Stephan James

Stephan James

Birthday:Dec 16, 1993
Place of birth:Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Filmography

2026
I Play Rocky

I Play Rocky

Drama
Upcoming

2026

Director: Peter Farrelly

A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching ten Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.


War Machine

War Machine

Action Science Fiction Thriller
8.8

20261h 47min

Director: Patrick Hughes

On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.

2025
Night Always Comes

Night Always Comes

Thriller Drama Crime Domestic Thriller Family Drama
5.9

20251h 48min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Benjamin Caron

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.

2024
The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

Drama Music
6.2

20242h 7min

United States

Director: Malcolm Washington

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.


Babes

Babes

Comedy
6.3

20241h 44min

United States

Director: Pamela Adlon

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.

2019
21 Bridges

21 Bridges

Crime Action Drama Detective Mystery Crime Epic Action
6.7

20191h 39min

United States, China

Director: Brian Kirk

An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

2018
If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Romance Drama Bittersweet Romance Legal Drama
7.1

20182h

United States

Director: Barry Jenkins

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

2016
Race

Race

Drama History Historical Drama
7.1

20162h 14min

Canada, Germany

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

2014
Selma

Selma

History Drama Political History Political Drama
7.5

20142h 8min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Ava DuVernay

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.


When the Game Stands Tall

When the Game Stands Tall

Drama Sports Competition
6.6

20141h 55min

United States

Director: Thomas Carter

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.