Direction: John Ford
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Ford. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Judge Priest
1934 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Will Rogers · Tom Brown · Anita Louise · Henry B. Walthall
Plot A judge sees fair play when tackling prejudices and injustices in a small American town.
6.7
859 votes
6.7
859 votes
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Will Rogers · Anne Shirley · Irvin S. Cobb · Eugene Pallette
6.7
395 votes
6.7
395 votes
Mister Roberts
1955 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction John Ford · Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Henry Fonda · James Cagney · Jack Lemmon · William Powell
Plot Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. He'd do anything to leave the quiet of the ship to join in...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
The World Moves On
1934 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Madeleine Carroll · Franchot Tone · Reginald Denny · Sig Ruman
6.5
105 votes
6.5
105 votes
Rookie of the Year (TV)
1955 · Movie · 30 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Wayne · Vera Miles · Ward Bond · James Gleason
Plot A small town sports writer attending the World Series recognizes a young ballplayer as the son of former baseball hero who was banned for throwing a game.
6.4
35 votes
6.4
35 votes
Young Cassidy
1965 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jack Cardiff · John Ford
Cast Rod Taylor · Maggie Smith · Julie Christie · Flora Robson
Plot Biographical drama based on the early life of playwright Sean O'Casey, depicting his rise from the 1910 Dublin slums to the celebrated openings of his early plays. Johnny Cassidy (Rod...
6.4
205 votes
6.4
205 votes
Just Pals
1920 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Buck Jones · Helen Ferguson · George Stone · Duke R. Lee
Plot Small-town tramp befriends runaway boy.
6.4
118 votes
6.4
118 votes
December 7th
1943 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States
Direction John Ford · Gregg Toland
Cast Walter Huston · Harry Davenport · Dana Andrews · Paul Hurst
Plot "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...
6.3
64 votes
6.3
64 votes
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Dan Dailey · Corinne Calvet · Colleen Towsend · William Demarest
Plot When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in...
6.3
241 votes
6.3
241 votes
The Fugitive
1947 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Henry Fonda · Dolores del Rio · Pedro Armendáriz · Ward Bond
Plot Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Katharine Hepburn · Fredric March · Florence Eldridge · Douglas Walton
Plot Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival. There is much ado over whom Mary...
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
Air Mail
1932 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Ralph Bellamy · Gloria Stuart · Pat O'Brien · Slim Summerville
Plot Level headed Mike Miller runs Desert Airport, an air mail base full of daring young pilots risking their lives to get the mail through-regardless of the weather. Following the death...
6.2
60 votes
6.2
60 votes
Straight Shooting
1917 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Harry Carey · Duke R. Lee · George Berrell · Molly Malone
Plot 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...
6.2
141 votes
6.2
141 votes
Flesh
1932 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Wallace Beery · Ricardo Cortez · Karen Morley · Jean Hersholt
Plot Slimy American con man Nicky and his girl Laura Nash (Ricardo Cortez & Karen Morley) are in a German jail. Laura is released but has no means to free Nicky...
6.2
135 votes
6.2
135 votes
The Plough and the Stars
1936 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Preston Foster · Barry Fitzgerald · Denis O'Dea
6.2
157 votes
6.2
157 votes
Hangman's House
1928 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Victor McLaglen · June Collyer · Earle Foxe · Larry Kent
Plot Forced by her dying father to marry a man she doesn't love, a young woman must pine for her true paramour until fate can bring them back together. This film...
6.1
78 votes
6.1
78 votes
Gideon of Scotland Yard
1958 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Ford
Cast Jack Hawkins · Dianne Foster · Cyril Cusack · Andrew Ray
Plot Chief Inspector from Scotland Yard Gideons starts his day badly wit a traffic ticket, but faces then such cases as an escaped and murderous madman, and a payroll robbery.
6.1
427 votes
6.1
427 votes
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943 · Documentary · 62 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast John Ford · Eddie Foster · Martin Garralaga · Peter Lorre
Plot A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines, covering cover and concealment, ambush techniques, etc.
6.1
39 votes
6.1
39 votes
Arrowsmith
1931 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Ronald Colman · Helen Hayes · Richard Bennett · DeWitt Jennings
Plot Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel "Martin Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
6.1
478 votes
6.1
478 votes
Up the River
1930 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Spencer Tracy · Claire Luce · Warren Hymer · Humphrey Bogart
Plot Two prisoners, Saint Louis and Dannemora Dan, escape during a theatrical production in order to go to the aid of Steve, a former prisoner whose past is about to be...
6.0
267 votes
6.0
267 votes