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List of Victor Fleming Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
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3
Gone with the Wind
TV-PG
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3

The beautiful but irritable Scarlett O'Hara attempts to convince Ashley Wilkes that she is a better choice than the cousin he is planning to marry, but instead draws the attention of Rhett Butler. Ravaged by the Civil War and an unrequited love, she engages in one doomed relationship to another to sustain herself while nurturing her pride.

Starring:
Directed By:
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Director
2. Captains Courageous (1937)
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2
Captains Courageous
TV-G
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2

During the 1920s, a spoilt young man onboard an ocean liner falls into the sea by accident due to a prank. Luckily, he is picked up by a fishing boat. Now, he has no option but to adapt to the ways of the fishermen, if he wants to survive.  

Starring:
Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine, Melvyn Douglas, Charley Grapewin
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
3. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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2
The Wizard of Oz
13
2

Dorothy Gale, a simple farm girl finds herself in the magical land of Oz after a tornado hits Kansas. To return home, she must seek the help of the Wizard of Oz who stays in the Emerald city. On her way, she befriends a scarecrow, a Tin Man and a fainthearted Lion.

Starring:
Judy Garland, Buddy Ebsen, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr
Directed By:
4. The Good Earth (1937)
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2
The Good Earth
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2

Wang and his wife O-Lan are farmers in China, who seem to be doing quite well. However, their lives get complicated when a famine occurs, forcing them to leave their land and live in the town.

Starring:
Luise Rainer, Paul Muni, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Tilly Losch
Directed By:
Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machatý
5. Red Dust (1932)
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2
Red Dust
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2

Red Dust is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Carson, owner of a rubber plantation. He finds himself attracted to a woman named Barbara, who is married to one of his employees. He becomes so infatuated that he even abandons his informal relationship with Vantine, a prostitute, in order to pursue Barbara.

Starring:
Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor, Donald Crisp
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
6. Bombshell (1933)
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2
Bombshell
11
2

Lola Burns is a movie star, who decides to rebel against EJ Hanlon, her studio publicist, as he feeds the press with provocative stories regarding her. She wants to have the image of a proper lady, instead of being viewed as a sex symbol. She is also unaware of the fact that Hanlon is secretly in love with her.

Starring:
Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Frank Morgan, Lee Tracy
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
7. Treasure Island (1934)
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2
Treasure Island
TV-G
12
2
Starring:
Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Otto Kruger
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
8. Mantrap (1926)
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2
Mantrap
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2

When a young, rich and famous divorce laywer comes to town, a beautiful woman named Alverna, finds herself attracted to him, despite being married.  

Starring:
Clara Bow, Tom Kennedy, Percy Marmont, Eugene Pallette, Ernest Torrence
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
9. When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
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2
When the Clouds Roll by
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2

Daniel Boone Brown, a young and superstitious New Yorker, is almost driven to suicide by a demented psychiatrist. But then a series of baffling misfortunes stemming from inauspicious objects like broken mirrors and black cats begin to take place, leading to a rendezvous and subsequent love affair with Lucette Bancroft, a Greenwich Village artist. 

Starring:
Ralph Lewis, Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Campeau, Kathleen Clifford, Albert MacQuarrie
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
10. The Virginian (1929)
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2
The Virginian
11
2

A ranch foreman hires his old friend for a job, but the two eventually become competing suitors. After the foreman succeeds, his friend joins a local gang of cattle thieves, after which the foreman is forced to have his friend lynched. But later saddled with guilt, he swears to kill the leader of the gang as well. 

Starring:
Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Mary Brian, Helen Ware, Richard Arlen
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
11. The Mollycoddle (1920)
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2
The Mollycoddle
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2
Starring:
Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Renick, Paul Burns, Morris Hughes
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
12. The Wolf Song (1929)
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2
The Wolf Song
11
2
Starring:
Gary Cooper, Louis Wolheim, Michael Vavitch, Lupe Velez, Constantine Romanoff
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
13. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
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2
A Guy Named Joe
TV-G
12
2
Starring:
Irene Dunne, Blake Edwards, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, James Gleason, Ward Bond
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
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2
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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2

Dr. Jekyll believes that every individual has a good side and an evil side, and to explore his evil side, he creates a potion that transforms him into Mr. Hyde, his dark and evil side, which kills Ivy, a woman who had expressed interest in Jekyll, and Sir Charles, the father of Jekyll’s fiancée.

Starring:
Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
15. Common Clay (1930)
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2
Common Clay
11
2
Starring:
Tully Marshall, Constance Bennett, Matty Kemp, Lew Ayres, Purnell Pratt
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
16. Test Pilot (1938)
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2
Test Pilot
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2

Jim Lane is a test pilot, who lives a very dangerous life. During one of his flights, he is forced to make an emergency landing on a farmer’s field in Kansas. The farm belongs to the Barton family, and he meets and falls for their daughter Ann Barton. They impulsively decide to get married and to live in New York. However, Ann is upset by the fact that Jim always puts his work before her. She also begins to fear that she will become a widow, due to the dangerous nature of his work. 

Starring:
Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, Samuel S. Hinds
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
17. Hula (1927)
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2
Hula
11
2

The pampered daughter of a plantation owner, Hula, rescues a man from drowning, who had come to oversee the construction of a dam on her father’s property. She falls for him, but the problem is that he is already married. However, Hula is persistent, and therefore, he promises to get a divorce from his wife.

Starring:
Clara Bow, Clive Brook, Arnold Kent, Arlette Marchal, Miss DuPont
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
18. The Great Waltz (1938)
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2
The Great Waltz
11
2

Johann ‘Schani’ Strauss II, son of the great composer, initially struggles to find success as a composer until gaining the attention of opera singers Carla Donner and Fritz Schiller. Success means he can marry Poldi Vogelhuber, the love of his life but his closeness to Donner tests his marriage and reputation. 

Starring:
Luise Rainer, Hugh Herbert, Fernand Gravey, Lionel Atwill, Miliza Korjus
Directed By:
Victor Fleming, Josef von Sternberg, Julien Duvivier
19. Reckless (1935)
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2
Reckless
10
2

Musical on-stage star, Mona Leslie. marries Bob Harrison Jr., the president of S.A.M.L. or the Society for the Admiration of Mona Leslie, and gets embroiled in scandal after Bob’s suicide. Mona’s friend Ned Riley who is in love with her stands by her through everything. 

Starring:
Rosalind Russell, Jean Harlow, Mickey Rooney, Franchot Tone, William Powell, May Robson
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
20. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
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2
The Way of All Flesh
10
2
Starring:
Belle Bennett, Emil Jannings, Phyllis Haver, Donald Keith, Fred Kohler
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
21. Joan of Arc (1948)
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2
Joan of Arc
11
2
Starring:
Ingrid Bergman, J. Carrol Naish, Ward Bond, Francis L. Sullivan, Shepperd Strudwick
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
22. The Wet Parade (1932)
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2
The Wet Parade
10
2

Based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair, the film depicts how families are ruined by alcoholism.  Beginning with the Chilcotes of Louisiana, which loses most of its wealth to alcohol, the story moves northwards to portray the fate of the Tarletons, meanwhile joining the two families by love and a determination to fight the evil.   

Starring:
Jimmy Durante, Walter Huston, Frederick Burton, Neil Hamilton, Lewis Stone
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
23. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
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2
The Farmer Takes a Wife
10
2

Jotham Klore is a leading canal boater on the Erie Canal. His cook, Molly, who is also his girlfriend likes to work on the canal and sail with him. However, things take an interesting turn, when Molly starts falling for Dan, an aspiring farmer.

Starring:
Henry Fonda, Janet Gaynor, Andy Devine, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
24. The Awakening (1928)
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2
The Awakening
10
2
Starring:
Louis Wolheim, William Orlamond, Vilma Bánky, George Davis, Walter Byron
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
25. Code of the Sea (1924)
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2
Code of the Sea
10
2
Starring:
George Fawcett, Jacqueline Logan, Rod La Rocque, Luke Cosgrave, Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
26. Tortilla Flat (1942)
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2
Tortilla Flat
10
2
Starring:
John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr, Spencer Tracy, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
27. They Dare Not Love (1941)
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2
They Dare Not Love
10
2

They Dare Not Love is a romantic war drama film which tells the story of a prince, who is forced to flee Austria, and settle in London, after the Nazis take over his country. After encountering a beautiful Austrian émigré, he begins to regret his decision of leaving. He strikes a deal with the Nazis to return in exchange for a few Austrian prisoners, but he is not sure if they could be trusted.

Starring:
Lloyd Bridges, Paul Lukas, George Brent, Egon Brecher, Martha Scott
Directed By:
Victor Fleming, Charles Vidor, James Whale
28. Adventure (1945)
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2
Adventure
10
2

Harry Patterson, a merchant marine falls in love with librarian, Emily Sears, and marries her after watching her in a bar fight. However, domestic life doesn’t sit well with Harry and he decides to return to the sea. Things change when Harry returns to find out that Emily is pregnant and about to go into labor. 

Starring:
Greer Garson, Clark Gable, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
29. Lord Jim (1925)
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2
Lord Jim
10
2
Starring:
Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Percy Marmont, Shirley Mason, Joseph J. Dowling
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
30. The White Sister (1933)
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2
The White Sister
11
2

The White Sister is a romantic drama film, which revolves around Angela, daughter of an Italian prince who falls for a soldier named Giovanni. However, Giovanni leaves for war and doesn’t return for a long time. Thinking that he has been killed in battle, Angela decides to become a nun.

Starring:
Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lewis Stone, Louise Closser Hale, May Robson
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
31. Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
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2
Abie's Irish Rose
9
2
Starring:
J. Farrell MacDonald, Jean Hersholt, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Bernard Gorcey
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
32. Adventure (1925)
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2
Adventure
9
2
Starring:
Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Tom Moore, Pauline Starke, Walter McGrail
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
33. Mama's Affair (1921)
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2
Mama's Affair
9
2
Starring:
Constance Talmadge, Kenneth Harlan, Effie Shannon, George LeGuere, Katharine Kaelred
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
34. To the Last Man (1923)
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2
To the Last Man
9
2
Starring:
Robert Edeson, Frank Campeau, Noah Beery, Lois Wilson, Richard Dix
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
35. The Devil's Cargo (1925)
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2
The Devil's Cargo
9
2
Starring:
Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Claire Adams, Pauline Starke, William Collier Jr.
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
36. The Call of the Canyon (1923)
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2
The Call of the Canyon
9
2
Starring:
Marjorie Daw, Noah Beery, Lois Wilson, Ricardo Cortez, Richard Dix
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
37. Empty Hands (1924)
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2
Empty Hands
9
2
Starring:
Norma Shearer, Jack Holt, Charles Clary, Gertrude Olmstead, Hazel Keener
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
38. Renegades (1930)
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2
Renegades
8
2

Renegades is an action adventure film which tells the story of four soldiers serving in the French Foreign Legion. After fighting off a band of marauding Arabs, they soon find themselves being honored by the French Minister of War.  

Starring:
Bela Lugosi, Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, George Cooper, Noah Beery
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
39. The Rough Riders (1927)
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1
The Rough Riders
5
1
Starring:
Noah Beery, Charles Emmett Mack, Mary Astor, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
40. Woman's Place (1921)
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2
Woman's Place
9
2
Starring:
Constance Talmadge, Kenneth Harlan, Florence Short, Hassard Short, Ina Rorke
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
41. Dark Secrets (1923)
9
2
Dark Secrets
9
2
Starring:
Dorothy Dalton, Robert Ellis, Pat Hartigan, José Ruben, Ellen Cassidy
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
42. A Son of His Father (1925)
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2
A Son of His Father
8
2
Starring:
Carl Stockdale, Raymond Hatton, Walter McGrail, Warner Baxter, Bessie Love
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
43. The Lane That Had No Turning (1922)
8
2
The Lane That Had No Turning
8
2
Starring:
Agnes Ayres, Frank Campeau, Theodore Kosloff, Mahlon Hamilton, Wilton Taylor
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
44. The Blind Goddess (1926)
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1
The Blind Goddess
7
1
Starring:
Jack Holt, Ward Crane, Louise Dresser, Esther Ralston, Ernest Torrence
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
45. Anna Ascends (1922)
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1
Anna Ascends
7
1
Starring:
David Powell, Charles K. Gerrard, Alice Brady, Robert Ellis, Nita Naldi
Directed By:
Victor Fleming
46. Law of the Lawless (1923)
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1
Law of the Lawless
7
1
Starring:
Tully Marshall, Dorothy Dalton, Theodore Kosloff, Fred Huntley, Charles de Rochefort
Directed By:
Victor Fleming

TV Movie(s)

1. The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
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2
The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow
12
2
Starring:
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger
Directed By:
Victor Fleming

TV Shows and Videos

Ford Star Jubilee (1955)
Ford Star Jubilee
Starring:
Lauren Bacall, Julie Andrews, Roger Moore, Bing Crosby, Orson Welles, Keenan Wynn, Lillian Gish
Directed By:
Paul Nickell, Franklin J. Schaffner, Noël Coward, Paul Harrison

Victor Fleming Awards

Academy Awards
Gone with the Wind Best Director 1940