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Howard Hawks

Director · 52 credits · 35 in highly-rated films

Best known for Rio Bravo (1959)

Frequent collaborators: Peter Bogdanovich

Best Howard Hawks movies by genre

Directed movies (41 total, ranked by score)

  1. Rio Bravo

    1959 · ★ 7.8 (1,287 votes)

    Western, Drama

    1

  2. The Big Sleep

    1946 · ★ 7.6 (1,189 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Thriller

    2

  3. Bringing Up Baby

    1938 · ★ 7.5 (1,112 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    3

  4. Red River

    1948 · ★ 7.3 (613 votes)

    Western

    4

  5. El Dorado

    1966 · ★ 7.4 (599 votes)

    Western, Drama

    5

  6. Scarface

    1932 · ★ 7.4 (714 votes)

    Crime, Action, Drama

    6

  7. To Have and Have Not

    1945 · ★ 7.5 (587 votes)

    Adventure, Romance, War

    7

  8. His Girl Friday

    1940 · ★ 7.4 (966 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    8

  9. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1953 · ★ 7.3 (1,095 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    9

  10. Ball of Fire

    1941 · ★ 7.4 (252 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Crime

    10

  11. Only Angels Have Wings

    1939 · ★ 7.3 (280 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Drama

    11

  12. Sergeant York

    1941 · ★ 7.2 (233 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    12

  13. Monkey Business

    1952 · ★ 6.7 (299 votes)

    Comedy, Science Fiction

    13

  14. Hatari!

    1962 · ★ 6.8 (267 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Action

    14

  15. Man's Favorite Sport?

    1964 · ★ 7.0 (150 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    15

  16. Twentieth Century

    1934 · ★ 6.8 (114 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    16

  17. The Road to Glory

    1936 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama, War

    17

  18. O. Henry's Full House

    1952 · ★ 6.9 (48 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    18

  19. I Was a Male War Bride

    1949 · ★ 6.9 (142 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, War

    19

  20. Rio Lobo

    1970 · ★ 6.5 (289 votes)

    Western

    20

  21. Land of the Pharaohs

    1955 · ★ 6.4 (109 votes)

    Drama, History

    21

  22. The Big Sky

    1952 · ★ 6.5 (98 votes)

    Adventure, Western, Romance

    22

  23. Barbary Coast

    1935 · ★ 6.5 (39 votes)

    Romance, Western, Drama

    23

  24. Come and Get It

    1936 · ★ 6.8 (39 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    24

  25. The Dawn Patrol

    1930 · ★ 6.8 (33 votes)

    War, Drama, Action

    25

  26. Air Force

    1943 · ★ 6.5 (59 votes)

    Action, Drama, War

    26

  27. A Song Is Born

    1948 · ★ 6.4 (47 votes)

    Comedy, Music

    27

  28. Fazil

    1928 · ★ 5.1 (7 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    28

  29. The Road to Glory

    1926 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. Today We Live

    1933 · ★ 6.3 (19 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.