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.
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke · Robert J. Flaherty
Cast Monte Blue · Raquel Torres · Robert Anderson · Renee Bush
7.0
46 votes
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