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John Sturges Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Sturges directed 16 films in our catalog, from 1950 to 1976. Top of the list is The Great Escape ('1963), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.9. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Old Man and the Sea, 6.9 on IMDb against 49 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Escape '1963 | Drama / War | 8.2 | 94% | 86 | 7.9 | John Sturges |
| 2 | The Magnificent Seven '1960 | Western | 7.7 | 93% | 74 | 7.5 | John Sturges |
| 3 | Bad Day at Black Rock '1955 | Western / Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.6 | 97% | - | 7.3 | John Sturges |
| 4 | Mystery Street '1950 | Crime / Thriller | 7.2 | - | - | 6.8 | John Sturges |
| 5 | Last Train from Gun Hill '1959 | Western | 7.3 | 91% | - | 7.1 | John Sturges |
| 6 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral '1957 | Western | 7.1 | 87% | 56 | 7.0 | John Sturges |
| 7 | The Eagle Has Landed '1976 | Drama / Action / Thriller / War | 6.9 | 71% | 61 | 6.6 | John Sturges |
| 8 | Escape from Fort Bravo '1953 | Western | 6.6 | - | - | 6.3 | John Sturges |
| 9 | The Old Man and the Sea '1958 | Drama | 6.9 | 75% | 49 | 6.5 | John Sturges |
| 10 | The Hallelujah Trail '1965 | Western / Comedy | 6.5 | 33% | - | 6.1 | John Sturges |
| 11 | The Law and Jake Wade '1958 | Western | 6.8 | - | - | 6.6 | John Sturges |
| 12 | Hour of the Gun '1967 | Western | 6.6 | 88% | 68 | 6.5 | John Sturges |
| 13 | Ice Station Zebra '1968 | Thriller | 6.6 | 44% | 49 | 6.4 | John Sturges |
| 14 | Joe Kidd '1972 | Western / Drama | 6.4 | 80% | 52 | 6.4 | John Sturges |
| 15 | Never So Few '1959 | War / Drama | 5.8 | 40% | - | 5.5 | John Sturges |
| 16 | Marooned '1969 | Drama / Sci-Fi | 5.9 | 86% | 62 | 5.9 | John Sturges |
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.