Direction: King Vidor

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by King Vidor. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Stranger's Return

1933 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

6.7

44 votes

6.7

44 votes

The Wedding Night

1935 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Gary Cooper · Anna Sten · Ralph Bellamy · Helen Vinson

Plot Because his finances are low and he is seeking background for a new book, author Tony Barratt and his wife Dora return to his country home in Conneecticut. While he...

6.7

294 votes

6.7

294 votes

Northwest Passage (Book I - Rogers' Rangers)

1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Spencer Tracy · Robert Young · Walter Brennan · Ruth Hussey

Plot Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

6.6

90 votes

Japanese War Bride

1952 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Shirley Yamaguchi · Don Taylor · Cameron Mitchell · Marie Windsor

Plot Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. The couple are forced to deal with the sometimes...

6.6

72 votes

6.6

72 votes

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast John Gilbert · Eleanor Boardman · Roy D'Arcy · Lionel Belmore

Plot Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to...

6.5

27 votes

6.5

27 votes

Cynara

1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Ronald Colman · Kay Francis · Phyllis Barry · Henry Stephenson

Plot Jim Warlock is a successful British lawyer who has always displayed a solid and conservative nature in his business associations, his professional ethics, and his personal life. He has enjoyed...

6.4

50 votes

6.4

50 votes

Billy the Kid

1930 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Wallace Beery · Kay Johnson · Karl Dane

Plot In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend,...

6.4

40 votes

6.4

40 votes

The Jack-Knife Man

1920 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

6.3

22 votes

6.3

22 votes

Lightning Strikes Twice

1951 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

6.2

184 votes

6.2

184 votes

Solomon and Sheba

1959 · Movie · 139 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Yul Brynner · Gina Lollobrigida · George Sanders · Marisa Pavan

Plot Shortly before his death in ancient Israel, King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

The Texas Rangers

1936 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

6.0

43 votes

6.0

43 votes

Comrade X

1940 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Clark Gable · Hedy Lamarr · Oskar Homolka · Felix Bressart

Plot McKinley B. "Mac" Thompson, American reporter in Moscow, smuggles out uncensored news under the alias "Comrade X," but hotel valet Vanya discovers his secret. Vanya fears for the safety of...

6.0

335 votes

6.0

335 votes

Bird of Paradise

1932 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

5.9

221 votes

5.9

221 votes

On Our Merry Way

1948 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor · George Stevens · Leslie Fenton

Cast James Stewart · Henry Fonda · Burgess Meredith · Charles D. Brown

Plot Also released under the title A MIRACLE CAN HAPPEN, this three-part anthology features vignettes that are connected by a question from feature reporter Oliver Pease (Burgess Meredith): "Has a child...

5.7

524 votes

5.7

524 votes

Bud's Recruit (S)

1918 · Movie · 25 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Ruth Hampton · Thomas Bellamy · Ernest Butterworth Jr. · Wallace Brennan

Plot While the young Bud is willing to give him his due enlist the Kaiser, his older brother Reggie is glad not to have been called up.

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

Not So Dumb

1930 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Marion Davies · Elliott Nugent · Raymond Hackett · Franklin Pangborn

Plot Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.

5.2

28 votes

5.2

28 votes

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics (S)

1964 · Documentary · 25 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast King Vidor

Plot A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.

Not rated

Not rated

The Family Honor

1920 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Florence Vidor · Roscoe Karns · Ben Alexander · Charles Meredith

Plot The Tucker brothers, descendants of one of the stately families of Pleasanton, are broke. Margaret has put all his hopes on Albert, sacrificing to curse out college. However, when Albert...

Not rated

Not rated

The Other Half

1919 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated