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John Ford

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  • Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall, Sara Allgood, Donald Crisp, John Loder, Walter Pidgeon, and Evan S. Evans in How Green Was My Valley (1941)

    1. How Green Was My Valley

    19411h 58mApproved88Metascore
    7.7 (28K)
    At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna Lee
  • Shirley Temple and John Agar in Fort Apache (1948)

    2. Fort Apache

    19482h 8mApproved
    7.4 (21K)
    At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneHenry FondaShirley Temple
  • Harry Carey Jr., Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglen, J. Carrol Naish, and Chill Wills in Rio Grande (1950)

    3. Rio Grande

    19501h 45mApproved
    7.0 (19K)
    A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBen Johnson
  • Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Barry Fitzgerald, and Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man (1952)

    4. The Quiet Man

    19522h 9mApproved85Metascore
    7.7 (45K)
    A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry Fitzgerald
  • John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, Jeffrey Hunter, and Vera Miles in The Searchers (1956)

    5. The Searchers

    19561h 59mApproved94Metascore
    7.8 (101K)
    An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera Miles
  • James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Andy Devine, Vera Miles, and Edmond O'Brien in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    19622h 3mApproved94Metascore
    8.1 (87K)
    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
  • John Wayne, John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ben Johnson in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

    7. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    19491h 44mApproved87Metascore
    7.2 (20K)
    Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJoanne DruJohn Agar
  • Heather Angel and Norman Foster in Pilgrimage (1933)

    8. Pilgrimage

    19331h 36mApproved
    7.2 (894)
    A possessive mother pushes her son into World War I service rather than see him get married.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenrietta CrosmanHeather AngelNorman Foster
  • Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur in The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

    9. The Whole Town's Talking

    19351h 33mApproved
    7.3 (3.6K)
    A meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsEdward G. RobinsonJean ArthurArthur Hohl
  • Margot Grahame and Victor McLaglen in The Informer (1935)

    10. The Informer

    19351h 31mApproved65Metascore
    7.3 (7.7K)
    In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenHeather AngelPreston Foster
  • Warner Baxter in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

    11. The Prisoner of Shark Island

    19361h 36mApproved
    7.2 (2.8K)
    The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsWarner BaxterGloria StuartClaude Gillingwater
  • Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane (1937)

    12. The Hurricane

    19371h 44mApproved
    7.1 (3.3K)
    A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsDorothy LamourJon HallMary Astor
  • Stagecoach (1939)

    13. Stagecoach

    19391h 36mApproved93Metascore
    7.8 (57K)
    A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy Devine
  • Henry Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

    14. Young Mr. Lincoln

    19391h 40mApproved91Metascore
    7.5 (9.7K)
    A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaAlice BradyMarjorie Weaver
  • Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

    15. Drums Along the Mohawk

    19391h 44mApproved
    7.0 (7.2K)
    Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsClaudette ColbertHenry FondaEdna May Oliver
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    16. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (106K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
  • John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell in The Long Voyage Home (1940)

    17. The Long Voyage Home

    19401h 45mApproved
    6.9 (5.3K)
    A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneThomas MitchellIan Hunter
  • John Wayne, Donna Reed, and Robert Montgomery in They Were Expendable (1945)

    18. They Were Expendable

    19452h 15mApproved86Metascore
    7.2 (9.9K)
    A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
    DirectorsJohn FordRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryJohn WayneDonna Reed
  • Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature in My Darling Clementine (1946)

    19. My Darling Clementine

    19461h 37mApproved
    7.7 (28K)
    After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
    DirectorsJohn FordLloyd BaconStarsHenry FondaLinda DarnellVictor Mature
  • John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., and Dorothy Ford in 3 Godfathers (1948)

    20. 3 Godfathers

    19481h 46mApproved82Metascore
    7.0 (11K)
    Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WaynePedro ArmendárizHarry Carey Jr.
  • Jeanne Crain and Ethel Waters in Pinky (1949)

    21. Pinky

    19491h 42mApproved
    7.2 (3.6K)
    A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
    DirectorsElia KazanJohn FordStarsJeanne CrainEthel BarrymoreEthel Waters
  • Joanne Dru and Ben Johnson in Wagon Master (1950)

    22. Wagon Master

    19501h 26mApproved
    7.1 (6K)
    Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsBen JohnsonJoanne DruHarry Carey Jr.
  • Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, and Ava Gardner in Mogambo (1953)

    23. Mogambo

    19531h 56mApproved72Metascore
    6.6 (9.7K)
    On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsClark GableGrace KellyAva Gardner
  • Maureen O'Hara and Tyrone Power in The Long Gray Line (1955)

    24. The Long Gray Line

    19552h 18mApproved
    7.2 (3.6K)
    In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsTyrone PowerMaureen O'HaraRobert Francis
  • James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)

    25. Mister Roberts

    19552h 3mApproved72Metascore
    7.6 (19K)
    In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
    DirectorsJohn FordMervyn LeRoyJoshua LoganStarsHenry FondaJames CagneyWilliam Powell

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