Tighe's roles in feature films included lawyers, law enforcement officers, and military figures including the part of Blake Wilson in the Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte vehicle "Another 48 Hrs." Other film roles during this period were in "Bright Angel", "City of Hope", "Newsies", "School Ties", and "Mumford". Tighe portrayed Ken Carver in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and Brigadier General Nelson Miles "". In 1994, he won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in the role of "Frank" in "I Love a Man in Uniform".