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James Brown

Actor · 121 credits · 24 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Blues Brothers (1980)

Frequent collaborators: Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Marvin Gaye, Dan Aykroyd, Ray Charles

Best James Brown movies by genre

Movies (115 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Blues Brothers

    1980 · ★ 7.7 (4,641 votes)

    Music, Comedy, Crime

    1

  2. When We Were Kings

    1996 · ★ 7.6 (259 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. A Star Is Born

    1954 · ★ 7.1 (334 votes)

    Drama, Music, Romance

    3

  4. Targets

    1968 · ★ 7.1 (244 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    4

  5. Going My Way

    1944 · ★ 6.7 (197 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Music

    5

  6. Beat the Devil

    2002 · ★ 7.1 (99 votes)

    Comedy, Action, Fantasy

    6

  7. It's Black Entertainment

    2002 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    7

  8. Corvette K-225

    1943 · ★ 6.2 (11 votes)

    Drama, War

    8

  9. Objective, Burma!

    1945 · ★ 6.8 (93 votes)

    War, Adventure, Drama

    9

  10. The T.A.M.I. Show

    1964 · ★ 7.9 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Doombeach

    1989 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    11

  12. The Fabulous Texan

    1947 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    War, Western

    12

  13. The Younger Brothers

    1949 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Western

    13

  14. Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years

    2004 · ★ 9.8 (5 votes)

    Music, History, Drama

    14

  15. Crazylegs

    1953 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    2012

    Documentary, Music

    16

  17. The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

    2015 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    17

  18. The Good Fellows

    1943

    Comedy

    18

  19. The Phantom

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Action

    19

  20. 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    2018 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    20

  21. James Brown: Soul Survivor

    2003 · ★ 7.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    21

  22. Father Takes the Air

    1951 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    22

  23. Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America

    2009 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. The Apollo

    2019 · ★ 6.4 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

    2014 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    25

  26. About a Girl

    2001 · ★ 5.8 (19 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. RapLine

    1993 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    27

  28. Soul Power

    2009 · ★ 6.5 (17 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    28

  29. The Charge at Feather River

    1953 · ★ 5.6 (6 votes)

    Western

    29

  30. Withnail and Us

    1999 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.