William Wyler
Director · 71 credits · 36 in highly-rated films
Best known for Ben-Hur (1959)
Frequent collaborators: Vivien Leigh
Best William Wyler movies by genre
Directed movies (58 total, ranked by score)
1Ben-Hur
1959 · ★ 7.9 (3,232 votes)
History, Drama, Adventure
2Roman Holiday
1953 · ★ 7.9 (2,318 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
3The Heiress
1949 · ★ 7.8 (281 votes)
Drama, Romance, History
4The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · ★ 7.7 (752 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
5The Big Country
1958 · ★ 7.6 (426 votes)
Drama, Western, Romance
6The Children's Hour
1961 · ★ 7.7 (421 votes)
Drama
7How to Steal a Million
1966 · ★ 7.5 (679 votes)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
8Wuthering Heights
1939 · ★ 7.2 (335 votes)
Drama, Romance
9Mrs. Miniver
1942 · ★ 7.1 (296 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
10Funny Girl
1968 · ★ 7.2 (439 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
11The Collector
1965 · ★ 7.3 (232 votes)
Thriller
12The Letter
1940 · ★ 7.3 (246 votes)
Crime, Drama
13The Little Foxes
1941 · ★ 7.5 (189 votes)
Drama
14The Desperate Hours
1955 · ★ 7.0 (187 votes)
Crime, Thriller
15Dodsworth
1936 · ★ 7.1 (148 votes)
Drama, Romance
16Detective Story
1951 · ★ 7.1 (168 votes)
Crime, Drama
17Jezebel
1938 · ★ 7.0 (223 votes)
Drama, Romance
18The Westerner
1940 · ★ 7.1 (125 votes)
Western
19Dead End
1937 · ★ 7.1 (153 votes)
Crime, Drama
20Friendly Persuasion
1956 · ★ 6.7 (143 votes)
Drama, War
21The Good Fairy
1935 · ★ 7.0 (34 votes)
Comedy, Romance
22These Three
1936 · ★ 7.2 (45 votes)
Drama, Romance
23Carrie
1952 · ★ 6.4 (51 votes)
Drama, Romance
24The Memphis Belle
1944 · ★ 6.7 (45 votes)
Documentary, War
25Glamour
1934 · ★ 2.7 (3 votes)
Drama
26Come and Get It
1936 · ★ 6.8 (39 votes)
Drama, Romance
27The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · ★ 6.1 (29 votes)
Drama, Crime
28Hell's Heroes
1929 · ★ 7.1 (21 votes)
Western
29Counsellor at Law
1933 · ★ 6.5 (29 votes)
Drama
30Straight Shootin'
1927
Western
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.