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CineRank

James Karen

Actor · 60 credits · 28 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Frequent collaborators: Brian Howe, Buster Keaton, Linnea Quigley

Movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. Bender

    2016 · ★ 4.3 (4 votes)

    Drama, History, Thriller

    31

  2. Topper

    1979 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy, Fantasy, TV Movie

    32

  3. The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

    1979 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    33

  4. So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

    2004 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, History

    34

  5. Nightman

    1997 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    35

  6. Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

    1983 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    36

  7. Green Briefs

    2013 · ★ 2.6 (5 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    37

  8. One Last Flight

    1999 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Family, Adventure

    38

  9. Once Upon a Family

    1980

    Drama, TV Movie

    39

  10. Pride

    2011 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    40

  11. Drive-In Madness!

    1987 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    41

  12. Notfilm

    2015 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Take This Job and Shove It

    1981 · ★ 5.4 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    43

  14. Trail of the Screaming Forehead

    2007 · ★ 4.9 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Science Fiction

    44

  15. Girl

    1998 · ★ 5.0 (43 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    45

  16. Rivals

    1972 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Drama

    46

  17. Fatal Kiss

    2002 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Horror

    47

  18. Joyride

    1997 · ★ 5.1 (40 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Thriller

    48

  19. Always Say Goodbye

    1997 · ★ 1.9 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    49

  20. Road Lawyers and Other Briefs

    1990 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    50

  21. Behind Enemy Lines

    1997 · ★ 4.9 (23 votes)

    Action, War

    51

  22. The Unborn

    1991 · ★ 4.9 (48 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    52

  23. Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

    2017 · ★ 4.8 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Drama

    53

  24. Piranha

    1995 · ★ 4.7 (107 votes)

    Horror, TV Movie

    54

  25. Ambush at Dark Canyon

    2012 · ★ 4.4 (17 votes)

    Western

    55

  26. Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

    1965 · ★ 4.7 (39 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    56

  27. America's Most Haunted

    2013 · ★ 4.2 (21 votes)

    Horror, Comedy

    57

  28. Time Walker

    1982 · ★ 4.1 (45 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    58

  29. Hardbodies 2

    1986 · ★ 3.4 (27 votes)

    Comedy

    59

  30. Managing Time

    1968

    60

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