The Best Jim Brown Movies

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List of the best Jim Brown movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Jim Brown's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Jim Brown movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Jim Brown movies will be at the top of the list. Jim Brown has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jim Brown movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Jim Brown films to end the squabble once and for all.

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List features films like He Got Game, The Dirty Dozen and more!

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  • The Dirty Dozen
    1
    Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
    66 votes
    • Released: 1967
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
    As D-Day approaches, Colonel Breed hands the roguish Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) an important assignment: He must train a team of soldiers to parachute across enemy lines and assassinate German ...more

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  • 100 Rifles
    2
    Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds
    42 votes
    • Released: 1969
    • Directed by: Tom Gries
    When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker (Jim Brown). Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo (Fernando Lamas), ...more

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  • Any Given Sunday
    3
    Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid
    37 votes
    • Released: 1999
    • Directed by: Oliver Stone
    Four years ago, DAmato's (Al Pacino) Miami Sharks were at the top. Now, his team is struggling with three consecutive losses, sliding attendance, and aging heroes, particularly 39-year-old ...more
  • Ice Station Zebra
    4
    Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
    21 votes
    • Released: 1968
    • Directed by: John Sturges
    A US submarine is dispatched to the frozen wastes of the North Pole to recover a Soviet satellite crammed full of strategic snapshots of US bases. The Cold War atmosphere becomes even chillier as the ...more

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  • ...tick...tick...tick...
    5
    Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March
    19 votes
    • Released: 1970
    • Directed by: Ralph Nelson
    ...tick...tick...tick... is an American crime drama movie made in 1970 directed by Ralph Nelson. Racially provocative for its time, it stars Jim Brown in the role of an African-American man elected ...more
  • Dark of the Sun
    6
    Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown
    14 votes
    • Released: 1968
    • Directed by: Jack Cardiff
    Professional soldier Curry (Rod Taylor) is tapped to oversee a dangerous mission in the Congo. The leader of the region needs Curry to guard a train carrying valuables that is snaking through areas ...more

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