Movie List (J)

"Jamesy Boy" is based on the true story of teenager James Burns (Spencer Lofranco) who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a co...

In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks is found by the river. Adam, the star of his cross-country team, becomes fascinated with Jamie-a boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamie's ghost begins to appear bo...

Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of "Jane", a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific c...

As five women and one enigmatic man meet to discuss the works of Jane Austen, they find their love lives playing out in a 21st century version of her novels. Sylvia (Amy Brenneman), is shocked when her husband Daniel (Jimmy Smits), leaves her after 20 plus years and three ch...

In this intimate and emotionally charged drama, Charlotte Gainsbourg directs a delicate portrait of her own mother, the iconic Jane Birkin. More than a traditional documentary, the film unfolds as a series of candid conversations and shared moments, revealing the comp...

In the thought-provoking documentary "Jane Elliott Against the World," directed by Judd Ehrlich, viewers are introduced to the formidable educator and activist Jane Elliott, renowned for her groundbreaking work on race and discrimination. Through her eye-opening "Blue Eye...

Mia Wasikowska ("Alice in Wonderland") and Michael Fassbender ("Inglourious Basterds") star in the romantic drama based on Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, from acclaimed director Cary Fukunaga ("Sin Nombre"). In the story, Jane Eyre flees Thornfield House, where she works as...

In this intimate and revealing documentary, the iconic and ever-evolving Jane Fonda narrates the story of her own life, framed through five distinct acts defined by the influential men in her world. Directed by Susan Lacy, the film weaves together present-day reflecti...

Young and pretty with a soul of pure steel, Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman) is a good girl married to one of the worst baddies in town. When her husband Bill turns against his own gang, the vicious Bishop Boys, and returns home barely alive with eight bullets in his back, Jane...

The story centers on a seasoned police detective battling her own demons as her family life spins out of control. She is put on a suspicious murder case of an affluent couple who got mixed up with the wrong man - sending her down a rabbit hole, as affairs, jealousies and dark...

In the delightfully chaotic comedy "The Jane Plan," legendary primatologist Jane Goodall finds her meticulously ordered world upended when a bureaucratic mix-up lands her in charge of a struggling community garden project in the heart of a bustling city. Directed by...

"Jane Wants a Boyfriend" centers around Jane-a bright-eyed young woman in her mid 20s living with autism-and her overprotective, and recently engaged, older sister Bianca. When their parents announce that they are moving out of their Brooklyn brownstone and heading to the subu...

Based on the first of the thee books in Terry Pratchett's best-selling The Bromeliad Trilogy, which tells the story of the Nomes, a race of tiny people from another world who now struggle to survive in the world hidden among humans. They find an artifact known as "The Thing" w...

A faded rock star is forced to take responsibility for the daughter he never knew he had in Janie Jones, a funny and touching road trip through the world of rock 'n' roll from writer-director David M. Rosenthal ("Falling Up"), inspired by his own experiences.

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In the raw and electric world of 1960s rock and roll, a voice emerges that will define a generation. Michelle Williams delivers a transformative performance as Janis Joplin, the trailblazing singer whose meteoric rise from a small-town outcast to a psychedelic blues icon...

Since her death from a heroin overdose in 1970 at age twenty-seven, Janis Joplin has been a ubiquitous presence on posters, T-shirts, and classic-rock radio. In this documentary she reverts from an icon back into a human being. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg excava...

In the high-stakes, low-budget world of concert promotion, two hustling cousins find their big break slipping into a comedic nightmare in this raucous comedy. Ice Cube and Mike Epps star as Janky and Russell, small-time operators who finally land a contract to bring a...