Cast: Henry Fonda
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Henry Fonda. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
12 Angry Men
1957 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Henry Fonda · Lee J. Cobb · Jack Warden · E.G. Marshall
Plot Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same...
8.7
67K votes
8.7
67K votes
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · Jane Darwell · John Carradine · Charley Grapewin
Plot When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison, he discovers his family has been kicked out of their farm. Seeking a better future, he leaves with...
8.3
23K votes
8.3
23K votes
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Movie · 165 min. · Italy
Direction Sergio Leone
Cast Henry Fonda · Charles Bronson · Claudia Cardinale · Gabriele Ferzetti
Plot Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), the power-hungry owner of a railroad company, hires Frank (Henry Fonda), a gunfighter without a conscience, to kill anyone who stands in the way of the completion...
8.2
25K votes
8.2
25K votes
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · Linda Darnell · Victor Mature · Walter Brennan
Plot Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda), after cleaning up Dodge City, arrives in the outskirts of Tombstone with his brothers Morgan (Ward Bond), Virgil (Tim Holt), and James (Don Garner), planning to...
8.0
8K votes
8.0
8K votes
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Henry Fonda · Dana Andrews · Mary Beth Hughes · Anthony Quinn
Plot In Nevada in 1885, two worn out cowboys, Gil (Henry Fonda) and Art (Harry Morgan), ride into Darby’s Saloon and Hotel looking for a drink. Shortly after their arrival, they...
8.0
4K votes
8.0
4K votes
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · John Wayne · Shirley Temple · Pedro Armendáriz
Plot In John Ford's sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday, who sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance...
7.7
7K votes
7.7
7K votes
Jezebel
1938 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction William Wyler
Cast Bette Davis · Henry Fonda · George Brent · Margaret Lindsay
Plot Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free...
7.7
4K votes
7.7
4K votes
Advise & Consent
1962 · Movie · 139 min. · United States
Direction Otto Preminger
Cast Walter Pidgeon · Don Murray · Charles Laughton · Henry Fonda
Plot Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate...
7.7
3K votes
7.7
3K votes
Fail-Safe
1964 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Dan O'Herlihy · Henry Fonda · Walter Matthau · Fritz Weaver
Plot A technical malfunction in the Pentagon's strategic control system causes an erroneous order to be sent to a B-58 squadron on a routine training mission instructing the bombers to fly...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
You Only Live Once
1937 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Sylvia Sidney · Henry Fonda · Barton MacLane · Jean Dixon
Plot Archetypal depression-era stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are felicitously teamed in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Fonda plays an ex-convict who can't get a break on the "outside"....
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
The Lady Eve
1941 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Henry Fonda · Charles Coburn · Eugene Pallette
Plot Barbara Stanwyck stars as Jean Herrington, a sly con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner who happens to run across Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), a snake expert returning from a...
7.5
3K votes
7.5
3K votes
There Was a Crooked Man
1970 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Kirk Douglas · Henry Fonda · Warren Oates · Hume Cronyn
Plot Following the tradition of 1960s and '70s Westerns in which the criminals are the heroes, THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN takes devilish pride in the antics of armed robber and...
7.5
6K votes
7.5
6K votes
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Miniseries)
1979 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Ernest Kinoy · Georg Stanford Brown · Charles S. Dubin · John Erman
Cast Georg Stanford Brown · Olivia de Havilland · Henry Fonda · Marlon Brando
Plot 14 Episodes -one hour each-. This series continues the story of Alex Haley's family line from the Post American Civil War era to Alex Haley's genealogical search to discover his...
7.4
161 votes
7.4
161 votes
The Longest Day
1962 · Movie · 180 min. · United States
Direction Ken Annakin · Andrew Marton · Bernhard Wicki
Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · Henry Fonda · Richard Burton
Plot England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers...
7.3
15K votes
7.3
15K votes
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · Alice Brady · Marjorie Weaver · Arleen Whelan
Plot John Ford's film on the early career of Abraham Lincoln, which centers on an apocryphal murder trial, impressed even the great Sergei Eisenstein. This biography provides a glimpse into the...
7.3
2K votes
7.3
2K votes
Directed by John Ford
1971 · Documentary · 110 min. · United States
Direction Peter Bogdanovich
Cast John Ford · Clint Eastwood · Peter Bogdanovich · Martin Scorsese
Plot A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.
7.3
477 votes
7.3
477 votes
The Wrong Man
1956 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Henry Fonda · Vera Miles · Anthony Quayle · Harold J. Stone
Plot Manny Ballestero (Henry Fonda) is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to...
7.3
7K votes
7.3
7K votes
War and Peace
1956 · Movie · 208 min. · United States
Direction King Vidor
Cast Audrey Hepburn · Henry Fonda · Mel Ferrer · Vittorio Gassman
Plot Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, King Vidor's adaptation of the Tolstoy sprawling classic stars Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezhukov. Despite the vast scope of the...
7.3
10K votes
7.3
10K votes
On Golden Pond
1981 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Henry Fonda · Katharine Hepburn · Jane Fonda · Doug McKeon
Plot On Golden Pond was a successful Broadway play before Ernest Thompson adapted his own work into the screenplay for the film version. Norman Thayer Jr (Henry Fonda) and his devoted...
7.3
7K votes
7.3
7K votes
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Richard Fleischer
Cast Tony Curtis · Henry Fonda · George Kennedy · Mike Kellin
Plot Boston, 1962. Several elderly women are strangled, apparently by the same unknown assailant. An investigation ensues, but clues lead nowhere. Then the strangler starts to attack younger women. John Bottomly...
7.2
5K votes
7.2
5K votes