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John Ford

Director · 176 credits · 76 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Searchers (1956)

Frequent collaborators: James Stewart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Francis Ford, Duke Worne

Best John Ford movies by genre

Directed movies (145 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Searchers

    1956 · ★ 7.7 (1,613 votes)

    Western

    1

  2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    1962 · ★ 7.8 (1,324 votes)

    Western

    2

  3. The Grapes of Wrath

    1940 · ★ 7.8 (1,125 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Stagecoach

    1939 · ★ 7.6 (1,259 votes)

    Western

    4

  5. My Darling Clementine

    1946 · ★ 7.5 (496 votes)

    Western

    5

  6. The Quiet Man

    1952 · ★ 7.3 (624 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    6

  7. How Green Was My Valley

    1941 · ★ 7.3 (466 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. How the West Was Won

    1962 · ★ 7.0 (508 votes)

    Western

    8

  9. Fort Apache

    1948 · ★ 7.0 (421 votes)

    Western

    9

  10. Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939 · ★ 7.2 (195 votes)

    Drama, History

    10

  11. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    1949 · ★ 6.9 (414 votes)

    Drama, Western

    11

  12. Rio Grande

    1950 · ★ 6.8 (403 votes)

    Western

    12

  13. Mister Roberts

    1955 · ★ 7.1 (178 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, War

    13

  14. 3 Godfathers

    1948 · ★ 6.8 (208 votes)

    Western

    14

  15. The Horse Soldiers

    1959 · ★ 6.9 (288 votes)

    Western, War

    15

  16. The Informer

    1935 · ★ 6.8 (128 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    16

  17. Sergeant Rutledge

    1960 · ★ 7.0 (139 votes)

    Western, Crime, Drama

    17

  18. The Whole Town's Talking

    1935 · ★ 6.9 (62 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    18

  19. The Long Voyage Home

    1940 · ★ 6.6 (102 votes)

    Drama, War

    19

  20. They Were Expendable

    1945 · ★ 6.5 (132 votes)

    Drama, War

    20

  21. Two Rode Together

    1961 · ★ 6.4 (159 votes)

    Western

    21

  22. The Last Hurrah

    1958 · ★ 7.2 (61 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Mogambo

    1953 · ★ 6.4 (173 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Romance

    23

  24. The Long Gray Line

    1955 · ★ 7.0 (56 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    24

  25. Wagon Master

    1950 · ★ 6.7 (152 votes)

    Adventure, Western

    25

  26. 7 Women

    1965 · ★ 6.5 (78 votes)

    Drama, History

    26

  27. Four Sons

    1928 · ★ 7.3 (25 votes)

    War, Drama

    27

  28. Donovan's Reef

    1963 · ★ 6.2 (160 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Romance

    28

  29. Flesh

    1932 · ★ 5.6 (13 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    29

  30. Wee Willie Winkie

    1937 · ★ 6.6 (33 votes)

    Adventure, Family

    30

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