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Best John Ford Movies Ranked

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John Ford Directed Filmography (145)

Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1976·Director
7 Women
1965·Director
Cheyenne Autumn
1964·Director
Donovan's Reef
1963·Director
How the West Was Won
1962·Director
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962·Director
Flashing Spikes
1962·Director
Two Rode Together
1961·Director
Sergeant Rutledge
1960·Director
The Colter Craven Story
1960·Director
The Horse Soldiers
1959·Director
Korea
1959·Director
Gideon's Day
1958·Director
The Last Hurrah
1958·Director
The Wings of Eagles
1957·Director
The Rising of the Moon
1957·Director
The Growler Story
1957·Director
The Searchers
1956·Director
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955·Director
The Long Gray Line
1955·Director
Mister Roberts
1955·Director
Mogambo
1953·Director
The Sun Shines Bright
1953·Director
What Price Glory
1952·Director
The Quiet Man
1952·Director
This Is Korea!
1951·Director
Rio Grande
1950·Director
Wagon Master
1950·Director
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950·Director
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949·Director
3 Godfathers
1948·Director
Fort Apache
1948·Director
The Fugitive
1947·Director
My Darling Clementine
1946·Director
It's Your America
1946·Director
They Were Expendable
1945·Director
In Memoriam Manuel Quezon
1944·Director
December 7th
1943·Director
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943·Director
At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army
1943·Director
German Industrial Manpower
1943·Director
We Sail at Midnight
1943·Director
The Battle of Midway
1942·Director
Sex Hygiene
1942·Director
Torpedo Squadron
1942·Director
How Green Was My Valley
1941·Director
Tobacco Road
1941·Director
Women in Defense
1941·Director
The Grapes of Wrath
1940·Director
The Long Voyage Home
1940·Director
Stagecoach
1939·Director
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939·Director
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939·Director
Four Men and a Prayer
1938·Director
Submarine Patrol
1938·Director
Wee Willie Winkie
1937·Director
The Hurricane
1937·Director
Mary of Scotland
1936·Director
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936·Director
The Plough and the Stars
1936·Director
The Informer
1935·Director
The Whole Town's Talking
1935·Director
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935·Director
Judge Priest
1934·Director
The Lost Patrol
1934·Director
The World Moves On
1934·Director
Doctor Bull
1933·Director
Pilgrimage
1933·Director
Air Mail
1932·Director
Flesh
1932·Director
Arrowsmith
1931·Director
Seas Beneath
1931·Director
The Brat
1931·Director
Up the River
1930·Director
Born Reckless
1930·Director
Men without Women
1930·Director
Salute
1929·Director
The Black Watch
1929·Director
Strong Boy
1929·Director
Four Sons
1928·Director
Hangman's House
1928·Director
Riley the Cop
1928·Director
Napoleon's Barber
1928·Director
Upstream
1927·Director
Mother Machree
1927·Director
3 Bad Men
1926·Director
The Blue Eagle
1926·Director
The Shamrock Handicap
1926·Director
The Iron Horse
1925·Director
Lightnin'
1925·Director
Kentucky Pride
1925·Director
The Fighting Heart
1925·Director
Thank You
1925·Director
Hearts of Oak
1924·Director
Hoodman Blind
1923·Director
Cameo Kirby
1923·Director
North of Hudson Bay
1923·Director
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1923·Director
Three Jumps Ahead
1923·Director
The Village Blacksmith
1922·Director
Silver Wings
1922·Director
Little Miss Smiles
1922·Director
The Big Punch
1921·Director
Desperate Trails
1921·Director
The Freeze-Out
1921·Director
Sure Fire
1921·Director
Jackie
1921·Director
Action
1921·Director
The Wallop
1921·Director
Just Pals
1920·Director
The Prince of Avenue A
1920·Director
The Girl in Number 29
1920·Director
Hitchin' Posts
1920·Director
By Indian Post
1919·Director
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919·Director
The Last Outlaw
1919·Director
Roped
1919·Director
The Fighting Brothers
1919·Director
A Fight For Love
1919·Director
The Rustlers
1919·Director
Bare Fists
1919·Director
Gun Law
1919·Director
The Gun Packer
1919·Director
Riders of Vengeance
1919·Director
Marked Men
1919·Director
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919·Director
The Ace of the Saddle
1919·Director
Rider of the Law
1919·Director
Hell Bent
1918·Director
The Phantom Riders
1918·Director
Wild Women
1918·Director
Thieves' Gold
1918·Director
The Scarlet Drop
1918·Director
A Woman's Fool
1918·Director
Three Mounted Men
1918·Director
The Craving
1918·Director
Bucking Broadway
1917·Director
Straight Shooting
1917·Director
The Tornado
1917·Director
The Scrapper
1917·Director
The Soul Herder
1917·Director
Cheyenne's Pal
1917·Director
The Secret Man
1917·Director
A Marked Man
1917·Director
The Trail of Hate
1917·Director