John Ford Tribute.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 4 months ago | updated - 4 months ago | PublicFrom the late 30s to the early 60s, some of the greatest Westerns were directed by John Ford. He made the genre a work of art and collaborated with stars like John Wayne, James Stewart and Henry Fonda. The legacy of John Ford shall last for years to come.
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1. The Searchers (1956)
Passed | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond
Votes: 96,350
2. 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: 53,794
3. Fort Apache (1948)
Passed | 128 min | Drama, Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz
Votes: 19,699
4. Rio Grande (1950)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance, Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr.
Votes: 17,678
5. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Passed | 104 min | Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Votes: 19,331
6. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, Western
A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin
Votes: 82,337
7. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt
Votes: 11,660 | Gross: $1.75M
8. Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
PG | 154 min | Drama, History, Western
The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo
Votes: 6,453
9. 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
10. 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
11. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,412 | Gross: $10.55M
12. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 23,343 | Gross: $46.50M
13. Donovan's Reef (1963)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden
Votes: 9,842
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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: 353
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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: 215
36. 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: 1,996
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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: 3,607
42. 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
43. 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: 2,520
44. 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
45. 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: 7,181 | Gross: $2.07M
46. 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: 1,344
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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: 878
53. 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
54. 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: 9,179
55. 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: 6,792 | Gross: $1.00M
56. 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: 100,005 | Gross: $0.06M
57. 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
58. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Family
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp
Votes: 26,497
59. Undercover (1944)
61 min | Drama, War
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Carson, John Ford, Eddie Foster, Martin Garralaga
Votes: 468
60. December 7th (1943)
Unrated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Directors: John Ford, Gregg Toland | Stars: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport, Dana Andrews, Paul Hurst
Votes: 1,007
61. They Were Expendable (1945)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, War
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Votes: 9,263
62. My Darling Clementine (1946)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Western
After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs
Votes: 25,768
63. The Fugitive (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Directors: John Ford, Emilio Fernández | Stars: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 2,586
64. 3 Godfathers (1948)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Western
Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond
Votes: 10,617
65. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, War
Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor... much to his embarrassment.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest
Votes: 846
66. Wagon Master (1950)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western
Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond
Votes: 5,531
67. This Is Korea! (1951)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, War
Director John Ford's documentary about the beginnings of the Korean War, after North Korenn troops invaded South Korea and battled U.S., South Korean and United Nations forces. Notable in ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ward Bond, Edward A. Craig, Allan Dwan, John Ireland
Votes: 204
68. What Price Glory (1952)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest
Votes: 1,446
69. The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
William Pittman Priest has to use all his wiles to retain his position as judge in his Kentucky hometown, while continuing to be a voice for the town's underclass and for democratic values.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Charles Winninger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit
Votes: 1,813
70. Mogambo (1953)
Passed | 116 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Donald Sinden
Votes: 9,177
71. The Long Gray Line (1955)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,284
72. Mister Roberts (1955)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War
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.
Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 18,248 | Gross: $21.20M
73. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War
A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Dan Dailey, Ward Bond
Votes: 4,611
74. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Jack MacGowran
Votes: 1,145
75. The Last Hurrah (1958)
Approved | 121 min | Drama
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien
Votes: 4,160
76. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray
Votes: 1,543
77. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
Approved | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers, Billie Burke
Votes: 5,364
78. Two Rode Together (1961)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Western
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.
Director: John Ford | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal
Votes: 6,955
79. Young Cassidy (1965)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.
Directors: Jack Cardiff, John Ford | Stars: Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 1,325
80. 7 Women (1965)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
In 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson
Votes: 2,665
81. Directed by John Ford (1971)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Clint Eastwood
Votes: 1,330
82. John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary follows the life of the renowned American director, author of more than 150 works and winner of more Oscar awards than any other, and shed light on the significance of his most outstanding films.
Director: Jean-Christophe Klotz | Stars: Paul Bandey, John Ford, Joseph McBride, Cécile Gornet
Votes: 278
83. John Ford (1992 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Andrew Eaton | Stars: Lindsay Anderson, Harry Carey Jr., Charles B. Fitzsimons, Dan Ford
Votes: 87
84. The American West of John Ford (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Western
The Western films of iconic director John Ford are fondly remembered by stars James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and John Wayne, with whom he shoots a scene in Monument Valley.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: John Ford, John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda
Votes: 292
85. John Ford Goes to War (2002)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Thurman | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Ward Bond, Michael Curtiz, Jane Darwell
Votes: 153
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