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Frank Capra

Director · 80 credits · 42 in highly-rated films

Best known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Frequent collaborators: Anatole Litvak, Jr., John Huston, Jeanine Basinger, James Stewart

Directed movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. Our Mr. Sun

    1956 · ★ 7.5 (11 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie, Animation

    31

  2. Riding High

    1950 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Comedy

    32

  3. War Comes to America

    1945 · ★ 7.0 (17 votes)

    Documentary, War

    33

  4. Ladies of Leisure

    1930 · ★ 6.2 (28 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    34

  5. The Strong Man

    1926 · ★ 6.2 (28 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    35

  6. The Matinee Idol

    1928 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    36

  7. That Certain Thing

    1928 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    37

  8. Rendezvous in Space

    1964

    Documentary, Animation

    38

  9. Flight

    1929 · ★ 6.6 (9 votes)

    Adventure, Action

    39

  10. The Way of the Strong

    1928 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Romance

    40

  11. The Power of the Press

    1928 · ★ 6.4 (12 votes)

    Drama

    41

  12. Why We Fight: The Battle of China

    1944 · ★ 6.3 (13 votes)

    War, Documentary

    42

  13. Rain or Shine

    1930 · ★ 6.2 (8 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

    43

  14. Say It with Sables

    1928 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    44

  15. G.I. Journal

    1944

    Comedy, Documentary

    45

  16. Long Pants

    1927 · ★ 5.5 (12 votes)

    Comedy

    46

  17. Two Down and One to Go

    1945 · ★ 6.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Submarine

    1928 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Action, Drama, Adventure

    48

  19. The Donovan Affair

    1929 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Crime, Mystery

    49

  20. Dirigible

    1931 · ★ 5.5 (11 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, War

    50

  21. For the Love of Mike

    1927 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    51

  22. Attack! The Battle for New Britain

    1944 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    War, Documentary

    52

  23. The Fallbrook Story

    1952

    Documentary, History

    53

  24. Here Comes the Groom

    1951 · ★ 5.2 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    54

  25. So This Is Love

    1928 · ★ 5.5 (13 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    55

  26. Fulta Fisher's Boarding House

    1922 · ★ 5.2 (11 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    56

  27. The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

    1957 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Animation, Family

    57

  28. The Italian Warship Libia

    1921 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    58

  29. Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America

    2000

    Documentary

    59

  30. Our Job in Japan

    1945

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.