Movies by Director - Frank Capra (50 [Missing: 15]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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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. | 1926 | Frank Capra | Adventure,Comedy,Romance | 6.7 (866 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
For the Love of MikeNA | 1927 | | 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 weddin | 1927 | Frank Capra | Comedy | 6.3 (519 votes) | 60 | 20220414 |
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. | 1928 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Romance | 6.8 (573 votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
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. | 1928 | Frank Capra | Drama | 6.4 (276 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
Say It with SablesNA | 1928 | | 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 obvio | 1928 | Frank Capra | Adventure,Comedy,Romance | 5.5 (112 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
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 be | 1928 | Frank Capra, Irvin Willat | Action,Adventure,Drama | 6.1 (279 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
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 | 1928 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.1 (266 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
The Way of the StrongNA | 1928 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
The Donovan AffairNA | 1929 | | Action,Adventure,Comedy | | | Not Available |
FlightA Marine flyer and his flight school mentor fall for the same beautiful nurse. | 1929 | Frank Capra | Action,Adventure,Romance | 6.0 (353 votes) | 110 | 20231013 |
Younger Generation, TheSoap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. | 1929 | Frank Capra | Drama,Romance | 6.3 (306 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Ladies of LeisureAn upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows. | 1930 | Frank Capra | Drama,Romance | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Rain or ShineWoman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties. | 1930 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 5.7 (415 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
DirigibleJack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible. | 1931 | Frank Capra | Adventure | 6.3 (643 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
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? | 1931 | Frank Capra | Drama,Romance | 7.2 (2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
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. | 1931 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Romance | 6.8 (3.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
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. | 1932 | Frank Capra, Allan Dwan, Roy William Neill | Drama,Mystery | 7.4 (2K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
ForbiddenA librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid. | 1932 | Frank Capra | Drama,Romance | 7.0 (1.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Bitter Tea Of General Yen, TheA Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love. | 1932 | Frank Capra | Drama,Romance,War | 7.0 (3.8K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Lady For A DayA gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day. | 1933 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 7.4 (4.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Broadway BillA runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill. | 1934 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 6.7 (1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
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. | 1934 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Romance | 8.1 (100.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
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. | 1936 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.9 (21K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
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. | 1937 | Frank Capra | Adventure,Drama,Fantasy | 7.7 (12.8K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
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. | 1938 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.9 (25.1K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
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 char | 1939 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 8.1 (113.2K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
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. | 1941 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.6 (13.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
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. | 1944 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Crime,Thriller | 8.0 (69.5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Tunisian VictoryNA | 1944 | | Documentary,War | | | Not Available |
Your Job in GermanyNA | 1945 | | 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. | 1946 | Frank Capra | Drama,Family,Fantasy | 8.6 (438.9K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
State of the UnionAn industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels. | 1948 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 7.3 (3.8K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
Riding HighA horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race. | 1950 | Frank Capra | Comedy | 6.1 (528 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Here Comes the GroomForeign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted. | 1951 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.4 (1.1K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
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 | 1959 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 6.3 (2.5K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
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. | 1961 | Frank Capra | Comedy,Drama | 7.2 (6.9K votes) | 136 | 20211228 |
Hemo the MagnificentAn animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems. | 1957 | Frank Capra | Animation,Family | 7.6 (294 votes) | 60 | 20240625 |
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... | 1957 | Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz | Adventure,Animation,Comedy | 7.0 (145 votes) | 55 | 20240625 |
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. | 1956 | Frank Capra, William T. Hurtz | Animation | 7.4 (210 votes) | 57 | 20240625 |
Two Down and One to GoNA | 1945 | | Documentary,Short,War | | | Not Available |
The BurglarNA | 1928 | | Comedy,Short | | | Not Available |
The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding HouseNA | 1922 | | Comedy,Drama,Short | | | Not Available |
The Fallbrook StoryNA | 1952 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
Rendezvous in SpaceNA | 1964 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
La visita dell'incrociatore italiano Libia a San Francisco, Calif., 6-29 novembre 1921NA | 1921 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
The Village BlacksmithNA | 1922 | | Short | | | Not Available |
The Looking GlassNA | 1922 | | Short | | | Not Available |
The Barefoot BoyNA | 1922 | | Short | | | Not Available |