D.W. Griffith: movies and TV shows

D.W. Griffith has 350 credits in the archive: 346 films and 4 TV series, from 1910 to 2024. Highest rated: Hollywood (8.4/10).

Career timeline

1910 – 2024 · busiest year: 1912 (69 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2024	Hollywood Black	Self (archive footage)	TV	3.0	149
2023	Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse	Self	Film	7.0	148
2020	Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty	archive footage	Film	8.0	145
2014	Flashback: The First World War	Self (archive footage)	Film	9.0	139
2008	Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies	Self (archive footage)	Film	5.0	133
2007	Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema	Self (archive footage)	Film	4.3	132
2002	The Tramp and the Dictator	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	Film	7.1	127
2002	D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913		Film	—	127
1998	Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists	Self (archive footage)	Film	10.0	123
1995	The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self (archive footage)	Film	8.0	120
1993	The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'	Self (Archive footage)	Film	6.0	118
1988	American Experience	Self	TV	6.5	113
1980	Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	TV	8.4	105
1980	Hollywood	Self (archive footage, uncredited)	TV	8.4	105
1975	D.W. Griffith: An American Genius	Self (archive)	Film	—	100
1973	General Massacre		Film	4.2	98
1961	The Legend of Rudolph Valentino	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.0	86
1951	Footlight Varieties		Film	3.3	76
1951	Footlight Varieties		Film	3.3	76
1936	San Francisco	Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)	Film	6.6	61
1936	San Francisco		Film	6.6	61
1931	The Struggle		Film	6.7	56
1931	The Struggle		Film	6.7	56
1931	The Struggle		Film	6.7	56
1931	The Struggle		Film	6.7	56
1930	Abraham Lincoln		Film	5.5	55
1930	1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"	Self	Film	4.5	55
1930	1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"		Film	4.5	55
1929	Lady of the Pavements		Film	5.2	54
1928	The Battle of the Sexes		Film	5.3	53
1928	The Battle of the Sexes		Film	5.3	53
1928	Drums of Love		Film	7.5	53
1927	The King of Kings		Film	6.4	52
1926	The Sorrows of Satan		Film	7.2	51
1926	The Sorrows of Satan		Film	7.2	51
1925	Sally of the Sawdust		Film	6.1	50
1925	That Royle Girl		Film	3.7	50
1924	Isn't Life Wonderful		Film	6.4	49
1924	Isn't Life Wonderful		Film	6.4	49
1924	Isn't Life Wonderful		Film	6.4	49
1924	America		Film	5.9	49
1924	America		Film	5.9	49
1923	The White Rose		Film	7.4	48
1923	The White Rose		Film	7.4	48
1923	The White Rose		Film	7.4	48
1922	One Exciting Night		Film	6.1	47
1922	One Exciting Night		Film	6.1	47
1922	One Exciting Night		Film	6.1	47
1921	Orphans of the Storm		Film	6.8	46
1921	Orphans of the Storm		Film	6.8	46
1921	Orphans of the Storm		Film	6.8	46
1921	Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)	Himself	Film	—	46
1921	Dream Street		Film	6.0	46
1921	Dream Street		Film	6.0	46
1921	Dream Street		Film	6.0	46
1920	Remodeling Her Husband		Film	4.0	45
1920	Way Down East		Film	6.9	45
1920	Way Down East		Film	6.9	45
1920	Way Down East		Film	6.9	45
1920	The Idol Dancer		Film	5.7	45
1920	The Love Flower		Film	4.7	45
1920	The Love Flower		Film	4.7	45
1920	The Love Flower		Film	4.7	45
1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl		Film	6.9	44
1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl		Film	6.9	44
1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl		Film	6.9	44
1919	A Romance of Happy Valley		Film	6.9	44
1919	A Romance of Happy Valley		Film	6.9	44
1919	A Romance of Happy Valley		Film	6.9	44
1919	The Girl Who Stayed at Home		Film	4.8	44
1919	The Girl Who Stayed at Home		Film	4.8	44
1919	The Girl Who Stayed at Home		Film	4.8	44
1919	The Fall of Babylon		Film	6.2	44
1919	The Fall of Babylon		Film	6.2	44
1919	The Fall of Babylon		Film	6.2	44
1919	The Mother and the Law		Film	6.5	44
1919	The Mother and the Law		Film	6.5	44
1919	The Mother and the Law		Film	6.5	44
1919	The Mother and the Law		Film	6.5	44
1919	True Heart Susie		Film	7.0	44
1919	True Heart Susie		Film	7.0	44
1919	Scarlet Days		Film	6.0	44
1919	Scarlet Days		Film	6.0	44
1919	The Greatest Question		Film	6.1	44
1919	The Greatest Question		Film	6.1	44
1918	Hearts of the World		Film	6.1	43
1918	Hearts of the World		Film	6.1	43
1918	Hearts of the World		Film	6.1	43
1918	The Greatest Thing in Life		Film	—	43
1918	The Greatest Thing in Life		Film	—	43
1918	The Greatest Thing in Life		Film	—	43
1918	The Hun Within		Film	—	43
1918	The Great Love		Film	—	43
1918	The Great Love		Film	—	43
1918	The Great Love		Film	—	43
1918	Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal		Film	7.0	43
1918	Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal		Film	7.0	43
1918	Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal		Film	7.0	43
1917	Betsy's Burglar		Film	—	42
1917	A Girl of the Timber Claims		Film	5.0	42
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		Film	7.1	41
1916	Don Quixote		Film	—	41
1916	Hoodoo Ann		Film	5.6	41
1916	Diane of the Follies		Film	—	41
1916	The Half-Breed		Film	6.5	41
1916	Fifty-Fifty		Film	5.0	41
1916	Susan Rocks the Boat		Film	—	41
1916	The Social Secretary		Film	5.6	41
1916	Daphne and the Pirate		Film	1.0	41
1916	Betty of Greystone		Film	—	41
1916	Betty of Greystone		Film	—	41
1916	An Innocent Magdalene		Film	—	41
1916	Let Katie Do it		Film	—	41
1916	Macbeth		Film	—	41
1916	The Marriage of Molly-O		Film	—	41
1916	The Children of the Feud		Film	—	41
1916	The Missing Links		Film	—	41
1916	The Missing Links		Film	—	41
1916	The Wood Nymph		Film	—	41
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Birth of a Nation		Film	6.0	40
1915	The Lily and the Rose		Film	—	40
1915	The Lily and the Rose		Film	—	40
1915	Martyrs of the Alamo		Film	5.2	40
1915	Enoch Arden	Mr. Ray	Film	6.3	40
1915	Enoch Arden		Film	6.3	40
1915	Old Heidelberg		Film	5.0	40
1915	Double Trouble		Film	5.7	40
1915	The Lamb		Film	—	40
1915	Ghosts		Film	4.5	40
1914	Home, Sweet Home		Film	5.0	39
1914	Home, Sweet Home		Film	5.0	39
1914	The Life of General Villa		Film	—	39
1914	The Battle of the Sexes		Film	—	39
1914	Judith of Bethulia		Film	6.1	39
1914	The Avenging Conscience		Film	5.9	39
1914	The Avenging Conscience		Film	5.9	39
1914	The Avenging Conscience		Film	5.9	39
1914	The Escape		Film	—	39
1914	The Odalisque		Film	—	39
1914	Brute Force		Film	5.3	39
1914	Waifs		Film	—	39
1913	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch		Film	5.9	38
1913	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch		Film	5.9	38
1913	Three Friends		Film	5.0	38
1913	The House of Darkness		Film	5.0	38
1913	The Lady and the Mouse		Film	—	38
1913	The Lady and the Mouse		Film	—	38
1913	If We Only Knew		Film	5.0	38
1913	The Sheriff's Baby		Film	5.5	38
1913	Two Men of the Desert		Film	—	38
1913	Two Men of the Desert		Film	—	38
1913	The Enemy's Baby		Film	—	38
1913	Just Gold		Film	—	38
1913	Just Gold		Film	—	38
1913	Love in an Apartment Hotel		Film	—	38
1913	The Unwelcome Guest		Film	5.0	38
1913	The Perfidy of Mary		Film	—	38
1913	The Telephone Girl and the Lady		Film	5.7	38
1913	Madonna of the Storm		Film	—	38
1913	The Ranchero's Revenge		Film	—	38
1913	An Adventure in the Autumn Woods		Film	—	38
1913	The Mistake		Film	—	38
1913	A Misunderstood Boy		Film	—	38
1913	Death's Marathon		Film	5.7	38
1913	Oil and Water		Film	—	38
1913	The Hero of Little Italy		Film	—	38
1913	The Tender Hearted Boy		Film	—	38
1913	Near To Earth		Film	—	38
1913	Brothers		Film	—	38
1913	The Little Tease		Film	5.0	38
1913	The Little Tease		Film	5.0	38
1913	Her Mother's Oath		Film	—	38
1913	Her Mother's Oath		Film	—	38
1913	The Mothering Heart		Film	5.6	38
1913	The Mothering Heart		Film	5.6	38
1913	Broken Ways		Film	—	38
1913	The Conscience of Hassan Bey		Film	—	38
1913	His Mother's Son		Film	—	38
1913	His Mother's Son		Film	8.0	38
1913	Fate		Film	5.7	38
1913	The Adopted Brother		Film	4.7	38
1913	The Left-Handed Man		Film	—	38
1913	The Wanderer		Film	5.4	38
1913	The Wanderer		Film	5.4	38
1913	A Chance Deception		Film	—	38
1913	The Coming of Angelo		Film	—	38
1913	A Timely Interception		Film	4.8	38
1913	The Yaqui Cur		Film	—	38
1913	The Reformers		Film	—	38
1913	The Stolen Loaf		Film	—	38
1913	A Misappropriated Turkey		Film	—	38
1913	The Sorrowful Shore		Film	—	38
1912	The Musketeers of Pig Alley		Film	6.1	37
1912	The Musketeers of Pig Alley		Film	6.1	37
1912	A Cry for Help		Film	—	37
1912	In the Aisles of the Wild		Film	—	37
1912	So Near, Yet So Far		Film	5.9	37
1912	The One She Loved		Film	—	37
1912	The Burglar’s Dilemma		Film	5.3	37
1912	Brutality		Film	—	37
1912	Brutality		Film	—	37
1912	A Lodging for the Night		Film	5.7	37
1912	The Mender of Nets		Film	5.8	37
1912	The Mender of Nets		Film	5.8	37
1912	The New York Hat		Film	5.6	37
1912	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch		Film	—	37
1912	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch		Film	—	37
1912	Blind Love		Film	3.0	37
1912	The Informer		Film	—	37
1912	The Female of the Species		Film	4.2	37
1912	Lena and the Geese		Film	4.9	37
1912	Lena and the Geese		Film	4.9	37
1912	The Massacre		Film	5.9	37
1912	The Massacre		Film	5.9	37
1912	The School Teacher and the Waif		Film	4.8	37
1912	Two Daughters of Eve	At Stage Door	Film	—	37
1912	Two Daughters of Eve		Film	—	37
1912	The Baby and the Stork		Film	—	37
1912	A String of Pearls		Film	—	37
1912	Gold and Glitter		Film	—	37
1912	The Sands of Dee		Film	5.6	37
1912	An Unseen Enemy		Film	5.6	37
1912	A Feud in the Kentucky Hills		Film	4.5	37
1912	A Feud in the Kentucky Hills		Film	4.5	37
1912	One Is Business, the Other Crime		Film	5.8	37
1912	The Lesser Evil		Film	5.3	37
1912	The Girl and Her Trust		Film	6.3	37
1912	Just Like a Woman		Film	—	37
1912	His Lesson		Film	1.0	37
1912	When Kings Were the Law		Film	—	37
1912	A Beast at Bay		Film	5.6	37
1912	The Chief's Blanket		Film	—	37
1912	A Temporary Truce		Film	4.0	37
1912	The Transformation of Mike		Film	4.3	37
1912	The Narrow Road		Film	4.5	37
1912	The Old Actor		Film	5.4	37
1912	Under Burning Skies		Film	4.7	37
1912	The Root of Evil		Film	—	37
1912	Friends		Film	5.5	37
1912	Friends		Film	5.5	37
1912	My Baby		Film	5.5	37
1912	The Eternal Mother		Film	4.8	37
1912	Home Folks		Film	—	37
1912	An Indian Summer		Film	4.0	37
1912	The Sunbeam		Film	6.3	37
1912	Man's Genesis		Film	4.6	37
1912	Man's Genesis		Film	4.6	37
1912	The Painted Lady		Film	5.7	37
1912	The Painted Lady		Film	5.7	37
1912	A Siren of Impulse		Film	—	37
1912	For His Son		Film	5.5	37
1912	Heredity		Film	—	37
1912	A Pueblo Legend		Film	—	37
1912	A Pueblo Legend		Film	—	37
1912	The God Within		Film	—	37
1912	Iola's Promise		Film	5.5	37
1912	Fate's Interception		Film	—	37
1912	The Inner Circle		Film	4.0	37
1912	My Hero		Film	—	37
1912	My Hero		Film	—	37
1912	Billy's Stratagem		Film	5.0	37
1911	The Making of a Man		Film	6.5	36
1911	The Failure		Film	4.0	36
1911	The Miser's Heart		Film	6.0	36
1911	A Knight of the Road		Film	—	36
1911	The Last Drop of Water		Film	5.1	36
1911	Enoch Arden: Part II		Film	5.6	36
1911	Teaching Dad to Like Her		Film	—	36
1911	Her Sacrifice		Film	—	36
1911	When a Man Loves		Film	4.0	36
1911	Conscience		Film	—	36
1911	Three Sisters		Film	—	36
1911	The Adventures of Billy	On Bench	Film	5.7	36
1911	The Adventures of Billy		Film	5.7	36
1911	The Battle		Film	4.6	36
1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?		Film	5.5	36
1911	Heart Beats of Long Ago		Film	5.0	36
1911	The Squaw's Love		Film	5.0	36
1911	The Blind Princess and the Poet		Film	—	36
1911	Through Darkening Vales		Film	4.5	36
1911	Fate's Turning		Film	5.0	36
1911	The Rose of Kentucky		Film	5.6	36
1911	The Revenue Man and His Girl		Film	4.5	36
1911	The Lonedale Operator		Film	6.0	36
1911	The Lonedale Operator		Film	6.0	36
1911	The Italian Barber		Film	4.0	36
1911	His Trust Fulfilled		Film	3.7	36
1911	Swords and Hearts		Film	4.6	36
1911	A Decree of Destiny		Film	—	36
1911	Madame Rex		Film	—	36
1911	A Terrible Discovery		Film	—	36
1911	The Indian Brothers		Film	4.0	36
1911	The Two Paths		Film	—	36
1911	Love in the Hills		Film	—	36
1911	Bobby the Coward		Film	—	36
1911	His Daughter		Film	4.0	36
1911	The Long Road		Film	—	36
1911	The Voice of the Child		Film	—	36
1911	Enoch Arden: Part I		Film	5.6	36
1911	Fighting Blood		Film	6.3	36
1911	Fighting Blood		Film	6.3	36
1911	A Wreath of Orange Blossoms		Film	—	36
1911	The Spanish Gypsy		Film	—	36
1911	The Thief and the Girl		Film	—	36
1911	A Country Cupid		Film	5.6	36
1911	The Broken Cross		Film	—	36
1911	The Trail of Books		Film	—	36
1911	The Sorrowful Example		Film	—	36
1911	Enoch Arden		Film	6.0	36
1911	A Woman Scorned		Film	—	36
1911	Saved from Himself		Film	3.7	36
1911	The Lily of the Tenements		Film	—	36
1911	Fisher Folks		Film	—	36
1911	How She Triumphed		Film	—	36
1911	The Diamond Star		Film	—	36
1911	Her Awakening		Film	—	36
1911	The Primal Call		Film	4.0	36
1911	The Unveiling		Film	—	36
1911	His Trust		Film	4.1	36
1911	Italian Blood		Film	—	36
1911	The New Dress		Film	—	36
1910	Love Among the Roses		Film	4.7	35
1910	A Child of the Ghetto		Film	4.5	35
1910	A Flash of Light		Film	5.0	35
1910	The Oath and the Man		Film	4.5	35
1910	Muggsy's First Sweetheart		Film	5.0	35
1910	Winning Back His Love		Film	4.0	35
1910	What the Daisy Said		Film	4.7	35
1910	Ramona		Film	4.9	35
1910	The Face at the Window		Film	—	35
1910	The Unchanging Sea		Film	6.4	35
1910	The Refuge		Film	8.0	35
1910	The Englishman and the Girl		Film	—	35
1910	In the Border States		Film	5.6	35
1910	The Call to Arms		Film	4.0	35
1910	When We Were in Our 'Teens		Film	5.0	35
1910	The Man		Film	—	35
1910	A Child's Impulse		Film	6.2	35
1910	The Message of the Violin		Film	—	35

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