Cast: James Brown

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Brown. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Irma la Douce

1963 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Jack Lemmon · Shirley MacLaine · Lou Jacobi · Bruce Yarnell

Synopsis The film version of Irma La Douce (which means "Irma the Sweet") tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest policeman who finds a street full of prostitutes in a popular area in Paris. After reporting the ladies...

7.9

33K votes

7.9

33K votes

When We Were Kings

1996 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Leon Gast

Cast Muhammad Ali · George Foreman · Don King · James Brown

Synopsis In 1974, boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman came to the still-emerging and politically unstable African nation of Zaire for what Ali called the "Rumble in the Jungle," a highly publicized world heavyweight championship fight. Documentarian Leon Gast flew to...

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Lund · Brian Donlevy · Audrey Totter · Joan Leslie

Synopsis Kate Quantrill (Audrey Totter), wife of infamous Confederate raider Quantrill (Brian Donlevy), and Sally Maris (Joan Leslie), virginal sister of Kate's ex-lover, saloonkeeper Bitteroot Bill (Reed Hadley). Sally herself falls in love with Lance Horton (John Lund), ostensibly a mine...

7.3

47 votes

7.3

47 votes

A Star Is Born

1954 · Movie · 175 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Judy Garland · James Mason · Jack Carson · Charles Bickford

Synopsis Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (TV)

2014 · Documentary · 120 min. · United States

Direction Alex Gibney

Cast James Brown

Synopsis A look at the music career of musician James Brown beginning with his first hit song, "Please, Please, Please," in 1956.

7.2

226 votes

7.2

226 votes

The Blues Brothers

1980 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction John Landis

Cast Dan Aykroyd · John Belushi · Henry Gibson · Carrie Fisher

Synopsis Upon Jakes release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that it is in danger of being shut down by the county for failure to pay taxes. With a little help...

7.2

34K votes

7.2

34K votes

Objective Burma!

1945 · Movie · 142 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Errol Flynn · James Brown · William Prince · George Tobias

Synopsis A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken...

7.2

9K votes

7.2

9K votes

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1968 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast Boris Karloff · Tim O'Kelly · Nancy Hsueh · Peter Bogdanovich

Synopsis The script was inspired by the 1966 shooting spree of Texas Tower sniper Charles Whitman. Karloff, as Byron Orlock, more or less plays himself: an aging horror star, consigned to low-budget drive-in fare. Unlike the workaholic Karloff, Orlock wants to...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

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Going My Way

1944 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Bing Crosby · Barry Fitzgerald · Rise Stevens · Gene Lockhart

Synopsis A new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, Father O'Malley, must ingratiate himself with both the old man and his congregation. There are various ups and downs in their...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

James Brown: Say It Loud

2024 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Deborah Riley Draper

Cast James Brown

Synopsis Take a look on Brown's legacy with some interviews with friends, family, collaborators and proteges. Also showing his beloved music catalog and includes archival footage that has never-been-seen-before.

6.6

27 votes

6.6

27 votes

Air Force

1943 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Ridgely · Gig Young · Arthur Kennedy · Charles Drake

Synopsis The Mary Ann, a B-17 Flying Fortress, takes off from California for Hawaii on a routine training flight on December 6, 1941. En route, they learn of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Subsequently the crew mans the Mary Ann...

6.4

266 votes

6.4

266 votes

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2018 · Documentary · 93 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Weber

Cast Robert Mitchum · John Mitchum · Benicio del Toro · Clint Eastwood

Synopsis In the late 1990s, photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber managed to convince Robert Mitchum to appear before his camera for a filmed portrait. When Mitchum passed away in 1997, Weber parked his beloved project and it was some time before...

6.3

21 votes

6.3

21 votes

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Route 66 (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Lowell Rich · Arthur Hiller · Tom Gries · George Sherman

Cast Martin Milner · George Maharis · Glenn Corbett · Elizabeth MacRae

Synopsis Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the...

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

The Hire: Beat The Devil (S)

2002 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Tony Scott

Cast Clive Owen · James Brown · Gary Oldman · Danny Trejo

Synopsis The Driver is employed by James Brown, who goes to meet the Devil to re-negotiate the deal he made as a young man in 1954 to trade his soul for fame and fortune. He is worried about his ageing and...

6.1

831 votes

6.1

831 votes

Sands of Iwo Jima

1949 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast John Wayne · John Agar · Adele Mara · Forrest Tucker

Synopsis John Marion Stryker is the ultimate Marine, a tough rifle squad leader who in 1943 is assigned a squad of new recruits saddled with three veterans and an old enemy of Stryker's from previous duties in the Far East. One...

6.0

745 votes

6.0

745 votes

Thunder Over the Plains

1953 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction André De Toth

Cast Randolph Scott · Lex Barker · Phyllis Kirk · Charles McGraw

Synopsis In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.

6.0

209 votes

6.0

209 votes

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Montana

1950 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

5.9

473 votes

5.9

473 votes

Rocky IV

1985 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Sylvester Stallone

Cast Sylvester Stallone · Talia Shire · Burt Young · Carl Weathers

Synopsis When Rocky's old friend Apollo Creed is killed during a fight with a superfit Russian boxer, Ivan Drago, Rocky blames himself for the death when he could have thrown in the towel before the crucial moment. Fuelled by the Russian's...

5.8

23K votes

5.8

23K votes

Chain Lightning

1950 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Heisler

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Eleanor Parker · Raymond Massey · Richard Whorf

Synopsis A World War II bomber pilot becomes a reckless barnstormer and finally, a daredevil test pilot. He attempts to reform his ways in order to win back his true love.

5.5

110 votes

5.5

110 votes

Young and Willing

1943 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Edward H. Griffith

Cast William Holden · Eddie Bracken · Robert Benchley · Susan Hayward

Synopsis A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara...

5.4

190 votes

5.4

190 votes

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