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1. Walking Tall (1973)
directed by Phil Karlson
featuring Elizabeth Hartman, Joe Don BakerA runaway box-office hit to the tune of 17 million dollars, Walking Tall is the unabashedly manipulative story of real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford ... More
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2. Joy Sticks (1983)
directed by Greydon Clark
featuring Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, Scott McGinnis, Jonathan GriesIn this loud teen movie, a motley crew of youths, ranging from the rainbow-haired King Vidiot (Jonathan Gries), to Eugene the king nerd (Leif Green) ... More
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3. Mitchell (1975)
directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
featuring Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda EvansA tough-guy cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues two drug runners (Martin Balsam, John Saxon) across the city to bust a large syndicate. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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4. GoldenEye (1995)
directed by Martin Campbell
featuring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don BakerPierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 ... More
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5. The Living Daylights (1987)
directed by John Glen
featuring Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-DaviesThe Living Daylights represents the first appearance by Timothy Dalton as "Bond...James Bond." Based loosely on an obscure Ian Fleming short story, ...
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6. Cape Fear (1991)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don BakerMartin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's ... More
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7. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
directed by Roger Spottiswoode
featuring Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don BakerRoger Spottiswoode (Air America) directed this film, the 18th chapter in the 35-year-old James Bond series (excluding Casino Royale and Never Say ... More
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8. Fletch (1985)
directed by Michael Ritchie
featuring Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Richard LibertiniChevy Chase added a classic comic hero to the film landscape with Fletch, one of his few truly popular star vehicles in a famously misguided post ... More
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9. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
directed by Jonathan Lynn
featuring Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Victoria RowellA smooth-talking confidence trickster makes his way into congress (where the cynical would suggest he'd have plenty of company) in this comedy. ... More
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10. Junior Bonner (1972)
directed by Sam Peckinpah
featuring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson, Joe Don BakerSam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), ... More
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11. Citizen Cohn (1992)
directed by Frank Pierson
featuring James Woods, Joe Don Baker, Lee Grant, Joseph Bologna, Ed FlandersList of all editionsFrank Pierson's made-for-cable adaptation of Nicholas VonHoffman's biography, Citizen Cohn stars James Woods as the controversial lawyer Roy Cohn. ... More
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12. The Killing Time (1987)
directed by Rick King
featuring Beau Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Wayne Rogers, Joe Don Baker, Camelia KathList of all editionsA pair of homicidal lovers is forced to match wits with an inventive psychopath who has assumed the identity of a small, coastal-town sheriff's ... More
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13. Charley Varrick (1973)
directed by Don Siegel
featuring Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, John VernonList of all editionsDon Siegel directed this offbeat crime thriller which stars Walter Matthau as the titular Charley Varrick. Varrick is a small-time stick-up man who, ... More
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14. The Pack (1977)
directed by Robert Clouse
featuring Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull, R.G. Armstrong, Ned WertimerList of all editionsDirector Robert Clouse, maker of the martial-arts masterpiece Enter the Dragon returns with The Pack, a well-directed, interesting little horror film ... More
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15. The Outfit (1973)
directed by John Flynn
featuring Tony Trabert, Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Timothy CareyList of all editionsA two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death in this drama based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall ... More
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16. Leonard, Part 6 (1987)
directed by Paul Weiland
featuring Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Gloria Foster, Pat ColbertList of all editionsCIA director Snyderburn (Joe Don Baker) talks former agent Leonard (Bill Cosby) into returning to the job in this failed Bond-style spy comedy. ... More
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17. Framed (1975)
directed by Phil Karlson
featuring Joe Don Baker, Conny van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock PetersList of all editionsDirector Phil Karlson harks back to the no-nonsense, no-thrills directness of his 1950s "B" pictures in Framed. Joe Don Baker, Karlson's star in ... More
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18. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
directed by Paul Wendkos
featuring George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Bernie Casey, Joe Don BakerList of all editionsChris (George Kennedy) is the lone survivor of the original seven gunmen who is recruited to help in a peasant struggle in Mexico. Colonel Diego ... More
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19. Felony (1995)
directed by David A. Prior
featuring Lance Henriksen, Leo Rossi, Joe Don Baker, Jeffrey Combs, David WarnerList of all editionsAn eccentric police detective takes the case after a group of CIA agents go nuts and slaughter a dozen New Orleans cops during a drug bust. Somehow, ... More
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20. The Underneath (1995)
directed by Steven Soderbergh
featuring Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don BakerList of all editionsA remake of the classic Robert Siodmak film noir Criss Cross, Steven Soderbergh's The Underneath follows much the same plot and narrative arc of the ... More
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21. Final Justice (1984)
directed by Greydon Clark
featuring Joe Don Baker, Venantino Venantini, Rossano Brazzi, Bill McKinney, Patrizia PellegrinoCycle-flick habitue Greydon Clark warmed the director's chair for Final Justice. Joe Don Baker stars as a Texas sheriff attempting to stem corruption ... More
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22. Getting Even (1986)
directed by Dwight H. Little
featuring Edward Albert, Audrey Landers, Joe Don Baker, Rod Pilloud, Billy StreaterList of all editionsEdward Albert stars as Taggar, a wealthy industrialist who lives for danger. Together with luscious secret agent Paige Starsen (Audrey Landers), ... More
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23. Criminal Law (1989)
directed by Martin Campbell
featuring Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Karen Young, Joe Don Baker, Ron Lea, Tess HarperList of all editionsA successful defense attorney in Boston (Gary Oldman) finds that success has its price when one of the defendants he got acquitted (Kevin Bacon) ... More
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24. Joe Dirt (2001)
directed by Dennie Gordon
featuring Joe Don Baker, David Spade, Dennis Miller, Brittany Daniel, Kid Rock, Adam Beach, Jaime Pressly, Christopher WalkenList of all editionsAs the title character of Joe Dirt, David Spade plays a "white trash" janitor at an L.A. radio station, whose mullet hairdo is just one of many ... More







