Direction: George Lucas

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


Star Wars IV: A New Hope

1977 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Mark Hamill · Harrison Ford · Carrie Fisher · Alec Guinness

Plot In a distant galaxy, a long time ago, young Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on Tatooine, is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi,...

7.9

135K votes

7.9

135K votes

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

2005 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Hayden Christensen · Ewan McGregor · Natalie Portman · Ian McDiarmid

Plot After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the...

7.1

101K votes

7.1

101K votes

American Graffiti

1973 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Ron Howard · Charles Martin Smith · Paul Le Mat

Plot Set in Modesto, California in 1962, a time and place of early rock n’ roll, drag races, and diners, American Graffiti follows four friends over the course of one summer...

6.7

12K votes

6.7

12K votes

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 22 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas · Dave Filoni · Henry Gilroy · Steward Lee

Plot The Grand Army of the Republic, led by Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other Jedi Knights, fights the New Droid Army of the Separatists.

6.4

5K votes

6.4

5K votes

Star Wars. Episode II: Attack of the Clones

2002 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Hayden Christensen · Ewan McGregor · Natalie Portman · Ian McDiarmid

Plot In the second installment of the Star Wars series, EPISODE II--ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is now a teenage Jedi apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Together...

6.3

105K votes

6.3

105K votes

Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace

1999 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Liam Neeson · Ewan McGregor · Natalie Portman · Jake Lloyd

Plot The first of three prequels to George Lucas’s celebrated STAR WARS films, EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE is set some 30 years before STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A...

6.2

101K votes

6.2

101K votes

THX 1138

1971 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Robert Duvall · Donald Pleasence · Don Pedro Colley · Maggie McOmie

Plot Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime. George Lucas adapted this, his first film, from a short he made at University. THX 1138, LUH 3417, and SEN 5241...

6.0

6K votes

6.0

6K votes

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (S)

1967 · Movie · 15 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Dan Natchsheim · Joy Carmichael · David Munson · Marvin Bennett

Plot While monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth.

5.6

483 votes

5.6

483 votes

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas · Carl Schultz · Simon Wincer · René Manzor

Cast Sean Patrick Flanery · George Hall · Lloyd Owen · Corey Carrier

Plot The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was based on the Indiana Jones series of films. The series follows the Indiana Jones character (as a young boy and as a young man)...

5.2

3K votes

5.2

3K votes

Ewoks (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas · Raymond Jafelice · Dale Schott

Plot This series recounts the adventures of Ewoks years before the Battle of Endor. Here Wicket W. Warrick is a young Ewok struggling to achieve maturity in his community. This leads...

5.1

1K votes

5.1

1K votes

Star Wars: Droids (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 22 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas · Ben Burtt · Raymond Jafelice · Clive A. Smith

Plot The adventures of R2-D2 and C-3P0 before they joined Luke Skywalker.

4.9

731 votes

4.9

731 votes

Herbie (S)

1966 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States

Direction Paul Golding · George Lucas

Plot Herbie is a short 16mm black and white film by George Lucas and Paul Golding made in 1966 as part of their USC film school course. It is an abstract...

4.5

58 votes

4.5

58 votes

Look at Life (S)

1965 · Documentary · 1 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Plot A photo-montage of pictures from the media of the year.

4.2

24 votes

4.2

24 votes

Freiheit (S)

1966 · Movie · 3 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Randal Kleiser

Plot The film shows a German student (Randal Kleiser) escaping across the Berlin Border and being shot to death, while on the soundtrack, various platitudes about dying for freedom can be...

3.8

364 votes

3.8

364 votes

1:42.08 (S)

1966 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Plot An early film by George Lucas during his USC days. It depicts a race car driver trying to qualify for a race. He finishes the lap in 1 minute 42.08...

3.6

55 votes

3.6

55 votes

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Les courts des grands

2005 · Documentary · 203 min. · France

Direction Robert Zemeckis · Luc Besson · Tony Scott · George Lucas

Plot A journey through time, a true testimony on twelve of the greatest directors of contemporary cinema. This selection of short films is a tool for understanding their work. With 3...

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Not rated

Filmmaker

1968 · Documentary · 32 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Tom Aldredge · Bill Butler · Francis Ford Coppola · James Caan

Plot Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the 1969 film "The Rain People."

Not rated

Not rated

Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town (S)

1967 · Documentary · 6 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast John Strawbridge · Nancy Yates · Lance Larson

Plot The film focuses on the life cycle of a townspeople, and a photographer who takes pictures of one ignored young couple.

Not rated

Not rated