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Isadora (1968 film)
Isadora is a 1968 British biographical film, also released as The Loves of Isadora, directed by Karel Reisz about dancer Isadora Duncan, starring Vanessa Redgrave, who won Cannes Best Actress 1969 and an Oscar nomination.
Isle of Dogs (film)
Isle of Dogs (犬ヶ島) is Wes Anderson's 2018 stop-motion animated film, his second after Fantastic Mr Fox, about Atari's search for his exiled dog Spots on Trash Island; 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, two Oscar nominations.
Isn't She Great
Isn't She Great (2000) is a Universal biographical comedy directed by Andrew Bergman, written by Paul Rudnick, starring Bette Midler as novelist Jacqueline Susann and Nathan Lane as Irving Mansfield; a critical and commercial flop.
It's Such a Beautiful Day (film)
It's Such a Beautiful Day is Don Hertzfeldt's 2012 animated feature combining his Bill trilogy shorts into a 62-minute story of illness and memory, shot in-camera on 35mm.
J. Edgar
J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama directed by Clint Eastwood, with Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who led the bureau for 48 years.
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Bryan Singer, based on the fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer".
James Redford (filmmaker)
James Redford (1962–2020), also known as Jamie Redford, was an American documentary filmmaker, son of Robert Redford, who co-founded The Redford Center and directed Resilience, Paper Tigers, and Happening.
Jamesy Boy
Jamesy Boy is a 2014 American prison drama, Trevor White's directorial debut, based on the real James Burns, starring Spencer Lofranco, Ving Rhames, Mary-Louise Parker, and James Woods; released January 2014, poorly reviewed by critics.
Jane
Jane (2017) is Brett Morgen's National Geographic documentary on Jane Goodall, built from 140 hours of 16 mm footage by Hugo van Lawick rediscovered in 2014, scored by Philip Glass; distinct from the 2017 Korean drama Jane, The Janes, and Jane by Charlotte.
Jane Eyre (2011 film)
Jane Eyre is a 2011 romantic drama directed by Cary Fukunaga, adapted from Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel, starring Mia Wasikowska as Jane and Michael Fassbender as Rochester.
Jane Foster (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Jane Foster (MCU), played by Natalie Portman, is Thor's astrophysicist ex-girlfriend who becomes the Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), wields a reformed Mjolnir while fighting stage 4 cancer, dies, and appears in Valhalla.
Jarhead (film)
Jarhead (2005) is Sam Mendes's war film adapted from Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, and Peter Sarsgaard, notable for depicting a war with almost no combat.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) is a Don Chaffey fantasy-adventure produced by Charles H. Schneer with Ray Harryhausen's Dynamation stop-motion effects, starring Todd Armstrong, known for Talos, the Hydra, and the skeleton battle.
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959) is Bert Stern's color documentary of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, featuring Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day, and Mahalia Jackson; a National Film Registry concert-film landmark.
Jersey Boys (film)
Jersey Boys is Clint Eastwood's 2014 Warner Bros. musical biopic of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway musical, starring John Lloyd Young, with mixed reviews (50% Tomatometer, Metascore 54).
Jesus Camp
Jesus Camp is a 2006 documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady about Becky Fischer's Kids on Fire Pentecostal camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota; Oscar-nominated, distributed by Magnolia Pictures.
Jesus Christ Superstar (film)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Norman Jewison's film of the Webber and Rice rock opera, starring Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, shot in Israel for Universal, eighth highest-grossing film of 1973.
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is NBC's 2018 Easter Sunday live musical special of the Webber-Rice rock opera, starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Brandon Victor Dixon, staged at Brooklyn's Marcy Avenue Armory before 1,500 people and watched by 9.6 million viewers.
Jesus of Nazareth (TV series)
Jesus of Nazareth (Gesù di Nazareth) is Franco Zeffirelli's 1977 RAI-ITC television miniseries starring Robert Powell as Jesus, with Laurence Olivier; five episodes, about 371 minutes, aired Easter 1977 to vast audiences.
Jesus Revolution
Jesus Revolution is a 2023 Lionsgate Christian drama directed by Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle, starring Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, and Kelsey Grammer, dramatizing the 1970s Jesus Movement and Greg Laurie's memoir, grossing $54 million worldwide.
Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) (film)
Jiang Ziya (姜子牙), also JIANG ZIYA: Legend of Deification, is a 2020 Chinese 3D animated film by Cheng Teng and Li Wei for Enlight's Coloroom, second in its mythology series after Ne Zha; released October 1, 2020, it earned 15.82亿 yuan but split critics with its adult-oriented story.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) is a Netflix documentary by Chris Smith, produced by Spike Jonze, using 100 hours of buried footage of Jim Carrey staying in character as Andy Kaufman during Man on the Moon.
Jimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) is John Ridley's Hendrix biopic starring André Benjamin, covering 1966-67 London years; it contains no Hendrix songs because the estate refused music rights, and Kathy Etchingham disputed its violence scene.
Jiminy Cricket
Jiminy Cricket, Disney's invented name for the cricket conscience of Pinocchio (1940), voiced by Cliff Edwards and designed by Ward Kimball; Collodi's unnamed Talking Cricket was smashed by Pinocchio in the book.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (人狼)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (人狼) is a 1999 Japanese animated political thriller directed by Hiroyuki Okiura, written by Mamoru Oshii, produced by Bandai Visual and Production I.G, set in German-occupied alternate postwar Japan, released in Japan 3 June 2000, and remade in Korea in 2018.
Jinnah (film)
Jinnah (1998) is a Pakistan-UK biographical drama directed by Jamil Dehlavi, produced by Akbar S. Ahmed, starring Christopher Lee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah; a troubled $3-5 million production rescued by Pakistani-American investors, released to limited audiences and later reissued on Blu-ray.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (二郎は鮨の夢を見る) is David Gelb's 2011 documentary about 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his 10-seat Ginza restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, and heir Yoshikazu; it earned a 99% Tomatometer and $2.6 million US gross.
Jobs (film)
Jobs is a 2013 American biographical drama film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher in the title role with Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak.
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), Frank Pavich's documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed 1974 film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, premiered at Cannes, scored 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, and chronicles the 3,000-storyboard project that collapsed $5 million short of its $15 million budget.
Joe Bell (film)
Joe Bell (Good Joe Bell) is a 2021 biographical drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, written by Ossana and McMurtry, starring Mark Wahlberg as an Oregon father walking across America after his gay son Jadin's 2013 bullying-related suicide.