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Clarence Brown

American film director (1890–1987)

3.06body-of-work score · ranked #358 of 2631 directors · 7 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 10, 1890 · Clinton
Died
August 17, 1987 · Santa Monica
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Clarence Brown
Freulich (?) · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Human Comedy

    1943 · United States · drama, comedy

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1943 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1947 #4

    0.882 citations
  2. 2
    The Yearling

    1946 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1946 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1949 #9

    0.752 citations
  3. 3
    National Velvet

    1944 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2003) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.392 citations
  4. 4
    Smouldering Fires

    1925 · United States · drama, silent

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1925 #6

    0.361 citation
  5. 5
    The Last of the Mohicans

    1920 · United States · silent, drama, adventure

    National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.342 citations
  6. 6
    Flesh and the Devil

    1926 · United States · romance, silent, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

    0.231 citation
  7. 7
    Intruder in the Dust

    1949 · United States · crime, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 58 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1915The Cub
  • 1915Trilby
  • 1916The Closed Road
  • 1916The Hand of Peril
  • 1916The Pawn of Fate
  • 1917A Girl's Folly
  • 1917The Law of the Land
  • 1920The Great Redeemer
  • 1920The Last of the Mohicans
  • 1922The Light in the Dark
  • 1923Don't Marry for Money
  • 1923The Acquittal
  • 1924Butterfly
  • 1924The Signal Tower
  • 1925Smouldering Fires
  • 1925The Eagle
  • 1925The Goose Woman
  • 1926Flesh and the Devil
  • 1926Kiki
  • 1928A Woman of Affairs
  • 1928The Cossacks
  • 1928The Trail of '98
  • 1929Navy Blues
  • 1929Wonder of Women
  • 1930Anna Christie
  • 1930Romance
  • 1931A Free Soul
  • 1931Inspiration
  • 1931Possessed
  • 1932Emma
  • 1932Letty Lynton
  • 1932The Son-Daughter
  • 1933Looking Forward
  • 1933Night Flight
  • 1934Chained
  • 1934Sadie McKee
  • 1935Ah, Wilderness!
  • 1935Anna Karenina
  • 1936The Gorgeous Hussy
  • 1936Wife vs. Secretary
  • 1937Conquest
  • 1938Of Human Hearts
  • 1939Idiot's Delight
  • 1939The Rains Came
  • 1940Edison, the Man
  • 1941Come Live with Me
  • 1941They Met in Bombay
  • 1943The Human Comedy
  • 1944National Velvet
  • 1944The White Cliffs of Dover
  • 1946The Yearling
  • 1947Song of Love
  • 1949Intruder in the Dust
  • 1950To Please a Lady
  • 1951Angels in the Outfield
  • 1951It's a Big Country
  • 1952Plymouth Adventure
  • 1952When in Rome