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James Earl Jones Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
James Earl Jones appears in the billed cast of 11 films in our catalog, from 1977 to 2019. Top of the list is The Lion King (1994), at 8.5 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.1. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Best of the Best, 6.4 on IMDb against 26 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lion King '1994 | Animation / Drama | 8.5 | 92% | 88 | 8.3 | Roger Allers |
| 2 | The Hunt for Red October '1990 | Action / Thriller | 7.5 | 88% | 58 | 7.4 | John McTiernan |
| 3 | Field of Dreams '1989 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.5 | 88% | 57 | 7.1 | Phil Alden Robinson |
| 4 | Coming to America '1988 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 71% | 47 | 6.9 | John Landis |
| 5 | Conan the Barbarian '1982 | Fantasy / Action | 6.9 | 68% | 43 | 6.8 | John Milius |
| 6 | The Lion King '2019 | Drama / Animation | 6.8 | 52% | 55 | 7.1 | Jon Favreau |
| 7 | Best of the Best '1989 | Action / Drama | 6.4 | 33% | 26 | 6.5 | Robert Radler |
| 8 | Three Fugitives '1989 | Comedy / Crime | 6.2 | 14% | 40 | 6.7 | Francis Veber |
| 9 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold '1986 | Action / Comedy / Mystery | 4.6 | - | - | 4.9 | Gary Nelson |
| 10 | Exorcist II: The Heretic '1977 | Horror | 3.8 | 10% | 39 | 4.5 | John Boorman |
| 11 | The Star Wars Holiday Special '1978 | Sci-Fi | 2.2 | 25% | - | 3.4 | Steve Binder |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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Francis Veber John Boorman John Landis John McTiernan John Milius Jon Favreau
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