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John Huston

1906–1987 · American film director, screenwriter, and actor

John Marcellus Huston was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a BAFTA Award. He also received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1980, a Special Lion for the Overall Work in 1985, and a Silver Lion in 1953.

John Huston, in order

  1. 1930 The Storm: wrote · directed by William Wyler
  2. 1932 Law and Order: wrote · directed by Edward L. Cahn
  3. 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue: wrote · directed by Robert Florey
  4. 1935 Death Drives Through: wrote · directed by Edward L. Cahn
  5. 1935 It Happened in Paris: wrote · directed by Carol Reed
  6. 1938 Jezebel: wrote · directed by William Wyler
  7. 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse: wrote · directed by Anatole Litvak
  8. 1939 Juarez: wrote · directed by William Dieterle
  9. 1939 Wuthering Heights: wrote · directed by William Wyler
  10. 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet: wrote · directed by William Dieterle
  11. 1941 High Sierra: wrote · directed by Raoul Walsh
  12. 1941 Sergeant York: wrote · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 80%, audiences 87% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
  13. 1941 The Maltese Falcon: directed, wrote
  14. 1942 Across the Pacific: directed · critics 80%, audiences 61%
  15. 1942 In This Our Life: directed, wrote
  16. 1942 Winning Your Wings (short film): directed
  17. 1943 Magic Bullets: wrote · directed by William Dieterle
  18. 1943 Report from the Aleutians: directed, wrote, produced, acted
  19. 1944 Dark Waters: wrote · directed by André de Toth · audiences 42% · streaming on Tubi
  20. 1944 Tunisian Victory: directed
  21. 1945 The Battle of San Pietro (short film): directed, wrote, produced, acted
  22. 1946 Let There Be Light: directed, wrote, produced
  23. 1946 The Killers: wrote · directed by Robert Siodmak
  24. 1946 The Stranger: wrote · directed by Orson Welles · critics 97%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
  25. 1946 Three Strangers: wrote · directed by Jean Negulesco · audiences 51%
  26. 1948 Key Largo: directed, wrote
  27. 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: directed, wrote, acted
  28. 1949 We Were Strangers: directed, wrote, acted
  29. 1950 The Asphalt Jungle: directed, wrote
  30. 1951 The African Queen: directed, wrote
  31. 1951 The Red Badge of Courage: directed, wrote, acted
  32. 1952 Moulin Rouge: directed, wrote
  33. 1953 Beat the Devil: directed, wrote, produced
  34. 1956 Moby Dick: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 78%, audiences 73% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi
  35. 1957 A Farewell to Arms: directed
  36. 1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison: directed, wrote
  37. 1958 The Barbarian and the Geisha: directed
  38. 1958 The Roots of Heaven: directed · audiences 52%
  39. 1960 The Unforgiven: directed
  40. 1961 The Misfits: directed, acted · critics 94%, audiences 78% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
  41. 1962 Freud: The Secret Passion: directed, wrote, acted
  42. 1963 The Cardinal: acted · directed by Otto Preminger
  43. 1963 The List of Adrian Messenger: directed, acted
  44. 1964 The Night of the Iguana: directed, wrote, produced
  45. 1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...: directed, acted
  46. 1967 Casino Royale: directed, acted · critics 28%, audiences 33% · streaming on Prime Video
  47. 1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye: directed, produced
  48. 1968 Candy: acted · directed by Christian Marquand
  49. 1969 A Walk with Love and Death: directed, acted
  50. 1969 De Sade: acted · directed by Cy Endfield and Gordon Hessler
  51. 1969 Sinful Davey: directed
  52. 1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot: directed
  53. 1970 Myra Breckinridge: acted · directed by Mike Sarne
  54. 1970 The Kremlin Letter: directed, wrote, acted · audiences 61%
  55. 1971 Man in the Wilderness: acted · directed by Richard C. Sarafian
  56. 1971 The Bridge in the Jungle: acted · directed by Pancho Kohner
  57. 1971 The Deserter: acted · directed by Burt Kennedy
  58. 1972 Fat City: directed, produced
  59. 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean: directed, acted
  60. 1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes: acted · directed by J. Lee Thompson
  61. 1973 The Mackintosh Man: directed
  62. 1974 Chinatown: acted · directed by Roman Polanski · critics 98%, audiences 93% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  63. 1975 Breakout: acted · directed by Tom Gries
  64. 1975 The Man Who Would Be King: directed, wrote
  65. 1975 The Wind and the Lion: acted · directed by John Milius
  66. 1976 Independence (short film): directed
  67. 1976 Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV movie): acted · directed by Boris Sagal · audiences 47%
  68. 1977 Angela: acted · directed by Boris Sagal
  69. 1977 Tentacles: acted · directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis
  70. 1978 The Bermuda Triangle: acted · directed by René Cardona Jr.
  71. 1978 The Greatest Battle: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  72. 1979 Jaguar Lives!: acted · directed by Ernest Pintoff
  73. 1979 Love and Bullets: directed
  74. 1979 The Visitor: acted · directed by Giulio Paradisi
  75. 1979 Winter Kills: acted · directed by William Richert · critics 86%, audiences 52% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
  76. 1979 Wise Blood: directed, acted
  77. 1980 Phobia: directed
  78. 1980 The Return of the King (TV movie): acted · directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
  79. 1981 Escape to Victory: directed
  80. 1982 Annie: directed, acted
  81. 1982 Cannery Row: acted · directed by David S. Ward · critics 75%, audiences 71%
  82. 1983 A Minor Miracle: acted · directed by Terrell Tannen
  83. 1983 Lovesick: acted · directed by Marshall Brickman
  84. 1984 Epic: acted · directed by Yoram Gross
  85. 1984 Under the Volcano: directed
  86. 1985 Prizzi's Honor: directed · critics 84%, audiences 62%
  87. 1986 Momo: acted · directed by Johannes Schaaf
  88. 1987 The Dead: directed
  89. 1988 Mr. North: wrote, produced · directed by Danny Huston
  90. 2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons: acted · directed by Carlos Benpar
  91. 2018 The Other Side of the Wind: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 82%, audiences 57% · streaming on Netflix