John Ford: movies and TV shows
John Ford has 260 credits in the archive: 252 films and 8 TV series, from 1914 to 2023. Highest rated: Unforgiven (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1914 – 2023 · busiest year: 1919 (19 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Filmmakers for the Prosecution | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 129 |
| 2019 | John Ford: The Man Who Invented America | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 125 |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.2 | 123 |
| 2017 | Five Came Back | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.9 | 123 |
| 2015 | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.2 | 121 |
| 2013 | John Ford & Monument Valley | Self (archive footage) | Film | 1.0 | 119 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 115 |
| 2009 | The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 115 |
| 2006 | Serenity at Sea: John Ford and the Araner | Himself (archive footage) | Film | — | 112 |
| 2006 | Monument Valley: John Ford Country | Self (voice) (archive footage) | Film | — | 112 |
| 2004 | Battleground | TV | 10.0 | 110 | |
| 2000 | John Wayne-A Life on Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 106 |
| 2000 | Shooting War | himself | Film | 6.4 | 106 |
| 2000 | Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 106 |
| 1999 | National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway | Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage) (unaccredited) | Film | 7.0 | 105 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 101 |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Film | 7.9 | 98 | |
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Self | Film | 8.3 | 98 |
| 1992 | Fonda on Fonda | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 98 |
| 1992 | Omnibus: John Ford, Part One | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 98 |
| 1989 | John Ford's America | Himself (Archive Footage) | Film | 6.5 | 95 |
| 1976 | Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | Himself/Interviewer | Film | 7.7 | 82 |
| 1976 | Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend | Film | 7.7 | 82 | |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1971 | Vietnam! Vietnam! | Film | 6.0 | 77 | |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford | Self | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 1970 | My Name Is John Ford, I Make Westerns | Self | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1965 | 7 Women | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 1965 | 7 Women | Film | 6.5 | 71 | |
| 1965 | Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland | self | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Film | 6.7 | 70 | |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Film | 6.7 | 70 | |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 1963 | Donovan's Reef | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Film | 7.8 | 68 | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Film | 7.8 | 68 | |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 1962 | Flashing Spikes | Film | 6.8 | 68 | |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere | TV | 6.0 | 67 | |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Film | 6.4 | 67 | |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Film | 6.4 | 67 | |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Film | 7.1 | 66 | |
| 1960 | Sergeant Rutledge | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1960 | The Colter Craven Story | Film | — | 66 | |
| 1959 | Korea | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Ned (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Film | 7.0 | 65 | |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Film | 7.2 | 64 | |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Film | 7.2 | 64 | |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | Film | 6.4 | 64 | |
| 1958 | The Western: A Lost TV Special | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | TV | 6.6 | 63 | |
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Film | 6.8 | 63 | |
| 1957 | The Growler Story | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1956 | The Searchers | Film | 7.7 | 62 | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Self - Introduction | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | TV | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1955 | The Long Gray Line | Film | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show | TV | 5.5 | 61 | |
| 1955 | Mister Roberts | Film | 7.1 | 61 | |
| 1955 | The Red, White and Blue Line | Film | 6.0 | 61 | |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 1953 | Mogambo | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Film | 7.3 | 58 | |
| 1952 | What Price Glory | Film | 5.7 | 58 | |
| 1952 | Ton Diagonismon Dia Thn Anadixin Tis Star Ellas | Himself (Grand Ball Attendee) | Film | — | 58 |
| 1951 | This Is Korea! | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1951 | The Screen Director | Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Film | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Film | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Film | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Film | 6.7 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Film | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Film | 6.9 | 56 | |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Film | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Film | 6.9 | 55 | |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Film | 6.9 | 55 | |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Film | 6.9 | 55 | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Film | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Film | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1948 | 3 Godfathers | Film | 6.8 | 54 | |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1947 | The Fugitive | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1947 | The Fugitive | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1947 | The Fugitive | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine | Film | 7.5 | 52 | |
| 1946 | It's Your America | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1945 | Nazi Concentration Camps | Film | 7.7 | 51 | |
| 1944 | In Memoriam Manuel Quezon | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1943 | December 7th | Film | 5.8 | 49 | |
| 1943 | December 7th | Film | 5.8 | 49 | |
| 1943 | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | J.P. Baldwin | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1943 | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | Film | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1943 | We Sail at Midnight | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1943 | German Industrial Manpower | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1943 | At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army | Film | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Film | 5.9 | 48 | |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Film | 5.9 | 48 | |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Film | 5.9 | 48 | |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Film | 5.9 | 48 | |
| 1942 | The Battle of Midway | Film | 5.9 | 48 | |
| 1942 | Torpedo Squadron | Film | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1942 | Sex Hygiene | Film | 5.1 | 48 | |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Film | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Film | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 1941 | Women in Defense | Film | 5.6 | 47 | |
| 1941 | Women in Defense | Film | 5.6 | 47 | |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Film | 7.8 | 46 | |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Film | 7.6 | 45 | |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Film | 7.6 | 45 | |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Film | 6.5 | 45 | |
| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln | Film | 7.2 | 45 | |
| 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer | Film | 6.5 | 44 | |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1937 | The Hurricane | Film | 6.7 | 43 | |
| 1937 | Wee Willie Winkie | Film | 6.6 | 43 | |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Film | 6.2 | 42 | |
| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | Film | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | Film | 5.7 | 42 | |
| 1936 | The Last Outlaw | Film | 6.3 | 42 | |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Film | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1935 | Steamboat Round the Bend | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1935 | The Informer | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1935 | The Informer | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Film | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Film | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1934 | Judge Priest | Film | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1934 | The World Moves On | Film | 5.9 | 40 | |
| 1933 | Doctor Bull | Film | 6.7 | 39 | |
| 1933 | Pilgrimage | Film | 7.1 | 39 | |
| 1932 | Flesh | Film | 5.8 | 38 | |
| 1932 | Flesh | Film | 5.8 | 38 | |
| 1932 | Air Mail | Film | 5.5 | 38 | |
| 1931 | Arrowsmith | Film | 6.6 | 37 | |
| 1931 | Seas Beneath | Film | 5.3 | 37 | |
| 1931 | The Brat | Film | 5.4 | 37 | |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1930 | Men Without Women | Film | 6.4 | 36 | |
| 1930 | Up the River | Film | 5.9 | 36 | |
| 1930 | Born Reckless | Film | 5.8 | 36 | |
| 1929 | Big Time | John Ford (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1929 | Salute | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | Salute | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1929 | The Black Watch | Film | 5.9 | 35 | |
| 1929 | Strong Boy | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1928 | Napoleon's Barber | Film | 6.0 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Hangman's House | Film | 6.6 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Hangman's House | Film | 6.6 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Riley the Cop | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Riley the Cop | Film | 5.7 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Four Sons | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1928 | Four Sons | Film | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1927 | Mother Machree | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1927 | Mother Machree | Film | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1927 | Upstream | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men | Film | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men | Film | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Film | 5.4 | 32 | |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Film | 5.4 | 32 | |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | Film | 5.4 | 32 | |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | Film | 5.4 | 32 | |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Film | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Film | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1925 | Kentucky Pride | Film | 6.2 | 31 | |
| 1925 | Thank You | Film | 4.8 | 31 | |
| 1925 | The Fighting Heart | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1925 | Lightnin' | Film | 6.6 | 31 | |
| 1924 | Hearts of Oak | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1923 | Hoodman Blind | Film | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Film | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1923 | North of Hudson Bay | Film | 5.9 | 29 | |
| 1923 | Three Jumps Ahead | Film | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1923 | Three Jumps Ahead | Film | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1923 | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Film | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1922 | Little Miss Smiles | Film | 6.0 | 28 | |
| 1922 | The Village Blacksmith | Film | 5.3 | 28 | |
| 1922 | Silver Wings | Film | 6.0 | 28 | |
| 1921 | Action | Film | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1921 | The Freeze-Out | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1921 | The Wallop | Film | 6.5 | 27 | |
| 1921 | The Big Punch | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1921 | The Big Punch | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1921 | Desperate Trails | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1921 | Sure Fire | Film | 6.5 | 27 | |
| 1921 | Jackie | Film | 6.5 | 27 | |
| 1920 | Just Pals | Film | 6.4 | 26 | |
| 1920 | The Girl in Number 29 | Film | 7.5 | 26 | |
| 1920 | Hitchin' Posts | Film | 6.3 | 26 | |
| 1920 | The Prince of Avenue A | Film | 6.0 | 26 | |
| 1919 | Bare Fists | Film | 5.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Roped | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Riders of Vengeance | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Riders of Vengeance | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Fighting Brothers | Film | 5.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Gun Packer | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Gun Packer | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Last Outlaw | Film | 7.1 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Last Outlaw | Film | 7.1 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Ace of the Saddle | Film | 5.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | A Gun Fightin' Gentleman | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | A Gun Fightin' Gentleman | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Gun Law | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | A Fight For Love | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Rider of the Law | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1919 | By Indian Post | Film | 5.6 | 25 | |
| 1919 | Marked Men | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Rustlers | Film | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1919 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1918 | Hell Bent | Film | 5.6 | 24 | |
| 1918 | Hell Bent | Film | 5.6 | 24 | |
| 1918 | Hell Bent | Film | 5.6 | 24 | |
| 1918 | Three Mounted Men | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Scarlet Drop | Film | 4.7 | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Scarlet Drop | Film | 4.7 | 24 | |
| 1918 | A Woman's Fool | Film | 4.0 | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Phantom Riders | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1918 | Wild Women | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Craving | Film | 5.0 | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Craving | Film | 5.0 | 24 | |
| 1918 | Thieves' Gold | Film | 4.5 | 24 | |
| 1917 | The Secret Man | Film | 5.0 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Secret Man | Film | 5.0 | 23 | |
| 1917 | A Marked Man | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | Cheyenne's Pal | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | Cheyenne's Pal | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | Bucking Broadway | Film | 5.6 | 23 | |
| 1917 | Straight Shooting | Film | 6.1 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Soul Herder | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Tornado | Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford) | Film | 5.5 | 23 |
| 1917 | The Tornado | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Tornado | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Trail of Hate | Lt. Jack Brewer | Film | 5.5 | 23 |
| 1917 | The Trail of Hate | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Trail of Hate | Film | 5.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Scrapper | Buck, the scrapper | Film | 4.5 | 23 |
| 1917 | The Scrapper | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1917 | The Scrapper | Film | 4.5 | 23 | |
| 1916 | The Bandit's Wager | Film | 5.1 | 22 | |
| 1916 | The Purple Mask | (unconfirmed) | Film | — | 22 |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Klansman (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1915 | The Broken Coin | Sacchio's Accomplice (as Jack Ford) | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1915 | The Broken Coin | Film | 6.0 | 21 | |
| 1914 | Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | Film | 6.0 | 20 | |
| 1914 | Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | Film | 6.0 | 20 | |
| 1914 | Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery | Film | 6.0 | 20 | |
| 1914 | A Study in Scarlet | John H. Watson, M.D. | Film | 7.5 | 20 |