James Benning
Director · 112 credits · 15 in highly-rated films
Best known for RR (2007)
Frequent collaborators: Bette Gordon
Best James Benning movies by genre
Directed movies (97 total, ranked by score)
1RR
2007 · ★ 7.1 (34 votes)
Documentary
2Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
1979 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)
Documentary
3Ten Skies
2004 · ★ 7.2 (16 votes)
Documentary
4Allensworth
2022 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
5Little Boy
2025 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
6Landscape Suicide
1987 · ★ 7.4 (27 votes)
Crime, Drama
7Perimeter
2015
Animation
8Easy Rider
2012 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)
Documentary
9Postscript
2012 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)
10Chicago Loop
1976
11Two Moons
2019 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
12Small Roads
2011 · ★ 6.9 (13 votes)
Documentary
13On Paradise Road
2020
Documentary
14North on Evers
1992 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)
Documentary
- 15
Faces 1973
2010 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
16O Panama
1985 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
17L. Cohen
2018 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
18The United States of America
1975 · ★ 7.6 (10 votes)
Documentary
19The United States of America
2022 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
20BNSF
2013 · ★ 5.5 (11 votes)
Documentary
21El Valley Centro
2000 · ★ 7.2 (10 votes)
Documentary
22One Way Boogie Woogie
1977 · ★ 5.8 (13 votes)
Documentary
23Stemple Pass
2012 · ★ 7.5 (6 votes)
Documentary
24American Dreams (Lost and Found)
1984 · ★ 7.2 (11 votes)
Documentary
25Los
2001 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)
Documentary
26Casting a Glance
2007 · ★ 7.4 (7 votes)
Documentary
27Eight Bridges
2026
Documentary
28Him and Me
1982 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama
29One Way Boogie Woogie
2012 · ★ 7.5 (6 votes)
Documentary
3013 Lakes
2004 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)
Documentary
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.