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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

Movies (115 total, ranked by score)

  1. James Brown Live in Berlin

    1991 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    61

  2. James Brown: Live at Montreux

    1981 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    62

  3. Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    2019 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary, History

    63

  4. Young and Willing

    1943 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Drama

    64

  5. Montana

    1950 · ★ 5.6 (18 votes)

    Western, Action, Adventure

    65

  6. The Big Fix

    1947 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    66

  7. Thunder Over the Plains

    1953 · ★ 5.6 (16 votes)

    Western

    67

  8. Five Guns to Tombstone

    1961 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Western

    68

  9. Wings of Chance

    1961

    Adventure

    69

  10. The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

    2014 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    70

  11. The Groom Wore Spurs

    1951 · ★ 4.8 (11 votes)

    Comedy

    71

  12. Paper Chasers

    2003 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    72

  13. Return to Turin - Italia ‘90

    2020

    Documentary, TV Movie

    73

  14. We Intend to Eat Pork | Hawaii: Rise

    2026 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    74

  15. Police Dog Story

    1961

    Crime, Drama

    75

  16. Inside the Mafia

    1959 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    76

  17. Mean Johnny Barrows

    1975 · ★ 5.6 (13 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    77

  18. James Brown Soul Brother No. 1

    1978 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    78

  19. Valley of the Sun

    2011 · ★ 4.4 (7 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    79

  20. Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    1949 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    80

  21. Motown Returns to the Apollo

    1985

    Music

    81

  22. Thug

    2017 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Horror, Crime

    82

  23. James Brown Live At The Boston Garden - April 5, 1968

    2008 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    83

  24. James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

    2008 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Music

    84

  25. Holy Man

    1998 · ★ 5.3 (455 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    85

  26. The Legend of the Underground

    2021 · ★ 4.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    86

  27. Adiós Amigo

    1975 · ★ 4.0 (5 votes)

    Western, Action, Comedy

    87

  28. Space Probe Taurus

    1965 · ★ 3.8 (13 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    88

  29. Blues Brothers 2000

    1998 · ★ 5.3 (740 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Crime

    89

  30. Exit to Hell

    2013 · ★ 3.3 (12 votes)

    Horror, Action, Thriller

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.