Joel McCrea
Actor · 65 credits · 39 in highly-rated films
Best known for Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Frequent collaborators: Miriam Hopkins, Arnold Gray, William B. Davidson, Jean Arthur, Edgar Buchanan
Best Joel McCrea movies by genre
Movies (65 total, ranked by score)
1Sullivan's Travels
1941 · ★ 7.4 (517 votes)
Comedy, Romance, Adventure
2Foreign Correspondent
1940 · ★ 7.0 (461 votes)
Thriller, Mystery, Action
3Ride the High Country
1962 · ★ 7.0 (251 votes)
Western, Drama
4Dead End
1937 · ★ 7.1 (153 votes)
Crime, Drama
5The More the Merrier
1943 · ★ 7.0 (98 votes)
Comedy, Romance
6The Most Dangerous Game
1932 · ★ 6.9 (311 votes)
Thriller, Adventure, Horror
7Fort Massacre
1958 · ★ 6.1 (24 votes)
Western
8Cattle Empire
1958 · ★ 6.0 (18 votes)
Western
9Splendor
1935 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)
Comedy, Romance
10These Three
1936 · ★ 7.2 (45 votes)
Drama, Romance
11Colorado Territory
1949 · ★ 6.9 (77 votes)
Western, Crime, Romance
12The Silver Horde
1930 · ★ 5.3 (14 votes)
Drama
13Wichita
1955 · ★ 6.3 (60 votes)
Western
14Stars in My Crown
1950 · ★ 7.0 (49 votes)
Western
15Black Horse Canyon
1954 · ★ 5.9 (7 votes)
Western
16The Lone Hand
1953 · ★ 5.6 (9 votes)
Western
17Buffalo Bill
1944 · ★ 5.6 (37 votes)
Drama, Action, Western
18Born to Love
1931 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)
War, Drama
19Barbary Coast
1935 · ★ 6.5 (39 votes)
Romance, Western, Drama
20The Jazz Age
1929
Romance, Drama
21Trooper Hook
1957 · ★ 6.8 (18 votes)
Western
22The Fair Co-Ed
1927 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
Comedy
23The Great American Cowboy
1973 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)
Documentary
24One Man's Journey
1933 · ★ 7.1 (10 votes)
Drama
25Once a Sinner
1931
Romance
26Sioux Nation
1970 · ★ 8.5 (1 votes)
Western
27Ramrod
1947 · ★ 6.5 (54 votes)
Western
28The San Francisco Story
1952 · ★ 4.6 (7 votes)
Western
29The Tall Stranger
1957 · ★ 6.6 (21 votes)
Western
30The Great Man's Lady
1941 · ★ 6.3 (12 votes)
Western, Drama, Romance
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.