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James Dean

Actor · 70 credits · 11 in highly-rated films

Best known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Frequent collaborators: Dennis Hopper, Natalie Wood, Rock Hudson, Corey Allen, Elizabeth Taylor

Best James Dean movies by genre

Movies (63 total, ranked by score)

  1. Rebel Without a Cause

    1955 · ★ 7.5 (1,798 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Giant

    1956 · ★ 7.6 (772 votes)

    Drama, Western

    2

  3. East of Eden

    1955 · ★ 7.5 (826 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Tab Hunter Confidential

    2015 · ★ 7.3 (59 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard

    2005 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. James Dean: The First American Teenager

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. James Dean and Me

    1995 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    7

  8. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

    2024 · ★ 6.9 (15 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Sentence of Death

    1953 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    9

  10. Death Is My Neighbor

    1953 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    10

  11. The Bells of Cockaigne

    1953 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

    2023 · ★ 5.6 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. James Dean: Born Cool

    2001

    Documentary

    13

  14. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

    1974 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Paul Newman: The Restless

    2023 · ★ 7.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    1990 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Forever James Dean

    1988 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. James Dean: Forever Young

    2005 · ★ 5.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. The James Dean Story

    1957 · ★ 5.4 (27 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Return to 'Giant'

    1996 · ★ 6.1 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Super Hero Party Clown

    2012

    Comedy

    21

  22. The Unlighted Road

    1955 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    22

  23. Tempted

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (16 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    23

  24. Children of 'Giant'

    2015 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Life Sentence

    1953 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    25

  26. James Dean Remembered

    1974

    Documentary, TV Movie

    26

  27. A Long Time Till Dawn

    1953 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Keep Our Honor Bright

    1953 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    TV Movie

    28

  29. Faces of Death VII

    1992

    Documentary, Horror

    29

  30. Padlocks

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Crime, TV Movie

    30

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