Jon Gries
19 titles
Filmography
19 results

Locker 13
(2014)A night janitor trains a new employee and regales him with four twisted cautionary tales filled with unexpected philosophical messages.

Glass Jaw
(2018)A champion boxer winds up going to prison and loses everything. After his release, he seeks redemption and is determined to reclaim his title.

Unicorn City
(2012)Game developer, Warlocks of the Beach, has offered Voss, an unemployed table-top gamer, the chance at a management position if he can demonstrate real leadership abilities. Given one week to prove himself, Voss convinces Marsha, a long-time gamer friend, to help him entice the guild into his scheme to get a job.

Faults
(2014)Hoping to rescue their daughter from a dangerous cult, a couple hires a washed-up expert in mind control to kidnap and deprogram her.

Stick It
(2006)Hayley Graham likes to defy and conquer two things: the law and the laws of gravity. But when she fails on both accounts and faces court, she can't defy her punishment: being sent to the Vickerman Gymnastics Academy.

Skinwalker Ranch
(2013)In 2010 "Skinwalker Ranch" gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, and most notably the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller's (Jon Gries) 8 year old son, Cody (Nash Lucas). Modern Defense Enterprises (MDE) sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences.

Napoleon Dynamite
(2004)An awkward teen struggles with dealing with school and his family in his small Idaho town.

Bad Turn Worse
(2014)A weekend of partying with stolen money leaves three teens indebted to a dangerous criminal, who forces them to rob his boss to pay off the debt.

The Axe Murders of Villisca
(2017)Intrigued by the real life mystery that surrounds a Murder House in the town of Villisca, a group of friends set out to find the truth for themselves. After travelling to the scene of the crime, Caleb, Denny and Jess take a guided tour that follows the final steps of the parents and four children that were brutally murdered over a hundred years prior.

Taken
(2008)Ex-C.I.A. agent becomes a one-man killing machine after his daughter is kidnapped.

The Rundown
(2003)The son of a mobster and a bounty hunter join forces to fight the evil head of a gold-mining corporation, who is also after the artifact they seek.

The Astronaut Farmer
(2007)Academy Award® winner Billy Bob Thornton and Academy Award® nominee Virginia Madsen star in this inspiring, uplifting and heart-warming story of one family's quest for the stars.

Taken 2
(2012)Taken 2 - with even more explosive action and thrilling suspense.

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
(1996)The parents of a missing girl are forced to battle the bureaucracy of the police department while they search all over town for clues to find her.

The Last Survivors
(2014)A teenage girl fights to protect the last working well in a drought-stricken valley from a greedy water baron.

3 Days with Dad
(2019)The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy family to sort out plans. Not only isn't he ready for any of this, but neither are his manic siblings or his overbearing step-mother, and his bear of a father argues that while he's still alive, he's calling the shots.

Real Genius
(1985)Tech-school prodigies learn their laser project is actually a death beam funded by the military.

Running Scared
(1986)Two policemen in wintry Chicago put off their tropical retirement plans when their nemesis, a ruthless drug dealer and murderer, evades custody.

All About the Money
(2017)A guy coaxes his pals into a vacation in Columbia, but his real plan is to hunt down America’s most wanted drug lord and claim the bounty on his head.