10 Golden Age Directors & Their Best Movie (According To Rotten Tomatoes)

10 Golden Age Directors & Their Best Movie (According To Rotten Tomatoes)

The Golden Age of Hollywood was a time where directors and producers experimented with genres and set the tone for the standard of films to come.

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The Golden Age of Hollywood was a time where directors and producers experimented with genres and set the tone for the standard of films to come. A handful of classic movies have come from these directors who made a name for themselves and are still noted as influences for modern-day directors.

Although their top movie may be debatable, years of critiques and analyses from top critics have narrowed down many of these movies as the director’s best of their careers.

10 D.W. Griffith- Hearts Of The World (1918) – 100%

Hearts Of The World tells the tale of an American man, Douglas Gordan Hamilton, trying to get the attention of a French woman Marie Stephenson.

When he joins the French Army in the war, things take a turn when he is injured in battle and the Germans begin to take over Marie’s village. It is up to Hamilton to plan a rescue mission for his lover.

9 George Stevens- Vivacious Lady (1938) – 100%

Featuring iconic actors James Stewart and Ginger Rogers, the story involves a professor named Peter (Stewart) who gets married to singer Francey (Rogers) in a very short amount of time.

When it comes to introducing his new wife to his family, however, the tension arises between the approval of his father and dealing with his envious former fiancee. Peter has to manage to keep his love life a secret while going through the everyday mishaps of life.

8 James Whale- Frankenstein (1931) – 100%

This highly recognizable film put Whale on the map for setting the standard for horror films for decades to come. Scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create new life by assembling together a creature made from the body parts of the deceased.

Although his invention works, the monster starts to panic from the confusion of being alive, only to run away from Frankenstein. He spends the rest of the movie attempting to find him and bring him to his senses.

7 William Wyler- The Big Country (1958) – 100%

The Big Country is one of the many Westerns that critics claim defined our country and set the tone for many other Western movies that were developed soon after.

Captain James McKay gets involved in a land-and-water battle between his future father-in-law and the lawless Hannassey family. Although a truce is ideal, the events seem to turn sour when certain people involved only want to find a solution using violence.

6 Billy Wilder- The Major And The Minor (1942) – 100%

The film, featuring Ginger Rogers, tells the story of a young woman who wants to return to Iowa after being in New York City, but only has enough money for a children’s ticket.

She decides to play into the charade of being a young girl, and after being discovered by another man, he decides to watch after her since she is a “child.” Her cleverness and act are tested throughout the movie, which has been described as a “sparkling” and “classic” comedy by critics.

5 Howard Hawks- The Cradle Snatchers (1927) – 100%

Hawks is known for being “the greatest American director who is not a household name,” and a movie like this can further embody this reputation.

Created as a silent film, The Cradle Snatchers is set during the Jazz age and follows three unhappy, middle-aged housewives. When they realize their husbands are committing adultery, they decide to plot revenge by starting their own affairs with college-aged young men.

4 Orson Welles- Citizen Kane (1941) – 99%

Citizen Kane has set the precedent for films and filmmakers worldwide for its incentive way of storytelling and unique technique of editing to further compel a plot.

The film follows the investigation of the death of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane and his dying words: the infamous “Rosebud.” As the truth is discovered, so is more about his internal struggles and past life that got him to where he was before his passing.

3 Frank Capra- Lady For A Day (1933) – 100%

Before there was It’s A Wonderful Life or Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, there was Lady For A Day.

A fruit seller from New York City has kept up the charade of being a highly extravagant socialite to her daughter that she is separated from, only to have her come visit on a whim. With the help of a local gangster, she attempts to pose as an aristocrat in Manhattan, which leads to many crazy antics.

2 Charlie Chaplin- The Kid (1921) – 100%

Chaplin’s first full-length feature is directed, produced, and composed by him, in addition to his appearance as a character in the movie.

The Kid follows Chaplin as a tramp who finds an orphan to raise, only to lose the orphan to the orphanage reclaiming him. The rest of the film details the fight to keep The Kid and the crossed paths between him and his real mother throughout the town.

1 Alfred Hitchcock- Sabotage (1936) – 100%

Hitchcock’s original mystery/thriller before The Birds and Psycho finds a ring of saboteurs causing havoc in London by conducting a series of explosive terrorist attacks.

One of the members is living a double life as a movie owner and a member of the group, which is giving mixed signals to his wife and Scotland Yard Detective Sgt. Ted Spencer. Although he is going to be in trouble, there is a huge twist that neither knows about in his life.

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