John Ford's Films
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1. The Tornado (1917)
30 min | Short, Western
All the men in the neighborhood love Bess, the daughter of the Mayor of Rockville, but she treats them coldly. Among this number is Jack Dayton, a son of Old Ireland known as the "... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Ford, Jean Hathaway, Peter Gerald, Elsie Thornton
Votes: 61
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2. The Fighting Gringo (1917)
50 min | Western
On their way to Panama "Red" Saunders, a youth, meets Mary Smith and Arthur Saxon They become friends and he learns Mary is on her way to do missionary work with a Mr. Belknap. Arthur and ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Kelsey | Stars: Harry Carey, Claire Du Brey, George Webb, Rex De Rosselli
Votes: 49
3. The Trail of Hate (1917)
Short, Drama
When bandits capture the wife of a US army lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, along with her lover, the choice is his whether to forgive.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Ford, Louise Granville, Duke Worne, Jack Lawton
Votes: 48
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4. The Scrapper (1917)
20 min | Short, Western
Bored with the ranch, Buck's girl goes off to the city and gets involved in a brothel. When Buck brings a herd of cattle to town, a streetwalker lures him to the house just in time for him to save his girl from Martin.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Ford, Louise Granville, Duke Worne, Jean Hathaway
Votes: 48
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5. The Soul Herder (1917)
30 min | Short, Western
Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes care of his little daughter, later puts on the minister's frock and reforms a town.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Jean Hersholt, Fritzi Ridgeway, Elizabeth Janes
Votes: 50
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6. Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
20 min | Short
During World War I, westerner Cheyenne Harry is a horse seller, but he refuses to part with his favorite horse and friend, Cactus. One night, broke and drunk, he sells Cactus to an Englishman for $350 which he soon loses gambling.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Gertrude Astor, Jim Corey, Vester Pegg
Votes: 38
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7. Straight Shooting (1917)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western
Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, he changes sides.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, George Berrell, Molly Malone
Votes: 718
8. The Secret Man (1917)
G | 50 min | Western
Convict Cheyenne Harry escapes from prison in a garbage truck and boards a train, where he eludes capture with the help of passenger Henry Beaufort.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Edythe Sterling, J. Morris Foster, Elizabeth Janes
Votes: 59
2 of 5 reels survive
9. A Marked Man (1917)
50 min | Western
A mother is convinced her son is a ranch owner when in fact he is an outlaw, and she just saves him from hanging.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Harry L. Rattenberry, Vester Pegg
Votes: 57
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10. Bucking Broadway (1917)
53 min | Western
A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L.M. Wells, Vester Pegg
Votes: 676
11. The Phantom Riders (1918)
Passed | 50 min | Western
The head of a band of cattle rustlers is defied, prompting him to call his phantom riders together and route the defier's cattle, and then seek their owner intent on taking his life.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, William Steele, Molly Malone, Buck Connors
Votes: 51
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12. Wild Women (1918)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Cheyenne Harry and his pals, bent on helping their friend Rawhide Jack, attend a rodeo with the intent to win the prize and to hand the winnings over to Jack. Harry is the successful winner... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Martha Mattox, Ed Jones
Votes: 54
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13. Thieves' Gold (1918)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Cheyenne Harry tries to help his outlaw friend Padden evade arrest after Padden has drunkenly shot another man. In the end, the two mismatched friends fight it out, leaving Padden dead.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Vester Pegg, John Cook
Votes: 52
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14. The Scarlet Drop (1918)
50 min | Western
A man declined admission to fight in the American Civil War joins a gang of marauders and winds up as a fugitive.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Vester Pegg, Betty Schade
Votes: 52
30 minute of footage survive
15. Hell Bent (1918)
53 min | Western
A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, Neva Gerber, Vester Pegg
Votes: 411
16. A Woman's Fool (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Western
Cowboy Lin McLean's restlessness takes him to Denver, where he becomes enamored of a waitress named Katie.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Betty Schade, Molly Malone, Millard K. Wilson
Votes: 70
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17. The Craving (1918)
50 min | Drama, Horror
An Indian scholar seeks an American colleague who is working on a powerful explosive, trying to get to his formula by taking advantage of his drinking problem.
Directors: Francis Ford, John Ford | Stars: Francis Ford, Mae Gaston, Peter Gerald, Duke Worne
Votes: 110
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18. Three Mounted Men (1918)
60 min | Western
Fellow convicts Cheyenne Harry and Buck Masters become even more bitter enemies when Buck agrees to tamper with the prison's books for the warden's greedy son.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Joe Harris, Neva Gerber, Harry Carter
Votes: 52
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19. Roped (1919)
60 min | Comedy, Western
Wealthy ranch owner Cheyenne Harry decides he needs a housekeeper, but his cowboys decide he needs a wife and advertise in an eastern newspaper.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Neva Gerber, Mollie McConnell, Arthur Shirley
Votes: 56
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20. The Fighting Brothers (1919)
20 min | Short, Western
When Sheriff Larkin's brother is falsely accused of a murder, Larkin still does his job - arrests the boy and takes him to prison. But, his duty done, the sheriff takes off his badge and helps his brother to escape.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pete Morrison, Hoot Gibson, Yvette Mitchell, Jack Woods
Votes: 43
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21. A Fight for Love (1919)
60 min | Western
The Northwest Mounties are after Cheyenne Harry for the murder of an Indian boy, and the only witness to the crime is a priest - who can't tell what he saw because the real killer, Black Michael, has confessed to him.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Joe Harris, Neva Gerber, Mark Fenton
Votes: 66
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22. Rustlers (1919)
20 min | Short, Western
A government ranger infiltrates a rustler gang so effectively, that Nell must save him from a lynch mob.
Directors: Reginald Barker, John Ford | Stars: Pete Morrison, Helen Gibson, Jack Woods, Hoot Gibson
Votes: 44
23. Bare Fists (1919)
60 min | Action, Drama, Western
The marshal of a wild Kansas border town is killed in a gunfight in a saloon. His son, Cheyenne Harry, shoots dead two of the killers. Not wanting to lose both her son and her husband to ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Betty Schade, Joe Harris, Vester Pegg
Votes: 64
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24. Gun Law (1919)
20 min | Short, Western
A Government detective is on the trail of the "Cisco Kid." He falls in love with the youth's sister, and afterward becomes partner to the "Kid." The detective struggles between love and duty.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pete Morrison, Helen Gibson, Hoot Gibson, Jack Woods
Votes: 43
25. By Indian Post (1919)
20 min | Short, Western
Jode McWilliams, the foreman of Circle O, is in love with Peg, the daughter of Pa Owens, the owner of the ranch. The trouble is that daddy won't allow! Which does not stop Jode from wanting... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pete Morrison, Duke R. Lee, Magda Lane, Edward Burns
Votes: 187
1 of the 2 reels survive
26. The Gun Packer (1919)
20 min | Western, Short
With the help of a reformed gunman (and a gang of outlaws), the sheepmen aim to win their water rights from the cattle barons of Rimrock Valley.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ed Jones, Pete Morrison, Magda Lane, Jack Woods
Votes: 42
27. Riders of Vengeance (1919)
60 min | Western
Harry's bride is murdered at their wedding along with Harry's mother and father, and the good-hearted outlaw turns grimly malevolent.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Seena Owen, Joe Harris, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 54
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28. The Last Outlaw (1919)
30 min | Short, Western
A grizzled hero is revisiting the town of his youthful exploits.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Edgar Jones, Lucille Hutton, Richard Cummings, Jack Walters
Votes: 63
29. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919)
60 min | Drama, Western
The owner of a gambling hall is entrusted with the care of a pretty young girl. He falls in love with her, but he must decide whether to let her go to his best friend, with whom he believes... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Cullen Landis, Gloria Hope, Joe Harris
Votes: 70
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30. Ace of the Saddle (1919)
60 min | Western
An Arizona cattleman defeats the rustlers and the sheriff who is in league with them.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Joe Harris, Duke R. Lee, Peggy Pearce
Votes: 74
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31. Rider of the Law (1919)
60 min | Western
Jim Kyneton, once a member of an outlaw gang, joins the Texas Rangers and is forced to track down his former friends and his half-brother Nick, who have been robbing a gold mine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Vester Pegg, Ted Brooks, Joe Harris
Votes: 65
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32. A Gun Fightin' Gentleman (1919)
Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Western
"Cheyenne Harry", owner of the biggest cattle ranch in his corner of the West, is having trouble with John Merritt, a land-grabbing Chicago meat-packer. By some artifice of shrewd legal aid... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, J. Barney Sherry, Kathleen O'Connor, Harry von Meter
Votes: 87
3 reels survive
33. Marked Men (1919)
50 min | Western
This is the same plot as Three Godfathers. Three outlaws rescue a baby in the desert and with barely any water left try to return to the town in which they just robbed a bank.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Winifred Westover, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Harris
Votes: 78
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34. The Prince of Avenue A (1920)
50 min | Drama
Barry O'Connor, son of Patrick O'Connor, plumber and political power, is called to the residence of William Tompkins whom he is to "put over" in the coming election.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James J. Corbett, Richard Cummings, Cora Drew, Frederick Vroom
Votes: 60
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35. The Girl in Number 29 (1920)
50 min | Drama
Laurie Devon is a New York playwright who, having had one success, refuses to work on another play.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Frank Mayo, Elinor Fair, Claire Anderson, Robert Bolder
Votes: 61
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36. Hitchin' Posts (1920)
50 min | Drama
Brothers-in-law Jefferson Todd and Louis Castiga come to blows on a Mississippi River steamer when Todd discovers Castiga there with a woman.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Frank Mayo, Beatrice Burnham, C.E. Anderson, Matthew Biddulph
Votes: 63
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37. Just Pals (1920)
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
Small-town tramp befriends runaway boy.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, Georgie Stone, Duke R. Lee
Votes: 503
38. The Big Punch (1921)
50 min | Western
While preparing to enter a theological seminary, Buck aids his brother and some friends who are fleeing from justice, and thus implicated he is sent to prison for two years, where he meets ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Buck Jones, Barbara Bedford, Jack Curtis, George Siegmann
Votes: 61
39. The Freeze-Out (1921)
50 min | Western
A cowpoke helps a pretty schoolteacher clean up a lawless town.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Helen Ferguson, Joe Harris, Charles Le Moyne
Votes: 57
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40. The Wallop (1921)
50 min | Western
John Wesley Pringle, adventurer at large, returns home after making his strike and finds his old girl friend, Stella, engaged to Christopher Foy, who is running for sheriff. Pringle foils ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Mignonne Golden, William Steele, Charles Le Moyne
Votes: 48
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41. Desperate Trails (1921)
50 min | Western
Bart Carson is in love with Lou and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker, a man she says is her brother but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Harry Carey, Irene Rich, Georgie Stone, Helen Field
Votes: 57
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42. Action (1921)
50 min | Western
Orphaned Molly is heir to a ranch and mine and falls under the influence of saloon-owner Plimsoll, who schemes to deprive her of the inheritance. Sandy Brouke and his pals, Soda Water ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Buck Connors
Votes: 60
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43. Sure Fire (1921)
50 min | Crime, Western
Rancher Jeff Bransford returns to his ancestral acres and finds them heavily mortgaged and about to be foreclosed and is defended by hired men with guns.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Molly Malone, B. Reeves Eason Jr., Harry Carter
Votes: 65
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44. Jackie (1921)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Jacqueline, an orphaned daughter of a famous Russian dancer, has been raised by a French woman who runs a cheap dancing school.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Shirley Mason, William Scott, Harry Carter, Georgie Stone
Votes: 51
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45. Little Miss Smiles (1922)
50 min | Drama
The Jewish Aaronson family lives in humble quarters in the ghetto of a large city. Esther spreads sunshine with her smiles, and when Mama is stricken blind and taken to the hospital, she assumes the duties as head of the family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Shirley Mason, Gaston Glass, George B. Williams, Martha Franklin
Votes: 53
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46. Silver Wings (1922)
90 min | Drama
When John Webb dies, his wife, Anna, and his children--John, Harry, and Ruth--are well provided for, thanks to his patent on an improved sewing machine. As time passes, however, Harry ... See full summary »
Directors: Edwin Carewe, John Ford | Stars: Mary Carr, Lynn Hammond, Knox Kincaid, Joseph Monahan
Votes: 43
Ford directed the prologue only
47. The Village Blacksmith (I) (1922)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
In a prologue, Johnnie, one of the village blacksmith's two sons, falls from a tree that the squire's son Anson Brigham dared him to climb, and is crippled. The squire is an enemy of the ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Walling, Virginia True Boardman, Virginia Valli, Ida Mae McKenzie
Votes: 127
1 out of 8 reels survive
48. The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923)
60 min | Drama
In Paris, France, famous artist Robert Stevens falls in love with Mrs. Marion Trevor and follows her to the U.S., where they plan to marry. Marion's brother, Dick Van Vleck, becomes ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Ruth Clifford, Ralph Emerson, Frederick Sullivan
Votes: 54
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49. Three Jumps Ahead (1923)
50 min | Western
Steve McLean and his uncle are captured by outlaws and taken to a hideout where they meet John Darrell, who has been a captive for 2 years. Darrell escapes, and the gang leader promises McLean his freedom if he will bring Darrell back.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tom Mix, Alma Bennett, Edward Peil Sr., Joseph W. Girard
Votes: 50
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50. Cameo Kirby (1923)
70 min | Drama
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Eric Mayne
Votes: 377
51. North of Hudson Bay (1923)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estelle MacDonald. When he arrives at the Canadian trading post, Dane learns that his brother ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tom Mix, Kathleen Key, Frank Campeau, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 133
40 minutes of footage survive
52. Hoodman Blind (1923)
60 min | Drama
In a small seaside town, John Linden leaves his wife and daughter for his lover, Jessie Walton, whom he also leaves after the birth of their daughter. While John finds his fortune in South ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: David Butler, Gladys Hulette, Regina Connelly, Frank Campeau
Votes: 53
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53. The Iron Horse (1924)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 2,446 | Gross: $2.06M
54. Hearts of Oak (1924)
Passed | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Terry Dunnivan, a retired sea-captain living in Marblehead, Massachusetts, adopts two children, Chrystal and Ned. As the girl grows to womanhood, Terry realizes his fatherly-love had grown ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Pauline Starke, Theodore von Eltz, James Gordon
Votes: 54
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55. Lightnin' (1925)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lightnin' Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel, which is run by his wife and their adopted daughter, Millie. Real estate hucksters, ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Wallace MacDonald, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 162
56. Kentucky Pride (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Virginia's Future, Negofol, Morvich, Confederacy
Votes: 223
57. Thank You (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay on a chicken farm in the small village of Dedham. On the day he arrives there pretty ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Jacqueline Logan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 55
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58. The Fighting Heart (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A town outcast, mistrusted by his sweetheart enters the ring and eventually wins the fight and his girl.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Billie Dove, J. Farrell MacDonald, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 56
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59. The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
Passed | 66 min | Romance, Drama
The story of Sir Miles O'Hara and his daughter, who rent out living quarters to a poor family, the O'Sheas, who cannot pay rent on time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton, J. Farrell MacDonald, Louis Payne
Votes: 205
60. 3 Bad Men (1926)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi
Votes: 1,502
61. The Blue Eagle (1926)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Drama
George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose. When the war is over Father Regan tries to unite them, making them settle their differences through a boxing fight.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, William Russell, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 213
62. Upstream (1927)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Among the residents of a theatrical boarding-house is the last member of a once-great acting family, down on his luck. When an offer to star in a London "Hamlet" comes, he takes lessons ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Earle Foxe, Nancy Nash, Grant Withers, Lydia Yeamans Titus
Votes: 354
63. Mother Machree (1927)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Belle Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Philippe De Lacy, Pat Somerset
Votes: 190
3 reels survive
64. Four Sons (1928)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, War
A family saga in which three sons of a Bavarian widow go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 920
65. Hangman's House (1928)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
"Citizen" Hogan, an exile Irish patriot, risks his life by returning to Ireland and helping a young couple.
Director: John Ford | Stars: June Collyer, Larry Kent, Victor McLaglen, Earle Foxe
Votes: 557
66. Napoleon's Barber (1928)
32 min | Drama, Short
Arthur Caesar's classic about the barber who held the fate of France in his hands, has been produced on lavish feature-film scale by John Ford.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Otto Matieson, Natalie Golitzen, Frank Reicher, Helen Ware
Votes: 44
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67. Riley the Cop (1928)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama
Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family. Her snooty aunt takes Mary to Europe, hoping to break up the couple, but Joe uses his ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: J. Farrell MacDonald, Louise Fazenda, Nancy Drexel, David Rollins
Votes: 251
68. Strong Boy (1929)
62 min | Comedy, Drama
"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clyde Cook
Votes: 60
69. The Black Watch (1929)
Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, David Torrence, David Rollins
Votes: 480
70. Salute (1929)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Fraternal rivalry intensifies when two brothers play on opposing teams in a big Army-Navy football match.
Directors: David Butler, John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney, Stepin Fetchit
Votes: 261
71. Men Without Women (1930)
Passed | 77 min | Action, Drama
U.S. Navy divers race to save the crew of a foundered submarine as the sailors hopelessly prepare to die.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hymer
Votes: 407
72. Born Reckless (1930)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, War
Hoping to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, William Harrigan, Marguerite Churchill
Votes: 562
73. Up the River (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 1,376
74. The Seas Beneath (1931)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Drama, War
At the end of WWI the US Navy camouflages a battleship as a harmless schooner and sails for the Canary Islands to confront a notoriously effective German U-boat. No one sees the US submarine secretly escorting the schooner.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Marion Lessing, Mona Maris, Walter C. Kelly
Votes: 421
75. The Brat (1931)
60 min | Comedy
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 216
76. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 1,997
77. Air Mail (1932)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Slim Summerville
Votes: 527
78. Flesh (1932)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 735
79. Pilgrimage (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Drama
A possessive mother pushes her son into World War I service rather than see him get married.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henrietta Crosman, Heather Angel, Norman Foster, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 829
80. Doctor Bull (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen, Howard Lally
Votes: 740
81. The Lost Patrol (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny
Votes: 3,608
82. The World Moves On (1934)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
Richard Girard is part of a New Orleans family working closely with the English Warburtons. When Richard meets Mary Warburton she is engaged to Erik von Gerardt. He does wed Mary but their time in America is financially difficult.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, Sig Ruman
Votes: 488
83. Judge Priest (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 2,519
84. The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl, James Donlan
Votes: 3,211
85. The Informer (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama
In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame
Votes: 7,182 | Gross: $2.07M
86. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,345
87. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,575
88. Mary of Scotland (1936)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Directors: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton
Votes: 2,796
89. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea
Votes: 650
90. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Family
Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang
Votes: 1,940
91. The Hurricane (1937)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 3,042
92. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
Adventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
Directors: Archie Mayo, John Cromwell | Stars: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier
Votes: 1,163
(Uncredited)
93. Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Mystery
The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven
Votes: 879
94. Submarine Patrol (1938)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, George Bancroft
Votes: 288
95. Stagecoach (1939)
Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine
Votes: 53,809
96. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 9,180
97. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins
Votes: 6,793 | Gross: $1.00M
98. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,023 | Gross: $0.06M
99. The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War
A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Ward Bond
Votes: 4,924
100. Tobacco Road (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy
Votes: 2,573
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