List of the best Cecil B. DeMille movies: The Ten Commandments(1956), The Godless Girl(1929), The Golden Bed(1925), Union Pacific(1939), Unconquered(1947), Male and Female(1919), The Plainsman(1936), The Whispering Chorus(1918), The Ten Commandments(1923), Samson and Delilah(1949), The Story of Dr. Wassell(1944), Reap the Wild Wind(1942) ... ...
7.9/10
Drama, History
USA
1956
220 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Edward G. Robinson Anne Baxter Yvonne De Carlo Debra Paget John Derek Cedric Hardwicke Nina Foch Martha Scott Judith Anderson
prophet slave god jew ruler moses inspiring spectacular emotional profound melodramatic egypt red sea desert redemption religion exile escape sacrifice rise
Moses, an Egyptian Prince, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Director
Lina Basquette Marie Prevost Tom Keene Eddie Quillan Noah Beery
atheist christian best friend prison guard teen girl love interest unrestrained emotional united states high school countryside reform school faith jailbreak christianity riots redemption atheism love transformation
Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1925
90 Minutes
Director
Lillian Rich Henry B. Walthall Vera Reynolds Theodore Kosloff Rod La Rocque Warner Baxter Robert Cain Robert Edeson Julia Faye
Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family planation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds her sister Margaret's love Admah. She ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Western
USA
1939
135 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Akim Tamiroff Robert Preston Lynne Overman Brian Donlevy Robert Barrat Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Evelyn Keyes Henry Kolker
daughter railroad worker postal worker gambler banker spectacular patriotic spirited railway american west post office railroad manifest destiny native americans corruption love triangle adventure rivalry love 1860s
In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
7.0/10
Adventure
USA
1947
146 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Henry Wilcoxon C. Aubrey Smith Victor Varconi Virginia Grey
captain slave trader heroine slave native american friend tense spirited confident rousing colony north america pittsburgh fort river conspiracy slave trade colonialism land wars raids
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
7.0/10
Adventure
USA
1919
99 Minutes
Director
Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Raymond Hatton Robert Cain Gloria Swanson Lila Lee Bebe Daniels Julia Faye Rhy Darby Mildred Reardon Mayme Kelso
lord lady butler maid aristocrat daughter melodramatic passionate tender yacht sea island beach wedding class distinctions shipwreck unlikely romance affair role reversal survival
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur Jimmy Ellison Charles Bickford Porter Hall Victor Varconi Helen Burgess John Miljan George "Gabby" Hayes Paul Harvey Frank McGlynn
military officer cowboy indian buffalo bill tense thrilling american west battle cowboys native people adventure sacrifice 1870s
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1918
86 Minutes
Director
Raymond Hatton Kathlyn Williams Edythe Chapman Elliott Dexter Noah Beery Guy Oliver John Burton Tully Marshall William H. Brown James Neill Gustav von Seyffertitz
John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself. During the trial his mother, before dying... See full summary »
6.8/10
Fantasy, Biography, Drama, History
USA
1923
146 Minutes
Director
Theodore Roberts Charles De Roche Estelle Taylor Julia Faye Terrence Moore James Neill Lawson Butt Clarence Burton Noble Johnson Edythe Chapman Richard Dix
moses pharaoh carpenter brother contractor mistress melodramatic spectacular outlandish egypt city pacific ocean san francisco sin good versus evil brotherhood ten commandments morality family rivalry
After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, while the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1949
128 Minutes
Director
Hedy Lamarr Victor Mature George Sanders Angela Lansbury Henry Wilcoxon Olive Deering Fay Holden Julia Faye Russ Tamblyn William Farnum Lane Chandler
hero traitor soldiers brutal melodramatic sultry israel middle east religion blindness god superhuman abilities battle love forbidden love rivalry pursuit 10th century b.c.
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
6.7/10
Adventure
USA
1942
124 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Raymond Massey Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford Hedda Hopper Louise Beavers Martha O'Driscoll Lynne Overman
ship captain shipwreck survivor lawyer villain spirited atlantic ocean north carolina florida keys ship office shipwreck shipping insurance love triangle piracy rivalry love adventure 1840s
Florida ship salvager, Loxi, falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor, and eventually leads to tragedy.
6.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1938
121 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Franciska Gaal Akim Tamiroff
pirate governor senator girlfriend general sea captain rousing gutsy thrilling new orleans ship bayou gulf of mexico naval warfare privateering false accusations patriotism espionage heroism adventure
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
6.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Director
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
6.6/10
Romance, Drama
USA
1952
152 Minutes
Director
Betty Hutton Charlton Heston Cornel Wilde Dorothy Lamour Gloria Grahame James Stewart Henry Wilcoxon Lawrence Tierney Lyle Bettger John Kellogg John Ridgely
circus performer clown manager girlfriend trapeze artist thrilling emotional melodramatic circus florida train circus love triangle robbery animals injury romance fall rise rivalry
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1921
117 Minutes
Director
Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter Bebe Daniels Monte Blue Wanda Hawley Theodore Roberts Agnes Ayres Theodore Kosloff Polly Moran Raymond Hatton
Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation that he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Drama, Romance
USA
1926
120 Minutes
Director
William Boyd Eleanor Fair Robert Edeson Victor Varconi Julia Faye Theodore Kosloff Arthur Rankin
During the Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
6.5/10
History, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, War
USA
1917
100 Minutes
Director
Geraldine Farrar Raymond Hatton Hobart Bosworth Theodore Roberts Wallace Reid Charles Clary James Neill Tully Marshall Lawrence Peyton Horace B. Carpenter
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Director
Charles Bickford Judith Allen Richard Cromwell Harry Green Bradley Page Edward Nugent Ben Alexander Lester Arnold Nestor Aber Oscar Rudolph Mickey Daniels
high-school student gangster civil servant tailor leader young woman disturbing suspenseful melodramatic dump high school courtroom small town justice murder corruption fear vigilantism children vs. adults discovery
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
115 Minutes
Director
Kay Johnson Reginald Denny Lillian Roth Roland Young Elsa Peterson Boyd Irwin Wallace MacDonald Wilfred Lucas
Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband. But Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections. An elaborate masquerade ball is to ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Western
USA
1931
106 Minutes
Director
english gentleman native american woman earl lady brother cattle rustler melodramatic passionate fiery tender england arizona desert ranch frontier american southwest interracial romance secret love love triangle starting over
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1918
60 Minutes
Director
Elliott Dexter Florence Vidor Sylvia Ashton Wanda Hawley Theodore Roberts Helen Jerome Eddy Marcia Manon Julia Faye J. Parks Jones Edna Mae Cooper Gustav von Seyffertitz
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife in favor of Juliet Raeburn but, when Juliet's name is involved in murder, he marries Viola and takes her to Paris.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1922
112 Minutes
Director
Leatrice Joy Thomas Meighan Lois Wilson John Miltern George Fawcett Julia Faye Edythe Chapman Jack Mower Dorothy Cumming Casson Ferguson Michael Moore
Society-girl thrill seeker Lydia causes the death of motorcycle policeman and is prosecuted by her fiancé Daniel who describes in lurid detail the downfall of Rome. While she's in prison she reforms and Daniel becomes a wasted alcoholic.
6.2/10
Adventure
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Director
Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.
6.0/10
War
USA
1917
81 Minutes
Director
Mary Pickford Jack Holt Hobart Bosworth James Neill Guy Oliver Edythe Chapman Lillian Leighton Ben Alexander DeWitt Jennings Walter Long Raymond Hatton
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
5.8/10
Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama
USA
1917
70 Minutes
Director
Mary Pickford Elliott Dexter Charles Ogle Tully Marshall Raymond Hatton Walter Long Winter Hall
A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
5.7/10
Western
USA
1914
78 Minutes
Cecil B. DeMille Dustin Farnum Winifred Kingston Red Wing Monroe Salisbury Billy Elmer Richard L'Estrange Foster Knox Joseph Singleton Dick La Reno Fred Montague
british officer brother wife native american woman rancher son melodramatic solemn england new york city wyoming bar mountain ranch embezzlement self-sacrifice new identity marriage tragic death family honor
A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.
Drama
1915
55 Minutes
Director
Fannie Ward Jack Dean Sessue Hayakawa James Neill Jack Yutaka Abbe Dana Ong Hazel Childers
wife husband aristocrat judge socialite juror brash madcap suspenseful long island, n.y. family home murder mystery embezzlement affair lying mystery discovery 1920s
After a wealthy man (Sessue Hayakawa) brands a woman (Fannie Ward) for revoking their loan agreement, she shoots him, and her husband (Jack Dean) takes the blame in court.
Drama, History
1934
101 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Warren William Henry Wilcoxon Gertrude Michael Joseph Schildkraut C. Aubrey Smith Claudia Dell Robert Warwick
cleopatra julius caesar mark antony king herod slave soldier melodramatic spectacular alexandria, egypt royal palace barge love political intrigue wretched excess fall 1st century b.c.
The queen of Egypt (Claudette Colbert) barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony (Henry Wilcoxon) and Julius Caesar (Warren William).
Drama, History
1932
118 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Claudette Colbert Charles Laughton Elissa Landi Ian Keith Vivian Tobin Harry Beresford Ferdinand Gottschalk Arthur Hohl Tommy Conlon Nat Pendleton
emperor nero empress christian military officer stepfather young woman hedonistic brutal tense rome colosseum burning of rome persecution unrequited love royalty jealousy lions rescue wretched excess underdog
A Roman official (Fredric March) tries to save Christians from the lions and the madness of Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton).
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