The Best Tommy Lee Jones Movies You've Never Seen
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The Best Tommy Lee Jones Movies You've Never Seen

The Hollywood veteran has appeared in over 60 movies. How would you rank these lesser-known flicks?

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1 Small Soldiers
Jones doesn't often take on voice roles, so when he does, as in this Joe Dante cultish scifi thriller, it's not to be missed. 34 118
2 The Missing
In this Ron Howard drama, Jones takes the lead for a change, playing a loner who helps rescue a child from Apache kidnappers. 29 115
3 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
For the actor's big screen directorial debut, he stars as a Texan rancher who goes on a poignant journey to avenge a friend's death. 20 102
4 Blue Sky
Jessica Lange won the Oscar for her turn as his wife, but Jones' performance as an outspoken military man is just as engaging. 17 93
5 In the Valley of Elah
Critics were riveted by Jones in this drama, in which he plays the father of an Iraq war vet who dies under mysterious conditions. 12 94
6 Rolling Thunder
In this 1977 rarity, Jones delivers a brutal performance as one of a pair of war buddies newly returned to suburbia from Vietnam. 10 82
7 Heaven & Earth
For the moving third movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy, Jones stars as a shell-shocked ex-soldier whose story has a tragic end. -2 70
8 House of Cards
Jones puts in a stellar performance opposite Kathleen Turner, portraying a doctor specializing in autism who helps a family in need. -6 48
9 A Prairie Home Companion
As the Texan "Axe Man" come to shut down the gang's radio broadcast, the often stoic actor proves he doesn't take himself too seriously. -10 82
10 Love Story
For Jones' first movie role, he plays a Harvard student who exists on the periphery of the affair between Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. -18 74