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Top Films from Selected Art Directors

Richard Day

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 36
2 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 80
3 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan 131
4 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 353
5 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 William A. Wellman 442
6 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 464
7 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 643
8 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 668
9 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 775
10 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 911
11 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1316
12 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rouben Mamoulian 1738
13 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda 1801
14 The Wedding March 1928 Erich von Stroheim 1853
15 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 1931
16 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 Sidney Lanfield 2073

Hans Dreier

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 33
2 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 40
3 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 57
4 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 130
5 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 140
6 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 286
7 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 324
8 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 381
9 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 416
10 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Preston Sturges 437
11 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 498
12 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 547
13 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 585
14 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 821
15 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 991
16 Wings 1927 William A. Wellman 1106
17 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 1117
18 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 1203
19 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 1249
20 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1405
21 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 1470
22 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 1491
23 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 1610
24 The Great McGinty 1940 Preston Sturges 1779
25 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1811
26 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943 Sam Wood 1871
27 Beau Geste 1939 William A. Wellman 1909
28 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 1993
29 Samson and Delilah 1949 Cecil B. DeMille 2179
30 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2193
31 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2259

Cedric Gibbons

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 5
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 7
3 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 93
4 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 181
5 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 211
6 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 215
7 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 226
8 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 250
9 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 306
10 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 347
11 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 348
12 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 371
13 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 373
14 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 405
15 The Big Parade 1925 King Vidor 461
16 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 490
17 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 518
18 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 537
19 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 560
20 Camille 1936 George Cukor 596
21 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 698
22 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 706
23 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 770
24 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 777
25 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 794
26 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 820
27 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 852
28 The Women 1939 George Cukor 855
29 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 951
30 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 953
31 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1026
32 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 1116
33 Pride and Prejudice 1940 Robert Z. Leonard 1231
34 Pat and Mike 1952 George Cukor 1242
35 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1248
36 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Vincente Minnelli 1295
37 Father of the Bride 1950 Vincente Minnelli 1332
38 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 1338
39 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1350
40 Lust for Life 1956 Vincente Minnelli 1459
41 The Red Badge of Courage 1951 John Huston 1496
42 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 1530
43 The Great Ziegfeld 1936 Robert Z. Leonard 1567
44 Lassie Come Home 1943 Fred M. Wilcox 1706
45 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1712
46 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 1751
47 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 1770
48 San Francisco 1936 W.S. Van Dyke 1788
49 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 1804
50 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 1866
51 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 1905
52 Annie Get Your Gun 1950 George Sidney 1933
53 Anna Karenina 1935 Clarence Brown 1945
54 The Pirate 1948 Vincente Minnelli 1965
55 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 1944 Mervyn LeRoy 2018
56 Random Harvest 1942 Mervyn LeRoy 2028
57 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2035
58 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 2045
59 The Yearling 1946 Clarence Brown 2117
60 Naughty Marietta 1935 Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke 2210
61 State of the Union 1948 Frank Capra 2224

Hal Pereira

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 10
2 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 29
3 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 40
4 Shane 1953 George Stevens 162
5 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 182
6 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 272
7 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 311
8 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 357
9 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 535
10 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 606
11 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 695
12 The Big Carnival 1951 Billy Wilder 733
13 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 771
14 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 781
15 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 807
16 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1042
17 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1176
18 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1454
19 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1507
20 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Cecil B. DeMille 1584
21 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1705
22 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 1782
23 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 2082
24 Barefoot in the Park 1967 Gene Saks 2127
25 Will Penny 1968 Tom Gries 2182
26 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2264

Lyle R. Wheeler

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 15
2 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 35
3 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 218
4 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 230
5 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 236
6 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 247
7 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 528
8 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 540
9 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 614
10 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 723
11 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 799
12 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 942
13 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Elia Kazan 1086
14 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1091
15 Carousel 1956 Henry King 1123
16 The Diary of Anne Frank 1959 George Stevens 1208
17 Kiss of Death 1947 Henry Hathaway 1270
18 South Pacific 1958 Joshua Logan 1278
19 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1347
20 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 1395
21 Bigger Than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 1411
22 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 John Cromwell 1456
23 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 Frank Tashlin 1460
24 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 1536
25 The Robe 1953 Henry Koster 1571
26 Nothing Sacred 1937 William A. Wellman 1642
27 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 1873
28 A Star Is Born 1937 William A. Wellman 1937
29 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1944
30 Niagara 1953 Henry Hathaway 2206
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