Mervyn LeRoy
American film director and producer (1900–1987)
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 15, 1900 · San Francisco
- Died
- September 13, 1987 · Beverly Hills
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film producer, film director, costume designer
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
1932 · United States · drama, crime
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1933 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1933 #6 · National Film Registry (inducted 1991)
1.033 citations - 2
1942 · United States · romance, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1947 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1942
0.952 citations - 3
1955 · United States · war, drama, comedy
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1955 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 4
1931 · United States · crime, drama, film-noir
National Film Registry (inducted 2000) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.503 citations - 50.451 citation
- 60.451 citation
- 70.451 citation
- 80.451 citation
- 90.451 citation
- 10
1933 · United States · musical, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2003) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations - 110.231 citation
- 120.171 citation
- 130.111 citation
- 140.111 citation
- 150.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 78 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1927No Place to Go
- 1928Flying Romeos
- 1928Harold Teen
- 1928Naughty Baby
- 1928Oh, Kay!
- 1929Broadway Babies
- 1929Hot Stuff
- 1929Little Johnny Jones
- 1930Numbered Men
- 1930Playing Around
- 1930Show Girl in Hollywood
- 1930Top Speed
- 1931Broadminded
- 1931Five Star Final
- 1931Gentleman's Fate
- 1931Little Caesar
- 1931Local Boy Makes Good
- 1931Tonight or Never
- 1931Too Young to Marry
- 1932Big City Blues
- 1932High Pressure
- 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
- 1932The Heart of New York
- 1932Three on a Match
- 1932Two Seconds
- 1933Elmer, the Great
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933
- 1933Hard to Handle
- 1933The World Changes
- 1933Tugboat Annie
- 1934Happiness Ahead
- 1934Heat Lightning
- 1934Hi Nellie!
- 1934Sweet Adeline
- 1935I Found Stella Parish
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of China (film)
- 1935Page Miss Glory
- 1936Anthony Adverse
- 1936Three Men on a Horse
- 1937The Great Garrick
- 1937The King and the Chorus Girl
- 1937They Won't Forget
- 1938Fools for Scandal
- 1940Escape
- 1940Waterloo Bridge
- 1941Blossoms in the Dust
- 1941Johnny Eager
- 1941Unholy Partners
- 1942Random Harvest
- 1943Madame Curie
- 1943You, John Jones!
- 1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
- 1945The House I Live In
- 1946Without Reservations
- 1947Desire Me
- 1948Homecoming
- 1949Any Number Can Play
- 1949Little Women
- 1950East Side, West Side
- 1951Quo Vadis
- 1952Lovely to Look At
- 1952Million Dollar Mermaid
- 1953Latin Lovers
- 1954Rose Marie
- 1955Mister Roberts
- 1955Strange Lady in Town
- 1956The Bad Seed
- 1956Toward the Unknown
- 1958Home Before Dark
- 1958No Time for Sergeants
- 1959The FBI Story
- 1960Wake Me When It's Over
- 1961A Majority of One
- 1961The Devil at 4 O'Clock
- 1962Gypsy
- 1963Mary, Mary
- 1966Moment to Moment
- 1968The Green Berets