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The Best of Jimmy Stewart

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  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

    1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    19392h 9mApproved73Metascore
    8.1 (127K)
    A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude Rains
  • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    2. The Philadelphia Story

    19401h 52mApproved96Metascore
    7.8 (77K)
    After a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCary GrantKatharine HepburnJames Stewart
  • Vertigo (1958)

    3. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (449K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
  • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    19622h 3mApproved94Metascore
    8.1 (86K)
    A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartJohn WayneVera Miles
  • Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy, Judith Evelyn, and Harry Landers in Rear Window (1954)

    5. Rear Window

    19541h 52mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (552K)
    A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell Corey
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    6. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (532K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • James Stewart, Joan Chandler, and John Dall in Rope (1948)

    7. Rope

    19481h 20mApproved73Metascore
    7.9 (161K)
    Two men try to convince themselves they've committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party after strangling a former classmate to death.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartJohn DallFarley Granger
  • James Stewart and Shelley Winters in Winchester '73 (1950)

    8. Winchester '73

    19501h 32mApproved83Metascore
    7.6 (23K)
    A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartShelley WintersDan Duryea
  • The Naked Spur (1953)

    9. The Naked Spur

    19531h 31mApproved
    7.3 (13K)
    A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJanet LeighRobert Ryan
  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

    10. Anatomy of a Murder

    19592h 41mApproved95Metascore
    8.0 (76K)
    An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth and will he win his case?
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen Gazzara
  • James Stewart and Cathy O'Donnell in The Man from Laramie (1955)

    11. The Man from Laramie

    19551h 43mApproved
    7.3 (13K)
    Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartArthur KennedyDonald Crisp
  • Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    12. The Man Who Knew Too Much

    19562hPG76Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de Banzie
  • James Stewart, Richard Conte, and Joanne De Bergh in Call Northside 777 (1948)

    13. Call Northside 777

    19481h 52mApproved
    7.4 (11K)
    Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames StewartRichard ConteLee J. Cobb
  • James Stewart, June Allyson, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, and Frances Langford in The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

    14. The Glenn Miller Story

    19541h 55mApproved
    7.3 (10K)
    Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonHarry Morgan
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)

    15. Harvey

    19501h 44mApproved79Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. Lynn
  • James Stewart and Ruth Roman in The Far Country (1954)

    16. The Far Country

    19541h 37mApproved
    7.1 (9.2K)
    A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRuth RomanCorinne Calvet
  • James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, and Debra Paget in Broken Arrow (1950)

    17. Broken Arrow

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra Paget
  • Bend of the River (1952)

    18. Bend of the River

    19521h 31mApproved
    7.2 (11K)
    When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRock HudsonArthur Kennedy
  • The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

    19. The Flight of the Phoenix

    19652h 22mApproved
    7.5 (23K)
    After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors' hopes are buoyed by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who comes up with a plan to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter Finch
  • Destry Rides Again (1939)

    20. Destry Rides Again

    19391h 35mApproved81Metascore
    7.6 (13K)
    Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
    DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMarlene DietrichJames StewartMischa Auer
  • James Stewart and June Allyson in The Stratton Story (1949)

    21. The Stratton Story

    19491h 46mApproved
    7.1 (3.5K)
    Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsJames StewartJune AllysonFrank Morgan
  • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

    22. The Shop Around the Corner

    19401h 39mApproved96Metascore
    8.0 (42K)
    Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartFrank Morgan
  • James Stewart in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

    23. The Spirit of St. Louis

    19572h 15mApproved
    7.1 (9.1K)
    Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames StewartMurray HamiltonPatricia Smith
  • James Stewart, Glenn Corbett, Rosemary Forsyth, Doug McClure, and Patrick Wayne in Shenandoah (1965)

    24. Shenandoah

    19651h 45mApproved
    7.3 (10K)
    A Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.
    DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames StewartDoug McClureGlenn Corbett
  • James Stewart and Richard Widmark in Two Rode Together (1961)

    25. Two Rode Together

    19611h 49mApproved
    6.7 (7.4K)
    A corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartRichard WidmarkShirley Jones

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