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J. Lee Thompson Filmography

Complete filmography of J. Lee Thompson: 36 films in the TMDB catalog, sorted by year.

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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects1,989Action, Drama, Thriller5.496EnglishA brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Messenger of Death1,988Action, Crime, Thriller684EnglishA Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown1,987Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller5.7332EnglishAfter the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
Firewalker1,986Action, Adventure, Comedy5.3193EnglishA pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
Murphy's Law1,986Action, Thriller, Crime6164EnglishA tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
King Solomon's Mines1,985Action, Adventure, Comedy5.4454EnglishEver in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.
The Ambassador1,985Drama, Thriller529EnglishAn American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
The Evil That Men Do1,984Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller5.7111EnglishA former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
10 to Midnight1,983Crime, Drama, Thriller6.2221EnglishWarren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Happy Birthday to Me1,981Horror, Mystery6225EnglishVirginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on.
Caboblanco1,980Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance5.336EnglishGiff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.
The Passage1,979War, Action, Thriller6.151EnglishDuring WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
The Greek Tycoon1,978Drama5.429EnglishA lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
The White Buffalo1,977Western, Adventure, Action5.9138EnglishIn this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
St. Ives1,976Action, Crime, Thriller5.654EnglishA dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud1,975Horror, Mystery5.757EnglishWhen college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
Huckleberry Finn1,974Music, Family, Adventure5.815EnglishHuckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they're faced with a variety of challenges and adventures.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes1,973Action, Science Fiction5.71,023EnglishThe fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes1,972Action, Science Fiction6.21,051EnglishIn a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
Mackenna's Gold1,969Adventure, Action, Western6.6201EnglishA bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
The Chairman1,969Action, Thriller5.221EnglishAn American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!
Before Winter Comes1,969Drama, Comedy5.913EnglishDrama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
Eye of the Devil1,966Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.259EnglishA French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Return from the Ashes1,965Thriller, Drama6.131EnglishA Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that her husband, the handsome gigolo and chess master Stanislaw Pilgrin, has been having an affair with her stepdaughter Fabi in her absence.
What a Way to Go!1,964Comedy, Romance7.1100EnglishA four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Kings of the Sun1,963History, Adventure6.145EnglishIn order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
Cape Fear1,962Thriller, Drama7.4611EnglishSam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Taras Bulba1,962Adventure, Romance, History, War, Drama6.377EnglishUkraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
The Guns of Navarone1,961War, Adventure, Thriller, Action7.3844EnglishA team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Tiger Bay1,959Thriller, Crime7.256EnglishIn Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.
North West Frontier1,959Adventure, Drama6.851EnglishIn the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
No Trees in the Street1,959Drama, Crime5.810EnglishBased on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
Ice Cold in Alex1,958War, Adventure, Drama7.396EnglishA group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Woman in a Dressing Gown1,957Drama, Romance6.118EnglishA married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Yield to the Night1,956Drama, Crime6.940EnglishLocked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
The Weak and the Wicked1,954Drama6.411EnglishJean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
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