Best Movies of 1937 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
51
1
Jean Renoir
Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette
Drama / War / Adventure / Comedy
France
French
5 Stars
111
2
David Hand
Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert
Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
USA
English
5 Stars
327
3
William Dieterle
Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard
Drama / Biography
USA
English
5 Stars
332
4
Leo McCarey
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
4.5 Stars
560
5
Leo McCarey
Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall
Drama
USA
English
4.5 Stars
606
6
Victor Fleming, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
Drama / Epic
USA
English
4.5 Stars
611
7
Gregory La Cava
Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
4.5 Stars
628
8
William A. Wellman, Jack Conway
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
Drama / Romance
USA
English
4.5 Stars
716
9
Victor Fleming
Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
4.5 Stars
748
10
John Cromwell, George Cukor, W.S. Van Dyke
Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Adventure / Drama / Romance
USA
English
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4.5 Stars
751
11
Julien Duvivier
Jean Gabin, Line Noro, Mireille Balin, Lucas Gridoux, Gabriel Gabrio
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster
France
French
4.5 Stars
759
12
Frank Capra
Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt
Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Family
USA
English
4.5 Stars
881
13
William Wyler
Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
4.5 Stars
937
14
James W. Horne
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson
Comedy / Western / Family
USA
English
4 Stars
1027
15
William A. Wellman
Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
4 Stars
1123
16
Mervyn LeRoy
Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, Otto Kruger
Drama / Mystery / Crime
USA
English
4 Stars
1315
17
King Vidor
Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale
Drama / Romance
USA
English
4 Stars
1411
18
Henry Koster
Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette
Comedy / Music
USA
English
4 Stars
1474
19
Fritz Lang
Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon
Pre-Noir / Crime / Drama
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1524
20
Sam Wood
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan
Comedy / Family
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1594
21
Julien Duvivier
Harry Baur, Marie Bell, Pierre Blanchar, Fernandel
Drama / Romance
France
French
3.5 Stars
1625
22
Henry Koster
Deanna Durbin, Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland
Comedy / Musical / Romance / Family
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1761
23
John Ford, Stuart Heisler
Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1783
24
Frank Borzage
Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive, Ivan Lebedeff
Drama / Romance
USA
English
3.5 Stars
1908
25
Mitchell Leisen
Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
3 Stars
2013
26
William K. Howard
Flora Robson, Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh
Adventure / History / Romance / War
UK
English
3 Stars
2034
27
Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan
Comedy / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2215
28
Marcel Varnel
Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Sebastian Smith, Agnes Lauchlan
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2231
29
Norman Z. McLeod
Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray
Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2237
30
Marcel Pagnol
Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis, Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno
Drama
France
French
2.5 Stars
2248
31
Archie Mayo
Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Drama / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2299
32
Weibang Ma-Xu
Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin, Chao Shi, Wenzhu Zhou
Horror
China
Mandarin
2.5 Stars
2305
33
Michael Powell
Belle Chrystall, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie, Eric Berry
Drama / Documentary
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2346
34
Richard Thorpe
Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Dame May Whitty
Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2393
35
Vladimir Petrov
Nikolai Simonov, Mikhail Zharov
War / Drama / History / Epic / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2444
36
Carmine Gallone
Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Francesca Braggi
Drama / Epic / History / Biography
Italy
Italian
2.5 Stars
2480
37
Veit Harlan
Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Maria Koppenhofer, Hilde Körber
Drama
Germany
German
2.5 Stars
2483
38
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, Walter Rilla, H.B. Warner, Mary Morris
Drama / History / Romance / Biography
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2511
39
Lloyd Bacon
Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Joe Sawyer
Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2553
40
Frank Borzage
Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Mary Philips
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2553
40
Mitchell Leisen
Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Charles Butterworth, Jean Dixon, Dorothy Lamour
Drama / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2554
41
Robert J. Flaherty, Zoltan Korda
Sabu, W.E. Holloway, Walter Hudd, Allan Jeayes
Drama / Adventure
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2601
42
Wilfred Jackson
Animation / Short / Comedy / Family / Musical
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2605
43
William Keighley, William Dieterle
Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane, Billy Mauch
Adventure / Drama / Family
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2642
44
Christian-Jaque, Sacha Guitry
Jacqueline Delubac, Sacha Guitry, Lyn Harding
Comedy / History / Epic
France
French
2.5 Stars
2646
45
Robert Z. Leonard
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown
Drama / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2660
46
Michael Curtiz
Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris
Crime / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2660
46
Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz
Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell
Drama / Crime / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
47
Sadao Yamanaka
Tsuruzo Nakamura, Emitaro Ichikawa, Shizue Yamagishi, Choemon Bando
Drama
Japan
Japanese
2.5 Stars
2689
47
Nick Grinde
Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden, Robert Barrat
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Comedy / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
47
Aleksander Ford, Jerzy Zarzycki
Ina Benita, Jerzy Pichelski, Stanislawa Wysocka, Kazimierz Opalinski
unknown
Poland
Polish
2.5 Stars
2689
47
Harold D. Schuster
Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, Stewart Rome, Irene Vanbrugh, Harry Tate
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Sports
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2691
48
Jacques Feyder
Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh, Herbert Lomas, Austin Trevor
Adventure / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / Romance
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2740
49
Iosif Khejfits, Aleksandr Zarkhy
Nikolai Cherkasov, Marta Domasheva, Boris Livanov
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian
2.5 Stars
2740
49
Joris Ivens
Ernest Hemingway, Jean Renoir
Documentary / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2746
50
James Whale
Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
51
Robert Florey
Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
51
C. Allen Alexander
George Washington Carver
Documentary / Biography / History
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
51
unknown
Herbert Morrison
Short / Documentary / History
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
51
unknown
Documentary
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
H. Bruce Humberstone
Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke
Mystery / Comedy / Action / Crime/ Spy / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Murray Roth
Musical / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Tex Avery
Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Danny Webb
Western / Family / Animation / Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Geoffrey Barkas, Milton Rosmer
Richard Arlen, Lilli Palmer, Antoinette Cellier, Barry MacKay, Roy Emerton
Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Allan Dwan
Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Thomas Beck
Family / Drama / Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith
Grant Withers, Betty Jane Rhodes, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Brent, Henry Brandon
Adventure
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Burt Gillett
Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Comedy / Family / Animation / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Jacques Tourneur
Carey Wilson, Ernie Adams, Erville Alderson, Virginia Brissac, Philo McCullough
Short / History / Mystery
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Roy Rowland
Robert Benchley
Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Roy Del Ruth
Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, George Barbier
Musical / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
James Whale
John 'Dusty' King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine
Drama / Crime / War
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Ford Beebe, Clifford Smith
Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, David Oliver, Monte Blue, Henry Brandon
Action / Adventure / Spy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
George Nichols Jr.
Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame, Fay Bainter
Adventure / History / Romance / War / Action / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Jayne Regan, Sidney Blackmer
Crime / Mystery / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre, Lee Phelps, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Action / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
George B. Seitz
May Whitty, Madge Evans, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi, Thomas Beck, Henry Daniell
Drama / Mystery
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Wesley Ruggles
Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall
Comedy / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
52
Alfred Hitchcock
Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare
Crime / Thriller / Romance
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2843
53
Ernst Lubitsch
Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2858
54
Michal Waszynski
Avrom Morevski, Isaac Samberg, Moyshe Lipman, Lili Liliana, Leon Liebgold
Fantasy / Romance
Poland
Yiddish
2.5 Stars
2860
55
Marcel Varnel
Will Hay, Martita Hunt, Peter Gawthorne, Graham Moffatt
Drama
UK
English
2.5 Stars
2860
55
Kenji Mizoguchi
Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Kumeko Urabe, Masao Shimizu
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language