- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 6.94
- Peak run
- 1948’55
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.94
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.04
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
15y
1948 to 1962
Total votes
167K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Worst
7.0
Rio Grande
Newest first
Filmography
| 1962 |  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 8.1 | 89,983 |
| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums | 6.0 | 1,183 |
| 1961 | X-15 | · | 899 |
| 1960 |  Sergeant Rutledge | 7.4 | 6,255 |
| 1955 | Target Zero | · | 542 |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | 6.4 | 3,897 |
| 1951 | Ten Tall Men | 6.0 | 1,326 |
| 1950 |  Rio Grande | 7.0 | 19,672 |
| 1949 |  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 7.2 | 21,125 |
| 1948 |  Fort Apache | 7.4 | 21,695 |
Better together?
James Warner Bellah's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: John Ford and James Warner Bellah movies
Takes
On James Warner Bellah
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