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Best Jesse Owens Movies Ranked
Explore the best Jesse Owens movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Browse the available filmography, person profile, and linked movie pages for Jesse Owens.
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Jesse Owens Acting Filmography (20)
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech
2016·Self (archive footage)

Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte
2015·Self (archive footage)

Jesse Owens
2012·Self (archive footage)

Black Power Salute
2008·Self (archive footage)

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999·Self (archive footage)
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997·Self (achive footage)

The Record Breakers
1991·Self (archive footage)

Ace of Aces
1982·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Genocide
1982·Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)

Swastika
1974·Self (archive footage)
Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin
1966·Host / Narrator

The Grand Olympics
1961·Himself

The Century Is Fifty
1950·Self (archive footage)
Olympic Cavalcade
1948·Himself

Kings of the Olympics
1948·Self

Easy to Get
1947·Self (archive footage)

Mom and Dad
1945·Lecturer (live on stage during intermissions, black demographic screenings only)

The Negro Soldier
1944·Himself

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938·Self (uncredited)