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Now that there are over 1000 titles, movies are no longer listed alphabetically.  Titles are grouped by creative personality, literary origin, genre, themes, and other categorizations.

Titles are not listed in more than one category unless there is substantial justification. The Prince and the Showgirl is listed under both “Marilyn Monroe” and “Terence Rattigan.” However, because Executive Suite is listed within “Favorite Movies of Leading Objectivists,” it’s not repeated under “Businessmen.”

AYN RAND screenplays    THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949)    LOVE LETTERS (1945)    YOU CAME ALONG (1945)    Cast information on the three films crediting Rand for screenplay Adaptations of Ayn Rand works plus uncredited screen work by Ayn Rand:    THE CONSPIRATORS (1944)

Adaptations of Ayn Rand works plus uncredited screen work by Ayn Rand    CRAIG’S WIFE (1928)    THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH (1941)    WE THE LIVING (NOI VIVI) (1942)

AYN RAND and her husband, FRANK O’CONNOR    AYN RAND: A SENSE OF LIFE (1997)    THE KING OF KINGS (1927)

FRANK O’CONNOR    AFTER TONIGHT (1933)    AS HUSBANDS GO (1934)    CIMARRON (1931 version)    THE DEATH KISS (1933)    GOOD-BYE LOVE (1933)    HANDLE WITH CARE (December 1932)    HIDE-OUT (1934)    LADIES’ MAN (1931)    ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921)    SHADOW OF THE LAW (1930)    SON OF KONG (1933)    THREE ON A MATCH (1932)    TILLIE AND GUS (1933)    YOU’RE TELLING ME (1934)

AYN RAND FAVORITE DIRECTORS

CECIL B. DeMILLE    ADAM’S RIB (1923)    THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL (1921)    THE BUCCANEER (1938)    THE BUCCANEER (1958)    CARMEN (1915)    CECIL B. DeMILLE: AMERICAN EPIC (documentary)    THE CHEAT (1915)    CLEOPATRA (1934)    THE CLINGING VINE (1924)    THE CRUSADES (1935)    DON’T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND (1919)    DYNAMITE (1929)    FOUR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE (1934)    THE GOLDEN CHANCE (1915)    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)    JOAN THE WOMAN (1916)    THE KING OF KINGS (1927)    THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917)    MADAME SATAN (1930)    MALE AND FEMALE (1919)    MANSLAUGHTER (1922)    NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE (1940)    OLD WIVES FOR NEW (1918)    THE PLAINSMAN (1936)    READY WHEN YOU ARE, MR. DeMILLE (documentary)    REAP THE WILD WIND (1942)    REDISCOVERING THE DeMILLE DYNASTY    THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY (1925)    SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949)    THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932)    THE SQUAW MAN (1914)    THE SQUAW MAN (1931)    THE STORY OF DR. WASSEL (1944)    THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923)    THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)    UNION PACIFIC (1939)    UNCONQUERED (1947)    THE VOLGA BOATMAN (1926)    THE WHISPERING CHORUS (1918)    WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? (1920)    YOUNG ROMANCE (1915)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK    ALFRED HITCHCOCK (documentary)    ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR: “The Star Juror”    ALFRED HITCHCOCK interviews    AVENTURE MALAGACHE (1942)    BIOGRAPHY: “HITCHCOCK: The Great Alfred”    THE BIRDS (1963)    BLACKMAIL (1929)    BON VOYAGE (1942)    CHAMPAGNE (1928)    DESTINATION HITCHCOCK: NORTH BY NORTHWEST (documentary)    DIAL H FOR HITCHCOCK: THE GENIUS BEHIND THE SHOWMAN    DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)    FAMILY PLOT (1976)    FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)    FRENZY (1972)    HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD    I CONFESS (1953)    JAMAICA INN    THE LADY VANISHES (1938)    LIFEBOAT (1944)    THE LODGER (1926)    THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934 version)    THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956 version)    MARNIE (1963)    MOVIEMAKERS: ALFRED HITCHCOCK (documentary)    MR. & MRS. SMITH (1941)    NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)    NOTORIOUS (1946)    NUMBER SEVENTEEN (1932)    THE PARADINE CASE (1946)    PSYCHO (1960)    REAR WINDOW (1954)    REBECCA (1940)    THE RING (1927)    ROPE (1948)    RICH AND STRANGE (1932)    SABOTAGE (1936)    SABOTEUR (1942)    SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)    SPELLBOUND (1945)    STAGE FRIGHT (1950)    STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)    SUSPICION (1941)    THE 39 STEPS (1935)    TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)    TOPAZ (1969)    TORN CURTAIN (1966)    THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)    UNDER CAPRICORN (1949)    VERTIGO (1958)    WALTZES FROM VIENNA (Strauss’s Great Waltz) (1933)    THE WRONG MAN (1956)    YOUNG AND INNOCENT (1937)

FRITZ LANG    AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (1950)    BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (1956)    THE BIG HEAT (1953)    THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)    CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)    FURY (1936)    HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (1943)    HUMAN DESIRE (1954)    JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY    LILIOM (1934)    M (1930)    MAN HUNT (1941)    METROPOLIS (1927)    MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944)    MOONFLEET (1955)    RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)    THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (1940)    SCARLET STREET (1945)    SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1948)    SPIES (1928)    THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933)    THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR (1958)    WESTERN UNION (1941)    WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)    WOMAN IN THE MOON (1929)    WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)    YOU AND ME (1938)    YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937)

ERNST LUBITSCH    ANGEL (1937)    ANNA BOLEYN (1920)    BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE (1938)    BROKEN LULLABY (THE MAN I KILLED)(1932)    CARMEN (1918)    CLUNY BROWN (1946)    DESIGN FOR LIVING (1933)    DESIRE (1936)    DRAGONWYCK (1946)    ETERNAL LOVE (1929)    THE EYES OF THE MUMMY (1918)    HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1943)    IF I HAD A MILLION (1932)    LADY WINDEMERE’S FAN (1925)    THE LOVE PARADE (1929)    MADAME DU BARRY (PASSION)(1919)    THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924)    THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD (1943)    MONTE CARLO (1930)    NINOTCHKA (1939)    ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932)    PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (1930)    THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)    THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1931)    SO THIS IS PARIS (1926)    STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG (1928)    SUMURUN (ONE ARABIAN NIGHT)(1920)    THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING (1941)    TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)    TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)   Films in the Lubitsch style:    LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957)    LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932)

JOE MAY    CONFESSION (1937)    INDIAN TOMB (1921)    UNCERTAIN GLORY (1944)

OTHER DIRECTORS OF NOTE

KING VIDOR    THE BIG PARADE (1925)    THE CROWD (1928)   THE MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES: “King Vidor” (1973)    OUR DAILY BREAD (1934)

D.W. GRIFFITH    THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)    BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919)    D.W. GRIFFITH: FATHER OF FILM (three-episode series) (1993)    INTOLERANCE (1916)    WAY DOWN EAST (1920)

AYN RAND FAVORITE ACTORS

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS    THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)    DON Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925)    THE GAUCHO (1928)    THE IRON MASK (1929)    THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920)    MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE (1932)    REACHING FOR THE MOON (1931)    ROBIN HOOD (1922)    THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)    THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1921)    “The Saphead” (1921) is cross-referenced here because of Fairbanks’s association with it.

GRETA GARBO    ANNA CHRISTIE (1930)    AS YOU DESIRE ME (1932)    ANNA KARENINA (1935)    CAMILLE (1937)    CONQUEST (1937)    DIVINE GARBO (documentary)    FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1927)    GRAND HOTEL (1932)    GARBO (documentary)    GRETA GARBO: A LONE STAR (documentary; 2001)    GRETA GARBO documentaries    INSPIRATION (1931)    THE KISS (1929)    LOVE (1927)    MATA HARI (1931)    MGM PARADE #30 (1955)    MYSTERIOUS LADY (1928)    NINOTCHKA (1939)    QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933)    THE PAINTED VEIL (1934)    ROMANCE (1930)    THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929)    SUSAN LENOX: HER FALL AND RISE (1931)    TEMPTRESS, THE (1926)    THE TORRENT (1926)    TWO-FACED WOMAN (1941)    WILD ORCHIDS (1929)    A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928)

KATHARINE HEPBURN    ADAM’S RIB (1949)    ALICE ADAMS (1935)    BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (1932)    BIOGRAPHY: Katharine Hepburn    BREAK OF HEARTS (1935)    BRINGING UP BABY (1938)    CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933)    DESK SET (1957)    A DELICATE BALANCE (1973)    DRAGON SEED (1944)    GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)    HOLIDAY (1938)    KATHARINE HEPBURN: ALL ABOUT ME (documentary)    KATHERINE HEPBURN interviews    KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1942)    LITTLE WOMEN (1933 version)    LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962)    LOVE AFFAIR (1994)    MARY OF SCOTLAND (1938)    MORNING GLORY (1932)    ON GOLDEN POND (1981)    THE LION IN WINTER (1968)    THE LITTLE MINISTER (1934)    ONE CHRISTMAS (1994)    PAT AND MIKE (1952)    THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)    QUALITY STREET (1937)    THE RAINMAKER (1956)    ROOSTER COGBURN (1975)    SEA OF GRASS (1947)    SONG OF LOVE (1947)    THE SPENCER TRACY LEGACY: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (documentary)    SPITFIRE (1934)    STAGE DOOR (1937)    STATE OF THE UNION (1948)    SYLVIA SCARLETT (1936)    UNDERCURRENT (1946)    WITHOUT LOVE (1945)    WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)    A WOMAN REBELS (1936)

KEN MAYNARD

MARILYN MONROE    AMERICAN MASTERS: “Marilyn Monroe: Still Life”    AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL (1951)    THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)    BIOGRAPHY: “Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess”    BUS STOP (1956)    CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)    DANGEROUS YEARS (1947)    THE DEATH OF MARILYN MONROE (documentary)    DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952)    THE FIREBALL (1950)    GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)    HOME TOWN STORY    INTIMATE PORTRAIT: Marilyn Monroe (documentary)    HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953)    LADIES OF THE CHORUS (1949)    LET’S MAKE IT LEGAL (1951)    LET’S MAKE LOVE (1960)    LOVE HAPPY (1949)    LOVE NEST (1951)    MARILYN MONROE (documentaries)    MARILYN MONROE: MEDICAL SECRETS (documentary)    MARILYN MONROE: THE FINAL DAY    MARILYN MONROE: THE FINAL DAYS (documentary, 2001)    THE MISFITS (1961)    MONKEY BUSINESS (1952)    NIAGARA (1953)    THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957)    RIGHT CROSS (1950)    RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954)    SCUDDA-HOO! SCUDDA-HAY! (1948)    THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)    SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)    THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (1954)    A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK (1950)    WE’RE NOT MARRIED (1952)

OTHER AYN RAND FAVORITES    BARBED WIRE (1927)    BIOGRAPHY: “Charlie’s Angels”    BIOGRAPHY: “Farrah Fawcett: America’s Angel”    BIOGRAPHY: Gary Cooper    BIOGRAPHY: Marlene Dietrich    THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919)    FATHER TAKES A WIFE (1941)    GARY COOPER: American Life, American Legend (documentary)    NAZI AGENT (1942)    PETER IBBETSON (1935)    THE TOLL GATE (1920)    TUMBLEWEEDS (1925)    WINGS (1927)

OTHER ACTORS OF NOTE

GENE AUTRY    GENE AUTRY: MELODY OF THE WEST    GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES (1937)    THE OLD BARN DANCE (1938)    ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (1953)    RIDERS IN THE SKY (1949)    WAGON TEAM (1952)

BETTE DAVIS    ALL ABOUT BETTE (documentary)    ALL ABOUT BETTE DAVIS: The Life and Films of Bette Davis (documentary)    ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)    BETTE DAVIS interviews    DANGEROUS (1935)    THE DARK HORSE (1932)    DARK VICTORY (1939)    MAN WHO PLAYED GOD (1932)    SATAN MET A LADY (1936)    THREE ON A MATCH (1932)    THE VIRGIN QUEEN (1955)    WORKING MAN (1933)

CLINT EASTWOOD    DIRTY HARRY (1971)    THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)    HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973)    KELLY’S HEROES (1970)    PALE RIDER (1985)    PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971)    WHERE EAGLES DARE (1969)

HAROLD LLOYD    THE CAT’S PAW (1934)    DR. JACK (1922)    FEET FIRST (1932)    FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (1926)    THE FRESHMAN (1925)    GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920)    GIRL SHY (1924)    GRANDMA’S BOY (1922)    HAROLD LLOYD: THE THIRD GENIUS    HAROLD LLOYD’S FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE (1966)    HAROLD LLOYD’S WORLD OF COMEDY (1962)    HOT WATER (1923)    THE KID BROTHER (1927)    MOVIE CRAZY (1932)    THE MILKY WAY (1936)    SAFETY LAST (1923)    A SAILOR-MADE MAN (1921)    THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK (1946)    SPEEDY (1928)    WELCOME DANGER (1929)    WHY WORRY? (1923)

BARBARA STANWYCK Retrospective film listing

MUSICALS

ASTAIRE-ROGERS MUSICALS    BARKELEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)    CAREFREE (1938)    FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)    FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)    THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)    ROBERTA (1935)    SHALL WE DANCE? (1937)    STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)    SWING TIME (1936)    TOP HAT (1935)

FRED ASTAIRE without Ginger    THE BAND WAGON (1953)    FRED ASTAIRE SONGBOOK (1991 documentary)    SILK STOCKINGS (1957)

LERNER & LOEWE MUSICALS    GIGI (1958)    MY FAIR LADY (1964)

MORE MUSICALS    AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)    DEEP IN MY HEART (1954)    THE FIREFLY (1937)    GOLDEN DAWN (1930)    IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (1955)    LILI (1953)    THE PIRATE (1948)    SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954)    SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)    STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (1952)

AYN RAND FAVORITE AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PLAYS (The films in this section and the next are not necessarily of the caliber of the original works.)

AGATHA CHRISTIE    THE ALPHABET MURDERS (1966)    DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)    LOVE FROM A STRANGER (1937)    THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT (1989)    THE MIRROR CRACK’D (1980)   Miss Marple series:      MURDER, AHOY! (1964)      MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963)      MURDER MOST FOUL (1964)      MURDER, SHE SAID (1961)    MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)    MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2001)    TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1966)    WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)    Other Agatha Christie Mysteries (1982-85)

VICTOR HUGO    “Hunchback of Notre Dame” (all versions)    THE HUNCHBACK (1997)    HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923 version)    HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939 version)    THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1982 version)    THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996 version/Disney)    HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME II (2002)    LES MISERABLES (1935)    LES MISERABLES (1947)    LES MISERABLES (1952)(England)    LES MISERABLES (1952)(Italy)    LES MISERABLES (1995)    LES MISERABLES (1998)    LES MISERABLES (2001; concert)    SOMETHING FOR A LONELY MAN (1968)

SINCLAIR LEWIS    ARROWSMITH (1931)    BABBITT (1934)    DODSWORTH (1936)    ELMER GANTRY (1960)

TERENCE RATTIGAN    BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER (1952)    THE BROWNING VERSION (1951 version)    THE BROWNING VERSION (1994 version)    THE FINAL TEST (1953)    THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL (1957)    SEPARATE TABLES (1958)    SEPARATE TABLES (1983)    THE V.I.P.s (1963)    THE WAY TO THE STARS (JOHNNY IN THE CLOUDS)(1945)    THE WINSLOW BOY (1948)    THE WINSLOW BOY (1999)    THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE (1964)

MICKEY SPILLANE    THE GIRL HUNTERS (1963)    KISS ME DEADLY (1955)

OTHER AUTHORS    BLITHE SPIRIT (1945)    CAMILLE (1921)    CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1900 version)    CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1925 version)    CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1950 version)    CYRANO DE BERGERAC (French, 1990)    Other versions of CYRANO DE BERGERAC:   Cyrano update: ROXANNE (1987)   Cyrano update: THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS (1996)   Cyrano update: WHATEVER IT TAKES (2000)    Photographs from “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1900 and 1950 versions)    DASHIEL HAMMETT, DETECTIVE WRITER (from American Masters series)    A DOLL’S HOUSE (1973) [Fonda]    A DOLL’S HOUSE (1973) [Bloom]    ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (1977)    AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (all versions)    EUGENE ONEGIN (all productions)    GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)    GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE MERRY WIDOW    GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE NOEL COWARD STORY    AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1999)    I, THE JURY (1981)    THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002)    IVANHOE (1952)    IVANHOE (1982)    JAMES BOND SERIES    A KISS BEFORE DYING (1956)    THE MAKING OF A LEGEND: Gone With the Wind (documentary)    MALTESE FALCON (1941 version)    THE MALTESE FALCON (1931 version)    THE MERRY WIDOW (1934)    THE MERRY WIDOW (1925)    THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)    THE MIRACLE WORKER (2000)    MONNA VANNA (all versions)    O. HENRY’S FULL HOUSE (1953)    OSCAR WILDE: WIT’S END (documentary)    OUTWARD BOUND (1930)    PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945)    QUEEN OF SPADES (1960)    QUO VADIS (1951)    ROMEO AND JULIET (1936)    SATAN MET A LADY (1936)    SAINT JOAN (1957)    SAINT JOAN (all versions)    WHISPERING SMITH (1948)    Information on other Frank Spearman stories adapted for movies    WHISPERING SMITH HITS LONDON (1951)

AUTHORS, BOOKS AND PLAYS FAVORED BY OTHER LEADING OBJECTIVISTS    ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962)    THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY (1965)    ANATOMY OF AN ILLNESS (1984)    ANTIGONE (all versions)    THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1934)    THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1957)    THE BIG COUNTRY (1958)    LE CID (all versions)    THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (1975)    THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2002)    DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (1937)    DON CARLOS (all versions)    HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (2004)    HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE (2001)    J.K. ROWLING: HARRY POTTER AND ME (documentary)    JUDGEMENT IN BERLIN (1988)    NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)    OTHELLO (1952)    OTHELLO (1965)    OTHELLO (all versions)    SHANE (1953)

AYN RAND FAVORITE MOVIES (These are in addition to titles listed under favorite directors, etc.)    DR. NO (1962)    HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941)    THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920)    SCARLET LETTER (1926)    THE SEA HAWK (1924)   Remakes of favorite films:    ISLE OF LOST SHIPS (1929)    THE SEA HAWK (1940)

FAVORITE MOVIES OF OTHER LEADING OBJECTIVISTS    ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)    ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)    THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)    BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)    BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989)    BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990)    BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)    THE BIG SLEEP (1946)    BLOOD AND SAND (1941)    THE BROTHERS KARAMOZOV (1958)<