Cast: John Wayne

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Wayne. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · James Stewart · Vera Miles · Lee Marvin

Plot Congressman Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to the tiny town of Shinbone to bury an old friend, Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), and tells reporters...

8.3

32K votes

8.3

32K votes

The Quiet Man

1952 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Barry Fitzgerald · Ward Bond

Plot John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases...

8.0

29K votes

8.0

29K votes

The Searchers

1956 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Natalie Wood · Jeffrey Hunter · Ward Bond

Plot Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), a case-hardened Civil War veteran, returns to his brother Aaron's (Walter Coy) Texas home in 1868. When Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton (Ward Bond) arrives to raise...

8.0

31K votes

8.0

31K votes

Rio Bravo

1959 · Movie · 141 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Ricky Nelson · Angie Dickinson

Plot John Wayne stars as the sheriff of a small western town who arrests a murderer and then must contend with the aggressive efforts of the killer's brother to free him...

8.0

22K votes

8.0

22K votes

Stagecoach

1939 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Claire Trevor · Thomas Mitchell · Andy Devine

Plot A stagecoach is set to leave Tonto, New Mexico, for a distant settlement in Lordsburg, with a diverse set of passengers on board. Dallas (Claire Trevor) is a woman with...

8.0

26K votes

8.0

26K votes

El Dorado

1966 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt

Plot Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman...

7.8

13K votes

7.8

13K votes

Red River

1948 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks · Arthur Rosson

Cast John Wayne · Montgomery Clift · Walter Brennan · Joanne Dru

Plot Tom Dunson (John Wayne) builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth (Montgomery Clift). Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead....

7.8

12K votes

7.8

12K 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

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · William Holden · Constance Towers · Althea Gibson

Plot A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Joanne Dru · John Agar · Ben Johnson

Plot 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...

7.5

7K votes

7.5

7K 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

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

Hatari!

1962 · Movie · 159 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Hardy Krüger · Elsa Martinelli · Bruce Cabot

Plot John Wayne and his ensemble cast cavort over the African landscape filling orders from zoos for wild animals. Bruce Cabot plays "the Indian", a womanizing sharpshooter who is gored by...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

Rio Grande

1950 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Ben Johnson · Chill Wills

Plot The concluding chapter to director John Ford's "Cavalry trilogy" that also included "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" stars John Wayne as the hardened commander of a remote...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

True Grit

1969 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast John Wayne · Glen Campbell · Kim Darby · Jeremy Slate

Plot The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal,...

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

The Big Trail

1930 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast John Wayne · Marguerite Churchill · El Brendel · Tully Marshall

Plot In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, through brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out...

7.1

726 votes

7.1

726 votes

Baby Face

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · George Brent · Donald Cook · Alphonse Ethier

Plot Lily Powers (Baby Face) has to do more than serve drinks at her father's run-down speakeasy in a small industrial town. His death gives her the chance to get to...

7.0

410 votes

7.0

410 votes

The Wings of Eagles

1957 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Dan Dailey · Ward Bond

Plot A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

How the West Was Won

1962 · Movie · 164 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway · John Ford · George Marshall · Richard Thorpe

Cast Carroll Baker · James Stewart · Debbie Reynolds · Gregory Peck

Plot The fifty years of American westward expansion between the 1830s and 1880s are viewed through the experiences of the Prescott and Rawlings families, as they migrate by the Erie Canal,...

7.0

5K votes

7.0

5K votes

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Martha Hyer · Michael Anderson Jr.

Plot A ranch-owner's four sons vow to avenge their father's death.

7.0

3K votes

7.0

3K votes