King Vidor
American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 8, 1894 · Galveston
- Died
- November 1, 1982 · Paso Robles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, director
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
1939 · United States · fantasy, musical, adventure
AFI 100 (2007) #10 · AFI 100 (1998) #6 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1939
3.1711 citations - 2
1928 · United States · drama, silent
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #225 · TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1989)
0.984 citations - 3
1925 · United States · drama, silent, war
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1927 #3 · National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.843 citations - 4
1938 · United Kingdom · drama, romance
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1938 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 50.562 citations
- 6
1933 · United States · comedy, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1934 #4
0.431 citation - 70.391 citation
- 8
1929 · United States · musical, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2008) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations - 9
1934 · United States · drama, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 2015) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations - 100.321 citation
- 110.231 citation
- 120.181 citation
- 130.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 74 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1913Hurricane in Galveston
- 1913The Grand Military Parade
- 1918A Boy Built City
- 1918Bud's Recruit
- 1918Dog vs. Dog
- 1918I'm a Man
- 1918Kid Politics
- 1918Love of Bob
- 1918Marrying Off Dad
- 1918Tad's Swimming Hole
- 1918The Accusing Toe
- 1918The Case of Bennie
- 1918The Chocolate of the Gang
- 1918The Lost Lie
- 1918The Preacher's Son
- 1918The Rebellion
- 1918The Three Fives
- 1918Thief or Angel
- 1919Better Times
- 1919Poor Relations
- 1919The Other Half
- 1919The Turn in the Road
- 1920The Family Honor
- 1920The Jack-Knife Man
- 1921Love Never Dies
- 1921The Sky Pilot
- 1922Conquering the Woman
- 1922Dusk to Dawn
- 1922Peg o' My Heart
- 1922The Real Adventure
- 1922Woman, Wake Up!
- 1923The Woman of Bronze
- 1923Three Wise Fools
- 1924Happiness
- 1924His Hour
- 1924The Wife of the Centaur
- 1924Wild Oranges
- 1924Wine of Youth
- 1925Proud Flesh
- 1925The Big Parade
- 1926Bardelys the Magnificent
- 1926La Bohème
- 1928Show People
- 1928The Crowd
- 1928The Patsy
- 1929Hallelujah!
- 1930Billy the Kid
- 1930Not So Dumb
- 1931Street Scene
- 1931The Champ
- 1932Bird of Paradise
- 1932Cynara
- 1933The Stranger's Return
- 1934Our Daily Bread
- 1935So Red the Rose
- 1935The Wedding Night
- 1936The Texas Rangers
- 1937Stella Dallas
- 1938The Citadel
- 1939The Wizard of Oz
- 1940Comrade X
- 1940Northwest Passage
- 1941H. M. Pulham
- 1944An American Romance
- 1946Duel in the Sun
- 1948On Our Merry Way
- 1949Beyond the Forest
- 1949The Fountainhead
- 1951Lightning Strikes Twice
- 1952Japanese War Bride
- 1952Ruby Gentry
- 1955Man Without a Star
- 1956War and Peace
- 1959Solomon and Sheba