Movie Database

Movies by Director - Frank Capra (50 [Missing: 15])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Strong Man, TheA meek Belgian soldier, fighting in World War I, receives a letter and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. After the war, he travels to America searching for her.1926Frank CapraAdventure,Comedy,Romance6.7 (866 votes)7520211228
For the Love of MikeNA1927 Drama,Romance Not Available
Long PantsHarry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, Harry decides to rescue her. To do so, Harry must break-off his forthcoming weddin1927Frank CapraComedy6.3 (519 votes)6020220414
Matinee Idol, TheA Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.1928Frank CapraComedy,Romance6.8 (573 votes)6620211228
Power of the Press, TheThe naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.1928Frank CapraDrama6.4 (276 votes)6220211228
Say It with SablesNA1928 Comedy Not Available
So This Is LoveJerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.) is a dress designer in love with shop-girl Hilda Jenson (Shirley Mason). But the problem is that prizefighter Spike Mullins (Johnny Walker) is also in love with Hilda. Jerry, undaunted by the obvio1928Frank CapraAdventure,Comedy,Romance5.5 (112 votes)6020211228
SubmarineTwo sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped be1928Frank Capra, Irvin WillatAction,Adventure,Drama6.1 (279 votes)9320211228
That Certain ThingMolly Kelly wants to marry a millionaire. When she runs into Andy Charles, heir to a restaurant fortune, she jumps at the chance and marries him. Andy's father if furious and disinherits them. Andy tries his hand at ditch digging to 1928Frank CapraComedy,Drama,Romance6.1 (266 votes)6920211228
The Way of the StrongNA1928 Drama Not Available
The Donovan AffairNA1929 Action,Adventure,Comedy Not Available
FlightA Marine flyer and his flight school mentor fall for the same beautiful nurse.1929Frank CapraAction,Adventure,Romance6.0 (353 votes)11020231013
Younger Generation, TheSoap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them.1929Frank CapraDrama,Romance6.3 (306 votes)7520211228
Ladies of LeisureAn upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.1930Frank CapraDrama,Romance6.7 (1.2K votes)9920211228
Rain or ShineWoman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.1930Frank CapraComedy,Drama,Romance5.7 (415 votes)8820211228
DirigibleJack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.1931Frank CapraAdventure6.3 (643 votes)10020211228
Miracle Woman, TheAfter an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?1931Frank CapraDrama,Romance7.2 (2K votes)9020211228
Platinum BlondeA young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.1931Frank CapraComedy,Romance6.8 (3.1K votes)8920211228
American MadnessSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused for robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all in the same day.1932Frank Capra, Allan Dwan, Roy William NeillDrama,Mystery7.4 (2K votes)7520211228
ForbiddenA librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.1932Frank CapraDrama,Romance7.0 (1.5K votes)8520211228
Bitter Tea Of General Yen, TheA Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.1932Frank CapraDrama,Romance,War7.0 (3.8K votes)8820211228
Lady For A DayA gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.1933Frank CapraComedy,Drama7.4 (4.1K votes)9620211228
Broadway BillA runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.1934Frank CapraComedy,Drama6.7 (1K votes)10420211228
It Happened One NightA renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.1934Frank CapraComedy,Romance8.1 (100.7K votes)10520211228
Mr. Deeds Goes to TownA unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.1936Frank CapraComedy,Drama,Romance7.9 (21K votes)11520211228
Lost HorizonWhen a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.1937Frank CapraAdventure,Drama,Fantasy7.7 (12.8K votes)13220211228
You Can't Take It With YouThe son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family, not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.1938Frank CapraComedy,Drama,Romance7.9 (25.1K votes)12620211228
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his char1939Frank CapraComedy,Drama8.1 (113.2K votes)12920211228
Meet John DoeA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.1941Frank CapraComedy,Drama,Romance7.6 (13.3K votes)12220211228
Arsenic And Old LaceA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.1944Frank CapraComedy,Crime,Thriller8.0 (69.5K votes)11820211228
Tunisian VictoryNA1944 Documentary,War Not Available
Your Job in GermanyNA1945 Documentary,Short,War Not Available
It's a Wonderful LifeAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.1946Frank CapraDrama,Family,Fantasy8.6 (438.9K votes)13020211228
State of the UnionAn industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.1948Frank CapraComedy,Drama7.3 (3.8K votes)12420211228
Riding HighA horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.1950Frank CapraComedy6.1 (528 votes)11220211228
Here Comes the GroomForeign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.1951Frank CapraComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (1.1K votes)11320211228
Hole in the Head, AWidower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible 1959Frank CapraComedy,Drama6.3 (2.5K votes)12020211228
Pocketful of MiraclesA New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.1961Frank CapraComedy,Drama7.2 (6.9K votes)13620211228
Hemo the MagnificentAn animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.1957Frank CapraAnimation,Family7.6 (294 votes)6020240625
Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays, TheTraces, in an easy-to-follow way, the discovery of cosmic rays. You don't need rocket science to follow along with the explanations. Saw it while a Junior in HS and it spurred me to study physics in college. A rare example of good...1957Frank Capra, William T. HurtzAdventure,Animation,Comedy7.0 (145 votes)5520240625
Our Mr. SunOne entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses--especially children--this film describes the sun in scientific but entertaining terms.1956Frank Capra, William T. HurtzAnimation7.4 (210 votes)5720240625
Two Down and One to GoNA1945 Documentary,Short,War Not Available
The BurglarNA1928 Comedy,Short Not Available
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding HouseNA1922 Comedy,Drama,Short Not Available
The Fallbrook StoryNA1952 Documentary,Short Not Available
Rendezvous in SpaceNA1964 Documentary,Short Not Available
La visita dell'incrociatore italiano Libia a San Francisco, Calif., 6-29 novembre 1921NA1921 Documentary,Short Not Available
The Village BlacksmithNA1922 Short Not Available
The Looking GlassNA1922 Short Not Available
The Barefoot BoyNA1922 Short Not Available