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Jim Brown (1936-2023) was an American former football player and actor. Brown is considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time and is in the football Hall of Fame. His acting career has lasted over 50 years. His IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1964. This page will rank Jim Brown movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Jim Brown Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1967
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
1999
Any Given Sunday (1999)
1964
Rio Conchos (1964)
1998
Small Soldiers (1998)
Voice Only
1968
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
1987
The Running Man (1987)
1996
Mars Attacks! (1996)
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
1974
Three The Hard Way (1974)
1968
Dark of the Sun (1968)
2014
Draft Day (2014)
1970
The Grasshopper (1970)
1969
100 Rifles (1969)
1968
The Split (1968)
1972
Slaughter (1972)
1978
Fingers (1978)
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
1973
The Slams (1973)
1972
Black Gunn (1972)
1970
El Condor (1970)
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
1996
Original Gangstas (1996)
1975
Take A Hard Ride (1975)
1989
Crack House (1989)
1968
Kenner (1968)
1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
1969
Riot (1969)
1982
One Down, Two to go (1982)
1977
Vengeance (1977)
1990
Twisted Justice (1990)
1988
Killing American Style (1988)
2004
She Hate Me (2004)
Jim Brown Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | The Dirty Dozen (1967) | Lee Marvin & Ernest Borgnine |
51.00 | 454.4 | 703.90 | 5 | 86 | 04 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Al Pacino & Dennis Quaid |
75.50 | 160.9 | 213.50 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 3 | Rio Conchos (1964) | Richard Boone | 7.10 | 81.9 | 81.90 | 40 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 6 | Small Soldiers (1998) Voice Only |
Tommy Lee Jones & Ernest Borgnine |
54.70 | 125.7 | 163.80 | 41 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 5 | Ice Station Zebra (1968) | Rock Hudson & Ernest Borgnine |
13.30 | 109.4 | 109.40 | 28 | 57 | 02 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 4 | The Running Man (1987) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Richard Dawson |
38.10 | 105.1 | 105.10 | 30 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 7 | Mars Attacks! (1996) | Jack Nicholson & Natalie Portman |
37.80 | 92.1 | 247.20 | 39 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 8 | Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) | George Kennedy & Fredric March |
6.50 | 45.2 | 45.20 | 46 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 8 | Three The Hard Way (1974) | Fred Williamson | 9.10 | 52.4 | 52.40 | 47 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 10 | Dark of the Sun (1968) | Rod Taylor | 5.10 | 42.3 | 42.30 | 62 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 11 | Draft Day (2014) | Kevin Costner & Denis Leary |
28.80 | 38.1 | 38.90 | 100 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 11 | The Grasshopper (1970) | Jacqueline Bisset | 6.10 | 42.2 | 42.20 | 48 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 14 | 100 Rifles (1969) | Burt Reynolds & Raquel Welch |
10.00 | 75.9 | 75.90 | 30 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 13 | The Split (1968) | Jim Brown & Diahann Carroll |
2.40 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 110 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 59.7 | |
| 15 | Slaughter (1972) | Rip Torn | 10.00 | 63.4 | 63.40 | 40 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 15 | Fingers (1978) | Harvey Keitel & Tisa Farrow |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 109 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 16 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) | Keenen Ivory Wayans & Bernie Casey |
13.00 | 34.2 | 34.20 | 73 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | |
| 17 | The Slams (1973) | Judy Pace | 2.60 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 103 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 44.6 | |
| 19 | Black Gunn (1972) | Martin Landau | 3.10 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 86 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 39.3 | |
| 19 | El Condor (1970) | Lee Van Cleef | 1.30 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 131 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 20 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) | Scatman Crothers | 3.00 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 88 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.6 | |
| 21 | Original Gangstas (1996) | Fred Williamson | 3.70 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 163 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 22 | Take A Hard Ride (1975) | Lee Van Cleef | 2.30 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 110 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 28.6 | |
| 23 | Crack House (1989) | Jim Brown & Anthony Geary |
0.90 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 170 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 24 | Kenner (1968) | Madlyn Rhue | 1.80 | 15.0 | 15.00 | 128 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 20.1 | |
| 25 | I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) | Christopher George | 1.60 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 136 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 27 | Riot (1969) | Jim Brown & Gene Hackman |
3.70 | 28.2 | 28.20 | 60 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 27 | One Down, Two to go (1982) | Fred Williamson | 2.40 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 115 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 10.1 | |
| 28 | Vengeance (1977) | Lee Van Cleef | 1.40 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 126 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 30 | Twisted Justice (1990) | Karen Black | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 279 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.4 | |
| 29 | Killing American Style (1988) | Harold Diamond | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 270 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 32 | She Hate Me (2004) | Chiwetel Ejiofor & Woody Harrelson |
0.40 | 0.6 | 2.60 | 234 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 |
Best IMDb trivia on James Brown
- James Nathaniel Brown was born in 1936 in St. Simons Island, Georgia. His dad, Swinton Brown, was a professional boxer.
2. Besides being a great football player, Jim Brown was also a great lacrosse player for Syracuse University. He was also inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, in 1983.
3. Jim Brown’s favorite Jim Brown movies are The Dirty Dozen, Slaughter, and Mars Attacks!.
4. Jim Brown was a close friend of the late actor Lee Marvin.
5. Jim Brown starred in 100 Rifles (1969), with Burt Reynolds which featured one of the first interracial love scenes in film (with Raquel Welch). His El Condor was among the first movies rated R.
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I saw 6 including 6 of top 8. umr has 2 number 6s.
10: dirty dozen, 9 : any given sunday (pacino rules, entire cast was delightful, I am a football fan).
Hey bob cox….thanks for all the recent comments…I will have to respond to them later today, as I am walking out the door to go to work. Thanks for the ratings on the 6 Jim Brown movies you have seen. Not surprised that The Dirty Dozen has the highest ratings in you book. Any Given Sunday is a good football movie…even with some of the cast over acting. Good feedback.
amazing career for a man who only made one movie before age 31.
Hey bob cox….I agree…Jim Brown’s movie career is pretty impressive…especially when you realize he got such a late start. Good feedback.
I have seen just 6 Jim Brown films but fortunately 5 of them are his top five Cogerson US grossers: Dirty Dozen, Any Given Sunday, Ladd Soldiers, Ice Station Zebra and Running Man. The 6th one is Rio Conchos which had a so-so box office return but a good 68% Cogerson rating.
Like The Duke’s The Conqueror, Ice Station Zebra is another film that Howard Hughes watched endlessly after its release though whilst I can see how Genghis Khan would appeal to Howard, I can’t work out the fascination of the Hudson flick for Hughes. Strange fellow Hughes but there have been others about: take Hirschhorn for instance.
Jim Brown is said to have $50 million in the bank at the moment largely derived from 3 sources: acting, professional football and involvement with real estate investments. He met Donald Trump in the White last year to discuss “the state of America.” The discussion doesn’t seem to have changed anything!
Hey Bob….Thanks for the tally count….it looks like you saw his most popular movies….since you saw his 5 top grossers. “Ladd Soldiers”…a pun that sounds Lenmanish….good job. I think if you could figure out Howard Hughes…you would be one of the few….especially during his Vegas hotel hermit days. Brown has been successful in almost everything he has done….so his $50 million net worth is not too surprising. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the feedback.
Incisive comments on Hughes. I remember a TV documentary on him which revealed that he holidayed for part of the year in a foreign luxury hotel where he booked up in advance for himself every room in the hotel so that nobody would know what room he was ‘reclusing’ in!
His Obsessive Compulsive Disorders were numerous and in some ways must have been quite boring even for himself. I mean to say he repeat-watched The Duke’s Conqueror and Hudson’s Ice Station Zebra year in year out.
Too much! I make it a rule to stop watching a Bond film after I have seen it 100 times; and every year during the Christmas season I take a break from my year round nightly re-watching of Die Hard. I’m sure that even Joel stopped watching Brando’s Napoleon after the 200th. viewing.
Elvis apparently had a fixation with The Wild One and watched it over the years every time he became depressed or bored; he would insist upon watching in total solitude
Jim Brown eh… a good subject. Might be worthy of a Top 20 video some day, if I can find the posters. 😉
I’ve seen 9 of the 30 films on the chart, less than I thought. I only saw a few blaxploitation films in my movie-going days, and they had to include martial arts. Black Belt Jones comes to mind.
Favorites are – The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, Mars Attacks (ack ack ack!), 100 Rifles, Dark of the Sun, Rio Conchos, The Running Man and I’m Gonna Git You Sucka! (which was hilarious but it’s been years since I last saw it). I also saw Any Given Sunday (with Pacino in full shout mode), it’s not my favorite Oliver Stone movie.
The Dirty Dozen was a massive hit and hugely influential. It was all filmed in England, there’s an amusing featurette on the DVD showing Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and some of the other Dozen walking around ‘Swinging London’ trying to look cool. 🙂
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally count. I just realized when commenting to Dan, that I forgot to include Small Soldiers. I would be shocked if you had not seen that movie..so I am sure your tally count is 10. Our tally counts are close. Steve 10, Cogerson 9 and Flora 7. I agree…he might make for a good poster page….and those posters might be pretty interesting. I have seen 6 of your favorites. The Dirty Dozen and The Running Man are my favorite Jim Brown movies. I suspect The Running Man will be getting remade any day now. I saw and remember the buzz I’m Gonna Git You Sucka! created back in the day….but I barely remember that one. Interesting imagery of the Dirty Dozen walking around London. Good stuff as always.
I just saw Black Gunn for the first time on TCM a few weeks ago. Jim is # 396 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. The following actors on the 1000 Jim appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Fingers (1978)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND The Dirty Dozen (1967)
4 DONALD SUTHERLAND The Split (1968)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Ice Station Zebra (1968)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE Small Soldiers (1998)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Dirty Dozen (1967)
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Split (1968)
29 NED BEATTY He Got Game (1998)
36 ROD STEIGER Mars Attacks! (1996)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY …tick… tick… tick… (1970)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY Small Soldiers (1998)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY The Dirty Dozen (1967)
54 JACK NICHOLSON Mars Attacks! (1996)
73 BURT REYNOLDS 100 Rifles (1969)
74 GENE HACKMAN Riot (1969)
74 GENE HACKMAN The Split (1968)
79 BRUCE DERN Small Soldiers (1998)
90 MARTIN LANDAU Black Gunn (1972)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Any Given Sunday (1999)
99 JOHN TURTURRO He Got Game (1998)
99 JOHN TURTURRO She Hate Me (2004)
102 RIP TORN Slaughter (1972)
129 TOMMY LEE JONES Small Soldiers (1998)
130 PIERCE BROSNAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
135 WOODY HARRELSON She Hate Me (2004)
153 ROBERT FORSTER Original Gangstas (1996)
158 JAMES WOODS Any Given Sunday (1999)
159 DENNIS QUAID Any Given Sunday (1999)
190 MIKE STARR New Jersey Turnpikes (1999)
198 ELLEN BURSTYN Draft Day (2014)
208 TELLY SAVALAS The Dirty Dozen (1967)
213 DANNY DEVITO Mars Attacks! (1996)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET The Grasshopper (1969)
235 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER The Running Man (1987)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF 100 Rifles (1969)
250 JOHN VERNON I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
252 ROSARIO DAWSON He Got Game (1998)
254 FRANK LANGELLA Draft Day (2014)
254 FRANK LANGELLA Small Soldiers (1998)
263 DANNY AIELLO Fingers (1978)
272 DENZEL WASHINGTON He Got Game (1998)
287 GLENN CLOSE Mars Attacks! (1996)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN The Grasshopper (1969)
335 KEVIN DUNN Draft Day (2014)
335 KEVIN DUNN Small Soldiers (1998)
336 JACK BLACK Mars Attacks! (1996)
341 CHARLES BRONSON The Dirty Dozen (1967)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN Small Soldiers (1998)
367 PAM GRIER Mars Attacks! (1996)
367 PAM GRIER Original Gangstas (1996)
387 LIN SHAYE The Running Man (1987)
392 BRIAN DENNEHY She Hate Me (2004)
403 AL PACINO Any Given Sunday (1999)
406 GARY BUSEY On the Edge (2002)
413 RANCE HOWARD Mars Attacks! (1996)
413 RANCE HOWARD Small Soldiers (1998)
419 ANN-MARGRET Any Given Sunday (1999)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Crack House (1989)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE One Down, Two to Go (1982)
439 RICHARD ROUNDTREE Original Gangstas (1996)
449 CHARLES NAPIER Original Gangstas (1996)
455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Draft Day (2014)
457 DAVID ALAN GRIER I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
458 SAM ELLIOTT Draft Day (2014)
465 STUART WHITMAN Rio Conchos (1964)
481 KAREN BLACK Twisted Justice (1990)
482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Any Given Sunday (1999)
489 DICK MILLER Small Soldiers (1998)
489 DICK MILLER The Dirty Dozen (1967)
489 DICK MILLER The Slams (1973)
499 NATALIE PORTMAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST Small Soldiers (1998)
572 CHRISTINA RICCI Small Soldiers (1998)
578 MATTHEW MODINE Any Given Sunday (1999)
579 ALEX ROCCO Three the Hard Way (1974)
580 CLIFTON JAMES …tick… tick… tick… (1970)
607 KEVIN COSTNER Draft Day (2014)
615 JOE DON BAKER Mars Attacks! (1996)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL Slaughter (1972)
688 ROBERT WEBBER The Dirty Dozen (1967)
691 DUB TAYLOR …tick… tick… tick… (1970)
696 RAQUEL WELCH 100 Rifles (1969)
711 DAVID CROSS SMALL SOLDIERS (1998)
715 LEE VAN CLEEF El Condor (1970)
715 LEE VAN CLEEF Take a Hard Ride (1975)
717 ROBERT RYAN The Dirty Dozen (1967)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN Take a Hard Ride (1975)
734 JAMES WHITMORE The Split (1968)
745 HARRY SHEARER Small Soldiers (1998)
748 TERRY CREWS Draft Day (2014)
754 CHIWETEL EJIOFOR SHE HATE ME (2004)
760 LEE MARVIN The Dirty Dozen (1967)
774 CAMERON DIAZ Any Given Sunday (1999)
786 CORBIN BERNSEN Three the Hard Way (1974)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL Pacific Inferno (1979)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL The Dirty Dozen (1967)
809 ALDO SAMBRELL 100 Rifles (1969)
811 WARREN OATES The Split (1968)
815 DANA ANDREWS Take a Hard Ride (1975)
816 PAUL WINFIELD Mars Attacks! (1996)
816 PAUL WINFIELD Original Gangstas (1996)
838 PATRICK MCGOOHAN Ice Station Zebra (1968)
841 MILLA JOVOVICH HE GOT GAME (1998)
877 LLOYD NOLAN Ice Station Zebra (1968)
880 SARAH JESSICA PARKER Mars Attacks! (1996)
892 MATT CLARK Vengeance (1977)
900 ELLEN BARKIN She Hate Me (2004)
906 DENIS LEARY Draft Day (2014)
906 DENIS LEARY SMALL SOLDIERS (1998)
913 MONICA BELLUCCI SHE HATE ME (2004)
927 ANNETTE BENING Mars Attacks! (1996)
944 BAI LING She Hate Me (2004)
956 YAPHET KOTTO The Running Man (1987)
973 LUKAS HAAS MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
979 CHRIS ROCK I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
988 OSSIE DAVIS She Hate Me (2004)
992 VITO SCOTTI Rio Conchos (1964)
HM (814) KENNETH MORE Dark of the Sun (1968)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN Rio Conchos (1964)
Jim appeared with 16 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Any Given Sunday (1999)
CHARLTON HESTON Any Given Sunday (1999)
DENZEL WASHINGTON He Got Game (1998)
EDMOND O’BRIEN Rio Conchos (1964)
ELLEN BURSTYN Draft Day (2014)
ERNEST BORGNINE Ice Station Zebra (1968)
ERNEST BORGNINE Small Soldiers (1998)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Dirty Dozen (1967)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Split (1968)
FREDRIC MARCH …tick… tick… tick… (1970)
GENE HACKMAN Riot (1969)
GENE HACKMAN The Split (1968)
GEORGE KENNEDY …tick… tick… tick… (1970)
GEORGE KENNEDY Small Soldiers (1998)
GEORGE KENNEDY The Dirty Dozen (1967)
JACK NICHOLSON Mars Attacks! (1996)
JAMIE FOXX Any Given Sunday (1999)
LEE MARVIN The Dirty Dozen (1967)
MARTIN LANDAU Black Gunn (1972)
NATALIE PORTMAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
ROD STEIGER Mars Attacks! (1996)
TOMMY LEE JONES Small Soldiers (1998)
Hey Dan…..thanks for the sharing this information. So you saw Black Gunn? UMR Hall of Famer from work, George, does not even remember that movie….and he saw lots of Jim Brown movies when Jim was a busy leading man. Can’t imagine that Black Gunn will be making your Best of 2019 movie list. Shocked Brown is in the Top 400 on the Oracle list. You have to give Brown lots of credit….whatever he decided to do….acting, playing football, playing lacrosse or his activism…him did it all well.
First list…..good ole Ernest Borgnine is his most frequent Oracle co-star…..with a few just one movie behind the 4 Ernie/Jimmy movies. 16 Oscar winners…is low….but a decent total if you look at the genre Brown specialized in. Seeing Small Soldiers pop up a few times…triggered the fact that I forgot to include that movie on the table….it will be here on the next website update. Thanks again for sharing this information.
I have seen 6 Jim Brown movies. Five of those films are in the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Dirty Dozen.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Any Given Sunday.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is 100 Rifles.
Favourite Jim Brown Movies:
The Dirty Dozen
Ice Station Zebra
Other Jim Brown Movies I Have Seen:
Mars Attacks!
tick…tick…tick
Dark of the Sun
100 Rifles
There is actually a 6th film I have seen of Jim Brown which is not on the table: The Split. Interesting heist film.
Hey Flora…The Split is listed as his 12th best movie on the table…complete with a trailer. So your tally is 7.
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out our Jim Brown page. Our tally counts are pretty close…8 for me and 7 for you. Most of mine are pretty recent (if you consider 30 years recent) and most of yours are older. Seen both of your favorites…really enjoy The Dirty Dozen….not so much Ice Station Zero. FYI. I add The Split to your tally count. Good stuff as always.