10 Best George Stevens Movies, Ranked

Given that George Stevens was one of the greatest directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age, selecting his best movies and ranking them is a difficult task. Stevens came up in the 1930s working on slapstick comedy films for Hal Roach, but he’s known for directing classics in a number of genres, including musicals, rom-coms, adventure flicks, biographical dramas, Westerns, and biblical epics such as 1965’s The Greatest Story Ever Told. Seven of his movies were nominated for Best Picture, and he received five Oscar nominations for Best Director, winning on two occasions. Additionally, six movies he directed were added to the National Film Registry for their historical, cultural, and/or aesthetic significance.