The Best James Black Movies, Ranked
18 credits from 1957 to 2021, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Lockdown: 2025 (2021) comes out on top with a score of 25. The biggest box office hit is Soldier (1998) with $14.6M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest James Black Box Office Hits
James Black's films have made $15.2M worldwide in total. Soldier (1998) is the biggest hit at $14.6M, ahead of Hard Promises (1991) ($306K). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best James Black Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre James Black has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 5 films, and Soldier (1998) is the pick of them.
The Best James Black Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of James Black's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest James Black Movies
The most recent films James Black is credited on, newest first — starting with Writing Around the Christmas Tree (2021). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Writing Around the Christmas Tree 2021 · Irving Leighton -
Lockdown: 2025 2021 · Detective Little -
The Preacher’s Son 2017 · Deacon Emerson -
Legends of the Hidden Temple 2016 · Tourist -
The Man in 3B 2015 · Ben -
Afro Ninja 2009 · Black Lightning -
Love and a Bullet 2002 · Vaughn -
HorrorVision 2001 · Bradbury -
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All 1999 · Rahmel -
Soldier 1998 · Riley -
Surface to Air 1997 · Captain Slocomb -
Ozone 1994 · Eddie Boone
The Best James Black Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest James Black films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best James Black movie?
Lockdown: 2025 (2021) is the best-rated James Black film, with a Movie Echo Score of 25. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Lockdown: 2025: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing James Black movie?
Soldier (1998) made the most at the box office, with $14.6M worldwide, followed by Hard Promises (1991) with $306K. Together, James Black's films with box office figures have made $15.2M.
What is the best James Black action movie?
Soldier (1998) is the best-rated of James Black's action films. In other genres: Hard Promises (romance), Love and a Bullet (comedy) and Lockdown: 2025 (thriller).
What is the newest James Black movie?
The newest film on James Black's filmography is Writing Around the Christmas Tree (2021), with James Black as Irving Leighton.
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