Movies directed by Joe Johnston

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Captain America: The First Avenger

It's fair to say that superhero saturation has set in. Not many years ago, every cinematic version of a comic book protagonist's adventures was awaited with baited breath. Now, because of an unceasing and sometimes careless flood of such titles, ma...

Run Time: 2:05
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-22
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, ...
Hidalgo

Disney's Hidalgo, about a late 19th century long distance horse race across the Arabian Desert, is a sporadically entertaining adventure movie that is hampered by poor pacing, a badly focused screenplay, and cheesy special effects. Seabiscuit this...

Run Time: 2:12
U.S. Release Date: 2004-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, ...
Jumanji

Apparently, the producers of Jumanji wanted this film to be a Jurassic Park for 1995's holiday season. If so, it's a badly misplaced, and ultimately futile, hope. For, although no one would suspect Steven Spielberg's 1993 dino-picture of having a...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, ...
Jurassic Park III

Relatively speaking, Jurassic Park III is a disappointment of behemoth proportions. With Steven Spielberg gone from the director's chair (replaced by Jumanji's Joe Johnston), the Jurassic Park saga has sunk down to its B-grade monster movie roots....

Run Time: 1:32
U.S. Release Date: 2001-07-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, ...
Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a miscalculation of Magic Kingdom-sized proportions. Designed for and targeted at prepubescent girls, the holiday-themed fantasy adventure drowns in CGI, underdeveloped characters, and a plot utterly devoi...

Run Time: 1:39
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, ...
October Sky

There are a number of ways one can categorize October Sky. My preference is to call it Varsity Blues for those who don't like athletics. And, while such a facile description threatens to reduce this movie to a plateau far below its worth, it ...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 1999-02-19
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, ...
Rocketeer, The

The Rocketeer is a superhero movie, but it's a superhero movie of a different flavor. This isn't a Batman or a Superman clone. It isn't about a vigilante out to stomp out crime or a visitor from another world using his powers to advance truth, ju...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 1991-06-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, ...
Wolfman, The

All of the great Universal horror movies from the 1930s and 1940s have now been remade: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man. Over the years, there have been numerous cinematic encounters with lycanthropy, but The Wolf Man is to were...

Run Time: 1:45
U.S. Release Date: 2010-02-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: HORROR
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, ...