John Huston Movie Rankings
1
John Huston scores a combined 3.5631 out of 4 stars for Maltese Falcon
3.5631
Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed whilst tailing a man. ... more about Maltese Falcon
DVD from $8.73 
(26 sellers)
2
John Huston scores a combined 3.4197 out of 4 stars for Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3.4197
Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they work they become distrustful of each other and grow increasingly paranoid they begin turn on each other. ... more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre
DVD from $9.98 
(24 sellers)
3
John Huston scores a combined 3.2950 out of 4 stars for Asphalt Jungle
3.2950
Infimous criminal Doc Rienschneider (Sam Jaffe) has just returned from prison and already has a plan to pull off a million dollar heist with some old friends. ... more about Asphalt Jungle
DVD from $5.67 
(19 sellers)
4
John Huston scores a combined 3.2817 out of 4 stars for African Queen
3.2817
The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut, saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa.... ... more about African Queen
Not Available on DVD
5
John Huston scores a combined 3.0894 out of 4 stars for Key Largo
3.0894
A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other. ... more about Key Largo
DVD from $4.18 
(18 sellers)
6
John Huston scores a combined 2.8986 out of 4 stars for Beat the Devil
2.8986
A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. ... more about Beat the Devil
DVD from $0.62 
(15 sellers)
7
John Huston scores a combined 2.8702 out of 4 stars for Fat City
2.8702
The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. One of them is on the decline of his career while the other one just begins to ascent in this sport. ... more about Fat City
DVD from $5.99 
(6 sellers)
8
John Huston scores a combined 2.8272 out of 4 stars for Red Badge of Courage
2.8272
Plot centers around how a young recruit (Audie Murphy) faces the horrors of war. Character vascilates between wanting to fight and doubting his own courage. In midst of first bloody encounter, Youth runs away. ... more about Red Badge of Courage
DVD from $3.81 
(19 sellers)
9
John Huston scores a combined 2.7893 out of 4 stars for Heaven Knows
2.7893
Marine Corporal Allison is ship-wrecked on a Pacific island during world war II. The only other person on the island is a Nun, sister Angela. ... more about Heaven Knows
DVD from $6.27 
(16 sellers)
10
John Huston scores a combined 2.7552 out of 4 stars for Man Who Would Be King
2.7552
This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. ... more about Man Who Would Be King
DVD from $9.49 
(17 sellers)
11
John Huston scores a combined 2.7257 out of 4 stars for Misfits
2.7257
Roslyn divorces Ray in Reno and then meets widower Guido. He likes her but introduces her to cowboy Gay, and those two fall in love. When she learns that Gay, Guido and Perce are going to turn wild horses ("misfits") into dog food, she protests. ... more about Misfits
DVD from $2.26 
(18 sellers)
12
John Huston scores a combined 2.7006 out of 4 stars for Annie
2.7006
In the depths of the 1930's, Annie is a fiery young orphan girl who must live in a miserable orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. ... more about Annie
DVD from $4.49 
(22 sellers)
13
John Huston scores a combined 2.6468 out of 4 stars for Across the Pacific
2.6468
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. ... more about Across the Pacific
DVD from $28.89 
(21 sellers)
14
John Huston scores a combined 2.5486 out of 4 stars for Moby Dick
2.5486
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. ... more about Moby Dick
DVD from $3.00 
(21 sellers)
15
John Huston scores a combined 2.4894 out of 4 stars for Moulin Rouge
2.4894
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. ... more about Moulin Rouge
DVD from $3.57 
(19 sellers)
16
John Huston scores a combined 2.4473 out of 4 stars for Casino Royale
2.4473
Sir James Bond, a spy from the old school (a good spy is a pure spy) is called back to service by the death of "M" and the imminent collapse of civilization. ... more about Casino Royale
DVD from $2.40 
(11 sellers)
18
John Huston scores a combined 2.4261 out of 4 stars for In This Our Life
2.4261
A young woman (Stanley Timberlake) dumps her fiancée (Craig Fleming) and runs off with her sister's (Roy Timberlake) husband (Peter Kingsmill). They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. ... more about In This Our Life
Not Available on DVD
19
John Huston scores a combined 2.3507 out of 4 stars for Unforgiven
2.3507
Odd Western about racial intolerance focuses around Kiawa claim that the Zachary daughter is one of their own, stolen in a raid. The disupute results in other whites' turning their backs on the Zacharys when the truth is revealed by Mother. ... more about Unforgiven
DVD from $5.99 
(20 sellers)
20
John Huston scores a combined 2.3049 out of 4 stars for We Were Strangers
2.3049
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. ... more about We Were Strangers
DVD from $5.50 
(15 sellers)
21
John Huston scores a combined 2.2920 out of 4 stars for List of Adrian Messenger
2.2920
Messenger asks a friend to check into a list of names before leaving on a trip. When his plane is blown out of the sky, the matter becomes more serious. As his friend checks into the list, each seems to have died in mysterious circumstances. ... more about List of Adrian Messenger
Not Available on DVD
22
John Huston scores a combined 2.2856 out of 4 stars for MacKintosh Man
2.2856
Joseph Rearden takes the fall for a robbery and winds up in the Scrubs. From there he escapes in the company of a convicted spy and is taken to a remote manor at an unknown location where he is kept isolated. ... more about MacKintosh Man
DVD from $24.00 
(21 sellers)
23
John Huston scores a combined 2.2766 out of 4 stars for Victory
2.2766
In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propiganda event in which an all star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied Prisoners of War in a Soccer (Football) game. ... more about Victory
DVD from $2.99 
(19 sellers)
24
John Huston scores a combined 2.1465 out of 4 stars for Dead
2.1465
John Huston's last film is a labor of love at several levels: an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English-language literature by one of Huston's favorite authors, James Joyce; a love letter to the land of his ancestors and the country ... more about Dead
Not Available on DVD
25
John Huston scores a combined 2.0804 out of 4 stars for Night of the Iguana
2.0804
When defrocked American minister Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is expelled from his Virginia church, he travels to Mexico in search of his destiny and sanity. ... more about Night of the Iguana
DVD from $5.49 
(21 sellers)
26
John Huston scores a combined 2.0102 out of 4 stars for Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
2.0102
A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. ... more about Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
DVD from $8.99 
(15 sellers)
27
John Huston scores a combined 1.8186 out of 4 stars for Freud
1.8186
This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the live of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain attention. ... more about Freud
Not Available on DVD
29
John Huston scores a combined 1.6803 out of 4 stars for Let There Be Light
1.6803
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. This documentary film follows 75 U.S. soldiers who have sustained debilitating emotional trauma and depression. ... more about Let There Be Light
Not Available on DVD
30
John Huston scores a combined 1.5523 out of 4 stars for Sinful Davey
1.5523
Not Available on DVD
31
John Huston scores a combined 1.3588 out of 4 stars for Under the Volcano
1.3588
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. ... more about Under the Volcano
Not Available on DVD
32
John Huston scores a combined 1.0909 out of 4 stars for Kremlin Letter
1.0909
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. ... more about Kremlin Letter
Not Available on DVD
33
John Huston scores a combined 0.9952 out of 4 stars for Reflections in a Golden Eye
0.9952
On a U.S. Army post circa 1948, a major who is an impotent, latent homosexual is married to an infantile birdbrain who never misses an opportunity to ridicule his masculine failings. ... more about Reflections in a Golden Eye
DVD from $21.99 
(19 sellers)
34
John Huston scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Barbarian and the Geisha
0.0001
Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha. ... more about Barbarian and the Geisha
Not Available on DVD
35
John Huston scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Independence
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
36
John Huston scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Phobia
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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John Huston scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Roots of Heaven
0.0001
In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel (Trevor Howard)launches a one-man campaign to preserve the African elephant from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of Heaven. ... more about Roots of Heaven
Not Available on DVD
 
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John Huston
Birthdate:
August 5, 1906
Death date:
August 28, 1987

John Huston

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1940s
7
total ranking of 2.8229  2.8229
1950s
9
total ranking of 2.9657  2.9657
1960s
10
total ranking of 2.1945  2.1945
1970s
6
total ranking of 2.2524  2.2524
1980s
5
total ranking of 1.8606  1.8606
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Director Score:
2.9150
John Huston is ranked overall as 2.9150 of of 4 stars
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