Joel Thingvall films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 23 films on Boxlist

Known for The Deer Hunter, A Serious Man and The End of the Tour.

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Starring Joel Thingvall

The Deer Hunter
1978 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick...
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A Serious Man
2009 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
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The End of the Tour
2015 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve...
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Paul
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing...
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A Prairie Home Companion
2006 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
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The Kings of Summer
2013 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend...
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Public Enemies
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover...
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I Am Not a Serial Killer
2016 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by...
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Mallrats
1995 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
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Divergent
2014 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes...
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Hitchcock
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Follow the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous horror-thriller film, Psycho, and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.
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Angus
1995 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised...
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the...
Peacock
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are a man and a wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the two personalities.
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Parker
2013 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
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Wilson
2017 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.
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Sugar & Spice
2001 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project...
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The Lone Ranger
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The...
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Dark Cloud
2022 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Following the aftermath of a horrific accident, a woman is voluntarily subjected to artificial intelligence for rehabilitation.
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Best Man Down
2012 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
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Jingle All the Way
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite...
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Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the...
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