Joe Jackson's music used
in films

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Year	Title link to more info	JJ's music used	DVD cover or poster	Which scene (h:)mm:ss	Remarks
2021	Things Heard & Seen IMDb entry	• Fools In Love		29:46–30:31 (faintly in the background)
2019	The Souvenir IMDb entry	• Is She Really Going Out With Him?
2018	So viel Zeit IMDb entry	–		1:02:20–1:02:30 (JJ poster visible)	no JJ music used, but JJ poster visible in the background
2016	Sing Street IMDb entry	• Steppin' Out
2015	Ventoux IMDb entry	• Real Men
2013	Hey Bartender IMDb entry	23 different songs		• 0:01:08–0:03:19 I'm The Man • 0:04:21–0:05:50 Sunday Papers • 0:08:14–0:09:31 Tuxedo Junction • 0:09:33–0:10:14 It Don't Mean A Thing • 0:10:16–0:10:31 We The Cats • 0:10:40–0:11:15 San Francisco Fan • 0:11.54–0:12:54 Baby Stick Around • 0:12:58–0:13:40 Geraldine And John • 0:13:40–0:14:20 Tuxedo Junction • 0:16:58–0:17:37 Dirty Martini • 0:20:24–0:21:24 Blue Flame • 0:25:43–0:26:04 You Can't Get What You Want • 0:38:17–0:39:09 Goin' Downtown • 0:39:20–0:40:17 It Don't Mean A Thing • 0:46:24–0:46:54 Another World • 0:46:54–0:47:17 King Pleasure Time • 0:48:06–0:49:42 Still Alive • 0:51:10–0:52:06 Right And Wrong • 0:52:53–0:53:31 Don't Wanna To Be Like That • 0:53:45–0:54:25 Happy Loving Couples • 0:55:24–0:56:10 Kinda Kute • 0:56:18–0:58:06 Biology • 0:58:13–1:00:18 Wild West • 1:00:24–1:01:14 Tuxedo Junction • 1:04:10–1:05:11 Dirty Martini • 1:05:13–1:06:48 On Your Radio • 1:11:50–1:13:50 Got The Time • 1:30:28–1:32:02 We The Cats	Jumpin' Jive and When You're Not Around also listed in the end credits (where do they appear?)
2012	This Means War IMDb entry	• Look Sharp!
2009	The Marc Pease Experience IMDb entry	• You Can't Get What You Want			cover version by Jason Schwartzman
2009	L'Affaire Farewell IMDb entry	• Steppin' Out		13:54–14:48	soundtrack album contains JJ track
2005	The Greatest Game Ever Played IMDb entry	•  Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend? • Angel (Dawn Upshaw vocals) • Angel (instrumental)		0:33:48–0:35:15  Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?  0:36:53–0:38:11  Angel (Dawn Upshaw vocals)  1:10:50–1:12:45  Angel (instrumental)	soundtrack album contains the three JJ tracks; there's a brief cameo appearance by Joe Jackson as bar pianist in the film
1999	200 Cigarettes IMDb entry	• It's Different For Girls		23:15–23:54	soundtrack album contains JJ track
1998	There's Something About Mary IMDb entry	• Is She Really Going Out With Him?		1:09:02–1:10:09	soundtrack album contains JJ track
1998	The Man IMDb entry	• Is She Really Going Out With Him? / I'm The Man			I'm The Man: cover version by Acid Tonz
1998	The Big Hit IMDb entry	• I'm The Man		0:19:50–0:21:00 1:42:30–1:44:02	both film (and the soundtrack album) feature the cover version by Buck-O-Nine
1996	Things I Never Told You / Cosas que nunca te dije IMDb entry	• Stranger Than Fiction (lyric quote)		1:22:05–1:22:08 (lyric quote)	the song is not heard, rather a quote from Stranger Than Fiction appears on a church billboard
1996	Different for Girls IMDb entry	• It's Different For Girls		0:29:07–0:30:09	soundtrack album contains JJ track
1995	Das verletzte Lächeln IMDb entry	• We Can't Live Together			international title: The Injured Smile
1994	Ironbound IMDb entry	several tracks from Night Music album		00:03–02:20  Nocturne No. 3  02:58–09:10  Lullaby  09:58–11:30  Nocturne No. 2  15:40–16:08  Only The Future  16:08–19:05  Sea Of Secrets  19:36–23:02  Ever After	short film (23 mins)
1983	Party Party IMDb entry	• Is She Really Going Out With Him?		0:10:04–0:11:11 (very faintly in the background)	not on soundtrack album
1982	Making Love IMDb entry	• Another World
1981	Riding High IMDb entry	• I'm The Man		1:08:12–1:09:05	soundtrack album contains JJ track
1980	Times Square IMDb entry	• Pretty Boys			soundtrack album contains JJ track