Skip to content
CineRank

Lloyd Bacon

Director · 157 credits · 41 in highly-rated films

Best known for Footlight Parade (1933)

Frequent collaborators: Gilbert M. Anderson, Lee Willard, Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Marguerite Clayton

Best Lloyd Bacon movies by genre

Directed movies (111 total, ranked by score)

  1. Footlight Parade

    1933 · ★ 6.8 (103 votes)

    Comedy, Music

    1

  2. Action in the North Atlantic

    1943 · ★ 7.1 (62 votes)

    War

    2

  3. Larceny, Inc.

    1942 · ★ 7.0 (30 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    3

  4. Brother Orchid

    1940 · ★ 6.5 (37 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    4

  5. The Famous Ferguson Case

    1932 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    5

  6. 42nd Street

    1933 · ★ 6.9 (216 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Frisco Kid

    1935 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)

    Adventure, Romance, Action

    7

  8. The I Don't Care Girl

    1953 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Music

    8

  9. Marked Woman

    1937 · ★ 6.6 (78 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. The Good Humor Man

    1950 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Crime

    10

  11. Son of a Sailor

    1933 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    11

  12. Racket Busters

    1938 · ★ 5.1 (11 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    12

  13. A Slight Case of Murder

    1938 · ★ 6.4 (47 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    13

  14. Give My Regards to Broadway

    1948 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    14

  15. Honeymoon for Three

    1941 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    15

  16. Picture Snatcher

    1933 · ★ 6.8 (26 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    16

  17. Three Cheers for the Irish

    1940 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    17

  18. The Great Sioux Uprising

    1953 · ★ 5.7 (6 votes)

    Western

    18

  19. Knute Rockne All American

    1940 · ★ 6.2 (26 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Cain and Mabel

    1936 · ★ 6.1 (14 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    20

  21. Sit Tight

    1931 · ★ 5.2 (2 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Action

    21

  22. Wake Up and Dream

    1946 · ★ 6.5 (3 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. The Oklahoma Kid

    1939 · ★ 6.0 (34 votes)

    Western, History

    23

  24. Circus Today

    1926

    Comedy

    24

  25. Crooner

    1932 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    25

  26. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

    1947 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Music

    26

  27. The Frogmen

    1951 · ★ 6.2 (28 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    27

  28. Submarine D-1

    1937 · ★ 4.7 (6 votes)

    Action, Drama

    28

  29. You Said a Mouthful

    1932 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    29

  30. The Irish in Us

    1935 · ★ 7.5 (8 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    30

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