Jon Gries

Jon Gries

Birthday:Jun 17, 1957
Place of birth:Glendale, California, USA

Filmography

2026
Carolina Caroline

Carolina Caroline

Crime Romance Thriller Drama
Upcoming

20261h 45min

Director: Adam Rehmeier

A young woman skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast.

2014
Faults

Faults

Drama Comedy Crime Psychological Drama Dark Comedy
6.7

20141h 30min

United States

Director: Riley Stearns

Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.

2012
Taken 2

Taken 2

Action Crime Thriller One-Person Army Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.2

20121h 31min

France, Türkiye

Director: Olivier Megaton

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

2008
Taken

Taken

Action Thriller One-Person Army Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
7.7

20081h 34min

France, United States

Director: Pierre Morel

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

2006
Stick It

Stick It

Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Drama Buddy Comedy
6.4

20061h 45min

Germany, United States

Director: Jessica Bendinger

Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the law, a judge sentences her to an elite gymnastics academy run by a legendary, hard-nosed coach. Once there, Haley's rebellious attitude wins her both friends and enemies.

2004
Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

Comedy Awkward Comedy
7.0

20041h 35min

United States

Director: Jared Hess

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

2003
The Rundown

The Rundown

Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Treasure Hunt
6.7

20031h 44min

United States

Director: Peter Berg

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.


The Snow Walker

The Snow Walker

Adventure Drama Survival Adventure Tragic Drama
7.3

20031h 43min

Canada

Director: Charles Martin Smith

A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.

1997
Men in Black

Men in Black

Action Adventure Comedy Science Fiction Buddy Action
7.3

19971h 38min

United States

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

1995
Get Shorty

Get Shorty

Comedy Thriller Crime
6.9

19951h 45min

United States

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.