The best James Brown’s music movies on Apple iTunes

James Brown

James Brown

03/04/1933- 25/12/2006
We present our ranking of the best James Brown’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about James Brown.

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers
7.9/10
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back togther to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Blues Brothers 2000

Blues Brothers 2000
4.9/10
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.

Ski Party

Ski Party
5.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 30/06/1965
  • Character: Himself (as James Brown and The Famous Flames)
Remember the beach movies of the sixties? They're back! Well, not quite, but since Avalon, Hickman, and even Funicello appear in this one, it sure feels right. This time, though, read snow instead of sand and you got it. Ski lodge, to be precise, and though the plot is somewhat inane, with the boys cross-dressing to discover the secret of a friend's success with the girls, it's still a somewhat fun outing.

Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown

Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown
7.4/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryMusic
  • Release: 27/04/2014
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.

Soul Power

Soul Power
7.1/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryMusic
  • Release: 04/09/2008
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974. The film was made from archival footage; other footage shot at the time focusing on the fight was edited to form the film When We Were Kings.

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