Thomas Rosales Jr. films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 50 films on Boxlist

Known for L.A. Confidential, Heat and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

See which ones match your taste

Starring Thomas Rosales Jr.

L.A. Confidential
1997 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Heat
1995 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Face/Off
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Crow
1994 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Ocean's Eleven
2001 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Collateral
2004 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Speed
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Traffic
2000 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
La Bamba
1987 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Running Man
1987 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Blue Thunder
1983 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Con Air
1997 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Commando
1985 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Nighthawks
1981 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Guardian
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Ricochet
1991 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Where to watch:
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Brother
2000 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Brüno
2009 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Call
2013 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Escape from L.A.
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Last Action Hero
1993 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Predator 2
1990 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Deep Impact
1998 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Men in Black II
2002 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Vampires
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
U.S. Marshals
1998 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Last Man Standing
1996 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Spenser Confidential
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Where to watch:
Unknown
2006 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Where to watch:
Every Which Way but Loose
1978 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Replacement Killers
1998 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Green Hornet
2011 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Britt Reid, the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father dies, Britt meets Kato, a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Nowhere to Run
1993 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Act of Valor
2012 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
No Mercy
1986 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Universal Soldier
1992 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
RoboCop 2
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Need for Speed
2014 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Raw Deal
1986 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1994 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Bad Ass
2012 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Superhero Movie
2008 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Death Warrant
1990 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Stealing Harvard
2002 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy

Credits from TMDB, for the films and shows in the Boxlist catalogue. Star ratings are quality scores, not fit.