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James Earl Jones

Actor · 145 credits · 72 in highly-rated films

Best known for Star Wars (1977)

Frequent collaborators: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams

Movies (145 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

    1995 · ★ 7.3 (24 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    31

  2. Gimme Shelter

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (255 votes)

    Drama

    32

  3. Cry, the Beloved Country

    1995 · ★ 6.8 (28 votes)

    Drama

    33

  4. Our Friend, Martin

    1999 · ★ 7.1 (14 votes)

    Drama, Family, Animation

    34

  5. By Dawn's Early Light

    1990 · ★ 6.5 (68 votes)

    TV Movie, Action, Drama

    35

  6. Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark

    1989 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Animation

    36

  7. Butterfly in the Sky

    2024 · ★ 8.2 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. Lincoln

    1992 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    38

  9. The Creation

    1981 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)

    Animation

    39

  10. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    2021 · ★ 7.4 (26 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. Africa: The Serengeti

    1994 · ★ 7.0 (21 votes)

    Documentary

    41

  12. Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

    2000 · ★ 5.6 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Coming 2 America

    2021 · ★ 6.3 (2,407 votes)

    Comedy

    43

  14. Disney's American Legends

    2001 · ★ 7.4 (19 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy, Family

    44

  15. What the Deaf Man Heard

    1997 · ★ 6.4 (22 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    45

  16. The Ambulance

    1990 · ★ 5.8 (126 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Comedy

    46

  17. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    2000 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Visitors from the Unknown

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    48

  19. Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

    1988 · ★ 7.6 (7 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    49

  20. Finder's Fee

    2001 · ★ 6.2 (68 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    50

  21. Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

    2001 · ★ 8.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. The UFO Incident

    1975 · ★ 6.6 (16 votes)

    Drama, History, Romance

    52

  23. Driving Miss Daisy

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (15 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    53

  24. Swashbuckler

    1976 · ★ 6.2 (42 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Comedy

    54

  25. The Great White Hope

    1970 · ★ 6.2 (34 votes)

    Drama

    55

  26. The Cay

    1974 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Family

    56

  27. Dreamrider

    1993 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    57

  28. Last Flight Out

    1990

    Drama, TV Movie

    58

  29. Ivory Hunters

    1990 · ★ 4.2 (6 votes)

    Adventure, TV Movie

    59

  30. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    1976 · ★ 5.9 (21 votes)

    Comedy

    60

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