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Best James Dean Movies Ranked

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James Dean Acting Filmography (66)

James Dean: Rebel Generation
2025·Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024·Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023·Self (archive footage)
Children of 'Giant'
2015·Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015·Self (archive footage)
The Real James Dean
2006·Archival Footage
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005·Himself (uncredited)
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
2005·Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean: Little Prince, Little Bastard
2005
James Dean: Forever Young
2005
Året var 1955
2005·Self (archive footage)
The Day That James Dean Died
2005·Self (archive footage)
Bettie Page: The Girl in the Leopard Print Bikini
2004
James Dean: Born Cool
2001
Memories of Giant
1998·Self (archive footage)
Return to 'Giant'
1996·Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996·Self - 'Jim Stark' (archive footage)
James Dean and Me
1995·Self (archive footage)
James Dean: A Portrait
1995·Self (archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
Death Scenes 2
1992·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Faces of Death VII
1992
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·(archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
1990
Hello Actors Studio
1988·Self (archive footage)
Forever James Dean
1988·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975·Self (archive footage)
James Dean Remembered
1974·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The James Dean Story
1957·Self (archive footage)
Giant
1956·Jett Rink
Rebel Without a Cause
1955·Jim Stark
East of Eden
1955·Cal Trask
The Unlighted Road
1955·Jeffrey Latham
The Thief
1955·Fernand Lagarde
Run Like a Thief
1954·Robbie
Padlocks
1954·The Man (Jack)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954·Self
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954·The Boy
The Dark, Dark Hours
1954·Bud
Keep Our Honor Bright
1953·Jim Cooper
Death Is My Neighbor
1953·J.B.
A Long Time Till Dawn
1953·Joe Harris
Trouble Along the Way
1953·Football Spectator (uncredited)
Sentence of Death
1953·Joe Palica
The Bells of Cockaigne
1953·Joey
The Hound Of Heaven
1953·Angel
Something For An Empty Briefcase
1953·Joe Adams
Rex Newman
1953·Todd Ingalls
Life Sentence
1953·Hank Bradon
Harvest
1953·Paul Zalinka
The Evil Within
1953·Ralph
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952·Press Boy (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
1952·Boxing Opponent's Second (uncredited)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952·Youth at Soda Fountain (uncredited)
10,000 Horses Singing
1952·Hotel Bellboy
The Foggy, Foggy Dew
1952·Kyle McCallum
Abraham Lincoln
1952·William Scott
Forgotten Children
1952·Bradford
Fixed Bayonets!
1951·Doggie (uncredited)
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951·John
Jackie Knows All
1951·Randy