Film making

Tommy Lee Jones is one of the quietly underrated actors of his generation. Jones was born in Texas, and his Southern drawl is part of his appeal in many of the movies that he is featured in. I don’t think there are many actors that can play a cop or detective better than Jones, however saying so does not do his versatility justice. He can play any role.

This article will discuss what I consider to be the top five films starring or featuring Tommy Lee Jones.

The first movie that I will mention on this list is The Fugitive. If you have not yet seen The Fugitive, you are depriving yourself of one of the best movies of the 1990s. Tommy Lee Jones won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film. This movie also stars Harrison Ford as a wrongfully accused doctor who is being charged with the murder of his wife. He must track down the killer while avoiding getting arrested in the process.

Another great film starring Tommy Lee Jones was No Country For Old Men. This movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and with good reason. Jones plays the part of an aging cop in a small desert town to perfection. Joel and Ethan Coen directed this movie and it is one of my favorite films that these brothers have put out.

One film that never got the love I felt it deserved was Volcano. I think people just don’t like disaster films in general, or maybe it was because this film came out around a similar time as other films like Deep Impact and Armageddon. Nonetheless, I really liked this movie.

To not include either Men In Black or Men In Black 2 on this list would just be plain crazy. I loved both these films and I cannot wait to see America’s two favorite alien crime fighters reunited in Men In Black 3. I believe this film is slated to come out in late 2011.

One other great movie from Tommy Lee Jones that I will include on this list is Natural Born Killers. This is probably my favorite film directed by Oliver Stone and in addition to Jones, stars Woody Harrelson and Julliette Lewis.

Hopefully there are one or more films from Tommy Lee Jones’ catalog that you have not yet seen. If you need a good place to get started, I highly recommend the above mentioned flims.

In addition to film, the author also regularly contributes articles about bathroom magazine racks and bamboo bath accessories.