Cast: John Wayne
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Wayne. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 162
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