Joe Lisi films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 10 films on Boxlist

Known for Happiness, Day of the Fight and Synecdoche, New York.

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Starring Joe Lisi

Happiness
1998 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Day of the Fight
2024 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
On the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a once-renowned boxer embarks on a redemptive journey through his past and present.
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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Summer of Sam
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
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The Yards
2000 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the...
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For Love of the Game
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden...
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Man on a Ledge
2012 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the...
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15 Minutes
2001 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media...
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Taxi
2004 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
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