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Joanne Dru

Joanne Dru (Joanne Letitia LaCock, 1922-1996) was an American actress known for Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master; typecast in Westerns despite hating horses, sister of Peter Marshall.

Joaquin Phoenix filmography

Joaquin Phoenix filmography: the screen credits of the American actor (born 1974), from Leaf Phoenix child roles in SpaceCamp and Parenthood through Gladiator, Walk the Line, Her, and his Oscar-winning Joker (2019), plus Napoleon and Eddington.

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.

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Pennebaker Brando (1919–2005), American stage, film, and TV actress, older sister of Marlon Brando; Broadway's Lt. Ann Girard in Mister Roberts and Katie Bannion in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat (1953).

Jockey (2026 film)

Jockey (Tamil: ஜாக்கி) is a 2026 Indian Tamil rural action drama by Pragabhal about Madurai's goat fighting tradition, starring Yuvan Krishna, Ridhaan Krishnas, and Ammu Abhirami; released 23 January 2026, streaming on Prime Video.

Jodhaa Akbar (जोधा अकबर)

Jodhaa Akbar (जोधा अकबर) is a 2008 Hindi historical romance by Ashutosh Gowariker starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a super-hit epic whose Jodhaa-Akbar marriage storyline sparked Rajput protests and state bans.

Jodi (ஜோடி) (1999 film)

Jodi (ஜோடி), 1999 Tamil romantic comedy drama directed by Praveenkanth, starring Prashanth and Simran, music by A. R. Rahman with tunes reused from Doli Saja Ke Rakhna; released 9 September 1999, dubbed in Telugu, remade as Sajni (2007).

Jodi Benson

Jodi Benson (born 1961, Rockford, Illinois; born Jodi Marzorati) is an American singer and voice actress, the voice of Ariel in Disney's 1989 The Little Mermaid and Barbie in Toy Story, and a Tony-nominated Broadway actress named a Disney Legend in 2011.

Jodi No.1 (जोड़ी नं॰ 1)

Jodi No.1 (जोड़ी नं॰ 1) is a 2001 Hindi comedy film directed by David Dhawan, starring Sanjay Dutt and Govinda as conmen who flee Mumbai for Goa.

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.

Jody McCrea

Jody McCrea (Joel Dee McCrea, 1934-2009), American actor, son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee; played Deadhead/Bonehead in six AIP Beach Party films and later ran a New Mexico ranch.

Joe (2013 film)

Joe (2013) is David Gordon Green's Southern Gothic drama, adapted by Gary Hawkins from Larry Brown's 1991 novel, starring Nicolas Cage as ex-con tree-poisoning crew boss Joe Ransom and Tye Sheridan as Gary; premiered at Venice 2013, where Sheridan won the Marcello Mastroianni Award.

Joe (ஜோ) (2023 film)

Joe (ஜோ) is a 2023 Tamil romantic drama, the directorial debut of Hariharan Ram S, starring Rio Raj, Malavika Manoj, and Bhavya Trikha; released 24 November 2023, 147 minutes, U/A, music by Siddhu Kumar, produced by Vision Cinema House.

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.

Joe Besser

Joe Besser (1907-1988), St. Louis-born American comedian, third Stooge in the Three Stooges after Shemp Howard's death, also Stinky on The Abbott and Costello Show and Jillson on The Joey Bishop Show.

Joe Dallesandro

Joe Dallesandro (Joseph Angelo D'Alessandro, born 1948), American actor and Warhol superstar, lead of Flesh, Trash, and Heat, later European art films and Hollywood roles, image on Sticky Fingers cover.

Joe Dante

Joe Dante (born 1946, Morristown, New Jersey) is an American director of Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, and Innerspace, known for horror-comedy satire, movie-buff in-jokes, and his Roger Corman and Steven Spielberg associations.

Joe DeRita

Joe "Curly Joe" DeRita (Joseph Wardell, 1909-1993), American comedian, last of the Three Stooges' third members, joining Moe Howard and Larry Fine in 1958 and starring in six Stooge feature films.

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Dennie Gordon and written by David Spade and Fred Wolf, starring Spade as a mullet-wearing janitor searching for his parents.

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser is a 2015 American comedy directed by Fred Wolf, written by and starring David Spade, and a sequel to Joe Dirt.

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker (1936–2025), American tough-guy character actor from Groesbeck, Texas; starred as Sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall (1973), was BAFTA-nominated for Edge of Darkness, and played Brad Whitaker and Jack Wade across three James Bond films, ending with Mud (2012).

Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd (1972) is a revisionist Western directed by John Sturges, written by Elmore Leonard, starring Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, and John Saxon; a Malpaso/Universal land-dispute Western that grossed $6,330,000 domestically.

Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano (Joey Pants), born 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, is an American character actor with 150+ credits: Cypher in The Matrix, Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos (2003 Emmy), Captain Howard in Bad Boys, Teddy in Memento, and Eugene in The Last of Us.

Joe Somebody

Joe Somebody is a 2001 American comedy film starring Tim Allen as a meek office worker who decides to fight back after a co-worker humiliates him.

Joe Spinell

Joe Spinell (born Joseph Spagnuolo, 1936–1989) was an American character actor known for tough roles in The Godfather, Rocky, and the horror film Maniac, which he wrote and produced.

Joe Swanberg

Joe Swanberg (born 1981) is an American independent filmmaker and a leading mumblecore figure, known for micro-budget improvised films such as Hannah Takes the Stairs, Drinking Buddies, and Easy, returning in 2026 with The Sun Never Sets.

Joe Turkel

Joe Turkel (1927 to 2022), born Joseph Turkel, was an American character actor known for Lloyd in Kubrick's The Shining and Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner.

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 romantic-comedy adventure, John Patrick Shanley's directorial debut, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (in three roles) as a dying man hired to jump into a volcano on Waponi Woo.

Joe Viterelli

Joe Viterelli (1937–2004), American character actor from the Bronx who began acting in his 50s; played Jelly in Analyze This and Analyze That and gangster roles in over 40 films.

Joe Wright

Joe Wright (born 1972, London), English director of Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina, Darkest Hour; BAFTA Carl Foreman winner, long-take style, now directs TV including Mussolini: Son of the Century.