Joe Johnston films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 12 films on Boxlist

Known for October Sky, Captain America: The First Avenger and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

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October Sky
1999 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
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Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an...
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
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The Rocketeer
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
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Hidalgo
2004 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
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The Wolfman
2010 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
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The Pagemaster
1994 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of...
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
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