| 2025 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.9 |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.6 |
| 2021 | Nueva York : une histoire musicale du New York latino | Self (archive footage) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2021 | The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago' | Self (archive footage) | ★ 5.7 |
| 2021 | Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.5 |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ★ 7.4 |
| 2021 | Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go! | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2019 | Africa Rising | Self - Musician (archive footage) | ★ 7.5 |
| 2019 | The Apollo | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.5 |
| 2019 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Singer (archive footage) | ★ 4.3 |
| 2018 | 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond | Self (archive footage) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2016 | A Tale of James Brown | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2014 | The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove | | ★ 7.0 |
| 2014 | James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.9 |
| 2014 | Finding the Funk | Self | ★ 7.2 |
| 2013 | Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self (archive footage) | ★ 5.0 |
| 2011 | The Real Rocky | Self (archive footage) | ★ 5.9 |
| 2009 | Soul Power | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.4 |
| 2009 | Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2008 | James Brown Live At The Apollo '68 | Self | ★ 5.3 |
| 2008 | James Brown Live At The Boston Garden - April 5, 1968 | Self | ★ 4.0 |
| 2008 | Pavarotti The Duets | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2008 | James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.6 |
| 2007 | The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1977 | | ★ 7.0 |
| 2006 | George Clinton: Tales of Dr Funkenstein | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.5 |
| 2006 | Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self | ★ 7.4 |
| 2005 | Robots | Diesel (archive footage) (uncredited) | ★ 6.5 |
| 2004 | James Brown: Live | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2004 | James Brown: Body Heat | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2004 | Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years | Self (archive footage) | ★ 9.8 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | ★ 4.0 |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul Survivor | Self | ★ 7.5 |
| 2003 | Paper Chasers | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2003 | Los gigantes da Black Music | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2002 | Beat the Devil | Mr. James Brown | ★ 7.0 |
| 2002 | The Tuxedo - Gefahr im Anzug | James Brown | ★ 5.7 |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother | Self | ★ 5.9 |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2001 | Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2001 | The UB40: Story of Reggae | Drummer | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | James Brown: Live From The House Of Blues | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Cleophus James | ★ 5.3 |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 1995 | Cincinnati's Rock 'N Roll Legends | Self | ★ 5.6 |
| 1993 | RapLine | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 1991 | James Brown Live in Berlin | | ★ 7.0 |
| 1991 | The Lost James Brown Tapes | Vocals | ★ 0.0 |
| 1989 | Legends of Rock 'n' Roll | James Brown | ★ 9.0 |
| 1987 | James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1985 | Rocky IV - Der Kampf des Jahrhunderts | The Godfather of Soul | ★ 7.1 |
| 1985 | James Brown - Live at Chastain Park | Himself | ★ 5.5 |
| 1983 | When the Music's Over | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1983 | Dr. Detroit | Bandleader | ★ 5.0 |
| 1981 | James Brown - Live at Montreux 1981 | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1980 | Blues Brothers | Cleophus James | ★ 7.7 |
| 1978 | James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 | | ★ 8.0 |
| 1974 | The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1974 | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1974 | James Brown: Soul Train 1973-1974 | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1971 | James Brown: Love Power Peace | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1970 | The Phynx | James Brown | ★ 3.5 |
| 1965 | Ski Party | Self | ★ 5.8 |
| 1964 | The T.A.M.I. Show | Self | ★ 8.0 |
