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Paul Robeson

Actor · 29 credits · 8 in highly-rated films

Best known for Show Boat (1936)

Frequent collaborators: Ruby Dee, Paul Robeson Jr.

Movies (29 total, ranked by score)

  1. Show Boat

    1936 · ★ 6.7 (49 votes)

    Music, Romance, Drama

    1

  2. Tales of Manhattan

    1942 · ★ 6.5 (37 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    2

  3. Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

    1973 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    3

  4. Sanders of the River

    1935 · ★ 5.7 (10 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    4

  5. Song of Freedom

    1936 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)

    Drama, Music

    5

  6. Body and Soul

    1925 · ★ 6.3 (32 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    1979 · ★ 7.2 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    1999

    Documentary

    8

  9. The Tallest Tree in Our Forest

    1977

    Documentary

    9

  10. Borderline

    1930 · ★ 6.0 (24 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Easy to Get

    1947

    Documentary

    11

  12. Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    2007

    12

  13. Song of the Rivers

    1954 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Big Fella

    1938 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Music, Drama

    14

  15. The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

    1991

    Documentary

    15

  16. Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    1926 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Emperor Jones

    1933 · ★ 5.5 (25 votes)

    Drama, Music

    17

  18. King Solomon's Mines

    1937 · ★ 5.4 (28 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    18

  19. Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11

    1949 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

    1994

    Documentary, History

    20

  21. Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    1975

    Documentary

    21

  22. Fred Baker - filmmaker

    2007

    Documentary

    22

  23. My Song Goes Forth

    1937

    Documentary

    23

  24. I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    1990

    Documentary

    24

  25. Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

    1998

    Documentary

    25

  26. South Africa Uncensored

    1951

    Documentary

    26

  27. Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States

    2006

    Documentary

    27

  28. Britain on Film: Black Britain

    2017

    Documentary, History

    28

  29. White Sings Robeson

    2001

    Music

    29

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.