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John Ford Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Ford directed 43 films in our catalog, from 1917 to 1964. Top of the list is The Grapes of Wrath ('1940), at 8.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Lost Patrol, 6.8 on IMDb against 85 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Grapes of Wrath '1940 | Drama | 8.1 | 100% | 96 | 7.8 | John Ford |
| 2 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance '1962 | Western | 8.1 | 95% | 94 | 7.8 | John Ford |
| 3 | The Searchers '1956 | Western | 7.8 | 87% | 94 | 7.7 | John Ford |
| 4 | Stagecoach '1939 | Western | 7.8 | 100% | 93 | 7.6 | John Ford |
| 5 | The Quiet Man '1952 | Romance / Comedy / Drama | 7.7 | 91% | 85 | 7.3 | John Ford |
| 6 | My Darling Clementine '1946 | Western | 7.7 | 100% | - | 7.5 | John Ford |
| 7 | How Green Was My Valley '1941 | Drama | 7.7 | 93% | 88 | 7.3 | John Ford |
| 8 | Mister Roberts '1955 | Comedy / Drama / War | 7.6 | 93% | 72 | 7.0 | John Ford |
| 9 | Fort Apache '1948 | Western | 7.4 | 100% | - | 7.0 | John Ford |
| 10 | Young Mr. Lincoln '1939 | Drama | 7.5 | 100% | 91 | 7.2 | John Ford |
| 11 | Sergeant Rutledge '1960 | Western / Crime / Drama | 7.4 | 92% | - | 7.0 | John Ford |
| 12 | 3 Bad Men '1926 | Romance / Western | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | John Ford |
| 13 | The Informer '1935 | Crime / Drama | 7.3 | 89% | 65 | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 14 | Wagon Master '1950 | Western | 7.1 | 100% | - | 6.7 | John Ford |
| 15 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon '1949 | Drama / Western | 7.2 | 91% | 87 | 6.9 | John Ford |
| 16 | They Were Expendable '1945 | Drama / War | 7.2 | 91% | 86 | 6.5 | John Ford |
| 17 | The Whole Town's Talking '1935 | Comedy / Crime | 7.3 | 100% | - | 6.9 | John Ford |
| 18 | The Iron Horse '1925 | Western / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 73% | - | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 19 | The Hurricane '1937 | Action / Drama / Romance | 7.1 | - | - | 6.7 | John Ford |
| 20 | Four Sons '1928 | War / Drama | 7.2 | - | - | 7.3 | John Ford |
| 21 | The Last Hurrah '1958 | Drama | 7.3 | 83% | - | 7.2 | John Ford |
| 22 | Rio Grande '1950 | Western | 7.0 | 73% | - | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 23 | The Prisoner of Shark Island '1936 | Drama | 7.2 | 89% | - | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 24 | 3 Godfathers '1948 | Western | 7.0 | 88% | 82 | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 25 | The Horse Soldiers '1959 | Western / War | 7.1 | 81% | - | 6.9 | John Ford |
| 26 | Wee Willie Winkie '1937 | - | 6.9 | - | - | 6.7 | John Ford |
| 27 | Drums Along the Mohawk '1939 | Drama / War | 7.0 | 82% | - | 6.5 | John Ford |
| 28 | The Long Voyage Home '1940 | Drama / War | 6.9 | 100% | - | 6.6 | John Ford |
| 29 | Two Rode Together '1961 | Western | 6.7 | 86% | - | 6.4 | John Ford |
| 30 | Donovan's Reef '1963 | Comedy / Romance | 6.7 | 67% | 64 | 6.2 | John Ford |
| 31 | Cheyenne Autumn '1964 | Western | 6.7 | 60% | - | 6.7 | John Ford |
| 32 | The Wings of Eagles '1957 | Drama / War | 6.6 | 33% | - | 6.3 | John Ford |
| 33 | Tobacco Road '1941 | Comedy / Drama | 6.4 | - | - | 6.8 | John Ford |
| 34 | The Fugitive '1947 | Drama | 6.3 | 67% | - | 6.0 | John Ford |
| 35 | Mogambo '1953 | Drama / Romance | 6.6 | 79% | - | 6.4 | John Ford |
| 36 | The Lost Patrol '1934 | Action / War | 6.8 | 100% | 85 | 6.6 | John Ford |
| 37 | Just Pals '1920 | Drama / Western | 6.6 | - | - | 6.4 | John Ford |
| 38 | The Battle of Midway '1942 | Documentary / War | 6.1 | - | - | 5.9 | John Ford |
| 39 | Mary of Scotland '1936 | Drama / Romance | 6.3 | - | - | 6.2 | John Ford |
| 40 | Arrowsmith '1931 | Drama | 6.2 | 89% | - | 6.6 | John Ford |
| 41 | Bucking Broadway '1917 | Western / Romance | 6.1 | - | - | 5.6 | John Ford |
| 42 | Judge Priest '1934 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.2 | 80% | - | 6.4 | John Ford |
| 43 | Up the River '1930 | Comedy / Crime | 5.9 | - | - | 5.7 | John Ford |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.