Ving Rhames films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 49 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Pulp Fiction, The Wild Robot and Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

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Starring Ving Rhames

Pulp Fiction
1994 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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The Wild Robot
2024 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
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Bound by Honor
1993 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos"...
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and...
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Lilo & Stitch
2002 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and...
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race...
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Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing...
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organisation committed to destroying the IMF.
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The Garfield Movie
2024 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are...
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Baby Boy
2001 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two...
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Casualties of War
1989 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an...
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail...
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Mission: Impossible
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt...
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Mission: Impossible III
2006 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
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Con Air
1997 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move...
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Out of Sight
1998 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if...
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Wendell & Wild
2022 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.
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Dope Thief
2025 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Two lifelong friends in Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob small-time drug dealers. It's a perfect grift—until they choose the wrong mark and become targets of a massive narcotics enterprise.
Bringing Out the Dead
1999 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face...
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Dave
1993 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
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The People Under the Stairs
1991 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When young Poindexter "Fool" Williams breaks into the creepy, immense old home of his family's greedy and uncaring landlords, he uncovers a disturbing scenario underneath the stairs.
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Leroy & Stitch
2006 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down...
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The Instigators
2024 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.
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Undisputed
2002 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction...
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Stitch! The Movie
2003 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now. But what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba...
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Dark Blue
2002 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
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Echelon Conspiracy
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government...
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Entrapment
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the...
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Won't Back Down
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The...
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The Locksmith
2023 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.
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Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera...
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Surrogates
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
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The Star
2017 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told, the first Christmas.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things...
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The Tournament
2009 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which...
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Death Race 2
2010 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to...
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Father Figures
2017 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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Death Race: Inferno
2013 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the...
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Idlewild
2006 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love...
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Striptease
1996 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to...
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Piranha 3D
2010 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha...
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A tough cop's seemingly frail mother comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, the film draws to a denouement...
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Day of the Dead
2008 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.
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Julia X
2011 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Meeting a man on the Internet, Julia decides to see him in person, only to get abducted and branded with the letter "x" by that guy. A game of cat and mouse follows, but the story has an unexpected twist.
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Soldiers of Fortune
2012 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
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Piranha 3DD
2012 · Film
4.3/10 · TMDB
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.
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The Mongoose
2026 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A falsely accused war hero with nothing to lose leads police on an epic televised cross-country car chase, helped by members of his former Special Forces Army battalion and closely monitored by a fascinated public rooting for his safe...

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