43 James Arness Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Screenwriter Dixon is not having much success in his career. He soon finds himself suspected of murder, but his beautiful neighbor, who is an aspiring actress, helps him clear his name. But soon she starts having doubts herself, and feels that there is a chance that Dixon actually may be a killer.

The Thing from Another World is a science fiction horror film which tells the story of a US Air Force crew and scientists who find a flying saucer and a humanoid body in the Arctic ice. However, things take an ugly turn when the alien creature is accidentally defrosted and they have no other option but to defend themselves from it.   

Them! is a sci-fi horror film which revolves around common ants who mutate into giant man-eating monsters after the atomic tests in New Mexico. Meanwhile, General O’Brien, along with few others, attempts to take them down, and rescue any survivors.

Battleground is an action war drama film which takes us to the time of the Second World War. The film revolves around a squad of the 101st Airborne Division, who are trapped in the besieged city of Bastogne, in Belgium, while while  against the German forces in the Battle of Bulge.

This romantic war drama western film tells the story of a US Army scout named Hondo Lane, who discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches. He develops sympathy for the duo, and feels that he needs to protect them.

Retired recovering alcoholic lawyer, James Curtayne, is persuaded into taking the case of young boy Johnny O'Hara who is falsely accused of murder. Because of his bad handling of the case, Johnny ends up being found guilty. James takes matters into his own hands to prove Johnny’s innocence with fatal consequences. 

Jeff Hassard is wrongly accused of murder, so he, with son Ring, leads reclusive life as wild horse-breakers in high mountains. They meet a lost girl, Riley Martin, who is a lawyer. When Jeff gets injured, Ring interacts with townsfolk for the first time. Also, Ring gets charged with horse rustling, but Riley helps clear the names of both, son and father. 

When an outlaw gets wounded during a heist, his two accomplices leave him behind, taking his share of loot and also his girlfriend with them. On coming out of the prison, he track down his old accomplices to a deserted town; but Instead of killing them forthwith, he now decides to play a cat and mouse game with them. 

This Western film revolves around Zachary Hallock, a widowed farmer who lives with his son in the town of Timberline. He works hard farming, but doesn’t find much success. Eventually, he comes to know about the Regulators, a group of outlaws who try to maintain law and order in the area since the sheriff is dead. Since Zachary is broke, he decides to join them.

Foolish insurance agent Milford Farnsworth unwittingly sells life insurance worth US $100000 to notorious outlaw Jesse James. Farnsworth is then sent to the West to protect James, to protect the investment. But Jesse plans on killing Farnsworth and he must survive while falling in love with the beautiful Cora Lee Collins. 

Coke Mason is a coal miner whose gambler brother encourages him to take up a boxing career. Depressed by his impoverished lifestyle, Mason agrees. However, the problem is that during boxing, when he grows angered, he is consumed by a murderous rage. But despite this, he refuses to train professionally.

A Kentucky trapper, Bushrod Gentry, travels all the time with absolutely no plan to settle down and start a family. One day, he gets injured and is rescued by a fearless girl, Mary Stuart Cherne. As he recuperates at her house, Mary falls for him and proposes marriage. As before, Bushrod refuses, but Mary is too adamant to back out so easily.

The Hammond brothers, Neil and Dan, return to their parents’ Austin ranch after the Civil War. Neil takes over the ranch-work as he woos the country damsel, Sally. Dan gets drawn to the local baron Hardin’s wife Lorna, while grossing money through rustling horses and other corrupt dealings. Will the new Marshal, Neil, confront his brother whose goons are harassing the ranchers? 

Despite having no prior teaching experience, a widow Jan Stewart is hired by the headmaster as the first female teacher at the Oaks boarding school. However, due to the fact that she is the only female teacher, she gets a lot of unwanted attention from the other teachers. 

1n 1869, the railroad mail service is threatened by bandit attacks quite frequently. To put an end to this, the government hires Steve Davis, to infiltrate the gang of bandits and destroy it from within.

Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, tries to purchase the services of a local leader named Mustapha to unite the hill tribes in order to overthrow the emperor. Therefore, Suleiman, the emperor sends his man Antar, to stop them. Antar eventually falls for a dancer Selima, who wants to avenge her father’s death against Kasseim, Hammam’s right hand man.

A woman is wrongly convicted and loses all her family ties thereafter. When she is released from prison, she takes the name of Belle Le Grand and leaves for San Francisco where she becomes an affluent gambler. However, chaos ensues when her sister, Nan, coincidentally shows up, along with Belle's estranged husband.

After the governor falsely accuses him of dishonesty, a young man and his friend decides to set out on an adventure on a ship. However, they are mistaken for actual pirates, after a lucky canon shot hits a mast on a British ship.

This Western comedy film takes us back to the late 1800s. It tells the story of two salesladies who decide to stop selling corsets and head to the West, to sell barbed wire to cowboys in Texas. However, they face opposition from big ranchers as they fear that the cattle may be hurt by the steel wires. 

Although his wife Zoe wants him to leave his criminal career behind, Tobias Simms finds it extremely difficult to stop. He tries his best to leave behind his life as a notorious masked bandit, and live a life as a law abiding citizen.