon Sheppard
When country girl Eliza (Elizabeth Moorman) moves to Montreal, she's determined to find success and love. She soon locates a Chinese astrologer (Rose Quong) who predicts she will meet…
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Love Story (1970)
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Privileged Harvard jock Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) sparks the anger of his steely, demanding father (Ray Milland) by falling in love with and marrying plebeian Radcliffe student…
As a director:
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The Sunset Limited (2011)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson
Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones
After stopping a desperate man from jumping in front of the speeding Sunset Limited subway train, a Good Samaritan discusses the meaning of life and death with the person he rescued. This HBO…
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cesar Cedillo …
Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones stars in and directs this dark drama set on the Texas-Mexico border. After accidentally killing a man, heartless border patrol officer Mike (Barry Pepper) quickly buries the…