Highest rated movie: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lowest rated movie: Up the River (1930)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by John Ford? Cinafilm has a total of 5,112 reviews across 51 movies directed by John Ford.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 65%.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is John Ford's highest rated movie, with a score of 86% based on 594 reviews.
The lowest rated film from John Ford is Up the River, with a score of 45% based on 8 reviews.
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time.
In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and the long shot which frames his characters against a vast, harsh and rugged natural terrain.
John Ford has directed films starring Jack Pennick, Ward Bond, Francis Ford and John Wayne.
John Ford has collaborated with these film directors: Henry Hathaway, Mervyn LeRoy, George Marshall and Gregg Toland.
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