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James Earl Jones Top Ranked Movies (8)

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Return of the Jedi is currently the highest-ranked James Earl Jones movie on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.

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This page currently tracks 8 ranked movies starring James Earl Jones.

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James Earl Jones Acting Filmography (200)

Butterfly in the Sky
2024·Guest Narrator (archive footage)
BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy
2024·Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021·Self (archive footage)
Coming 2 America
2021·King Jaffe Joffer
On Broadway
2019·Self (archive footage)
The Space: Theatre of Survival
2019·Narrator
Words from a Bear
2019·Self
The Lion King
2019·Mufasa (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019·Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019·Darth Vader (voice)
#2751W-1L
Warning Shot
2018·Pendleton
The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
2017·Mufasa (voice)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2016·Mufasa (voice)
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater
2016·Kilgore Trout
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016·Darth Vader (voice)
#2821W-1L
Driving Miss Daisy
2015·Hoke Colburn
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
2015·Darth Vader (voice)
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
2015·Self
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014·Ruben
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
2014·Darth Vader (voice)
Gimme Shelter
2013·Frank McCarthy
Blackfish
2013·Self (archive footage)
Milius
2013·Self
Muse of Fire
2013·Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012·Self
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
2012·Self
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011·Himself
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010·Admiral (voice)
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009·The Giant (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009·Self (archive footage)
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008·Papa Jenkins
Earth
2007·Narrator (voice)
John, Paul, George and Ben
2007·Narrator
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007·Self
Click
2006·Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited)
#813W-1L
The Benchwarmers
2006·Darth Vader (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006·Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences")
Scary Movie 4
2006·Narrator (uncredited)
Searching for Orson
2006·Self
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006·Narrator
The Reading Room
2005·William
The Sandlot 2
2005·Mr. Mertle
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005·Narrator
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005·Darth Vader (voice - uncredited)
#542W-0L
Robots
2005·Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice)
Hollywood's Greatest Villains
2005·Self
Nine Dog Christmas
2004·Storyteller (voice)
Black Indians: An American Story
2004·Narrator
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004·Self
The Story of Star Wars
2004·Darth Vader (archive footage)
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004·Self
The Great Year
2003·Narrator
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror
2003·Maggie Simpson (voice)
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October'
2003·Self
Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film
2002·Narrator
Finder's Fee
2001·Avery Phillips
Disney's American Legends
2001·Narrator
Feast of All Saints
2001·Older Marcel
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001·Self
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
2001·Mister (voice)
Fantasia 2000
2000·Self - Host
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000·Self
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000·Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg'
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000·Self
Antietam: A Documentary Film
2000·Narrator
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Undercover Angel
1999·The Judge
Santa and Pete
1999·Grandpa Nicholas
Summer's End
1999·Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely
Our Friend, Martin
1999·Daddy King (voice)
The Annihilation of Fish
1999·Fish
On the Q.T.
1999·Leo
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998·Mufasa (voice)
Primary Colors
1998·CNN Voiceover (voice)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997·Self
Gang Related
1997·Arthur Baylor
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997·Archibald Thacker
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997·Self (archive footage)
The Second Civil War
1997·Jim Kalla
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
1997·Narrator (voice) (DVD version)
Alone
1997·Grey
Afro Promo
1997·Self (archive footage)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
1997·Kibosh (voice)
Good Luck
1997·James Bing
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996·Dr. McDuffie
A Family Thing
1996·Ray Murdock
Timepiece
1996·Lawrence
Looking for Richard
1996·Self - Interviewee
Corwin
1996·Self
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995·Rev. Stephen Kumalo
People: A Musical Celebration
1995·The Storyteller (voice)
Who's in Rabbit's House?
1995·Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995·Host
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·Self
Jefferson in Paris
1995·Madison Hemings
Judge Dredd
1995·Narrator (uncredited)
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995·Mufasa
The Lion King
1994·Mufasa (voice)
#1198W-4L
Clear and Present Danger
1994·Admiral James Greer
Africa: The Serengeti
1994·Narrator
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994·Host
Clean Slate
1994·John Dolby
Gangs: Turning the Corner
1994·Self
The Vernon Johns Story
1994·Vernon Johns
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994·Narrator
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994·James Earl Jones (uncredited)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994·Charles Lloyd
The Making of the Lion King
1994·Self
Sommersby
1993·Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Dreamrider
1993·Bill Perry
The Meteor Man
1993·Earnest Moses
The Sandlot
1993·Mr. Mertle
Excessive Force
1993·Jake
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993·Self (voice) (uncredited)
Percy & Thunder
1993·Percy Banks
Hallelujah
1993·Old Man Taylor
Sneakers
1992·Mr. Bernard Abbott
Patriot Games
1992·Adm. James Greer
Lincoln
1992·Narrator (voice)
The JFK Conspiracy
1992·Self - Host
Scorchers
1991·Bear
Convicts
1991·Ben Johnson
True Identity
1991·James Earl Jones
Visitors from the Unknown
1991·Narrator (voice)
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991·Host/Narrator
When It Was a Game
1991·(voice)
The Hunt for Red October
1990·Vice ADM James Greer
By Dawn's Early Light
1990·Alice
Grim Prairie Tales
1990·Morrison
The Ambulance
1990·Lt. Spencer
Heat Wave
1990·Junius Johnson
Ivory Hunters
1990·Inspector Nkuru
Teach 109
1990·Dr. Winston
Last Flight Out
1990·Al Topping
Terrorgram
1990·Retribution (voice)
Field of Dreams
1989·Terrence Mann
Three Fugitives
1989·Dugan
11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried
1989·Narrator
Best of the Best
1989·Frank Couzo
The Hunting of the Snark
1989·Narrator (voice)
Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark
1989·Narrator
Coming to America
1988·King Jaffe Joffer
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
1988·Narrator (voice)
Matewan
1987·'Few Clothes' Johnson
Gardens of Stone
1987·Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987·Emperor of the Night (voice)
A House Divided
1987
Soul Man
1986·Professor Banks
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986·Umslopogaas
My Little Girl
1986·Ike Bailey
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986·Genie / Narrator
The Lone Star Kid
1986·Holmes
City Limits
1985·Albert
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·Self
Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates
1985
Moses
1985·Pharaoh
The Vegas Strip War
1984·Jack Madrid
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
1984·Narrator
Return of the Jedi
1983·Darth Vader (voice)
#375W-2L
Amy and the Angel
1982·Gabriel
Conan the Barbarian
1982·Thulsa Doom
The Flight of Dragons
1982·Ommadon (voice)
Blood Tide
1982·Frye
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
Beauty and the Beast
1981·Narrator (voice)
The Bushido Blade
1981·The Prisoner
The Creation
1981·Narrator (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981·Narrator (voice)
God's Trombones
1981·Narrator (voice)
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
1981·himself, voice
The Empire Strikes Back
1980·Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
#843W-1L
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980·Dane Oliver
The Me Nobody Knows
1980·Self
Paul Robeson
1979·Paul Robeson
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979·Self - Host
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978·Darth Vader (voice)
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978·Self
Star Wars
1977·Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
#4612W-3L
A Piece of the Action
1977·Joshua Burke
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977·Sheikh
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977·Older Kokumo
The Greatest
1977·Malcolm X
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977·Morris Bird, Jr.
The Making of Star Wars
1977·Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976·Leon
Swashbuckler
1976·Nick Debrett
The River Niger
1976·Johnny Williams
Deadly Hero
1975·Rabbit Shazam
The UFO Incident
1975·Barney Hill
Claudine
1974·Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall
The Cay
1974·Timothy
King Lear
1974·King Lear
The Man
1972·Douglass Dilman
Malcolm X
1972·Biographical Narration (voice)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream
1971·Narrator
End of the Road
1970·Doctor D
The Great White Hope
1970·Jack Jefferson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·Self (archive footage)
The Comedians
1967·Dr. Magiot
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964·Lt. Lothar Zogg