James Best
Actor · 52 credits · 34 in highly-rated films
Best known for Sounder (1972)
Frequent collaborators: Denver Pyle, Audie Murphy, John Schneider, Richard Carlson, Gregg Palmer
Best James Best movies by genre
Movies (52 total, ranked by score)
1Sounder
1972 · ★ 7.5 (53 votes)
Drama
2Rolling Thunder
1977 · ★ 6.8 (263 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Action
3Ride Lonesome
1959 · ★ 6.7 (169 votes)
Western
4Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 · ★ 7.7 (32 votes)
Documentary
5Hooper
1978 · ★ 6.3 (145 votes)
Action, Comedy
6Firecreek
1968 · ★ 6.2 (82 votes)
Western
7Steel Town
1952 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
Drama
8The Mountain Road
1960 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)
Drama, War
9Man on the Prowl
1957 · ★ 2.3 (3 votes)
Crime, Drama
10Cast a Long Shadow
1959 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)
Western
11The Raid
1954 · ★ 6.5 (34 votes)
Western, War
12Seven Angry Men
1955 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)
History, Western
13Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)
Comedy, Adventure
14Kansas Raiders
1950 · ★ 6.0 (22 votes)
Western
15Target Unknown
1951
War, Drama
16Savages
1974 · ★ 6.5 (9 votes)
TV Movie, Thriller
17Verboten!
1959 · ★ 6.5 (23 votes)
War, Drama, Thriller
18The Naked and the Dead
1958 · ★ 5.7 (37 votes)
Drama, War
19The Runaway Barge
1975
TV Movie, Drama
20Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · ★ 6.1 (34 votes)
Drama, Romance
21First to Fight
1967 · ★ 7.9 (5 votes)
War
22Black Spurs
1965 · ★ 6.1 (18 votes)
Western
23Come Next Spring
1956 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)
Drama
24Apache Drums
1951 · ★ 6.3 (30 votes)
Western
25Calling Homicide
1956 · ★ 6.1 (11 votes)
Crime, Mystery
26Column South
1953 · ★ 6.0 (10 votes)
Western
27Seminole
1953 · ★ 5.6 (31 votes)
Adventure, Western
28The Savage Bees
1977 · ★ 5.5 (22 votes)
Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
29Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)
Western
30The Quick Gun
1964 · ★ 6.4 (22 votes)
Western
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.