James Benning
Over the past thirty-five years James Benning (b. 1942) has played a central role in the history of American independent cinema by offering his rigorously structured yet wonderfully graceful films as extended meditations on the American landscape and...
112
Total Movies
5
Languages
6.5
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
James Benning Upcoming Movies 2026
Essential Watchlist
Fire & Rain
2009
🇺🇸 English
3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording
1975
🇺🇸 English
8½ x 11
1974
🇺🇸 English
Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?
1971
🇺🇸 English
James Benning: Circling the Image
2003
🇺🇸 English
Allensworth
2022
🇺🇸 English
glory
2018
🇺🇸 English
Him and Me
1982
🇺🇸 English
Chicago Loop
1976
🇺🇸 English
9-1-75
1975
🇺🇸 English
The United States of America
1975
🇺🇸 English
One Way Boogie Woogie
2012
🇺🇸 English
Streaming Now (OTT)
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eight Bridges | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2026 | Adulthood | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2025 | Little Boy | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2024 | Cuba, an Historical Romance | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2024 | Breathless | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2022 | Allensworth | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2022 | TEN YEARS LATER | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2022 | Exquisite Moving Corpse | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2022 | The United States of America | ⭐ 5.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2021 | Benning's Dream | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2021 | In Process... | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2021 | From Bakersfield to Mojave | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | On Paradise Road | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | PLACE | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | She Dies Tomorrow | ⭐ 5.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | Maggie's Farm | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | 中孚 61. The Inner Truth | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | daylight | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | Two Moons | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | The Wrecker Kings | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | Telemundo | ⭐ 3.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | after Traylor. Thoreau cabin (2008-2018) | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | glory | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | Birth of a Nation | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | L. Cohen | ⭐ 5.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2018 | SAM | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Readers | ⭐ 4.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Untitled Fragments | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Ash 01 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | scorched earth | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | thinking of red | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Fall Equinox | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | wavelength | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Spring Equinox | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Measuring Change | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2016 | Fresh Air | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | Santa Teresa & Other Stories | ⭐ 5.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | Perimeter | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2015 | 52 Films | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Concord Woods | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Natural History | ⭐ 5.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | HF | ⭐ 4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | US 41 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | signs | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | FUCK ME (green) | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | FUCK ME (orange) | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | Coming to Terms | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2013 | Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater | ⭐ 6.4 | - | DocAlliance Films |
| 2013 | BNSF | ⭐ 5.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | The War | ⭐ 2.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | One Way Boogie Woogie | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Easy Rider | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Stemple Pass | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Postscript | ⭐ 4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Nightfall | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | 20 Little Films | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Maintenance | ⭐ 3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | All That She Surveys | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | After Warhol | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | Faces | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | Small Roads | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | Two Cabins | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | Twenty Cigarettes | ⭐ 3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Tulare Road | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Pig Iron | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Reforming the Past | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Faces 1973 | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2009 | Ruhr | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2009 | Fire & Rain | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Lunch Break | ⭐ 7.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | RR | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | Casting a Glance | ⭐ 7.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | Water Spell | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later | ⭐ 6.636 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2005 | 74.78 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | Ten Skies | ⭐ 7.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | 13 Lakes | ⭐ 6.808 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2003 | James Benning: Circling the Image | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | Sogobi | ⭐ 6.833 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Los | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | El Valley Centro | ⭐ 7.409 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Utopia | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Four Corners | ⭐ 6.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Deseret | ⭐ 5.647 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Panama: Exploring the Panama Canal | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | North on Evers | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Forevermore: Biography of a Leach Lord | ⭐ 4.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Used Innocence | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | TABLE TOP | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1987 | Landscape Suicide | ⭐ 7.37 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | O Panama | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | American Dreams (Lost and Found) | ⭐ 7.417 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Pascal's Lemma | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Him and Me | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Grand Opera: An Historical Romance | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | 11 x 14 | ⭐ 7.357 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | One Way Boogie Woogie | ⭐ 6.071 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Chicago Loop | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | 9-1-75 | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | The United States of America | ⭐ 7.818 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | 3 Minutes on the Dangers of Film Recording | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | Michigan Avenue | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | 8½ x 11 | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1974 | I-94 | ⭐ 5.286 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Time and a Half | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound? | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| TBA | Two Skies | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
James Benning Career & Box Office Summary
James Benning is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 112 movies across 5 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 6.5/10, James Benning has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
Fans eagerly anticipating new releases can look forward to 1 upcoming movies scheduled for 2026 and beyond. Additionally, 1 of their films are currently available to stream on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar. Bookmark this profile page for real-time updates on James Benning's latest theatrical releases, OTT digital streaming dates, and box office collection reports.
Career Highlights
Awards & All-Time Records
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Biographical details are curated from authoritative sources including Wikipedia, TMDB, and official actor press releases. Filmography list aggregates global releases with Indian box office estimates and official OTT calendars.