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The Best of George Cukor

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  • Judy Garland and James Mason in A Star Is Born (1954)

    1. A Star Is Born

    19542h 34mPG89Metascore
    7.5 (20K)
    A fading matinee idol helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy GarlandJames MasonJack Carson
  • William Holden, Broderick Crawford, and Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950)

    2. Born Yesterday

    19501h 43mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayWilliam HoldenBroderick Crawford
  • Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten in Gaslight (1944)

    3. Gaslight

    19441h 54mApproved78Metascore
    7.8 (36K)
    Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph Cotten
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)

    4. Adam's Rib

    19491h 41mApproved87Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnJudy Holliday
  • My Fair Lady (1964)

    5. My Fair Lady

    19642h 50mG95Metascore
    7.7 (105K)
    In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAudrey HepburnRex HarrisonStanley Holloway
  • Travels with My Aunt (1972)

    6. Travels with My Aunt

    19721h 48mPG
    6.3 (2.9K)
    At his mother's funeral, banker Henry meets his Aunt Augusta, an eccentric old woman who takes him on a wild adventure to rescue an old lover.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsMaggie SmithAlec McCowenLouis Gossett Jr.
  • Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    7. The Philadelphia Story

    19401h 52mApproved96Metascore
    7.8 (76K)
    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
  • Shelley Winters, Ronald Colman, and Signe Hasso in A Double Life (1947)

    8. A Double Life

    19471h 44mApproved
    6.9 (4.2K)
    A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsRonald ColmanEdmond O'BrienSigne Hasso
  • Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer in The Women (1939)

    9. The Women

    19392h 13mApproved
    7.7 (16K)
    A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind Russell
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Aldo Ray in Pat and Mike (1952)

    10. Pat and Mike

    19521h 35mApproved79Metascore
    6.9 (6.4K)
    Pat is a women's sports sensation unless her fiancé is around. Her new shady manager Mike keeps them apart and develops feelings for her.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnAldo Ray
  • Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, and Peter Lawford in It Should Happen to You (1954)

    11. It Should Happen to You

    19541h 26mApproved
    7.2 (4.9K)
    After a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayJack LemmonPeter Lawford
  • Anouk Aimée, Robert Forster, Michael York, and Dirk Bogarde in Justine (1969)

    12. Justine

    19691h 56mR
    5.4 (568)
    In British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.
    DirectorsGeorge CukorJoseph StrickStarsAnouk AiméeDirk BogardeRobert Forster
  • Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker in Little Women (1933)

    13. Little Women

    19331h 55mPassed92Metascore
    7.2 (8.3K)
    A chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnJoan BennettPaul Lukas
  • Katharine Hepburn in Sylvia Scarlett (1935)

    14. Sylvia Scarlett

    19351h 35mApproved
    6.2 (4.7K)
    When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantBrian Aherne
  • Joan Crawford and Fredric March in Susan and God (1940)

    15. Susan and God

    19401h 57mApproved
    5.9 (1.5K)
    Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite who, while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new-found religious experience with her closest friends - only to drive them crazy. Meanwhile, her husband Barrie, and daughter Blossom yearn for a stable family life. Barrie will even become sober, hoping that Susan will heed her own advice, and save their marriage and family.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJoan CrawfordFredric MarchRuth Hussey
  • Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)

    16. Holiday

    19381h 35mApproved
    7.7 (19K)
    A young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantDoris Nolan
  • Les Girls (1957)

    17. Les Girls

    19571h 54mApproved
    6.6 (3.2K)
    The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay Kendall
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, Edmund Lowe, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)

    18. Dinner at Eight

    19331h 51mApproved
    7.5 (9.5K)
    As an aspiring New York socialite prepares for a lavish dinner party, her guests find themselves consumed by a tangle of business, romantic, and personal crises - all of which come to a head on the big night.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsMarie DresslerJohn BarrymoreWallace Beery
  • Joan Crawford in A Woman's Face (1941)

    19. A Woman's Face

    19411h 46mApproved
    7.2 (4K)
    A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJoan CrawfordMelvyn DouglasConrad Veidt
  • Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, and Steve Forrest in Heller in Pink Tights (1960)

    20. Heller in Pink Tights

    19601h 40mApproved
    5.9 (1.6K)
    Story of theatrical troupe that travels through the Old West.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSophia LorenAnthony QuinnMargaret O'Brien
  • David Copperfield (1935)

    21. David Copperfield

    19352h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.3 (4.9K)
    A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May Oliver
  • Katharine Hepburn and John Barrymore in A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

    22. A Bill of Divorcement

    19321h 10mApproved
    6.5 (2K)
    A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJohn BarrymoreKatharine HepburnBillie Burke
  • The Marrying Kind (1952)

    23. The Marrying Kind

    19521h 32mApproved
    6.9 (1.7K)
    Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing, the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had, hoping that the marriage can be saved.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayAldo RayMadge Kennedy
  • Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa, and Anna Magnani in Wild Is the Wind (1957)

    24. Wild Is the Wind

    19571h 54mNot Rated
    6.6 (1.2K)
    An immigrant Nevada rancher brings a woman from Italy to be his second wife, but when he neglects her she becomes involved with his trusted assistant.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsAnthony QuinnAnna MagnaniAnthony Franciosa
  • Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset in Rich and Famous (1981)

    25. Rich and Famous

    19811h 57mR52Metascore
    5.8 (2.2K)
    Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJacqueline BissetCandice BergenDavid Selby

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