James Belushi films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 42 films on Boxlist

Known for Trading Places, Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie and The Chronology of Water.

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Starring James Belushi

Trading Places
1983 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2017 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that led to Arnold's parents' disappearance.
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The Chronology of Water
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A woman, after an abusive childhood, escapes into competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before finding her voice through writing.
Wag the Dog
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Song Sung Blue
2025 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Belushi
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted...
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The Ghost Writer
2010 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
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Salvador
1986 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
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Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by the Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals, Fred, Velma and Daphne.
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The Fury
1978 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
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About Last Night...
1986 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
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Red Heat
1988 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
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Return to Me
2000 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly not with his date but with the sharp-witted waitress. Everything seems to be...
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Hoodwinked!
2005 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of...
Gigi & Nate
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
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Retroactive
1997 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
Gang Related
1997 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an...
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Last Action Hero
1993 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to...
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Fight Another Day
2024 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Follows a tough cop, who after being transported to a dystopian future, must enter a deadly combat tournament to be able to return to his past.
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Snow Buddies
2008 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that embarks on an Alaskan adventure. When they find themselves stranded in the northern...
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The Principal
1987 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try...
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People...
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The Whole Truth
2016 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
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The Wild
2006 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
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Wonder Wheel
2017 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s...
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Taking Care of Business
1990 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
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The Hollow Point
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican drug cartel, threatens their border small town.
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Joe Somebody
2001 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by the office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest for personal redemption. He proceeds by enduring a personal make-over and takes...
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K-9
1989 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his...
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Thunderstruck
2012 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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Mr. Destiny
1990 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could...
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The Pebble and the Penguin
1995 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A bashful bachelor penguin named Hubie, who's partial to a pretty female named Marina. Ancient penguin ritual dictates that males present a pebble to their intended, then mate for life. Hubie finds a spiffy stone, but before he can bestow...
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Curly Sue
1991 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into...
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Canadian Bacon
1995 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
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Jingle All the Way
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite...
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Snow Dogs
2002 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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K-911
1999 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Dooley and his dog Jerry Lee still are active as a police team with the LAPD. However, years starting and counting Captain Roger Byers thinks they urgently need to do something with their condition. He even forces them to work with a...
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K-9: P.I.
2002 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
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Underdog
2007 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and...
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New Year's Eve
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
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Home Sweet Hell
2015 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Mona and Don’s seemingly perfect suburban bliss is disrupted by a sexy extortionist and Mona will stop at nothing, including killing the competition, to keep her little slice of heaven.
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