Director
John Ford
1894Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA141 Films3 TV Episodes
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley (1941), also won Best Picture.
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6.5
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976
6.4
7 Women
1965
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
6.2
Donovan's Reef
1963
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.0
Flashing Spikes
1962
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
6.4
Two Rode Together
1961
The Colter Craven Story
1960
7.0
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
7.0
The Horse Soldiers
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
6.4
Gideon's Day
1958
6.9
The Rising of the Moon
1957
6.2
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.0
The Growler Story
1957
7.7
The Searchers
1956
7.1
Mister Roberts
1955
6.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
7.0
The Long Gray Line
1955
6.4
Mogambo
1953
6.4
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
5.5
What Price Glory
1952
7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
5.7
This Is Korea!
1951
6.8
Rio Grande
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
6.8
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
6.7
3 Godfathers
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
5.9
The Fugitive
1947
7.4
My Darling Clementine
1946
6.5
It's Your America
1946
6.5
They Were Expendable
1945
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
1944
6.0
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army
1943
5.8
December 7th
1943
5.7
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
5.8
The Battle of Midway
1942
4.9
Sex Hygiene
1942
5.5
Torpedo Squadron
1942
4.8
Women in Defense
1941
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
6.7
Tobacco Road
1941
6.6
The Long Voyage Home
1940
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
7.2
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
7.6
Stagecoach
1939
6.6
Submarine Patrol
1938
6.3
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
6.7
The Hurricane
1937
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
5.8
The Plough and the Stars
1936
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
6.8
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
7.5
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
6.8
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
6.4
Judge Priest
1934
5.6
The World Moves On
1934
6.5
The Lost Patrol
1934
6.5
Doctor Bull
1933
6.9
Pilgrimage
1933
5.6
Flesh
1932
5.0
Air Mail
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
5.2
The Brat
1931
4.9
Seas Beneath
1931
5.8
Up the River
1930
5.5
Born Reckless
1930
6.3
Men without Women
1930
4.7
Salute
1929
6.0
The Black Watch
1929
5.0
Strong Boy
1929
5.6
Riley the Cop
1928
5.0
Napoleon's Barber
1928
6.6
Hangman's House
1928
7.2
Four Sons
1928
6.2
Mother Machree
1927
5.8
Upstream
1927
5.1
The Blue Eagle
1926
6.8
3 Bad Men
1926
5.1
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
5.0
The Fighting Heart
1925
3.7
Thank You
1925
6.6
The Iron Horse
1925
5.9
Kentucky Pride
1925
6.1
Lightnin'
1925
4.0
Hearts of Oak
1924
5.0
Hoodman Blind
1923
5.6
North of Hudson Bay
1923
5.8
Cameo Kirby
1923
5.0
Three Jumps Ahead
1923
5.0
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923
5.3
The Village Blacksmith
1922
4.0
Silver Wings
1922
4.0
Little Miss Smiles
1922
6.0
Jackie
1921
5.0
Sure Fire
1921
4.0
Action
1921
4.0
Desperate Trails
1921
4.0
The Wallop
1921
4.0
The Freeze-Out
1921
5.0
The Big Punch
1921
6.4
Just Pals
1920
5.0
Hitchin' Posts
1920
5.0
The Girl in Number 29
1920
4.0
The Prince of Avenue A
1920
5.0
Marked Men
1919
5.0
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919
5.0
Rider of the Law
1919
5.0
The Ace of the Saddle
1919
4.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
6.4
The Last Outlaw
1919
3.0
Riders of Vengeance
1919
5.0
The Gun Packer
1919
5.6
By Indian Post
1919
5.0
Gun Law
1919
5.0
Bare Fists
1919
4.0
The Rustlers
1919
5.0
A Fight For Love
1919
4.0
The Fighting Brothers
1919
5.0
Roped
1919
4.5
Three Mounted Men
1918
5.0
The Craving
1918
4.0
A Woman's Fool
1918
5.3
Hell Bent
1918
4.7
The Scarlet Drop
1918
4.5
Thieves' Gold
1918
4.5
Wild Women
1918
4.5
The Phantom Riders
1918
5.5
Bucking Broadway
1917
4.5
A Marked Man
1917
5.0
The Secret Man
1917
6.0
Straight Shooting
1917
4.5
Cheyenne's Pal
1917
4.5
The Soul Herder
1917
4.5
The Scrapper
1917
5.5
The Tornado
1917Television
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