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John Sturges

Director · 45 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Great Escape (1963)

Best John Sturges movies by genre

Directed movies (43 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Great Escape

    1963 · ★ 7.9 (2,914 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, War

    1

  2. The Magnificent Seven

    1960 · ★ 7.5 (2,041 votes)

    Western, Action, Adventure

    2

  3. Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955 · ★ 7.3 (434 votes)

    Western, Drama, Crime

    3

  4. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    1957 · ★ 7.0 (394 votes)

    Western

    4

  5. The Eagle Has Landed

    1976 · ★ 6.7 (394 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Action

    5

  6. Last Train from Gun Hill

    1959 · ★ 7.1 (225 votes)

    Western

    6

  7. Ice Station Zebra

    1968 · ★ 6.4 (192 votes)

    Thriller, Adventure

    7

  8. The Old Man and the Sea

    1958 · ★ 6.5 (169 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    8

  9. Mystery Street

    1950 · ★ 6.8 (68 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    9

  10. Joe Kidd

    1972 · ★ 6.4 (416 votes)

    Western, Drama

    10

  11. The Law and Jake Wade

    1958 · ★ 6.7 (64 votes)

    Western

    11

  12. McQ

    1974 · ★ 6.1 (109 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    12

  13. Escape from Fort Bravo

    1953 · ★ 6.3 (86 votes)

    Western

    13

  14. Jeopardy

    1953 · ★ 6.7 (44 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    14

  15. Backlash

    1956 · ★ 6.5 (51 votes)

    Western

    15

  16. Kind Lady

    1951 · ★ 7.0 (12 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    16

  17. A Girl Named Tamiko

    1962 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Hour of the Gun

    1967 · ★ 6.5 (104 votes)

    Western

    18

  19. The Magnificent Yankee

    1950 · ★ 5.4 (7 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. It's a Big Country

    1951 · ★ 5.3 (7 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    20

  21. The Scarlet Coat

    1955 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)

    History, Drama, Adventure

    21

  22. Alias Mr. Twilight

    1946 · ★ 5.1 (4 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    22

  23. Marooned

    1969 · ★ 6.0 (114 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

    23

  24. The Hallelujah Trail

    1965 · ★ 6.1 (96 votes)

    Western, Comedy

    24

  25. Thunderbolt

    1947 · ★ 6.1 (23 votes)

    War, Documentary, History

    25

  26. The Capture

    1950 · ★ 6.1 (17 votes)

    Drama, Western, Crime

    26

  27. The Walking Hills

    1949 · ★ 6.1 (21 votes)

    Western

    27

  28. The Sign of the Ram

    1948 · ★ 5.8 (10 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    28

  29. The People Against O'Hara

    1951 · ★ 5.8 (30 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    29

  30. The Satan Bug

    1965 · ★ 6.1 (58 votes)

    Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

    30

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