James Remar films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 37 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Dexter: Resurrection, The Odyssey and Oppenheimer.

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Starring James Remar

Dexter: Resurrection
2025 · TV
8.5/10 · TMDB
Set 10 weeks after Dexter: New Blood, Dexter Morgan chases a missing Harrison to New York City, where Captain Angel Batista is hot on their trail from way down in Miami.
Dexter
2006 · TV
8.2/10 · TMDB
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
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IT: Welcome to Derry
2025 · TV
8.2/10 · TMDB
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several...
Django Unchained
2012 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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Oppenheimer
2023 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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Ratatouille
2007 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he...
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The Odyssey
2026 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his...
The Warriors
1979 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus'...
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
2019 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising...
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Transformers One
2024 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.
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They Will Kill You
2026 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise, unaware that she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult.
RED
2010 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
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48 Hrs.
1982 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
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Miracle on 34th Street
1994 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing...
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White Fang
1991 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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Pineapple Express
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
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Cruising
1980 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated...
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2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually...
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What Lies Beneath
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire...
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The Noel Diary
2022 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
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Horns
2013 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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Dead Reckoning
2020 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Tillie Gardner has been rocked to her core by the tragic death of her parents in a plane crash. She copes with the help of local cab driver Niko, with whom she began a summer romance on the island of Nantucket. But what she doesn't know is...
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses...
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Duplex
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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The Quest
1996 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting...
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The Dream Team
1989 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst...
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Blade: Trinity
2004 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters...
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Judge Dredd
1995 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
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The Blackcoat's Daughter
2017 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change...
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Megalopolis
2024 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and...
Speed Kills
2018 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
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Drugstore June
2024 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
After the pharmacy in her small town is robbed, a girl who still lives at home with her parents takes matters into her own hands to solve the crime, while at the same time trying to get over her ex-boyfriend and become more of an adult.
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Hellraiser: Inferno
2000 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A shady police detective becomes embroiled in a strange world of murder, sadism and madness after being assigned a murder investigation against a madman known only as "The Engineer".
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Arena
2011 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.
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The Unborn
2009 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
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Psycho
1998 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own. Although this version is in color, features a different cast, and is set in 1998, it is closer to a shot-for-shot remake than most remakes, Gus Van...
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The Phantom
1996 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
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Setup
2011 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to...
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997 · Film
4.5/10 · TMDB
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord...
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