Best Sam Wood movies by genre
Directed movies (79 total, ranked by score)
1A Night at the Opera
1935 · ★ 7.4 (562 votes)
Comedy, Music
2Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · ★ 7.4 (142 votes)
Drama, Romance
3A Day at the Races
1937 · ★ 7.1 (236 votes)
Comedy, Music
4The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · ★ 7.4 (141 votes)
Drama, Family
5Hold Your Man
1933 · ★ 6.1 (20 votes)
Drama, Romance
6The Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · ★ 7.7 (64 votes)
Comedy, Romance
7Kings Row
1942 · ★ 7.3 (43 votes)
Romance, Drama, Mystery
8Madame X
1937 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)
Drama
9Kitty Foyle
1940 · ★ 6.6 (56 votes)
Drama, Romance
10For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · ★ 6.5 (211 votes)
War, Romance, History
11Her Gilded Cage
1922
Drama, Romance
12Command Decision
1948 · ★ 6.6 (24 votes)
War, Drama, Action
13Whipsaw
1935 · ★ 6.2 (15 votes)
Crime, Drama
14Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923
Comedy, Romance
15A Racing Romeo
1927
Action, Drama, Romance
16The Fair Co-Ed
1927 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
Comedy
17The Girl Said No
1930 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)
Comedy, Romance
18The Man in Possession
1931 · ★ 6.5 (7 votes)
Comedy, Romance
19Fascinating Youth
1926
Comedy
20Ivy
1947 · ★ 6.6 (25 votes)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
21The Stratton Story
1949 · ★ 6.7 (36 votes)
Drama, Romance
22The Sins of the Children
1930 · ★ 4.0 (6 votes)
Drama
23Prosperity
1932 · ★ 4.7 (3 votes)
Drama, Comedy
24Stablemates
1938 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)
Drama
25The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
Western
26Lord Jeff
1938 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)
Crime, Drama
27A Tailor-Made Man
1931
Comedy
28Our Town
1940 · ★ 5.9 (38 votes)
Drama, Romance
29Paid
1930 · ★ 6.7 (18 votes)
Drama, Crime
30Let 'em Have It
1935 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)
Crime, Drama
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