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Victor Fleming

American film director, cinematographer, and producer (1889–1949)

9.60body-of-work score · ranked #96 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library

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

Born
February 23, 1889 · Pasadena
Died
January 6, 1949 · Cottonwood
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, cinematographer, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Victor Fleming
Photographer unknown; work-for-hire on behalf of Paramount Pictures. · 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
    Gone with the WindMust-See #75

    1939 · United States · romance, drama, war

    Oscar Best Picture winner 1939 · AFI 100 (2007) #6 · AFI 100 (1998) #4

    3.687 citations
  2. 2
    The Wizard of OzMust-See #133

    1939 · United States · fantasy, musical, adventure

    AFI 100 (2007) #10 · AFI 100 (1998) #6 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 1939

    3.1711 citations
  3. 3
    The Good Earth

    1937 · United States · romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1937 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1937 #7 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.953 citations
  4. 4
    Captains Courageous

    1937 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1937 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.622 citations
  5. 5
    Test Pilot

    1938 · United States · drama, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1938

    0.451 citation
  6. 6
    The Way of All Flesh

    1927 · United States · drama, silent

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1927 #5

    0.391 citation
  7. 7
    Red Dust

    1932 · United States · romance, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

    0.231 citation
  8. 8
    Bombshell

    1933 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 49 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1919When the Clouds Roll By
  • 1920The Mollycoddle
  • 1921Mama's Affair
  • 1921Woman's Place
  • 1922Anna Ascends
  • 1922Red Hot Romance
  • 1922The Lane That Had No Turning
  • 1923Dark Secrets
  • 1923Law of the Lawless
  • 1923The Call of the Canyon
  • 1923To the Last Man
  • 1924Code of the Sea
  • 1924Empty Hands
  • 1925A Son of His Father
  • 1925Adventure
  • 1925Lord Jim
  • 1925The Devil's Cargo
  • 1926Mantrap
  • 1926The Blind Goddess
  • 1927Hula
  • 1927The Rough Riders
  • 1927The Way of All Flesh
  • 1928Abie's Irish Rose
  • 1928The Awakening
  • 1929The Virginian
  • 1929The Wolf Song
  • 1930Common Clay
  • 1930Renegades
  • 1931Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
  • 1932Red Dust
  • 1932The Wet Parade
  • 1933Bombshell
  • 1933The White Sister
  • 1934Treasure Island
  • 1935Reckless
  • 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife
  • 1937Captains Courageous
  • 1937The Good Earth
  • 1938Test Pilot
  • 1938The Great Waltz
  • 1939Gone with the Wind
  • 1939The Wizard of Oz
  • 1939The Wizard Of Oz. - 50Th Anniversary Ed. (S)
  • 1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 1941They Dare Not Love
  • 1942Tortilla Flat
  • 1943A Guy Named Joe
  • 1945Adventure
  • 1948Joan of Arc