Josh Brolin
Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007). Brolin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying Dan White in the biopic Milk (2008).
Brolin’s career progressed with roles in W. (2008), True Grit (2010), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Oldboy (2013), Inherent Vice (2014), Everest (2015), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). He gained wider recognition for playing Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), including in the films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as Cable in Deadpool 2 (2018). Brolin also collaborated with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve in the action thriller Sicario (2015) and in the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), in which he played Gurney Halleck.
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Josh Brolin Movies
Discover the best Josh Brolin movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Josh Brolin ranked by year and score.
1
Whalefall (2026)
Thriller
Jay Gardiner's deep-sea descent to retrieve his father's remains becomes something far more visceral when a massive sperm whale swallows him whole. Trapped in absolute darkness with less than an...
Score
-.-
2
The Dog Stars (2026)
Adventure
Science Fiction
Thriller
A devastating plague has reduced civilization to scattered survivors, and Hig has settled into a quiet, fragile routine at a Colorado airfield, keeping company with his dog and an ill-tempered...
Score
-.-
3
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
Comedy
Mystery
Thriller
When a murder occurs that seems to defy the laws of possibility, a small town's religious community finds itself under a very different kind of scrutiny. Young priest Jud Duplenticy...
Score
7.2
4
The Running Man (2025)
Action
Science Fiction
Thriller
Ben Richards has one reason to survive: his daughter needs medicine he cannot afford. Coerced onto The Running Man, a brutal live television spectacle where contestants are hunted for sport,...
Score
6.8
5
Weapons (2025)
Horror
Mystery
On a single night, at a single moment, nearly every child in one classroom simply walks out of their homes and disappears. No struggle, no warning, no explanation. What follows...
Score
7.3
6
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Adventure
Science Fiction
Paul Atreides has survived the desert, but survival was never the point. Now embedded with the Fremen and fighting alongside Chani, he moves closer to the men who dismantled his...
Score
8.1
7
Dune (2021)
Adventure
Science Fiction
The desert planet Arrakis holds the only supply of spice, a substance so valuable that empires rise and fall over its sands. When the noble House Atreides is handed control...
Score
7.8
8
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Half of all life has been erased, and the survivors are left to grieve in a world that feels fundamentally broken. The remaining Avengers, scattered and diminished, must find a...
Score
8.2
9
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Action
Crime
Thriller
The border has always been a gray zone, but the rules get darker when the U.S. government decides to pit rival cartels against each other. CIA operative Matt Graver pulls...
Score
6.9
10
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Wade Wilson is back, bloodier and louder than ever, this time throwing himself between a time-traveling soldier named Cable and a troubled kid with powers he can barely control. Part...
Score
7.5
11
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Thanos is not a villain who hides. The warlord behind countless atrocities has finally come for what he believes the universe owes him: six Infinity Stones, each one capable of...
Score
8.2
12
Only the Brave (2017)
Action
Drama
Based on a true story, this film follows the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a crew of Arizona firefighters who earned certification as the first municipal hotshot team in American history. Director...
Score
7.5
13
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Comedy
Mystery
A Hollywood fixer's ordinary Tuesday spirals into chaos when the studio's biggest star vanishes mid-production. What begins as a straightforward retrieval mission becomes a labyrinthine descent through the shadowy machinery...
Score
5.9
14
Sicario (2015)
Action
Crime
Thriller
Kate Macer believes in rules, warrants, and doing things the right way. Then a shadowy interagency unit recruits her for operations along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the rulebook disappears fast....
Score
7.4
15
Everest (2015)
Adventure
Drama
History
In May 1996, two commercial climbing groups set out for the top of Everest, only to be caught in one of the deadliest storms the mountain had ever produced. Based...
Score
6.8
16
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Tony Stark's grand vision of a world protected by artificial intelligence backfires spectacularly when his creation, Ultron, decides that humanity itself is the problem worth solving. What begins as an...
Score
7.3
17
Inherent Vice (2014)
Comedy
Drama
Mystery
Los Angeles, 1970. The counterculture is curdling, Nixon is in office, and private eye Doc Sportello is neck-deep in a case that started when his ex-girlfriend walked back into his...
Score
6.5
18
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Peter Quill was eight years old when he was yanked off Earth and into the cosmos. Twenty-six years later, he is a small-time scavenger who stumbles onto an ancient artifact...
Score
7.9
19
Oldboy (2013)
Action
Drama
Mystery
Joe Doucett wakes up after two decades of solitary confinement in a featureless room, with no charges ever filed and no explanation ever given. Now suddenly free, he has three...
Score
5.9
20
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Action
Comedy
Science Fiction
When a vengeful alien erases Agent K from the timeline, J must master time travel to restore his partner and stop an invasion. Teaming with K's younger self, J discovers...
Score
6.5
21
True Grit (2010)
Adventure
Drama
Western
When a hired hand guns down her father, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross does not wait for justice to find her. She goes looking for it herself, negotiating hard with a disreputable,...
Score
7.3
22
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Crime
Thriller
Western
A West Texas hunting trip turns catastrophic when Llewelyn Moss walks into the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and walks out carrying two million dollars he has no...
Score
7.9
23
American Gangster (2007)
Crime
Drama
Frank Lucas built a heroin empire in 1970s Harlem by exploiting the Vietnam War supply lines, moving product through military channels while the city crumbled around him. Detective Richie Roberts,...
Score
7.6
24
Planet Terror (2007)
Action
Horror
Thriller
When a mysterious outbreak transforms ordinary townspeople into grotesque, flesh-hungry creatures, an emergency room becomes ground zero for chaos. A former exotic dancer named Cherry Darling, now missing her right...
Score
6.7
25
The Dead Girl (2006)
Crime
Drama
Mystery
When a decomposed body surfaces in a vacant lot, detective work becomes personal for five women whose paths unexpectedly converge. Each carries her own secrets, trauma, and connection to the...
Score
6.0
26
Into the Blue (2005)
Action
Adventure
Crime
A diving expedition turns complicated when Jared and Sam stumble upon the wreckage of a legendary pirate vessel laden with gold. What begins as an exhilarating discovery quickly sours when...
Score
5.9
27
The Goonies (1985)
Adventure
Comedy
Family
A condemned neighborhood and a ticking clock push a scrappy band of kids into the Oregon coastline's tunnels and caves, chasing a centuries-old pirate's buried fortune. Mikey Walsh's crew, loud...
Score
7.5
Josh Brolin TV Shows
Browse the ultimate list of Josh Brolin TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Josh Brolin.
1
Outer Range (2022)
Drama
Mystery
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Royal Abbott is a Wyoming rancher who has spent his life working the same stubborn stretch of land, holding his family together through debt, drought, and quiet grief. But when...
Score
6.9
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Josh Brolin?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Josh Brolin are Whalefall, The Dog Stars, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
How many movies and TV shows has Josh Brolin starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 28 titles starring Josh Brolin, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Josh Brolin worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Josh Brolin maintains a strong average user rating of 7.1 out of 10 across all tracked titles.