Best James Woods movies
Today we present the best James Woods movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen ... and that you love! Let's go there with the best movies from James Woods:
TOP 25:
Northfork
James Woods as: Walter O'Brien
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Anthony Edwards movies?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2003
"We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us." In the next two days, the town of Northfork will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Anthony Edwards movies?
TOP 24:
White House Down
James Woods as: Walker
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2013
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rachelle Lefevre movies?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2013
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rachelle Lefevre movies?
TOP 23:
Jamesy Boy
James Woods as: Lt. Falton
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Release: 2014
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mary-Louise Parker movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Release: 2014
Based on the true story of teenager James Burns who goes from a suburban street gang to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. He turns his life around in prison thanks to the unexpected friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mary-Louise Parker movies?
TOP 22:
Riding in Cars with Boys
James Woods as: Leonard Donofrio
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2001
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sara Gilbert movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2001
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sara Gilbert movies?
TOP 21:
True Crime
James Woods as: Alan Mann
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1999
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Marla Sokoloff movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1999
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Marla Sokoloff movies?
TOP 20:
Night Moves
James Woods as: Quentin
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1975
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Melanie Griffith movies?
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1975
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Melanie Griffith movies?
TOP 19:
The Gambler
James Woods as: Bank officer
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1974
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Domenick Lombardozzi movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1974
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Domenick Lombardozzi movies?
TOP 18:
Cop
James Woods as: Lloyd Hopkins
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1988
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mike Hagerty movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1988
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Mike Hagerty movies?
TOP 17:
Diggstown
James Woods as: Gabriel Caine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1992
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. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48, many say he is too old.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Randall 'Tex' Cobb movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1992
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. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48, many say he is too old.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Randall 'Tex' Cobb movies?
TOP 16:
Mary and Martha
James Woods as: Mary's Father
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2013
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria. The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Peter Jurasik movies?
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2013
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mozambique George is bitten by a mosquito which crawls through a hole in his net and dies of malaria. After his funeral at home Mary feels a compulsion to return to Africa where she meets English woman Martha O'Connell,whose 24 year old son Ben, a teacher with voluntary service overseas,has also died of malaria. Ben gave his net to one of his pupils,believing adults cannot catch malaria. The two women are shocked to see the high death rate caused by the disease and,whilst Martha stays in Africa as a voluntary helper,Mary petitions the American government to change things. Martha turns up at Mary's house unannounced and,helped by Mary's ex-diplomat father,they address a senate committee on health spending,persuading them to do more to combat malaria. They meet with some success though a coda states that much more can be done.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Peter Jurasik movies?
TOP 15:
Mickey's House of Villains
James Woods as: Hades (voice)
Genre: Animation, Family
Release: 2002
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gilbert Gottfried movies?
Genre: Animation, Family
Release: 2002
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gilbert Gottfried movies?
TOP 14:
Nixon
James Woods as: H.R. Haldeman
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 1995
An epic look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Michael Chiklis movies?
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 1995
An epic look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Michael Chiklis movies?
TOP 13:
Any Given Sunday
James Woods as: Dr. Harvey Mandrake
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jim Brown movies?
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jim Brown movies?
TOP 12:
The Way We Were
James Woods as: Frankie McVeigh
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1973
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1973
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
TOP 11:
Too Big to Fail
James Woods as: Dick Fuld
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2011
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2011
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.
TOP 10:
The Virgin Suicides
James Woods as: Mr. Lisbon
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1999
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1999
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
TOP 9:
John Q
James Woods as: Dr. Raymond Turner
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2002
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2002
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
TOP 8:
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
James Woods as: Thomas Wayne Jr. / Owlman (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation
Release: 2010
A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation
Release: 2010
A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
TOP 7:
Salvador
James Woods as: Richard Boyle
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 1986
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Release: 1986
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
TOP 6:
Contact
James Woods as: Michael Kitz
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Release: 1997
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Release: 1997
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
TOP 5:
Videodrome
James Woods as: Max Renn
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Release: 1983
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Release: 1983
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
TOP 4:
Chaplin
James Woods as: Joseph Scott
Genre: Drama
Release: 1992
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
Genre: Drama
Release: 1992
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
TOP 3:
Hercules
James Woods as: Hades (voice)
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Family
Release: 1997
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Family
Release: 1997
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
TOP 2:
Casino
James Woods as: Lester Diamond
Genre: Crime
Release: 1995
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Genre: Crime
Release: 1995
In early-1970s Las Vegas, low-level mobster Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
TOP 1:
Once Upon a Time in America
James Woods as: Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
If you like the best James Woods movies, then you will also like the best Jamie Foxx movies, where many of their films coincide.
