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Henry King (1886-1982) was an Oscar nominated American director. For more than three decades, Henry King was the most versatile and reliable (not to mention hard-working) contract director on the 20th Century-Fox lot. His tenure lasted from 1930 to 1961, spanning most of Hollywood’s “golden” era. His IMDb pages shows 116 directing from 1913 to 1962. This page will rank Henry King movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. With the exception of 1930’s The Eyes of the World every one of Henry King’s “talkies” is listed in the rankings. Sadly, many of his silent films did not make the following tables.
Henry King Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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1949 | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
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1943 | The Song of Bernadette (1943) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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1944 | Wilson (1944) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
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1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1938 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1942 | The Black Swan (1942) Director |
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1925 | Stella Dallas (1925) | ||
1946 | Margie (1946) Director |
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1956 | Carousel (1956) | ||
1923 | The White Sister (1923) | ||
1939 | Jesse James (1939) Director |
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1926 | The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) Director |
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1939 | Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Director |
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1952 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) | ||
1936 | Lloyds of London (1936) Director |
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1933 | State Fair (1933) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
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1936 | The Country Doctor (1936) | ||
1947 | Captain from Castile (1947) Director |
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1950 | The Gunfighter (1950) Director |
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1931 | Merely Mary Ann (1931) Director |
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1945 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | ||
1949 | Prince of Foxes (1949) | ||
1941 | A Yank in the RAF (1941) Director |
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1951 | David and Bathsheba (1951) Director |
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1924 | Romola (1924) | ||
1959 | This Earth Is Mine (1959) | ||
1930 | Lightnin' (1930) Director |
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1941 | Remember The Day (1941) Director |
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1936 | Ramona (1936) Director |
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1958 | The Bravados (1958) | ||
1957 | The Sun Also Rises (1957) | ||
1937 | Seventh Heaven (1937) Director |
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1951 | I'll Climb The Highest Mountain (1951) Director |
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1958 | The Old Man and the Sea (1958) | ||
1935 | One More Spring (1935) Director |
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1940 | Maryland (1940) | ||
1953 | King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Director |
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1934 | Carolina (1934) Director |
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1955 | Untamed (1955) | ||
1940 | Chad Hanna (1940) | ||
1927 | The Magic Flame (1927) Director |
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1931 | Over The Hill (1931) Director |
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1940 | Little Old New York (1940) | ||
1952 | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) Director |
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1948 | Deep Waters (1948) Director |
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1962 | Tender Is The Night (1962) | ||
1952 | O. Henry's Full House (1952) Director |
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1933 | I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Director |
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1932 | The Woman in Room 13 (1932) Director |
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1959 | Beloved Infidel (1959) | ||
1935 | Way Down East (1935) Director |
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1934 | Marie Galante (1934) Director |
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1930 | Hell Harbor (1930) Director |
Henry King Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Henry King movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Henry King movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Henry King movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Henry King movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Henry King movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Henry King movie won.
- Sort Henry King movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
1 | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
Gregory Peck & Dean Jagger |
9.20 | 229.8 | 229.80 | 13 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 99.4 | |
2 | The Song of Bernadette (1943) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Jennifer Jones & Vincent Price |
13.40 | 482.5 | 482.50 | 4 | 77 | 12 / 04 | 99.3 | |
5 | Wilson (1944) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Alexander Knox & Vincent Price |
6.50 | 217.3 | 217.30 | 37 | 69 | 10 / 05 | 98.8 | |
3 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
12.00 | 479.1 | 479.10 | 1 | 75 | 06 / 01 | 98.6 | |
4 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Holden & Jennifer Jones |
11.40 | 236.9 | 236.90 | 26 | 68 | 08 / 03 | 98.2 | |
6 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Alice Faye |
10.00 | 399.3 | 399.30 | 3 | 68 | 06 / 02 | 97.6 | |
7 | The Black Swan (1942) Director |
Tyrone Power & Maureen O'Hara |
8.60 | 318.6 | 318.60 | 12 | 71 | 03 / 01 | 96.2 | |
9 | Stella Dallas (1925) | Ronald Colman & Belle Bennett |
5.70 | 227.7 | 227.70 | 4 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
8 | Margie (1946) Director |
Jeanne Crain | 11.10 | 341.3 | 341.30 | 13 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
10 | Carousel (1956) | Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones |
10.70 | 210.0 | 210.00 | 24 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
11 | The White Sister (1923) | Lillian Gish & Ronald Colman |
4.20 | 188.7 | 188.70 | 4 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
10 | Jesse James (1939) Director |
Tyrone Power & Henry Fonda |
9.50 | 364.2 | 364.20 | 4 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
14 | The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) Director |
Ronald Colman & Gary Cooper |
6.20 | 222.1 | 222.10 | 2 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
14 | Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Director |
Spencer Tracy & Walter Brennan |
8.00 | 308.0 | 308.00 | 9 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
15 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) | Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward |
18.10 | 353.9 | 353.90 | 3 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 94.0 | |
16 | Lloyds of London (1936) Director |
Tyrone Power & George Sanders |
6.70 | 287.5 | 287.50 | 5 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 93.9 | |
18 | State Fair (1933) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
Will Rogers & Janet Gaynor |
3.50 | 161.8 | 219.20 | 15 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 93.7 | |
18 | The Country Doctor (1936) | The Dionne Quintuplets & Yvonne Dionne |
4.70 | 201.2 | 201.20 | 22 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
19 | Captain from Castile (1947) Director |
Tyrone Power | 9.90 | 287.4 | 287.40 | 16 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
20 | The Gunfighter (1950) Director |
Gregory Peck & Karl Malden |
5.60 | 125.1 | 125.10 | 48 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 92.8 | |
21 | Merely Mary Ann (1931) Director |
Janet Gaynor & Charles Farrell |
3.80 | 197.4 | 197.40 | 11 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
22 | A Bell for Adano (1945) | Gene Tierney & John Hodiak |
6.90 | 220.2 | 220.20 | 39 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
25 | Prince of Foxes (1949) | Tyrone Power & Orson Welles |
6.90 | 174.1 | 174.10 | 27 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 91.6 | |
24 | A Yank in the RAF (1941) Director |
Tyrone Power & Betty Grable |
8.90 | 341.5 | 341.50 | 5 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 91.1 | |
25 | David and Bathsheba (1951) Director |
Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward |
13.50 | 290.8 | 290.80 | 5 | 50 | 05 / 00 | 90.5 | |
26 | Romola (1924) | Lillian Gish & Dorothy Gish |
4.00 | 172.5 | 172.50 | 4 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
27 | This Earth Is Mine (1959) | Rock Hudson & Jean Simmons |
9.70 | 174.5 | 174.50 | 24 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
28 | Lightnin' (1930) Director |
Will Rogers | 2.50 | 135.1 | 135.10 | 40 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
29 | Remember The Day (1941) Director |
Claudette Colbert & John Payne |
3.50 | 136.6 | 136.60 | 63 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
31 | Ramona (1936) Director |
Don Ameche & Loretta Young |
3.30 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 44 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
30 | The Bravados (1958) | Gregory Peck & Joan Collins |
6.30 | 112.9 | 112.90 | 40 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
34 | The Sun Also Rises (1957) | Tyrone Power & Ava Gardner |
8.60 | 165.0 | 165.00 | 21 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
33 | Seventh Heaven (1937) Director |
James Stewart | 2.80 | 116.1 | 116.10 | 88 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
35 | I'll Climb The Highest Mountain (1951) Director |
Susan Hayward | 6.10 | 132.4 | 132.40 | 38 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
35 | The Old Man and the Sea (1958) | Spencer Tracy & Felipe Pazos |
3.10 | 56.5 | 56.50 | 71 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 83.7 | |
36 | One More Spring (1935) Director |
Janet Gaynor | 2.70 | 122.2 | 122.20 | 39 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
37 | Maryland (1940) | Walter Brennan & Fay Bainter |
2.60 | 99.0 | 99.00 | 70 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
39 | King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) Director |
Tyrone Power | 7.90 | 141.6 | 141.60 | 28 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 81.9 | |
38 | Carolina (1934) Director |
Janet Gaynor & Robert Young |
2.40 | 112.5 | 112.50 | 38 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 81.3 | |
40 | Untamed (1955) | Tyrone Power & Susan Hayward |
7.10 | 148.1 | 148.10 | 40 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
41 | Chad Hanna (1940) | Henry Fonda & Dorothy Lamour |
3.60 | 137.5 | 137.50 | 39 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
43 | The Magic Flame (1927) Director |
Ronald Colman & Vilma Bánky |
2.80 | 95.0 | 95.00 | 16 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 78.2 | |
42 | Over The Hill (1931) Director |
James Dunn | 1.20 | 63.2 | 63.20 | 121 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
44 | Little Old New York (1940) | Alice Faye & Fred MacMurray |
2.60 | 99.0 | 99.00 | 69 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 77.7 | |
45 | Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952) Director |
Jean Peters & David Wayne |
3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 99 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
46 | Deep Waters (1948) Director |
Tyrone Power & Orson Welles |
2.60 | 70.9 | 70.90 | 118 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 71.4 | |
47 | Tender Is The Night (1962) | Jennifer Jones & Jason Robards |
4.30 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 59 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 69.1 | |
48 | O. Henry's Full House (1952) Director |
Richard Widmark & Marilyn Monroe |
2.80 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 120 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.5 | |
49 | I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Director |
Warner Baxter | 1.20 | 57.7 | 57.70 | 71 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 59.2 | |
50 | The Woman in Room 13 (1932) Director |
Myrna Loy | 0.30 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 178 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 53.3 | |
51 | Beloved Infidel (1959) | Gregory Peck & Deborah Kerr |
2.20 | 39.5 | 39.50 | 100 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 44.7 | |
52 | Way Down East (1935) Director |
Henry Fonda | 1.20 | 54.8 | 54.80 | 113 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
53 | Marie Galante (1934) Director |
Spencer Tracy | 0.70 | 33.1 | 33.10 | 150 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
54 | Hell Harbor (1930) Director |
Lupe Velez | 0.30 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 180 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 |
Henry King Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)
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Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
State Fair (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Director
Will Rogers &
Janet Gaynor
219.20
Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
State Fair (1933) AA Best Picture Nom Director |
Will Rogers & Janet Gaynor |
219.20 |
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I liked Henry King as a director. Haven’t seen all his films but I did enjoy such films as A YANK IN THE RAF, LlOYDS OF LONDON, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE and CAROUSEL. Surprised this is the first post about Mr. King. He wasn’t Hitchcock, Cukor, or John Ford but he did make some memorable films in my opinion.