Direction: W.S. Van Dyke

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


7.0

46 votes

The Thin Man

1934 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Maureen O'Sullivan · Nat Pendleton

Plot After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

San Francisco

1936 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Clark Gable · Jeanette MacDonald · Spencer Tracy · Jack Holt

Plot The MGM historical "spectacular" San Francisco was allegedly based on a three-sentence synopsis, submitted verbally to producer B.F. Zeidman by studio troubleshooter Bob Hopkins. The story begins on the Barbary...

6.9

1K votes

6.9

1K votes

I Take This Woman

1940 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Frank Borzage · Josef von Sternberg

Cast Spencer Tracy · Hedy Lamarr · Verree Teasdale · Kent Taylor

Plot Georgi has attempted suicide in reaction to an earlier love affair. Now that Dr. Decker has married her he sets out to get her to love him. To make enough...

6.8

131 votes

6.8

131 votes

Manhattan Melodrama

1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Clark Gable · William Powell · Myrna Loy · Leo Carrillo

Plot Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy star in this aptly titled film about best friends who end up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with...

6.8

736 votes

6.8

736 votes

Tarzan, the Ape Man

1932 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Johnny Weissmuller · Maureen O'Sullivan · Neil Hamilton · C. Aubrey Smith

Plot Two white traders, James Parker and Harry Holt, are preparing to leave on a safari to find the fabled elephants' graveyard. The former's daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly and despite paternal...

6.7

21K votes

6.7

21K votes

I Love You Again

1940 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Frank McHugh · Edmund Lowe

Plot Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

6.6

42 votes

6.6

42 votes

Broadway Melody of 1936

1935 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth · W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Jack Benny · Eleanor Powell · Robert Taylor · Una Merkel

Plot Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian, if she can dance in...

6.6

87 votes

6.6

87 votes

After the Thin Man

1936 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · James Stewart · Elissa Landi

Plot Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora find themselves trying to solve another mystery. It's New Year's Eve and they are summoned to...

6.6

535 votes

6.6

535 votes

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Barry Nelson · Donna Reed

Plot Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams...

6.6

359 votes

6.6

359 votes

Another Thin Man

1939 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Virginia Grey · Otto Kruger

Plot Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there's a new...

6.5

334 votes

6.5

334 votes

Marie Antoinette

1938 · Movie · 149 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Norma Shearer · Tyrone Power · John Barrymore · Robert Morley

Plot The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. At first, she's a Hapsburg teenager isolated in France, living a virgin's life in the...

6.5

259 votes

6.5

259 votes

Rage in Heaven

1941 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Robert Montgomery · Ingrid Bergman · George Sanders · Lucile Watson

Plot Old friends Ward and Phillip both become smitten with Phillip's mother's attractive young secretary Stella. But Stella marries Phillip and stands by him as his behavior becomes more and more...

6.5

232 votes

6.5

232 votes

Penthouse

1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Warner Baxter · Myrna Loy · Charles Butterworth · Mae Clarke

Plot Racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Durant helps him beat a murder rap, but Durant just does it for the thrill of it and refuses payment. Durant's defense...

6.3

59 votes

6.3

59 votes

It's a Wonderful World

1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Claudette Colbert · James Stewart · Guy Kibbee · Nat Pendleton

Plot Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police,...

6.3

73 votes

6.3

73 votes

Guilty Hands

1931 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Kay Francis · Madge Evans · William Bakewell

Plot Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard's daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard's old friend, wealthy...

6.0

26 votes

6.0

26 votes

I Live My Life

1935 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Joan Crawford · Brian Aherne · Aline MacMahon · Frank Morgan

Plot Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece-where she meets, Terry, an archaeologist. Kay flirts with Terry and he falls for Kay. Kay heads back...

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Howard Hawks

Cast Myrna Loy · Max Baer · Primo Carnera · Jack Dempsey

Plot Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training him for the ring. While doing road work, he is almost killed by...

5.9

32 votes

5.9

32 votes

Personal Property

1937 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Jean Harlow · Robert Taylor · Reginald Owen · Una O'Connor

Plot Robert Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. The sheriff gets him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby.

5.7

27 votes

5.7

27 votes

Forsaking All Others

1934 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Robert Montgomery · Joan Crawford · Clark Gable · Charles Butterworth

Plot Dyl leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dyl, Jeff keeps quiet about his own...

5.7

28 votes

5.7

28 votes