James Woods Movie Rankings
1
James Woods scores a combined 3.1660 out of 4 stars for Casino
3.1660
Sam "Ace" Rothstein, the consummate bookie who can change the odds merely by placing a bet, has risen through the ranks of the Midwestern mob to be picked by the bosses to front their entree into Vegas. Ace lives and breathes the odds. ... more about Casino
DVD from $2.81 
(6 sellers)
2
James Woods scores a combined 3.1168 out of 4 stars for Once Upon a Time in America
3.1168
Spanning nearly 40 years the film chronicles the lives of a group of Jewish-American gangsters though the early 1900's to their reunion in 1968. ... more about Once Upon a Time in America
DVD from $9.99 
(5 sellers)
3
James Woods scores a combined 3.0582 out of 4 stars for Videodrome
3.0582
A sleazy television producer stumbles upon a program that broadcasts snuff films called, "Videodrome." As he becomes increasingly obsessed with the program, it seems his own sick fantasies are coming to life and the line between TV and reality may have just been crossed. ... more about Videodrome
DVD from $4.42 
(6 sellers)
4
James Woods scores a combined 2.9976 out of 4 stars for Contact
2.9976
Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. ... more about Contact
DVD from $2.58 
(5 sellers)
5
James Woods scores a combined 2.9546 out of 4 stars for Hercules
2.9546
Stolen from his father’s side as an infant, Hercules must prove to be a hero to rejoin his family on Mount Olympus. However, if Hercules takes his rightful place Hedes' 18-year mission to destroy Zeus will fall apart. ... more about Hercules
DVD from $9.99 
(4 sellers)
6
James Woods scores a combined 2.9124 out of 4 stars for Virgin Suicides
2.9124
After the suicide death of their youngest sister, the surviving daughters of the Lisbon family descend into a deep melancholy and eventually become isolated socially and physically by their parents (Woods, Turner) within their small-town Michigan house. ... more about Virgin Suicides
Actor Awards
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
7
James Woods scores a combined 2.9019 out of 4 stars for Nixon
2.9019
The film chronicles the story of former President Richard Nixon from childhood, through his political career and his Presidential resignation in 1974. ... more about Nixon
DVD from $6.00 
(0 sellers)
8
James Woods scores a combined 2.8602 out of 4 stars for Stuart Little 2
2.8602
Stuart's mother is being over-protective of him, especially when he narrowly escapes injury in a soccer game. His big brother George has also made a new friend, Will, so Stuart is feeing lonely. ... more about Stuart Little 2
DVD from $2.00 
(8 sellers)
9
James Woods scores a combined 2.8340 out of 4 stars for Night Moves
2.8340
Former footballer and present private detective Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as an aging Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ... more about Night Moves
DVD from $12.44 
(4 sellers)
10
James Woods scores a combined 2.8221 out of 4 stars for Another Day in Paradise
2.8221
Bobbie is an addict and small-time thief. When one of his jobs goes bad, Mel is called in to patch him up. Mel offers him a chance at a bigger score. ... more about Another Day in Paradise
DVD from $3.00 
(4 sellers)
11
James Woods scores a combined 2.7899 out of 4 stars for Onion Field
2.7899
Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a pair of cops for broken brake-lights. ... more about Onion Field
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.62 
(1 sellers)
12
James Woods scores a combined 2.7617 out of 4 stars for Surf's Up
2.7617
Based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. ... more about Surf's Up
DVD from $2.25 
(5 sellers)
13
James Woods scores a combined 2.7579 out of 4 stars for True Crime
2.7579
Steve Everett, Oakland Tribune journalist with a passion for women and alcohol, is given the coverage of the upcoming execution of murderer Frank Beachum. His attractive colleague Michelle died in a car accident the night before. ... more about True Crime
DVD from $3.07 
(7 sellers)
14
James Woods scores a combined 2.7392 out of 4 stars for Way We Were
2.7392
In 1937 spit-fire Katie Morosky briefly meets the preppy Hubbell Gardiner. Almost eight years later, the two are reunited in New York, when leftist radio worker Katie spies military officer Hubbell in a nightclub. ... more about Way We Were
DVD from $3.92 
(7 sellers)
15
James Woods scores a combined 2.7192 out of 4 stars for Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2.7192
This documentary chronicles Jerry Harvey's emergence as a brilliant programmer at Z Channel, one of the country's first pay cable stations. ... more about Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
DVD from $7.40 
(4 sellers)
16
James Woods scores a combined 2.7143 out of 4 stars for Any Given Sunday
2.7143
When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney (Denis Quaid) out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. ... more about Any Given Sunday
DVD from $0.98 
(6 sellers)
17
James Woods scores a combined 2.6987 out of 4 stars for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2.6987
In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. ... more about Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
DVD from $0.99 
(6 sellers)
18
James Woods scores a combined 2.6756 out of 4 stars for Cat's Eye
2.6756
A mysterious cat is the linking element in three horror stories by Stephen King. There's a tennis pro who's forced to play a deadly game, when he is caught fooling around with the mobsters wife. A stop smoking clinic that REALLY means it. ... more about Cat's Eye
DVD from $2.78 
(6 sellers)
19
James Woods scores a combined 2.6716 out of 4 stars for Northfork
2.6716
In a near-empty Northfork orphanage, Father Harlan gently tends to Irwin, a eight-year-old who lies between a dreamstate and death. ... more about Northfork
DVD from $3.00 
(0 sellers)
20
James Woods scores a combined 2.6559 out of 4 stars for General's Daughter
2.6559
The naked corpse of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, daughter of Lieutenant General "Fighting Joe" Campbell, is found staked out on the urban warfare range of Fort MacCallum. ... more about General's Daughter
DVD from $3.00 
(7 sellers)
21
James Woods scores a combined 2.6440 out of 4 stars for Diggstown
2.6440
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. ... more about Diggstown
DVD from $3.48 
(1 sellers)
23
James Woods scores a combined 2.5860 out of 4 stars for Against All Odds
2.5860
Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise's girlfriend, Jessie, who's somewhere in Mexico. ... more about Against All Odds
DVD from $3.91 
(6 sellers)
24
James Woods scores a combined 2.5531 out of 4 stars for Ghosts of Mississippi
2.5531
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith (Woods), of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. ... more about Ghosts of Mississippi
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $5.25 
(7 sellers)
25
James Woods scores a combined 2.5530 out of 4 stars for Riding in Cars with Boys
2.5530
Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. ... more about Riding in Cars with Boys
DVD from $2.12 
(5 sellers)
26
James Woods scores a combined 2.5223 out of 4 stars for John Q
2.5223
John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of a heart failure. Immediately, John Q. rushes Michael to the hospital's emergency room for a transplant. Unfortunately, the insurance would not cover his son's transplant. ... more about John Q
DVD from $2.00 
(7 sellers)
27
James Woods scores a combined 2.5009 out of 4 stars for Pretty Persuasion
2.5009
Manipulative high school sophomore Kimberly Joyce leads her friends Brittany Wells and Randa Azzouni in bringing charges of sexual assault against Percy Anderson, their English and drama teacher at an exclusive private school in Beverly Hills. ... more about Pretty Persuasion
DVD from $1.45 
(5 sellers)
28
James Woods scores a combined 2.4954 out of 4 stars for Chaplin
2.4954
The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formitive years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie's life, work, and loves are followed. ... more about Chaplin
DVD from $9.99 
(0 sellers)
29
James Woods scores a combined 2.4130 out of 4 stars for Be Cool
2.4130
Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer ... more about Be Cool
DVD from $0.73 
(5 sellers)
30
James Woods scores a combined 2.3610 out of 4 stars for Killer: A Journal of Murder
2.3610
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. ... more about Killer: A Journal of Murder
Actor Awards
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
DVD from $10.99 
(0 sellers)
31
James Woods scores a combined 2.3313 out of 4 stars for Getaway
2.3313
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. ... more about Getaway
DVD from $4.49 
(0 sellers)
32
James Woods scores a combined 2.3028 out of 4 stars for Scary Movie 2
2.3028
Megan Voorhees (Natasha Lyonne), is possessed and two priests, Father McFeely (James Woods) and Father Harris (Andy Richter), must drive the demon out, but the exorcism doesn't go as planned. ... more about Scary Movie 2
DVD from $2.00 
(5 sellers)
33
James Woods scores a combined 2.2840 out of 4 stars for Play It To the Bone
2.2840
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. ... more about Play It To the Bone
DVD from $2.02 
(5 sellers)
34
James Woods scores a combined 2.2243 out of 4 stars for True Believer
2.2243
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. ... more about True Believer
DVD from $7.49 
(7 sellers)
35
James Woods scores a combined 2.2182 out of 4 stars for Hard Way
2.2182
Nick Lang is a famous actor, well know for his action movies. For the next film he needs the proper motivation and inspiration for his roll. Thus he teams up with the reluctant N.Y. cop John Moss. ... more about Hard Way
DVD from $3.00 
(3 sellers)
36
James Woods scores a combined 2.1546 out of 4 stars for Kicked in the Head
2.1546
Redmond is a young guy who can't find what to do with his life. When his uncle Sam gives him the bag to deliver to some uptown connection he fails to do so and it gets them in trouble with Jack, low-key criminal. ... more about Kicked in the Head
DVD from $1.00 
(1 sellers)
37
James Woods scores a combined 2.0696 out of 4 stars for Boost
2.0696
Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. ... more about Boost
DVD from $5.98 
(3 sellers)
38
James Woods scores a combined 2.0681 out of 4 stars for Black Marble
2.0681
Pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmermann is paired with Valnikov, a romantic detective of Russian origin who is going through a midlife crisis. They fall in love while solving the case of the kidnapping of a socialite's pet dog. ... more about Black Marble
DVD from $4.48 
(1 sellers)
39
James Woods scores a combined 2.0666 out of 4 stars for Cop
2.0666
Lloyd Hopkins, a hard-boiled American police detective is on the trail of a mass murderer who is victimizing women in Los Angeles. ... more about Cop
DVD from $6.99 
(2 sellers)
40
James Woods scores a combined 1.9924 out of 4 stars for Immediate Family
1.9924
Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecting her first baby. ... more about Immediate Family
DVD from $5.84 
(7 sellers)
41
James Woods scores a combined 1.9191 out of 4 stars for Gambler
1.9191
Alex Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother and finally some bad guys that chase his. Despite of all this he cannot stop gambling. ... more about Gambler
DVD from $8.97 
(0 sellers)
42
James Woods scores a combined 1.9159 out of 4 stars for Eyewitness
1.9159
Manhattan janitor Daryll Deever is fixated on hard-charging TV commentator, Tony Sokolow; he tapes her commentary daily to watch after work. ... more about Eyewitness
DVD from $4.40 
(0 sellers)
43
James Woods scores a combined 1.8862 out of 4 stars for Best Seller
1.8862
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. ... more about Best Seller
DVD from $4.09 
(3 sellers)
44
James Woods scores a combined 1.6829 out of 4 stars for Specialist
1.6829
Ray Quick is an ex-CIA bomb expert now living as an high-tech outsider somewhere in Miami, Florida. May Munro has heard of his skills and tries over and over to convince Ray to bomb the guys who killed her parents once. Ray begins to overshadow May. ... more about Specialist
DVD from $2.08 
(6 sellers)
45
James Woods scores a combined 1.6796 out of 4 stars for End Game
1.6796
A secret Service agent and a news reporter investigate the conspiracy behind the assassination of the President. ... more about End Game
DVD from $3.95 
(5 sellers)
46
James Woods scores a combined 1.6436 out of 4 stars for Out of It
1.6436
Not Available on DVD
48
James Woods scores a combined 1.3728 out of 4 stars for Straight Talk
1.3728
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. ... more about Straight Talk
DVD from $4.87 
(3 sellers)
49
James Woods scores a combined 1.3534 out of 4 stars for Choirboys
1.3534
Not Available on DVD
51
James Woods scores a combined 1.0301 out of 4 stars for Joshua Then and Now
1.0301
Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life. ... more about Joshua Then and Now
Not Available on DVD
53
James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ark
0.0001
The population of the planet Alcyone is split in two; the cultures of the Ceveans and the Storrions are locked in eternal war, destroying their home. ... more about Ark
Not Available on DVD
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James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Curse of the Starving Class
0.0001
Sam Shepard's coming of age drama about a dirt-poor 1920's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life. ... more about Curse of the Starving Class
Not Available on DVD
55
James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Distance
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Fast-Walking
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Split Image
0.0001
Young man is sucked into an unnamed religious cult by beautiful girl and gets increasingly under the mind control of the cult leader. After his parents fail in their efforts to talk him out of it, they hire a guy who kidnaps and then de-programs him. ... more about Split Image
Not Available on DVD
60
James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Visitors
0.0001
Bill, Martha and their little child Hal are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their cosy house when they get an unexpected visit from Mike Nickerson and Tony Rodriguez. ... more about Visitors
Not Available on DVD
61
James Woods scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
0.0001
Rolie Polie Olie, the robotic children's character created by William Joyce and made popular in his books, has become a favorite of children through his show on Playhouse Disney. GREAT DEFENDER OF FUN is Olie's first full length movie and it takes place on Zowie's birthday. ... more about Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
DVD from $2.99 
(5 sellers)
 
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Birthdate:
April 18, 1947

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1960s
1
total ranking of 0.3614  0.3614
1970s
9
total ranking of 2.1358  2.1358
1980s
14
total ranking of 2.5520  2.5520
1990s
21
total ranking of 2.7116  2.7116
2000s
16
total ranking of 2.5629  2.5629
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.8786
James Woods is ranked overall as 2.8786 of of 4 stars
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