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Cecil B. DeMille

Director · 96 credits · 37 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Ten Commandments (1956)

Frequent collaborators: Oscar Apfel, Charlton Heston, Jackie Coogan, Marie Dressler

Best Cecil B. DeMille movies by genre

Directed movies (78 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Ten Commandments

    1956 · ★ 7.8 (1,915 votes)

    Drama, History

    1

  2. Samson and Delilah

    1949 · ★ 6.6 (250 votes)

    Romance, Drama, History

    2

  3. Unconquered

    1947 · ★ 6.5 (66 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, History

    3

  4. Old Wives for New

    1918 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    4

  5. A Romance of the Redwoods

    1917 · ★ 6.4 (13 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Western

    5

  6. The Ten Commandments

    1923 · ★ 6.5 (86 votes)

    Drama, History

    6

  7. The King of Kings

    1927 · ★ 6.4 (68 votes)

    Drama, History

    7

  8. Why Change Your Wife?

    1920 · ★ 5.9 (14 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    8

  9. The Greatest Show on Earth

    1952 · ★ 6.4 (275 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. The Road to Yesterday

    1925 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Romance

    10

  11. The Plainsman

    1936 · ★ 6.5 (40 votes)

    Western, War, Romance

    11

  12. Forbidden Fruit

    1921 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    12

  13. The Sign of the Cross

    1932 · ★ 6.4 (51 votes)

    Drama, History

    13

  14. For Better, for Worse

    1919 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Union Pacific

    1939 · ★ 6.7 (79 votes)

    Drama, Western

    15

  16. The Squaw Man

    1918 · ★ 5.8 (2 votes)

    Western

    16

  17. Male and Female

    1919 · ★ 6.4 (23 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    17

  18. The Devil Stone

    1917

    Drama, Mystery

    18

  19. Cleopatra

    1934 · ★ 6.1 (97 votes)

    History, Drama, Romance

    19

  20. Dynamite

    1929 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Manslaughter

    1922 · ★ 5.4 (11 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. Reap the Wild Wind

    1942 · ★ 6.4 (61 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Romance

    22

  23. Adam's Rib

    1923 · ★ 5.8 (2 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. The Golden Chance

    1915 · ★ 6.5 (7 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Kindling

    1915

    Crime, Drama

    25

  26. Madam Satan

    1930 · ★ 5.9 (27 votes)

    Romance, Music, Comedy

    26

  27. The Volga Boatman

    1926 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. The Golden Bed

    1925 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    28

  29. What's His Name

    1914

    Comedy, Drama

    29

  30. The Godless Girl

    1928 · ★ 7.0 (13 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.