Frank Borzage
American film director and actor (1894-1962)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 23, 1894 · Salt Lake City
- Died
- June 19, 1962 · Hollywood
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film actor, film producer
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
1927 · United States · drama, silent, romance
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1927 #1 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1928 · National Film Registry (inducted 1995)
1.794 citations - 2
1932 · United States · romance, drama, war
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1933 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1933 #6
0.812 citations - 30.451 citation
- 40.451 citation
- 5
1928 · United States · drama, romance, silent
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1928 #6
0.361 citation - 6
1948 · United States · drama, film-noir
Criterion Collection spine #921 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.272 citations - 70.231 citation
- 80.231 citation
- 90.171 citation
- 100.171 citation
- 11
1937 · United States · romance, comedy, drama
Criterion Collection spine #1072
0.161 citation - 120.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 107 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1913The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
- 1915The Pitch o' Chance
- 1916A Flickering Light
- 1916Dollars of Dross
- 1916Immediate Lee
- 1916Jack
- 1916Land o' Lizards
- 1916Life's Harmony
- 1916Matchin' Jim
- 1916Nell Dale's Men Folks
- 1916Nugget Jim's Pardner
- 1916That Gal of Burke's
- 1916The Code of Honor
- 1916The Courtin' of Calliope Clew
- 1916The Demon of Fear
- 1916The Forgotten Prayer
- 1916The Pilgrim
- 1916The Pride and the Man
- 1916The Quicksands of Deceit
- 1916The Silken Spider
- 1916Two Bits
- 1916Unlucky Luke
- 1917Flying Colors
- 1917Until They Get Me
- 1918An Honest Man
- 1918Innocent's Progress
- 1918Society for Sale
- 1918The Atom
- 1918The Curse of Iku
- 1918The Ghost Flower
- 1918The Gun Woman
- 1918The Shoes That Danced
- 1918Who Is to Blame?
- 1919Prudence on Broadway
- 1919Toton
- 1919Whom the Gods Would Destroy
- 1920Humoresque
- 1921Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
- 1921The Duke of Chimney Butte
- 1922Back Pay
- 1922Billy Jim
- 1922The Good Provider
- 1922The Pride of Palomar
- 1922The Valley of Silent Men
- 1923Children of the Dust
- 1923The Age of Desire
- 1923The Nth Commandment
- 1924Secrets
- 1925Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
- 1925Lazybones
- 1925The Circle
- 1925The Lady
- 1925Wages for Wives
- 1926Early to Wed
- 1926Marriage License?
- 1926The Dixie Merchant
- 1926The First Year
- 1927Seventh Heaven
- 1928Street Angel
- 1929Lucky Star
- 1929The River
- 1929They Had to See Paris
- 1930Liliom
- 1930Song o' My Heart
- 1931Bad Girl
- 1931Doctors' Wives
- 1931Young as You Feel
- 1932A Farewell to Arms
- 1932After Tomorrow
- 1932The First Year
- 1932Young America
- 1933Man's Castle
- 1933Secrets
- 1934Flirtation Walk
- 1934Little Man, What Now?
- 1934No Greater Glory
- 1935Living on Velvet
- 1935Shipmates Forever
- 1935Stranded
- 1936Desire
- 1936Hearts Divided
- 1937Big City
- 1937Green Light
- 1937History Is Made at Night
- 1937Mannequin
- 1938The Shining Hour
- 1938Three Comrades
- 1939Disputed Passage
- 1940Flight Command
- 1940I Take This Woman
- 1940Strange Cargo
- 1940The Mortal Storm
- 1941Billy the Kid
- 1941Smilin' Through
- 1942Seven Sweethearts
- 1942The Vanishing Virginian
- 1943His Butler's Sister
- 1943Stage Door Canteen
- 1944Till We Meet Again
- 1945The Spanish Main
- 1946I've Always Loved You
- 1946Magnificent Doll
- 1947That's My Man
- 1948Moonrise
- 1958China Doll
- 1959The Big Fisherman
- 1961Journey Beneath the Desert