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James L. Brooks

Actor · 22 credits · 12 in highly-rated films

Best known for As Good as It Gets (1997)

Frequent collaborators: Hans Zimmer

Best James L. Brooks movies by genre

Movies (15 total, ranked by score)

  1. Modern Romance

    1981 · ★ 6.8 (95 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    1

  2. Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

    2022 · ★ 7.3 (16 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    2

  3. Being Mary Tyler Moore

    2023 · ★ 6.6 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Harry Benson: Shoot First

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (22 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Mike Nichols: An American Master

    2016 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    5

  6. Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

    2019 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Process

    —

    Documentary

    7

  8. Thank You Very Much

    2025 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice

    2011

    Documentary

    9

  10. Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words

    2025

    Documentary

    10

  11. The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

    2008 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Dreams on Spec

    2007 · ★ 5.6 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    2011 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    13

  14. Audience Research

    1976

    14

  15. The Director's Vision: Hollywood's Best Discuss Their Craft

    1998

    Documentary

    15

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