Want to know the best James Woods movies? How about the worst James Woods movies? Curious about James Woods box office grosses or which James Woods movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which James Woods movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
James Woods (1947-) is an Oscar® nominated American actor. Woods’s best-known roles are Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Casino (1995), Nixon (1995), Contact (1997), and for providing voices in the Hercules (1997), and Stuart Little 2 (2002). His IMDb page shows over 145 acting credits since 1971. This page will rank James Woods movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, videos, games, and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
James Woods Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1997 | Hercules (1997) |  |
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| 1973 | The Way We Were (1973) | |
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| 1997 | Contact (1997) | |
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| 1995 | Casino (1995) |  |
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| 1999 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | |
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| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 (2002) | |
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| 1999 | The General's Daughter (1999) | |
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| 2007 | Surf's Up (2007) | |
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| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) |  |
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| 1984 | Against All Odds (1984) | |
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| 1989 | True Believer (1989) | |
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| 1995 | Nixon (1995) | |
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| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 (2001) | |
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| 2013 | White House Down (2013) | |
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| 2002 | John Q (2002) | |
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| 1974 | The Gambler (1974) | |
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| 1977 | The Choirboys (1977) | |
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| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) HBO Movie |
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| 1986 | Salvador (1986) AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 1979 | The Onion Field (1979) |  |
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| 1991 | The Hard Way (1991) | |
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| 1975 | Night Moves (1975) | |
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| 2001 | Recess: School's Out (2001) Voice Only |
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| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides (1999) | |
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| 1981 | Eyewitness (1981) | |
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| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) | |
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| 2011 | Too Big To Fail (2011) HBO Movie |
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| 1985 | Cat's Eye (1985) | |
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| 1983 | Videodrome (1983) | |
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| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1994 | The Specialist (1994) | |
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| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | |
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| 1992 | Straight Talk (1992) | |
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| 1992 | Citizen Cohn (1992) HBO Movie |
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| 1992 | Chaplin (1992) | |
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| 1999 | True Crime (1999) | |
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| 1982 | Fast-Walking (1982) | |
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| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs (1972) |  |
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| 2003 | Northfork (2003) | |
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| 2005 | Be Cool (2005) | |
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| 1987 | Best Seller (1987) | |
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| 1982 | Split Image (1982) | |
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| 1989 | Immediate Family (1989) | |
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| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now (1985) | |
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| 1980 | The Black Marble (1980) | |
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| 1988 | Cop (1988) | |
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| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise (1998) | |
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| 1994 | The Getaway (1994) |  |
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| 1992 | Diggstown (1992) | |
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| 1995 | Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995) | |
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| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class (1994) | |
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| 1998 | Vampires (1998) | |
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| 2000 | Dirty Pictures (2000) Showtime Movies |
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| 1976 | Alex & The Gypsy (1976) | |
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| 1988 | The Boost (1988) | |
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| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion (2005) |  |
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| 1972 | The Visitors (1972) | |
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| 2013 | Officer Down (2013) | |
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| 2001 | Race To Space (2001) | |
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| 2004 | The Easter Egg Adventure (2004) Voice Only |
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| 2003 | This Girl's Life (2003) | |
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| 2011 | Straw Dogs (2011) | |
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| 1994 | Next Door (1994) Showtime Movies |
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| 2006 | End Game (2006) | |
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| 2013 | Jobs (2013) | |
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| 2016 | Bling (2016) |  |
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| 1995 | For Better or Worse (1995) | |
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| 1999 | Play It to the Bone (1999) | |
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| 1997 | Kicked in the Head (1997) | |
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| 2008 | An American Carol (2008) | |
James Woods Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort James Woods movies by his co-stars
- Sort James Woods movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort James Woods movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort James Woods movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each James Woods movie received.
- Sort James Woods movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Hercules (1997) | Danny DeVito | 99.10 | 232.8 | 593.50 | 16 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 2 | The Way We Were (1973) | Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford |
68.10 | 414.5 | 414.50 | 5 | 66 | 06 / 02 | 95.9 | |
| 3 | Contact (1997) | Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey |
100.90 | 237.0 | 401.90 | 15 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 4 | Casino (1995) | Robert De Niro & Joe Pesci |
42.50 | 105.4 | 287.70 | 41 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 6 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Al Pacino & Dennis Quaid |
75.50 | 160.9 | 213.50 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 7 | Stuart Little 2 (2002) | Michael J. Fox & Geena Davis |
65.00 | 120.7 | 315.90 | 42 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 5 | The General's Daughter (1999) | John Travolta & Madeleine Stowe |
102.70 | 218.8 | 218.80 | 19 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 8 | Surf's Up (2007) | Shia LaBeouf & Jeff Bridges |
58.90 | 92.2 | 233.50 | 43 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 9 | Once Upon a Time in America (1984) | Robert De Niro | 5.30 | 17.1 | 43.40 | 106 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 11 | Against All Odds (1984) | Richard Widmark & Jeff Bridges |
31.60 | 101.3 | 101.30 | 28 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 10 | True Believer (1989) | Robert Downey Jr. | 8.70 | 23.7 | 23.70 | 86 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 12 | Nixon (1995) | Anthony Hopkins & Joan Allen |
13.70 | 33.9 | 33.90 | 98 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 14 | Scary Movie 2 (2001) | Anna Faris & Regina Hall |
71.30 | 136.1 | 269.40 | 32 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 13 | White House Down (2013) | Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx |
73.10 | 96.9 | 272.30 | 46 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 16 | John Q (2002) | Denzel Washington & Robert Duvall |
71.80 | 133.4 | 190.00 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 14 | The Gambler (1974) | James Caan | 3.00 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 89 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 17 | The Choirboys (1977) | Louis Gossett Jr. | 19.10 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 42 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 17 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) HBO Movie |
Shirley Knight | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 256 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 18 | Salvador (1986) AA Best Actor Nom |
Oliver Stone | 1.50 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 158 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 70.7 | |
| 19 | The Onion Field (1979) | Ted Danson | 9.90 | 42.5 | 42.50 | 65 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 21 | The Hard Way (1991) | Michael J. Fox & Christina Ricci |
25.90 | 66.3 | 66.30 | 48 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 21 | Night Moves (1975) | Gene Hackman & Jennifer Warren |
2.90 | 15.1 | 15.10 | 90 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 23 | Recess: School's Out (2001) Voice Only |
Andrew Lawrence | 36.70 | 70.0 | 70.00 | 67 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 23 | The Virgin Suicides (1999) | Kathleen Turner & Danny DeVito |
4.90 | 10.5 | 22.70 | 147 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 26 | Eyewitness (1981) | William Hurt & Sigourney Weaver |
6.40 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 86 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 26 | Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) | Drew Barrymore & Steve Zahn |
30.20 | 57.6 | 68.20 | 78 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 25 | Too Big To Fail (2011) HBO Movie |
William Hurt & Paul Giamatti |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 310 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 29 | Cat's Eye (1985) | Drew Barrymore | 13.10 | 39.7 | 39.70 | 66 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 27 | Videodrome (1983) | Directed by David Cronenberg | 2.10 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 112 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 30 | Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Alec Baldwin & Whoopi Goldberg |
13.30 | 32.5 | 32.50 | 107 | 63 | 02 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 32 | The Specialist (1994) | Sylvester Stallone & Sharon Stone |
57.40 | 151.6 | 450.10 | 20 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 32 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) | Alec Baldwin & Steve Buscemi |
32.10 | 61.3 | 162.40 | 74 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 33 | Straight Talk (1992) | Dolly Parton | 21.20 | 55.1 | 55.10 | 62 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 34 | Citizen Cohn (1992) HBO Movie |
Joe Don Baker | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 232 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 34 | Chaplin (1992) | Robert Downey Jr. & Geraldine Chaplin |
9.50 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 97 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 35 | True Crime (1999) | Clint Eastwood | 16.60 | 35.5 | 35.50 | 94 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 36 | Fast-Walking (1982) | Kay Lenz | 1.60 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 123 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 50.0 | |
| 39 | Hickey & Boggs (1972) | Bill Cosby & Robert Culp |
3.30 | 21.1 | 21.10 | 80 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.8 | |
| 38 | Northfork (2003) | Nick Nolte | 1.40 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 174 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 41 | Be Cool (2005) | John Travolta & Dwayne Johnson |
56.00 | 94.4 | 160.40 | 49 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 40 | Best Seller (1987) | Brian Dennehy | 4.30 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 113 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 41 | Split Image (1982) | Brian Dennehy & Peter Fonda |
0.30 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 151 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.9 | |
| 44 | Immediate Family (1989) | Glenn Close & James Woods |
5.90 | 16.1 | 16.10 | 104 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 43.3 | |
| 42 | Joshua Then and Now (1985) | Gabrielle Lazure | 0.50 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 164 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.1 | |
| 44 | The Black Marble (1980) | Robert Foxworth & Paula Prentiss |
2.50 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 129 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 42.9 | |
| 47 | Cop (1988) | Charles Durning | 2.00 | 5.2 | 5.20 | 160 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | |
| 45 | Another Day in Paradise (1998) | Melanie Griffith | 1.00 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 195 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 48 | The Getaway (1994) | Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger |
16.10 | 42.5 | 42.50 | 90 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 38.6 | |
| 48 | Diggstown (1992) | Bruce Dern | 4.80 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 123 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 38.5 | |
| 49 | Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995) | Robert Sean Leonard | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 239 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.7 | |
| 50 | Curse of the Starving Class (1994) | Kathy Bates | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 250 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.7 | |
| 52 | Vampires (1998) | John Carpenter | 20.30 | 46.7 | 46.70 | 81 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 33.3 | |
| 52 | Dirty Pictures (2000) Showtime Movies |
Craig T. Nelson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 276 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.0 | |
| 54 | Alex & The Gypsy (1976) | Jack Lemmon | 3.30 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 97 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 31.5 | |
| 53 | The Boost (1988) | Sean Young | 0.80 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 193 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 56 | Pretty Persuasion (2005) | Evan Rachel Wood & Ron Livingston |
0.30 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 258 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 57 | The Visitors (1972) | Directed by Elia Kazan | 0.40 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 162 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | |
| 59 | Officer Down (2013) | Stephen Dorff | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.40 | 313 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 | |
| 58 | Race To Space (2001) | Annabeth Gish | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 296 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 60 | The Easter Egg Adventure (2004) Voice Only |
Brook Shields | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 315 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.7 | |
| 61 | This Girl's Life (2003) | Rosario Dawson | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 292 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 62 | Straw Dogs (2011) | James Marsden & Kate Bosworth |
10.30 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 139 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 62 | Next Door (1994) Showtime Movies |
Randy Quaid | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 242 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.7 | |
| 63 | End Game (2006) | Cuba Gooding, Jr. & Burt Reynolds |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.40 | 359 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.7 | |
| 64 | Jobs (2013) | Ashton Kutcher & J.K. Simmons |
16.10 | 21.4 | 47.60 | 119 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 12.6 | |
| 66 | Bling (2016) | Taylor Kitsch | 0.10 | 0.1 | 1.80 | 300 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.8 | |
| 66 | For Better or Worse (1995) | Jay Mohr | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 266 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.8 | |
| 67 | Play It to the Bone (1999) | Woody Harrelson & Antonio Banderas |
8.40 | 18.0 | 18.00 | 132 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 3.4 | |
| 69 | Kicked in the Head (1997) | Michael Rapaport | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 273 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.5 | |
| 70 | An American Carol (2008) | Jon Voight & Dennis Hopper |
7.00 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 157 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 |
Possibly Interesting Facts On James Woods
1.James Howard Woods was born in Vernal, Utah in 1947.
2. James Woods was accepted into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a full scholarship, majoring not in the physical sciences but in political science. He also pursued acting, appearing in 36 plays at MIT, Harvard, and the Theater Company of Boston and also performed in summer stock at the Provincetown Playhouse. He dropped out of MIT during his last year to move to New York and pursue acting full-time.
3. Hades from the Disney franchise, Hercules, is James Woods’s favorite role and he states that he’ll continue playing the character, whenever needed, until the day he dies because he loves the character so very much.
4. James Woods got his third television role, as Caz in Kojak: Death Is Not a Passing Grade (1974), after Richard Dreyfuss and Martin Sheen had turned it down.
5. James Woods is an avid poker player. He played in the WPT’s Hollywood Home Game series in 2004 for the American Stroke Association charity. He placed in seventh place at the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the $3000 No-Limit Shootout event and a fifth place in the $1,500 Dealers Choice event at the 2018 WSOP.
Check out James Woods’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
HI BRUCE
Good to see prestige movies like the McMartin Trial getting credit on your site even if you can’t get box office figures for them. That’s one of the advantages of having a chronological table that doesn’t depend on box office.
Wikipedia often gives TV audience VIEWING figures for SERIES and special shows but I can’t remember Wiki doing it for TV movies. Indeed if a thespian doesn’t have a prolific TV output that justifies Wiki including a special table for the performer’s televison career Wiki will as often as not decline to mention the TV movie in the filmography. The most consistent source for TV movies is IMDB but they don’t include the appropriate stats in their lists – at least not in the lists that I’ve seen.
Final word on The McMartin Trial from Wiki
“The film is cited as a watershed in the shift of ideas about satanic ritual abuse, recasting Ray Buckey as a victim of a hysterical conspiracy rather than a child abuser.”
I saw Riding in Cars with Boys starring James in Santa Fe on my honeymoon.
James Woods is # 158 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list; these are the other actors on the list he appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Be Cool (2005)
3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Eyewitness (1981)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
6 ROBERT DE NIRO Casino (1995)
6 ROBERT DE NIRO Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
8 JOHN HURT Contact (1997)
15 ANTHONY HOPKINS Chaplin (1992)
15 ANTHONY HOPKINS Nixon (1995)
19 DENNIS HOPPER An American Carol (2008)
20 SYLVESTER STALLONE The Specialist (1994)
24 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Chaplin (1992)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Straight Talk (1992)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN The Getaway (1994)
27 FRANK WELKER Cat’s Eye (1985)
33 MORGAN FREEMAN Eyewitness (1981)
35 HARRY DEAN STANTON The Black Marble (1980)
36 ROD STEIGER The Specialist (1994)
40 ROBERT DUVALL John Q (2002)
46 KEITH DAVID Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
46 KEITH DAVID Hercules (1997)
59 ANTONIO BANDERAS Play It to the Bone (1999)
62 JAMES CAAN The Gambler (1974)
63 ED HARRIS Nixon (1995)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD The Black Marble (1980)
68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD The Onion Field (1979)
69 ALAN ARKIN Joshua Then and Now (1985)
73 BURT REYNOLDS End Game (2006)
74 GENE HACKMAN Night Moves (1975)
79 BRUCE DERN Diggstown (1992)
81 JOHN SAVAGE Salvador (1986)
81 JOHN SAVAGE The Onion Field (1979)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Any Given Sunday (1999)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Hercules (1997)
100 ELI WALLACH The Easter Egg Adventure (2004)
102 RIP TORN For Better or Worse (1995)
102 RIP TORN Hercules (1997)
103 CLINT EASTWOOD True Crime (1999)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Fast-Walking (1982)
108 M. EMMET WALSH The Gambler (1974)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
125 SHANE RIMMER The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
126 SCOTT GLENN The Virgin Suicides (1999)
134 ALEC BALDWIN Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
134 ALEC BALDWIN Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
134 ALEC BALDWIN The Getaway (1994)
135 WOODY HARRELSON Play It to the Bone (1999)
145 DAN AYKROYD Chaplin (1992)
147 TOM SIZEMORE Play It to the Bone (1999)
148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
149 BOB HOSKINS Nixon (1995)
154 KATHY BATES Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
157 MATT DAMON The Hard Way (1991)
159 DENNIS QUAID Any Given Sunday (1999)
163 JAMES CROMWELL The General’s Daughter (1999)
165 PETER FONDA Split Image (1982)
166 JON VOIGHT An American Carol (2008)
168 ROBERT WAGNER Play It to the Bone (1999)
190 MIKE STARR Cat’s Eye (1985)
195 NICK NOLTE Northfork (2003)
197 OLIVER PLATT Diggstown (1992)
202 ERIC ROBERTS The Specialist (1994)
213 DANNY DEVITO Be Cool (2005)
213 DANNY DEVITO Hercules (1997)
213 DANNY DEVITO The Virgin Suicides (1999)
223 JEFF BRIDGES Against All Odds (1984)
223 JEFF BRIDGES Surf’s Up (2007)
229 CHARLES DURNING Cop (1988)
229 CHARLES DURNING The Choirboys (1977)
231 TREAT WILLIAMS Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
243 HAL HOLBROOK Hercules (1997)
244 RANDY QUAID Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
244 RANDY QUAID The Choirboys (1977)
246 WILLIAM HURT Eyewitness (1981)
252 ROSARIO DAWSON This Girl’s Life (2003)
253 VING RHAMES Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
255 EDWARD HERRMANN Nixon (1995)
257 PAUL SORVINO Nixon (1995)
257 PAUL SORVINO The Gambler (1974)
263 DANNY AIELLO Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
272 DENZEL WASHINGTON John Q (2002)
276 SEYMOUR CASSEL Best Seller (1987)
283 PETER COYOTE Northfork (2003)
286 SIGOURNEY WEAVER Eyewitness (1981)
287 GLENN CLOSE Immediate Family (1989)
294 MELANIE GRIFFITH Another Day in Paradise (1998)
294 MELANIE GRIFFITH Night Moves (1975)
294 MELANIE GRIFFITH Stuart Little 2 (2002)
296 MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Vampires (1998)
301 JOE PANTOLIANO The Easter Egg Adventure (2004)
304 MARY STEENBURGEN Nixon (1995)
307 DAN HEDAYA Nixon (1995)
311 SHARON STONE Casino (1995)
311 SHARON STONE The Specialist (1994)
312 HARRIS YULIN Night Moves (1975)
313 JOHN STANDING CHAPLIN (1992)
324 UMA THURMAN Be Cool (2005)
327 DARYL HANNAH Northfork (2003)
331 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD An American Carol (2008)
334 ROBERT REDFORD The Way We Were (1973)
335 KEVIN DUNN Chaplin (1992)
335 KEVIN DUNN Nixon (1995)
340 ROBERT DAVI An American Carol (2008)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN True Crime (1999)
347 DIANE LANE Chaplin (1992)
354 WILLIAM H. MACY Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
362 KEVIN POLLAK Casino (1995)
363 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Getaway (1994)
364 RAY LIOTTA John Q (2002)
378 JODIE FOSTER Contact (1997)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Chaplin (1992)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. True Believer (1989)
390 BURT YOUNG Kicked in the Head (1997)
390 BURT YOUNG Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
390 BURT YOUNG The Choirboys (1977)
390 BURT YOUNG The Gambler (1974)
392 BRIAN DENNEHY Best Seller (1987)
392 BRIAN DENNEHY Split Image (1982)
394 ED LAUTER Hickey & Boggs (1972)
396 JIM BROWN Any Given Sunday (1999)
399 JOHN TRAVOLTA Be Cool (2005)
399 JOHN TRAVOLTA The General’s Daughter (1999)
403 AL PACINO Any Given Sunday (1999)
407 JOHN ORTIZ PLAY IT TO THE BONE (1999)
412 DAVID PAYMER Nixon (1995)
413 RANCE HOWARD Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
419 ANN-MARGRET Any Given Sunday (1999)
426 LUIS GUZMAN The Hard Way (1991)
426 LUIS GUZMAN True Believer (1989)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Against All Odds (1984)
435 ROBERT STACK Recess: School’s Out (2001)
442 CLANCY BROWN RECESS: SCHOOL’S OUT (2001)
443 SAM WANAMAKER The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
444 DEBI MAZAR Be Cool (2005)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Recess: School’s Out (2001)
457 DAVID ALAN GRIER An American Carol (2008)
463 TOM SKERRITT Contact (1997)
472 JACK KEHLER True Crime (1999)
473 MICHAEL MURPHY Salvador (1986)
474 TONY CURTIS Play It to the Bone (1999)
479 VIVECA LINDFORS The Way We Were (1973)
480 KEVIN CORRIGAN Kicked in the Head (1997)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Any Given Sunday (1999)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Nixon (1995)
502 JACK LEMMON Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
515 JOE MANTEGNA For Better or Worse (1995)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST The Virgin Suicides (1999)
523 DREW BARRYMORE Cat’s Eye (1985)
523 DREW BARRYMORE Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
531 DIANE LADD Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
532 HEATHER GRAHAM Diggstown (1992)
536 KIM BASINGER The Getaway (1994)
537 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Hercules (1997)
538 AMANDA PLUMMER Hercules (1997)
549 CHARLES S. DUTTON CAT’S EYE (1985)
550 JAMES REBHORN Cat’s Eye (1985)
553 ANTHONY ZERBE True Crime (1999)
559 WESLEY SNIPES Play It to the Bone (1999)
565 TIM CURRY Scary Movie 2 (2001)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Casino (1995)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
572 CHRISTINA RICCI The Hard Way (1991)
578 MATTHEW MODINE Any Given Sunday (1999)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Play It to the Bone (1999)
584 JENNIFER TILLY The Getaway (1994)
593 CARY-HIROYUKI TAGAWA VAMPIRES (1998)
607 KEVIN COSTNER Play It to the Bone (1999)
608 RIC YOUNG NIXON (1995)
611 BRAD GARRETT STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
628 JASON ALEXANDER FOR BETTER OR WORSE (1995)
637 VINCE VAUGHN Be Cool (2005)
639 ALEXANDER KNOX Joshua Then and Now (1985)
652 LILI TAYLOR Kicked in the Head (1997)
652 LILI TAYLOR Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
654 MARSHALL BELL Diggstown (1992)
654 MARSHALL BELL Northfork (2003)
655 R. LEE ERMEY Recess: School’s Out (2001)
670 J.T. WALSH Nixon (1995)
671 BERNARD HILL TRUE CRIME (1999)
673 CARLA GUGINO BLING (2016)
676 IOAN GRUFFUD THIS GIRL’S LIFE (2003)
679 RICHARD MASUR Play It to the Bone (1999)
685 TOM BOWER Nixon (1995)
685 TOM BOWER True Believer (1989)
688 ROBERT WEBBER The Choirboys (1977)
693 JAMES RUSSO Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
694 KEVIN KLINE Chaplin (1992)
697 SEAN YOUNG The Boost (1988)
703 CLYDE KUSATSU Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
703 CLYDE KUSATSU Pretty Persuasion (2005)
703 CLYDE KUSATSU Recess: School’s Out (2001)
703 CLYDE KUSATSU The Choirboys (1977)
704 VIRGINIA MADSEN Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
709 SAUL RUBINEK Against All Odds (1984)
709 SAUL RUBINEK Nixon (1995)
710 SETH GREEN BE COOL (2005)
711 DAVID CROSS SCARY MOVIE 2 (2001)
719 WALTON GOGGINS STRAW DOGS (2011)
720 DELROY LINDO THE HARD WAY (1991)
744 BARRY CORBIN RACE TO SPACE (2001)
750 CUBA GOODING JR. End Game (2006)
756 TIMOTHY HUTTON The General’s Daughter (1999)
758 GRACE ZABRISKIE The Boost (1988)
770 MADELINE KAHN Nixon (1995)
772 SALLY KIRKLAND The Way We Were (1973)
774 CAMERON DIAZ Any Given Sunday (1999)
797 TONY PLANA Nixon (1995)
797 TONY PLANA Salvador (1986)
800 KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON RECESS: SCHOOL’S OUT (2001)
802 ROBERT STEPHENS Chaplin (1992)
807 LUCY LIU PLAY IT TO THE BONE (1999)
807 LUCY LIU TRUE CRIME (1999)
810 BILL COBBS Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
810 BILL COBBS The Hard Way (1991)
813 DAVID MORSE CONTACT (1997)
813 DAVID MORSE THE GETAWAY (1994)
820 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Contact (1997)
822 GIOVANNI RIBISI THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999)
830 GENEVIEVE BUJOLD Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
833 LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (1998)
837 MARISA TOMEI Chaplin (1992)
841 MILLA JOVOVICH CHAPLIN (1992)
851 E.G. MARSHALL Nixon (1995)
852 ANNE ARCHER End Game (2006)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Night Moves (1975)
860 TERRY O’QUINN GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (1996)
868 JOHN DIEHL Nixon (1995)
873 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
879 JAY LENO Contact (1997)
879 JAY LENO John Q (2002)
881 ELIZABETH MCGOVERN ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)
886 STEPHEN LANG THE HARD WAY (1991)
895 TIM GUINEE VAMPIRES (1998)
903 JANE LYNCH STRAIGHT TALK (1992)
906 DENIS LEARY TRUE CRIME (1999)
921 RICHARD BRIGHT Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
931 WILLIAM HOOTKINS The Billion Dollar Bubble (1978)
937 CLAIRE FORLANI NORTHFORK (2003)
944 BAI LING Nixon (1995)
982 JON GRIES NORTHFORK (2003)
984 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Cop (1988)
987 KYLE MACLACHLAN NORTHFORK (2003)
997 NATHAN LANE STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
HM (723) KAREN ALLEN SPLIT IMAGE (1982)
HM (870) BEN FOSTER NORTHFORK (2003)
HM (924) BILL PATERSON CHAPLIN (1992)
HM (930) WILLIAM FICHTNER Contact (1997)
HM (974) KURTWOOD SMITH True Believer (1989)
HM (976) BROOKE SHIELDS The Easter Egg Adventure (2004)
Poor Frank Welker at # 27 who always does weird sounds in movies. He has the lead in Scoob as Scooby Doo but now the film is not coming out in May but going straight to video on demand.
Back to our subject, Mr. Woods appeared with 34 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Any Given Sunday (1999)
ALAN ARKIN Joshua Then and Now (1985)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Chaplin (1992)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Nixon (1995)
BARBRA STREISAND The Way We Were (1973)
CHARLTON HESTON Any Given Sunday (1999)
CHARLTON HESTON Hercules (1997)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Eyewitness (1981)
CUBA GOODING JR. End Game (2006)
DENZEL WASHINGTON John Q (2002)
GEENA DAVIS STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
GENE HACKMAN Night Moves (1975)
JACK LEMMON Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
JAMIE FOXX Any Given Sunday (1999)
JEFF BRIDGES Against All Odds (1984)
JEFF BRIDGES Surf’s Up (2007)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
JODIE FOSTER Contact (1997)
JOE PESCI Casino (1995)
JON VOIGHT An American Carol (2008)
KATHY BATES Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
KEVIN KLINE Chaplin (1992)
KIM BASINGER The Getaway (1994)
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. Curse of the Starving Class (1994)
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. Diggstown (1992)
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. The Choirboys (1977)
MARISA TOMEI Chaplin (1992)
MARY STEENBURGEN Nixon (1995)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Contact (1997)
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Vampires (1998)
MORGAN FREEMAN Eyewitness (1981)
OCTAVIA SPENCER PRETTY PERSUASION (2005)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Getaway (1994)
ROBERT DE NIRO Casino (1995)
ROBERT DE NIRO Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
ROBERT DUVALL John Q (2002)
ROD STEIGER The Specialist (1994)
TIMOTHY HUTTON The General’s Daughter (1999)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
WILLIAM HURT Eyewitness (1981)
Hey Dan. First of all the normal shout out to you. Your efforts are always appreciated.James Woods has been very busy throughout his career, though lately his political views have pretty much gotten him blackballed from Hollywood. Imagine that he’s going to hurt his Oracle rankings as time goes on. Thanks for sharing your honeymoon movie viewing history. We have three of those ourselves. With the wedding crashers being the most known of those three. Looking at the first list, massive, with Danny Devito as his most frequent Oracle costar. I’d say his Oscar winning costars would fall in the average category. Wow, so Scooby’s going straight to video on demand. The worlds a changing. Good stuff as always. And always remember you are the man!
Actually Dan….now that I am back from a walk outside…it looks like Burt Young is the most frequent Oracle co-star and not Danny DeVito. Sit down Louie D. and make room for Paulie. It is a little to read my phone when I walking, reading and trying to comment. I guess I have time to figure how to do that…lol.
Thanks for opening a James Woods page & the video share Bruce, and thanks to Bob for moving our chats to this page, it is appreciated.
I’ve seen 27 of the 70 films on the chart, which is more than I managed on my video chart. Favorites include – Salvador, Best Seller, The Hard Way, Videodrome, Vampires, Casino, Hercules, Contact, Cat’s Eye, White House Down, The Specialist, Final Fantasy and Once Upon a Time in America.
There are 32 films here I decided not to include on my video, he arrogantly boasted.
I think we have the same no.1 on our critics charts, Casino no.2 on my video chart and no.3 on your chart. Woods voicing Hades tops the UMR chart, looking at the trivia box I don’t think Woods would complain about a cartoon at no.1.
Top rated I haven’t seen include HBO movie Indictment, True Believer and Night Moves.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
HI STEVE:
Thanks ever so much for the expression of appreciation but save your ‘clapping’ for the nurses because not engaging in any false modesty I will concede that you and The Big Boy do all the hard constructive work in compiling your videos/new pages and my shuffling posts across is merely a copying exercise.
Indeed I am reminded of one of Peter Cushing’s outings as Victor Frankenstein when he’s looking for a talented assistant to help him build a new monster. He feels that he has identified a suitable candidate and he asks the chap about the latter’s previous experience in the field of science; and the fellow replies something like “I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the Great Masters and have assisted them in applying their discoveries and often copied the same for the benefit of others.” Victor is disappointed and says “Oh so you are merely interpretative and not creative.”
I hope things are going well for you today on your break. It’s a lovely sunny day here and I have been a long walk. Many others are doing the same and when the lockdown ends we could well be a fitter people! Anyway take care.
Hey Bob. Thanks for moving these comments to this page. You are the man. I always greatly appreciate when you do this. Granted I always try to beat Steve to the punch, but in this case Steve got to James Woods before I did. Thanks again.
Hey Steve. Glad you were able to check out a real James Woods page. Some of the other Woods career breakdowns only look at a small amount of his movies …. like only 38 of them…..lol. Actually you know, your video of him got me motivated to put this page together. So you have seen 27 hours movies, I have seen 41 of the 70 listed here. I have seen all of you favorites.Liked most of them, not a huge fan of White House down. Glad our rankings are pretty similar. As always your feedback is greatly appreciated. Good stuff.
The 1995 TV movie Indictment: The McMartin Trial is one of my very fave James Woods movies and possibly my out-and-out favorite. In it one of James’ co-stars is Shirley Knight who sadly died just a few days ago – see Bruce’s In Memoriam page.
In The McMartin Trial Woods gave the tour de force kind of performance that attracted me to him in the early 1990s and the film was lavished with praise for its strong performances. In my opinion Shirley deserved her supporting actress Golden Globe as one of the persecuted heads of a family that Woods’ lawyer defends against hysteria and injustice. [Based on a real-life court case, the film finds members of the McMartin family on trial for alleged sexual molestation and abuse of children at their well-regarded preschool. – IMDB]
Shirley also won a Primetime Emmy; James Woods got Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy best actor nominations for his riveting portrayal of lawyer Danny Davis; and Mercedes Ruehl [supporting actress Oscar winner for 1991’s The Fisher King opposite Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges] got a Cable ACE best leading actress nomination for her portrayal of the prosecutor of the McMartins Lael Rubin.
I am pleased to see a Cogerson page complementing Steve’s fine video about Wood so “Voted Up!”.
Hey Bob….our recent addition of adding in streaming, paid service movies got The McMartin Trial in this page….and ranked pretty high even without any box office. There is no way to figure out box office for these types of movies….but we are working on a win to include some extra points when one of these movies gets some major Emmy or Golden Globe love. We will keep tweaking that…and hopefully come up with a good balance. With Knight’s passing and this Woods page…you have had lots of opportunity to praise The McMartin Trial. I will have to check that one out. Good stuff as always.
Steve Lensman
April 1, 2020 at 7:50 am
Hi Bruce, I was a bit surprised you didn’t have a page on Woods at the UMR, you should have the box office info on most of these films.
Your tally an impressive 31 out of 38, mine 22 and Flora 3. Best Seller is very good and deserved the high rating. Salvador probably contains the quintessential Woods performance, worthy of Oscar.
Thanks again for the comment, vote and share, always appreciated.
Hey Steve…well…we do now…lol.