List of the best William Wyler movies: The Heiress(1949), Ben-Hur(1959), Roman Holiday(1953), The Best Years of Our Lives(1946), The Big Country(1958), Dodsworth(1936), The Children's Hour(1961), How to Steal a Million(1966), Detective Story(1951), Mrs. Miniver(1942), Counsellor-at-Law(1933), Jezebel(1938) ... ...
8.1/10
Drama
USA
1949
115 Minutes
Director
Olivia de Havilland Montgomery Clift Ralph Richardson Miriam Hopkins Vanessa Brown Mona Freeman Ray Collins Betty Linley Selena Royle Paul Lees Harry Antrim
heiress father bachelor emotional sad somber household california deception heartbreak disillusionment father/daughter relationship fortune forbidden love sacrifice revenge 1880s
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
8.1/10
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1959
203 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Stephen Boyd Haya Harareet Hugh Griffith Martha Scott Sam Jaffe Cathy O'Donnell
friend slave sister prince jesus emotional touching desert jerusalem judea revenge betrayal showdown freedom assassination escape revenge rise sacrifice 1st century
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
8.0/10
Romance
USA
1953
119 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Audrey Hepburn Eddie Albert Tullio Carminati Hartley Power Laura Solari Harcourt Williams Margaret Rawlings Paolo Carlini Heinz Hindrich Giacomo Penza
reporter princess photographer editor ambassador countess airy charming spirited rome palace apartment romance secret europe journalism royal life love pursuit adventure
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1946
172 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Myrna Loy Dana Andrews Teresa Wright Virginia Mayo Harold Russell Hoagy Carmichael Gladys George Steve Cochran
veteran wife amputee banker fiancée daughter powerful somber fascinating profound small town midwest family home war disillusionment world war ii love sacrifice discovery transformation
Three World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
7.9/10
Western
USA
1958
165 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Charles Bickford Alfonso Bedoya Chuck Connors Chuck Hayward Buff Brady Dorothy Adams
captain fiancée family patriarch land owner rancher son rousing gutsy thrilling spirited american west ranch land ownership american west harassment land wars family feud honor revenge rivalry
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1936
101 Minutes
Director
Walter Huston Ruth Chatterton David Niven Paul Lukas Mary Astor Gregory Gaye Maria Ouspenskaya Odette Myrtil Kathryn Marlowe John Payne Spring Byington
businessperson husband wife pretty woman emotional moving europe italy ship marriage aging social standing love triangle love discovery 1930s
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
7.8/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1961
109 Minutes
Director
Audrey Hepburn Shirley MacLaine James Garner Miriam Hopkins Fay Bainter Karen Balkin Veronica Cartwright Mimi Gibson William Mims Hope Summers Jered Barclay
teacher principal aunt student grandmother fiancé powerful sad engaging shocking new england school teaching scandal lying friendship homosexuality fall forbidden love 1960s
A rebellious student at a girls' school accuses two teachers of lesbianism.
7.6/10
Comedy
USA
1966
127 Minutes
Director
Audrey Hepburn Peter O'Toole Eli Wallach Charles Boyer Hugh Griffith Fernand Gravey Marcel Dalio Jacques Marin Roger Treville Eddie Malin Bert Bertram
forger art thief burglar daughter father private detective amusing witty lighthearted suspenseful museum paris france family home art forgery robbery schemes deception father/daughter relationship
The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
7.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Director
Kirk Douglas Eleanor Parker William Bendix Horace MacMahon Lee Grant Craig Hill Cathy O'Donnell Bert Freed George Macready Joseph Wiseman Gladys George
police detective abortionist wife burglar shoplifter colleague tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic police station household hospital new york city street obsession abortion investigation dark secrets death
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
1942
134 Minutes
Director
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Dame May Whitty Teresa Wright Reginald Owen Henry Travers Richard Ney Henry Wilcoxon
mother soldier father daughter architect emotional touching sad england household airplane family home bombing air raids class distinctions world war ii death rise transformation discovery
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
7.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Director
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1938
104 Minutes
Director
Bette Davis Henry Fonda George Brent Margaret Lindsay Donald Crisp Fay Bainter Spring Byington Richard Cromwell Henry O'Neill
southern belle banker aunt doctor suitor emotional melodramatic louisiana new orleans family home romance wealth social standing bad behavior love triangle love wretched excess 19th century
In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1956
139 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Dorothy McGuire Anthony Perkins Marjorie Main Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Phyllis Love Peter Mark Richman
father mother son daughter quaker endearing emotional indiana armed conflict family religion forbidden love discovery forbidden love 1860s
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
7.4/10
Musical
USA
1968
151 Minutes
Director
Barbra Streisand Omar Sharif Walter Pidgeon Kay Medford Anne Francis Lee Allen Gerald Mohr Frank Faylen
actress husband businessperson florenz ziegfeld businessman amusing charming spirited broadway theater new york theater big city home fanny brice aspirations show business marriage schemes relationships rise
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1936
92 Minutes
Director
student teacher wealthy woman doctor engaging melodramatic boarding school massachusetts affair lie school scandal love fall revenge 1930s
Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
7.3/10
Romance, Western, Drama
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone Forrest Tucker Chill Wills Dana Andrews Tom Tyler Lilian Bond
judge drifter homesteader actress offbeat melodramatic gutsy amusing bar ranch theater texas frontier justice theft showdown revenge 1880s
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Director
In a small Pacific village, a widowed fisherman marries a girl young enough to be his daughter. Complications ensue when the new wife falls in love with her husband's son.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1970
101 Minutes
Director
Lee J. Cobb Anthony Zerbe Roscoe Lee Browne Lola Falana Lee Majors Barbara Hershey Yaphet Kotto Chill Wills
A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1932
82 Minutes
Director
Tom Brown H.B. Warner Slim Summerville Richard Cromwell Ben Alexander Sidney Toler Russell Hopton Willard Robertson Norman Phillips Jr. Tyrone Power Kit Guard
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1929
63 Minutes
Director
Neil Hamilton Norman Trevor Jocelyn Lee Mabel Trunnelle
A chorus girl loses her job and thus the room she owes back rent on, and ends up being rescued from the street by a dashing rich man. But his family isn't over-accepting of chorus girls joining their family.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1929
70 Minutes
Director
George Kotsonaros Wheeler Oakman Jack Hanlon Harry Gribbon
Dave Roberts is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents. He turns up in towns and is part of a group who sets up corrupt boxing matches. ... See full summary »
Drama, Documentary, History, War
1944
43 Minutes
Director
Robert Morgan James A. Verinis Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother King George VI
belle emotional fortress mission flying world war ii bombing rivalry
Footage of actual bombing missions highlights William Wyler's account of the U.S. Air Force's work during World War II.
Documentary
1944
61 Minutes
Director
military officer sailor soldier pilot gutsy tense aircraft carrier pacific ocean armed conflict battle fatigue war world war ii quest pursuit 1940s
Romance
1935
76 Minutes
Director
A sweepstakes winner (Frances Dee) checks into a New York hotel and meets a prince (Francis Lederer) posing as a bellboy.
Documentary
1946
43 Minutes
pilot lieutenant commander captain major italian patriotic shocking powerful corsica italy air force base airplane world war ii air force mission bombing propaganda sacrifice quest 1940s
Footage from cameras installed in American and British fighter planes highlights this account of the invasion of Italy.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.
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