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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)
1998
Small Soldiers (1998)
Voice Only
1968
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
1987
The Running Man (1987)
1964
Rio Conchos (1964)
1996
Mars Attacks! (1996)
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
1974
Three The Hard Way (1974)
1968
Dark of the Sun (1968)
1969
100 Rifles (1969)
2014
Draft Day (2014)
1970
The Grasshopper (1970)
1972
Slaughter (1972)
1968
The Split (1968)
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)
1975
Take A Hard Ride (1975)
1996
Original Gangstas (1996)
1989
Crack House (1989)
1968
Kenner (1968)
1969
Riot (1969)
1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)
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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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jim Brown movie received.
- Sort Jim Brown 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 527.0 | 816.20 | 5 | 86 | 04 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Al Pacino & Dennis Quaid |
75.50 | 186.6 | 247.60 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 3 | Small Soldiers (1998) Voice Only |
Tommy Lee Jones & Ernest Borgnine |
54.70 | 145.7 | 190.00 | 41 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 5 | Ice Station Zebra (1968) | Rock Hudson & Ernest Borgnine |
13.30 | 126.9 | 126.90 | 28 | 57 | 02 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 4 | The Running Man (1987) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Richard Dawson |
38.10 | 121.9 | 121.90 | 30 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 3 | Rio Conchos (1964) | Richard Boone | 7.10 | 95.0 | 95.00 | 41 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 7 | Mars Attacks! (1996) | Jack Nicholson & Natalie Portman |
37.80 | 106.8 | 286.70 | 39 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 8 | Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) | George Kennedy & Fredric March |
6.50 | 52.4 | 52.40 | 46 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 8 | Three The Hard Way (1974) | Fred Williamson | 9.10 | 60.8 | 60.80 | 49 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 10 | Dark of the Sun (1968) | Rod Taylor | 5.10 | 49.1 | 49.10 | 62 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 14 | 100 Rifles (1969) | Burt Reynolds & Raquel Welch |
10.00 | 88.0 | 88.00 | 30 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 65.7 | |
| 11 | Draft Day (2014) | Kevin Costner & Denis Leary |
28.80 | 44.1 | 45.10 | 100 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 65.3 | |
| 11 | The Grasshopper (1970) | Jacqueline Bisset | 6.10 | 48.9 | 48.90 | 48 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 15 | Slaughter (1972) | Rip Torn | 10.00 | 73.5 | 73.50 | 40 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 13 | The Split (1968) | Jim Brown & Diahann Carroll |
2.40 | 22.5 | 22.50 | 110 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 15 | Fingers (1978) | Harvey Keitel & Tisa Farrow |
2.20 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 105 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 16 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) | Keenen Ivory Wayans & Bernie Casey |
13.00 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 73 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 17 | The Slams (1973) | Judy Pace | 2.60 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 103 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 45.5 | |
| 19 | Black Gunn (1972) | Martin Landau | 3.10 | 22.6 | 22.60 | 86 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 20 | El Condor (1970) | Lee Van Cleef | 1.30 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 131 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 38.0 | |
| 20 | Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973) | Scatman Crothers | 3.00 | 21.4 | 21.40 | 92 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 23 | Take A Hard Ride (1975) | Lee Van Cleef | 2.30 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 110 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | |
| 21 | Original Gangstas (1996) | Fred Williamson | 3.70 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 163 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 29.2 | |
| 23 | Crack House (1989) | Jim Brown & Anthony Geary |
0.90 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 170 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.8 | |
| 24 | Kenner (1968) | Madlyn Rhue | 1.80 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 128 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 27 | Riot (1969) | Jim Brown & Gene Hackman |
3.70 | 32.7 | 32.70 | 60 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 25 | I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) | Christopher George | 1.60 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 137 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 16.0 | |
| 27 | One Down, Two to go (1982) | Fred Williamson | 2.40 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 115 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 10.8 | |
| 29 | Vengeance (1977) | Lee Van Cleef | 1.40 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 126 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 | |
| 30 | Twisted Justice (1990) | Karen Black | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 283 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.4 | |
| 29 | Killing American Style (1988) | Harold Diamond | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 270 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 32 | She Hate Me (2004) | Chiwetel Ejiofor & Woody Harrelson |
0.40 | 0.7 | 3.10 | 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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This leaves Donald Sutherland, Stuart Cooper, Coli Maitland and George Rubicek as the surviving Dirty Dozen cast members. Rest in peace