The Best Johnny Messner Movies

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List of the best Johnny Messner movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Johnny Messner's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Johnny Messner movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Johnny Messner movies will be at the top of the list. Johnny Messner has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Johnny Messner movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Johnny Messner films to end the squabble once and for all.

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  • Meet My Mom
    1

    Meet My Mom

    Lori Loughlin, Stefanie Powers, Johnny Messner
    27 votes
    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: Harvey Frost
    Meet My Mom is a 2010 romantic TV movie written by Pamela Wallace and directed by Harvey Frost.
  • Tears of the Sun
    2

    Tears of the Sun

    Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser
    13 votes
    • Released: 2003
    • Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
    The Nigerian government has fallen, and the country is on the verge of civil war. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) has been assigned to lead a team of soldiers into the Nigerian jungle to rescue Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci). When Waters and his team locate Kendricks, she tells them she won't leave her helpless patients to be slaughtered by rebels. The team incurs the wrath of both U.S. and Nigerian forces when they side with Kendricks and attempt to march the refugees to safety.
  • Running Scared
    3

    Running Scared

    Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga
    9 votes
    • Released: 2006
    • Directed by: Wayne Kramer
    Mafia flunky Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is ordered to dispose of the guns that killed a pair of policemen. He hides them in his basement, where they are found by Oleg (Cameron Bright), the kid from next door, who uses one to shoot his brutal stepfather, a Russian mobster. The boy runs off, and Joey pursues him into the criminal underworld, desperate to retrieve the incriminating weapon. Meanwhile, corrupt detective Rydell (Chazz Palminteri) is following Joey's trail with his own agenda.

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  • Hostage
    4

    Hostage

    Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster
    9 votes
    • Released: 2005
    • Directed by: Florent Siri
    After one of his hostage negotiations goes awry, LAPD officer Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) quits the force and relocates his family to the suburbs. As the sheriff in a sleepy town, Jeff thinks he has escaped the hustle and bustle -- until an elaborate local heist puts him back in the center of a hostage situation. When his own family is pulled into the fray, Jeff is forced to decide whether he should try to help the hostages or follow the criminals' hands-off mandate to protect his own family.

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  • Spartan
    5

    Spartan

    Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
    10 votes
    • Released: 2004
    • Directed by: David Mamet
    When the president's daughter, Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), is kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, high-ranking Secret Service agent Robert Scott (Val Kilmer) takes on the case. With the assistance of his protรฉgรฉ, Curtis (Derek Luke), Robert begins investigating, but the operation is called off when Laura is reported dead. However, Robert and Curtis, who have discovered evidence to the contrary, continue their search, and soon find evidence of an elaborate government cover-up.

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  • The Whole Ten Yards
    6

    The Whole Ten Yards

    Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet
    9 votes
    • Released: 2004
    • Directed by: Howard Deutch
    After faking his death, former killer-for-hire Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) retires to Mexico with his new wife, Jill (Amanda Peet), while his ex-wife, Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), settles down in California with Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry), Jimmy's old neighbor. The peaceful lives of both couples are interrupted, however, when Gogolak (Kevin Pollak), a member of the Hungarian Mafia and a former associate of Jimmy's, seeks revenge by kidnapping Cynthia.

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