List of the best John Huston movies: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948), The Maltese Falcon(1941), The Asphalt Jungle(1950), The Man Who Would Be King(1975), Key Largo(1948), The African Queen(1951), The Night of the Iguana(1964), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957), In This Our Life(1942), Fat City(1972), Freud(1962), The Misfits(1961) ... ...
Adventure, Western, Drama
USA|Mexico
1948
124 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston Tim Holt Herman Brix Barton MacLane Alfonso Bedoya
wanderer prospector thief police officer gritty engaging tense mexico mountain wilderness boardinghouse aspirations expedition greed paranoia competition survival adventure discovery quest
Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Peter Lorre Gladys George Barton MacLane Sydney Greenstreet Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr. James Burke
detective femme fatale criminal police officer secretary dark gritty brooding intricate san francisco hotel office dangerous assignment shady dealings deception murder greed mystery pursuit temptation
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Director
Sterling Hayden Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James Whitmore John McIntire Marc Lawrence Barry Kelley Anthony Caruso Teresa Celli
ex-convict waitress safecracker thief lawyer intricate tense united states city jewelry theft greed deception schemes murder fall temptation 1950s
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Action, Adventure
UK|USA
1975
129 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Saeed Jaffrey Karroum Ben Bouih Jack May Doghmi Larbi Shakira Caine Mohammad Shamsi Paul Antrim Albert Moses
military officer soldier native writer confident engaging gutsy india kafiristan deception ambition aspirations culture clash expedition adventure discovery rise fall wretched excess 1880s
Two British former soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
101 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Lauren Bacall Lionel Barrymore Claire Trevor Thomas Gomez Jay Silverheels
war hero widow father-in-law mobster henchman alcoholic suspenseful engaging florida key largo, fla. hotel boat showdown confinement organized crime courage hurricane escape rescue 1940s
A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
Adventure
UK|USA
1951
105 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley Peter Bull Theodore Bikel Walter Gotell
spinster captain enemy sailor inspiring emotional dreamy africa river river patrol boat ship world war i revenge journey family revenge rivalry pursuit 1910s
In WWI Africa, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1964
125 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Ava Gardner Deborah Kerr Sue Lyon James Ward Grayson Hall Cyril Delevanti Mary Boylan Gladys Hill Billie Matticks Emilio Fernandes
tour guide widow artist underage girl bus driver guardian dark fiery mexico hotel bus lust seduction alcoholism breakdown religion fall temptation 1960s
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Adventure, Drama, Action, War
USA
1957
107 Minutes
Director
nun marines enemy emotional suspenseful island japan cave romance survival friendship escape world war ii rescue transformation love 1940s
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.
Drama
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Director
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland George Brent Dennis Morgan Charles Coburn Frank Craven Billie Burke Hattie McDaniel Lee Patrick
socialite decorator lawyer doctor melodramatic brash maryland the south racism sibling rivalry infidelity adultery divorce self-destruction rivalry forbidden love fall 1940s
The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband; in retaliation, her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.
Drama
USA
1972
96 Minutes
Director
Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell Candy Clark Nicholas Colasanto Art Aragon Curtis Cokes Sixto Rodriguez Billy Walker Wayne Mahan Ruben Navarro
boxer trainer friend girlfriend gritty dark bleak california gym bar comeback boxing redemption alcoholism friendship aging pursuit rivalry underdog fall
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Biography
USA
1962
140 Minutes
Director
Montgomery Clift Susannah York Larry Parks Susan Kohner Eileen Herlie Fernand Ledoux David McCallum Rosalie Crutchley David Kossoff Joseph Fürst Alexander Mango
psychiatrist patient mentor wife brooding dreamy inspiring vienna mental institution paris sigmund freud psychoanalysis dreams ambition mental illness discovery transformation underdog 1880s
An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Western, Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe Montgomery Clift Thelma Ritter Eli Wallach James Barton Estelle Winwood Kevin McCarthy Marietta Tree
divorcée cowboy gambler rodeo rider drifter friend winsome cheeky reno, nev. casino bar ranch house middle age depression horses gambling love triangle discovery temptation
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
Drama
USA
1979
108 Minutes
Director
Brad Dourif Amy Wright Harry Dean Stanton Dan Shor John Huston Mary Nell Santacroce Ned Beatty William Hickey J.L. Parker
priest daughter con artist blind person police officer outlandish quirky train church forest street small town religion impersonation meaning of life transformation temptation fall 1950s
Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
Biography
UK
1952
123 Minutes
Director
Jose Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Colette Marchand Suzanne Flon Katherine Kath Claude Nollier Muriel Smith Georges Lannes Walter Crisham Mary Clare Harold Kasket
poet courtesan duke toulouse-lautrec emotional powerful uplifting paris illness forbidden love theater production death love discovery quest 1890s
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1984
109 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Jacqueline Bisset Anthony Andrews Ignacio López Tarso Katy Jurado James Villiers Dawson Bray Carlos Riquelme Jim McCarthy Tun-Tun Eleazar Garcia Jr.
consul wife brother dark intense brutal mexico alcoholism self-destruction marital problems suicide wretched excess fall 1930s
A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
98 Minutes
Director
George C. Scott Dana Wynter Clive Brook Gladys Cooper Herbert Marshall Jacques Roux John Merivale Marcel Dalio Bernard Archard Walter Anthony Huston Roland Long
colonel friend aristocrat marquis prisoner of war lady tense offbeat thrilling england mansion airplane hotel serial murders investigation royalty world war ii relationships disguise mystery
A former intelligence officer is tasked by the heir to the Gleneyre estate to investigate the unusual deaths of a disparate group of eleven men on a list.
Adventure
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Sydney Greenstreet Victor Sen Yung Keye Luke Richard Loo
military officer professor pretty woman engaging tense ship ocean new york city espionage shady dealings dangerous assignment world war ii mystery adventure discovery 1940s
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Director
Elizabeth Taylor Marlon Brando Brian Keith Julie Harris Zorro David Gordon Mitchell Irvin Dugan Fay Sparks Robert Forster Douglas Stark Al Mulock
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.
Comedy, Drama
France|Iran|USA
2018
122 Minutes
John Huston Susan Strasberg Lilli Palmer Peter Bogdanovich Oja Kodar Robert Random Edmond O'Brien
A Hollywood director emerges from semi-exile with plans to complete work on an innovative motion picture.
Western
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Audrey Hepburn Lillian Gish Audie Murphy John Saxon Charles Bickford Albert Salmi Joseph Wiseman June Walker Kipp Hamilton Arnold Merritt
native american rancher racist brother adopted daughter mother tense gripping thrilling texas ranch racism family feud secret old west rivalry discovery 1860s
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
Romance
USA
1985
129 Minutes
Director
Jack Nicholson Kathleen Turner Anjelica Huston Robert Loggia William Hickey John Randolph Lee Richardson Michael Lombard
hitman godfather cousin assassin cheeky suspenseful spirited brooklyn, n.y. california wedding mafia contract killing family honor romance forbidden love rivalry 1980s
Two professional assassins fall in love.
Action
UK|USA|Italy
1981
117 Minutes
Director
Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine Pelé Bobby Moore Osvaldo Ardiles Paul Van Himst Kazimierz Deyna Hallvar Thorensen Mike Summerbee Co Prins Russell Osman
prisoner of war military officer nazi soccer player soldier guard spirited engaging suspenseful pow camp france paris stadium soccer field competition soccer teamwork prison break world war ii nazi occupation
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
106 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Jones John Garfield Pedro Armendáriz Gilbert Roland Ramon Novarro
revolutionary sister student spy police officer suspenseful engaging cuba house university bank cemetery political repression protest resistance terrorism assassination tunneling revenge adventure
In 1930's Cuba, a bank clerk and an American mercenary assist a revolutionary group in a plan to kill the President but the Cuban Secret Police chief and the dictator's military complicate the plan's execution.
Musical, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1982
130 Minutes
Director
Aileen Quinn Albert Finney Carol Burnett Bernadette Peters Tim Curry Ann Reinking Geoffrey Holder Edward Herrmann
orphan billionaire dog bodyguard manager brother charming playful heartwarming amusing new york city orphanage mansion bridge adoption rags to riches orphanage scam family the great depression
A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.
Romance
USA
1969
90 Minutes
Director
student noblewoman uncle monk love interest knight melodramatic tense france paris countryside monastery horrors of war romance class conflict social change medieval times love discovery quest
In a story set during the Hundred Years War, a student who has abandoned his studies in Paris, pairs with a young noblewoman with whom he has fallen in love.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Italy|USA
1953
92 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Jennifer Jones Gina Lollobrigida Robert Morley Peter Lorre Edward Underdown Ivor Barnard Marco Tulli Mario Perrone Alex Pochet Aldo Silvani
husband wife traveler pretty woman criminal amusing campy engaging italy africa treasure expedition travel deception competition rivalry quest adventure 1950s
On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
Documentary
USA
1943
47 Minutes
Director
soldier japanese soldier american pilots officer endearing inspiring patriotic alaska island world war ii military life brotherhood aleutian islands campaign sacrifice adventure 1940s
Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Dominique Sanda James Mason Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Michael Hordern Nigel Patrick Peter Vaughan Roland Culver Percy Herbert Robert Lang
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1970
113 Minutes
Director
Bibi Andersson Richard Boone Nigel Green Dean Jagger Lila Kedrova Micheál MacLiammóir Patrick O'Neal Barbara Parkins Ronald Radd George Sanders Raf Vallone
naval officer drag queen safecracker police chief double agent diplomat intricate suspenseful cool paris los angeles new york city moscow apartment cold war espionage impersonation political intrigue violence rescue
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
Comedy
UK
1968
95 Minutes
Director
John Hurt Pamela Franklin Nigel Davenport Ronald Fraser Robert Morley Fidelma Murphy Maxine Audley Anjelica Huston Brenda Fricker
robber father criminal friend constable love interest amusing playful thrilling scotland countryside jail stagecoach crime robbery chase execution law and order adventure rescue
The humorous adventures of the notorious Scottish highwayman and thief Davey Haggart during the 1820s in Britain.
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Director
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Adventure, Drama
UK
1970
85 Minutes
Sleigh
Yanni (Renato Romano) returns to his homeland on a Greek island after several years in London. Soon he is searching for his teenage passion, Elena (Raquel Welch). She is a married woman now... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Mexico
1978
80 Minutes
John Huston Andrés García Hugo Stiglitz Gloria Guida Marina Vlady Claudine Auger Carlos East Jorge Zamora Miguel Ángel Fuentes
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray near the famed Bermuda Triangle, and mysterious things start happening.
Horror
Canada
1980
94 Minutes
Director
Paul Michael Glaser John Colicos Susan Hogan David Bolt Patricia Collins David Eisner
A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
Horror
Italy
1977
90 Minutes
John Huston Shelley Winters Bo Hopkins Henry Fonda Delia Baccardo Cesare Danova Claude Akins Sherry Buchanan
reporter marine biologist company owner wife campy melodramatic frightening outlandish seaside town beach boat ocean animals attacking aquatic life survival investigation corruption science escape
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
War
1951
69 Minutes
Director
Audie Murphy Bill Mauldin John Dierkes Douglas Dick Royal Dano Arthur Hunnicutt Andy Devine Robert Easton Smith Ballew Glenn Strange Dan White
soldier friend military officer enemy general intense gritty patriotic battlefield woods camp united nations american civil war fear courage honor horrors of war redemption sacrifice transformation
Based on Stephen Crane's novel of a young Union soldier panicked upon exposure to his first Civil War battle.
Comedy, Western
1972
120 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Victoria Principal Anthony Perkins Jacqueline Bisset Ava Gardner Tab Hunter John Huston Stacy Keach Roddy McDowall Ned Beatty Anthony Zerbe
outlaw beautiful woman friend teacher singer murderer gritty quirky texas small town saloon river law and order justice robbery money death rescue quest 1900s
A small-time outlaw takes over a town by dispensing his own form of justice and confiscating property for court costs.
Drama
1966
174 Minutes
Director
Michael Parks George C. Scott Richard Harris John Huston Ulla Bergryd Stephen Boyd Ava Gardner Peter O'Toole Zoe Sallis Gabriele Ferzetti Eleonora Rossi Drago
brother shipbuilder king murderer son wife inspiring powerful eden ark mountaintop desert tower adam eve noah's arc god flooding faith fall
Book of Genesis stories include Adam (Michael Parks) and Eve, Abraham (George C. Scott), and the Tower of Babel.
Adventure
USA
1971
105 Minutes
Richard Harris John Huston Henry Wilcoxon Percy Herbert Dennis Waterman Prunella Ransome Norman Rossington James Doohan Bryan Marshall Ben Carruthers Robert Russell
fur trapper medic scout captain indian brooding gripping thrilling american pacific northwest river boat exploration left for dead spiritual journey survival wilderness adventure pursuit transformation 1820s
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Western
Italy|Yugoslavia|USA
1971
99 Minutes
Bekim Fehmiu John Huston Richard Crenna Chuck Connors Ricardo Montalban Ian Bannen Brandon de Wilde Slim Pickens Woody Strode Albert Salmi
deserter general colonel engineer wife scout gritty gripping arizona fort mexico hill desert mission battle native americans massacre desertion redemption quest
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1970
94 Minutes
Mae West John Huston Raquel Welch Rex Reed Farrah Fawcett Roger C. Carmel Roger Herren George Furth Calvin Lockhart Jim Backus John Carradine
transsexual doctor agent actor actress uncle amusing campy hedonistic outlandish europe hollywood, calif. operating room school estate sex change sexual awakening show business acting drugs
After undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
131 Minutes
Noah Cross
Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Darryl Zwerling Diane Ladd Roy Jenson Roman Polanski Richard Bakalyan Joe Mantell
detective widow father sister private investigator wife disturbing sultry suspenseful gritty los angeles chinatown household car construction site corruption murder adultery redemption set-up
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
1980
98 Minutes
Clarke Hill
Sally Kellerman Stephen Lack John Huston Lawrence Dane John-Peter Linton
A young couple gets so caught up in their sexual games and role playing that they begin to act them out in public with dire consequences.
Biography
West Germany|USA
1969
113 Minutes
Abbé de Sade
Keir Dullea Senta Berger John Huston Lilli Palmer Anna Massey Sonja Ziemann Christiane Krüger Uta Levka Barbara Stanek Susanne von Almassy Friedrich Schoenfelder
Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion. This colorful movie depicts DeSade's life from ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1975
119 Minutes
John Hay
Sean Connery Candice Bergen Brian Keith John Huston Geoffrey Lewis Steve Kanaly Vladek Sheybal Nadim Sawalha Roy Jenson Deborah Baxter Jack Cooley
beautiful woman military officer chief president father thrilling morocco desert washington, d.c. kidnapping politics murder hostage situation rescue rescue quest pursuit 1900s
An Arab chief triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children.
Drama
USA
1963
175 Minutes
Glennon
Tom Tryon Romy Schneider Carol Lynley John Huston Dorothy Gish Maggie McNamara Bill Hayes Cameron Prud'Homme Cecil Kellaway Loring Smith
priest cardinal student sister inspiring profound passionate austria boston rome vienna church racism catholic church nazism spiritual crisis abortion forbidden love rise temptation
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Sci-Fi
USA
1973
92 Minutes
The Lawgiver
Roddy McDowall Claude Akins Natalie Trundy John Huston Severn Darden Lew Ayres Paul Williams Austin Stoker Noah Keen Richard Eastham France Nuyen
slave ape general captain scientist mutant dark disturbing thrilling passionate village city underground library ruins war post-apocalypse prejudice slavery freedom
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Horror, Sci-Fi
Italy
1979
90 Minutes
Jerzy Colsowicz
Mel Ferrer Glenn Ford Lance Henriksen John Huston Joanne Nail Sam Peckinpah Shelley Winters Paige Conner Franco Nero
The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil.
Action
1975
96 Minutes
Harris Wagner
Charles Bronson Robert Duvall Jill Ireland John Huston Randy Quaid Sheree North Alejandro Rey Paul Mantee Roy Jenson Alan Vint Jorge Moreno
prisoner wife pilot wrongly accused accomplice agent tense suspenseful intense engaging spirited striking mexico texas prison break frame-up incarceration chase false identity suspicion
A woman (Jill Ireland) hires a bush pilot (Charles Bronson) to free her husband (Robert Duvall), framed for a murder, from a Mexican prison.
Drama
1966
174 Minutes
Director
Michael Parks George C. Scott Richard Harris John Huston Ulla Bergryd Stephen Boyd Ava Gardner Peter O'Toole Zoe Sallis Gabriele Ferzetti Eleonora Rossi Drago
brother shipbuilder king murderer son wife inspiring powerful eden ark mountaintop desert tower adam eve noah's arc god flooding faith fall
Book of Genesis stories include Adam (Michael Parks) and Eve, Abraham (George C. Scott), and the Tower of Babel.