List of the best Victor Fleming movies: Gone With the Wind(1939), Captains Courageous(1937), The Wizard of Oz(1939), Red Dust(1932), Bombshell(1933), A Guy Named Joe(1943), Test Pilot(1938), When the Clouds Roll By(1919), The Virginian(1929), Common Clay(1930), Mantrap(1926), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1941) ... ...
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Musical, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1939
101 Minutes
Director
Judy Garland Frank Morgan Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Jack Haley Billie Burke Margaret Hamilton Charley Grapewin Pat Walshe Clara Blandick
young girl witch dog lion wizard scarecrow creative touching emotional farm village emerald city kansas oz courage song and dance journey friendship magic discovery
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.
Romance
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Mary Astor Donald Crisp Gene Raymond Tully Marshall Willie Fung
foreman prostitute surveyor wife servant employee passionate engaging fiery indochina plantation jungle love triangle adultery deception rubber business prostitution forbidden love temptation transformation
The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.
Comedy
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Director
Jean Harlow Lee Tracy Franchot Tone Frank Morgan Una Merkel Pat O'Brien C. Aubrey Smith
movie star publicist father brother millionaire emotional amusing hollywood, calif. fame romance exploitation deception acting love transformation 1930s
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Fantasy
USA
1943
120 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne Van Johnson Ward Bond James Gleason Lionel Barrymore Barry Nelson Esther Williams Henry O'Neill Don DeFore Charles Smith
guardian angel pilot love interest commanding officer friend patriotic spirited england arizona military academy afterlife world war ii bombing jealousy mission love quest 1940s
A dead World War II bomber pilot named Pete Sandidge, becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
Adventure
USA
1938
118 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Gloria Holden Louis Jean Heydt
pilot mechanic wife boss gripping melodramatic kansas farm airplane aviation friendship alcoholism bravery adventure sacrifice 1930s
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
Comedy
USA
1919
77 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Frank Campeau Ralph Lewis Herbert Grimwood Albert MacQuarrie Kathleen Clifford Daisy Jefferson
playboy love interest psychiatrist mad scientist friend winsome madcap playful new york city church train experiments mental breakdown romance mind control abuse of power love transformation 1910s
Psychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Drama
USA
1930
88 Minutes
Director
Constance Bennett Lew Ayres Tully Marshall Matty Kemp Beryl Mercer Hale Hamilton Purnell Pratt Ada Williams Charles McNaughton Genevieve Blinn
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1926
68 Minutes
Director
Ernest Torrence Clara Bow Percy Marmont Eugene Pallette Tom Kennedy Josephine Crowell William Orlamond Charles Stevens
manicurist husband divorce lawyer outdoorsman neighbor friend witty confident engaging canada woods village minneapolis new york city opposites attract city vs. country love triangle marital problems isolation forbidden love
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Horror
USA
1941
114 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Donald Crisp Ian Hunter Barton MacLane C. Aubrey Smith Sara Allgood Peter Godfrey Frederick Worlock William Tannen
dr. jekyll mr. hyde mistress brooding gripping suspenseful london laboratory split personality human nature experiments evil metamorphosis mystery 1880s
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
Adventure
USA
1920
86 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Wallace Beery Paul Burns Morris Hughes George Stewart Charles Stevens Lewis Hippe Albert MacQuarrie Ruth Renick Adele Farrington
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Director
Janet Gaynor Henry Fonda Charles Bickford Slim Summerville Andy Devine Roger Imhof Jane Withers Margaret Hamilton Sig Ruman John Qualen Kitty Kelly
farmer cook bully boat captain dentist love interest amusing spirited new york state fair boat love triangle fighting marriage cowardice money rural life love underdog transformation
Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1927
90 Minutes
Director
Emil Jannings Belle Bennett Phyllis Haver Donald Keith Fred Kohler
father wife son moll gangster henchman chilling melodramatic household bank train car street milwaukee family seduction robbery accidental killing poverty desperation
A happy bank clerk loses his identity after a robbery and is then presumed dead.
Drama
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Director
Clara Bow Clive Brook Arnold Kent Maude Truax Albert Gran Agostino Borgato
The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
Drama
USA
1942
105 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield Frank Morgan Akim Tamiroff Sheldon Leonard Donald Meek John Qualen Allen Jenkins
homeless person poor person migrant worker drunk beautiful woman uplifting witty southern california monterey, calif. jail beach romance inheritance friendship money love rise 1940s
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Drama
USA
1932
120 Minutes
Director
Walter Huston Lewis Stone Dorothy Jordan Neil Hamilton Emma Dunn Frederick Burton Reginald Barlow John Larkin Gertrude Howard Robert Young Jimmy Durante
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family.