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Best James Brown Movies Ranked
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James Brown Acting Filmography (69)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025·Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
2023·Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022·Self (archive footage)
Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!
2021·Self (archive footage)
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021·Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021·Self (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020·(archive footage)
Africa Rising
2019·Self - Musician (archive footage)
The Apollo
2019·Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019·Self - Singer (archive footage)
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
2018·Self (archive footage)
A Tale of James Brown
2016·Self (archive footage)
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014·Self
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014·Self (archive footage)
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
2014
Finding the Funk
2014·Self
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2013·Self (archive footage)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012·Self (archive footage)
The Real Rocky
2011·Self (archive footage)
Soul Power
2009·Self (archive footage)
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
2009·Self
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008·Self (archive footage)
James Brown Live At The Apollo '68
2008·Self
James Brown Live At The Boston Garden - April 5, 1968
2008·Self
Pavarotti The Duets
2008·Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1977
2007
James Brown: Living in America
2007
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006·Self (archive footage)
George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein
2006·Self (archive footage)
Full Length & Fabulous: The Beckhams' World Cup Party
2006·Self
Live 8
2005·Self
Robots
2005·Diesel (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Brown: Body Heat
2004·Self
James Brown: Live
2004·Self
Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years
2004·Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004·Self (archive footage)
Paper Chasers
2003
The Giants of Black Music
2003·Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003·Self
James Brown - Live at Chastain Park Atlanta 1980
2003
Beat the Devil
2002·Mr. James Brown
Undercover Brother
2002·Self
The Tuxedo
2002·James Brown
It's Black Entertainment
2002·Self (archive footage)
The UB40: Story of Reggae
2001·Drummer
Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
2001·Self
James Brown: Live From The House Of Blues
1999·Self
Blues Brothers 2000
1998·Cleophus James
Holy Man
1998·James Brown
When We Were Kings
1996·Self
Cincinnati's Rock 'N Roll Legends
1995·Self
RapLine
1993·Self
The Lost James Brown Tapes
1991·Vocals
James Brown Live in Berlin
1991
Legends of Rock 'n' Roll
1989·James Brown
James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul
1987·Self
Rocky IV
1985·The Godfather of Soul
James Brown - Live At Chastain Park
1985·Himself
When the Music's Over
1983·Self
Doctor Detroit
1983·Bandleader
James Brown: Live at Montreux
1981·Self
The Blues Brothers
1980·Cleophus James
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
1978
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974
1974·Self
James Brown: Soul Train 1973-1974
1974·Self
James Brown: Love Power Peace
1971·Self
The Phynx
1970·James Brown
Ski Party
1965·Self
The T.A.M.I. Show
1964·Self