Screenplay: King Vidor

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by King Vidor. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Crowd

1928 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast James Murray · Eleanor Boardman · Bert Roach · Estelle Clark

Plot Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. But dreams soon fade with the death of his father when John is but...

8.2

3K votes

8.2

3K votes

Our Daily Bread

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Karen Morley · Tom Keene · Barbara Pepper · Addison Richards

Plot John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help...

7.6

924 votes

7.6

924 votes

War and Peace

1956 · Movie · 208 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Audrey Hepburn · Henry Fonda · Mel Ferrer · Vittorio Gassman

Plot Set against the backdrop of Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia, King Vidor's adaptation of the Tolstoy sprawling classic stars Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezhukov. Despite the vast scope of the...

7.3

10K votes

7.3

10K votes

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Hedy Lamarr · Robert Young · Ruth Hussey · Charles Coburn

Plot A man who lived his life as he was was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young...

7.0

348 votes

7.0

348 votes

Hallelujah!

1929 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Daniel L. Haynes · Nina Mae McKinney · William Fountaine · Harry Gray

Plot In a juke joint, sharecropper Zeke falls for a beautiful dancer, Chick, but she's only setting him up for a rigged craps game. He loses $100, the money he got...

7.0

328 votes

7.0

328 votes

Wild Oranges

1924 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Frank Mayo · Virginia Valli · Ford Sterling · Nigel de Brulier

Plot Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Her grandfather fled there for political reasons. But they're not alone. An escaped prisoner, Nicholas, is terrorizing them, and further...

6.9

81 votes

6.9

81 votes

The Texas Rangers

1936 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

6.0

43 votes

6.0

43 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

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.

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The Other Half

1919 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

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His Hour

1924 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Aileen Pringue · John Gilbert · Emily Fitzroy · Lawrence Grant

Plot Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire. Based on Elinor Glyn's "Three Weeks".

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Love Never Dies

1921 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Lloyd Hughes · Madge Bellamy · Joseph Bennett · Lillian Leighton

Plot John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,...

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Not rated