King Vidor Movies

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress,...

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the...

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot....

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the...

Social drama about a friendship that is pressurized by class differences.

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of...

A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.

A young woman's split personality creates a complicated life.

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead....

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married...

A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.