List of the best Frank Lloyd movies: Mutiny on the Bounty(1935), If I Were King(1938), Berkeley Square(1933), Maid of Salem(1937), Hoopla(1933), Under Two Flags(1936), Rulers of the Sea(1939), The Last Command(1955), The Divine Lady(1929), Son of the Gods(1930), A Tale of Two Cities(1917), East Lynne(1931) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1935
132 Minutes
Director
Charles Laughton Clark Gable Franchot Tone Herbert Mundin Eddie Quillan Dudley Digges Donald Crisp Movita Henry Stephenson Spring Byington
fletcher christian sailor native capt. william bligh captain tense engaging spirited hms bounty england tahiti pitcairn island sailors mutiny tyrants rebellion adventure revenge escape 1780s
First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1788 mutiny.
Adventure
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Director
Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee Ellen Drew C.V. France Henry Wilcoxon Heather Thatcher Stanley Ridges Bruce Lester Walter Kingsford Alma Lloyd
poet constable traitor lady king rousing thrilling moving confident paris palace tavern treason françois villon royalty political coup unlikely allies king louis xi escape love
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Romance, Fantasy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Director
Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor Irene Browne Beryl Mercer Colin Keith-Johnston Alan Mowbray Juliette Compton Betty Lawford Ferdinand Gottschalk Samuel S. Hinds
wealthy man relative fiancée cousin suitor ambassador cheeky creative engaging england manor street garden household time travel family romance inheritance diary social customs
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Harvey Stephens Gale Sondergaard Louise Dresser Bennie Bartlett Edward Ellis Beulah Bondi Bonita Granville Virginia Weidler Donald Meek
lover adventurer young woman judge townsperson passionate thrilling emotional salem, mass. courtroom town hall town square puritanism affair repression wrongfully accused witch trials witchcraft love wretched excess
Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. One family in particular uses the hysteria to its ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Director
Clara Bow Preston Foster Richard Cromwell Herbert Mundin James Gleason Minna Gombell Florence Roberts Roger Imhof
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager.
Adventure
USA
1936
105 Minutes
Director
sergeant major love interest lounge singer valet engaging melodramatic algeria desert love triangle heroism jealousy military deception love rivalry sacrifice adventure 1860s
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Drama, Western, History
USA
1955
110 Minutes
Director
Sterling Hayden Anna Maria Alberghetti Richard Carlson Arthur Hunnicutt Ernest Borgnine J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Russell Virginia Grey Jim Davis Eduard Franz
colonel davy crockett gen. santa anna teen girl soldier settler patriotic rousing thrilling tense texas abandoned building desert alamo jim bowie the alamo outnumbered land wars invasion negotiation
Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Anna.
Drama
USA
1929
105 Minutes
Director
Corinne Griffith Victor Varconi H.B. Warner Ian Keith Marie Dressler Dorothy Cumming William Conklin Montagu Love Julia Swayne Gordon Michael Vavitch
queen horatio nelson poor woman lord lieutenant wealthy man charming fascinating melodramatic naples, italy england estate town house marriage class distinctions war social standing lady hamilton infidelity
The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In order to get a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Director
Richard Barthelmess Constance Bennett Mildred Van Dorn King Hoo Chang Geneva Mitchell E. Alyn Warren Ivan Christie Anders Randolf George Irving Claude King Dickie Moore
A Chinese posing as an American goes to Monte Carlo where he falls in love with Alanna, who later goes berserk upon learning his true identity.
Drama, History
USA
1917
70 Minutes
Director
William Farnum Jewel Carmen Joseph Swickard Charles Clary Herschel Mayall Rosita Marstini Ralph Lewis William Clifford Marc Robbins Willard Louis
daughter revolutionary nobleman prisoner wife melodramatic rousing emotional london paris bastille french revolution love triangle prison bravery capture history sacrifice rescue love
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Drama
USA
1931
102 Minutes
Director
Ann Harding Clive Brook Conrad Nagel Cecilia Loftus Beryl Mercer O.P. Heggie Flora Sheffield David Torrance
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
99 Minutes
Director
In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.
Drama
USA
1933
109 Minutes
Director
Diana Wynyard Clive Brook Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin Beryl Mercer Irene Browne Tempe Pigott Merle Tottenham Frank Lawton Ursula Jeans Margaret Lindsay
child soldier mother father servant touching inspiring heartwarming london ocean liner nightclub aging alcoholism class distinctions family world war i growing up transformation 1930s
A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
War
1945
98 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Sylvia Sidney Wallace Ford Rosemary DeCamp Robert Armstrong John Emery Leonard Strong Frank Puglia John Halloran Marvin Miller Rhys Williams
reporter colonel captain police officer politician beautiful woman tense thrilling tokyo newsroom ship on the run american embassy japan idealism murder corruption newspapers running away imperialism
The U.S. editor (James Cagney) of a Tokyo newspaper smuggles out a Japanese military plan several years before World War II.
Western
1937
115 Minutes
Director
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Lloyd Nolan Bob Burns Porter Hall Ralph Morgan Henry O'Neill Mary Nash
office worker company owner employee driver wild west life journey business business idea business innovator history western films
Ramsey McCay, a troubleshooter for the newly formed Wells Fargo company, maintains smooth routes to the west. He becomes separated from his wife during the Civil War until they reunite during the company's 20th anniversary.