Edward F. Cline

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 Bank Dick

   1940 · United States · comedy

   National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #78

   0.805 citations
2. 2
   Since You Went Away

   1944 · United States · drama, war, romance

   Oscar Best Picture nominee 1944

   0.451 citation
3. 3
   Cops

   1922 · United States · comedy, silent

   National Film Registry (inducted 1997) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

   0.342 citations
4. 4
   One Week

   1920 · United States · comedy, silent

   National Film Registry (inducted 2008)

   0.231 citation
5. 5
   Three Ages

   1923 · United States · comedy, romance, silent

   Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

   0.111 citation
6. 6Million Dollar Legs
   Million Dollar Legs

   1932 · United States · comedy

   Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

   0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 105 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

• 1916Bubbles of Trouble
• 1916Her First Beau
• 1916His Bread and Butter
• 1916Monkey Business
• 1916Sunshine
• 1918The Kitchen Lady
• 1918Those Athletic Girls
• 1919East Lynne with Variations
• 1919Hearts and Flowers
• 1920Convict 13
• 1920Neighbors
• 1920One Week
• 1920The Scarecrow
• 1921Hard Luck
• 1921The Boat
• 1921The Haunted House
• 1921The High Sign
• 1921The Playhouse
• 1922Cops
• 1922Day Dreams
• 1922My Wife's Relations
• 1922The Electric House
• 1922The Frozen North
• 1922The Paleface
• 1923Circus Days
• 1923The Balloonatic
• 1923The Love Nest
• 1923The Meanest Man in the World
• 1923Three Ages
• 1924Along Came Ruth
• 1924Captain January
• 1924Little Robinson Crusoe
• 1924The Good Bad Boy
• 1924When a Man's a Man
• 1925Hotsy Totsy
• 1925Old Clothes
• 1925The Rag Man
• 1926Flirty Four-Flushers
• 1926Puppy Lovetime
• 1927A Small Town Princess
• 1927Broke in China
• 1927Let It Rain
• 1927Soft Cushions
• 1927The Girl from Everywhere
• 1927The Jolly Jilter
• 1928Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
• 1928The Crash (1928 film)
• 1928The Head Man
• 1928Vamping Venus
• 1929Broadway Fever
• 1929His Lucky Day
• 1929The Forward Pass
• 1930Don’t Bite Your Dentist
• 1930Hook, Line and Sinker
• 1930In the Next Room
• 1930Leathernecking
• 1930Sweet Mama
• 1930The Widow from Chicago
• 1931Cracked Nuts
• 1931The Girl Habit
• 1931The Naughty Flirt
• 1932Million Dollar Legs
• 1933Parole Girl
• 1933So This Is Africa
• 1934Fighting to Live
• 1934Peck's Bad Boy
• 1934The Dude Ranger
• 1935It's a Great Life
• 1935The Cowboy Millionaire
• 1935When a Man's a Man
• 1936F-Man
• 1936Love in September
• 1937Forty Naughty Girls
• 1937High Flyers
• 1937On Again-Off Again
• 1938Breaking the Ice
• 1938Go Chase Yourself
• 1938Hawaii Calls
• 1938Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
• 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
• 1940My Little Chickadee
• 1940The Bank Dick
• 1940The Villain Still Pursued Her
• 1941Cracked Nuts
• 1941Hello, Sucker
• 1941Meet the Chump
• 1941Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
• 1942Behind the Eight Ball
• 1942Give Out, Sisters
• 1942Private Buckaroo
• 1942Private Snuffy Smith
• 1942What's Cookin'?
• 1943Crazy House
• 1943He's My Guy
• 1944Ghost Catchers
• 1944Hat Check Honey
• 1944Moonlight and Cactus
• 1944Since You Went Away
• 1944Slightly Terrific
• 1944Swingtime Johnny
• 1945Night Club Girl
• 1945Penthouse Rhythm
• 1945See My Lawyer
• 1946Bringing Up Father
• 1947Jiggs and Maggie in Society