Jon Avnet films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 6 films on Boxlist

Known for Fried Green Tomatoes, The Last Rodeo and Red Corner.

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Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop...
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The Last Rodeo
2025 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Facing his own painful past and the fears of his family, he enters a high-stakes bullriding competition as the oldest contestant ever. Along the way, he reconciles old wounds with...
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Red Corner
1997 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
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Up Close & Personal
1996 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent...
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Righteous Kill
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind...
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88 Minutes
2007 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.
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