The best William Wyler films
The top 3 according to 71 votes from people: Mrs. Miniver (1942) · The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) · Roman Holiday (1953). (Updated Jul 14, 2021.)
Three Best Director Oscars and a record twelve nominations: Wyler's finest, ordered from Flickchart, Ranker and Taste of Cinema, from Dodsworth to Funny Girl.
Top 15
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1
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
An English family in wartime; six Oscars including Best Picture.
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2
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Three veterans come home; seven Oscars including Best Picture.
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3
Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck; her Oscar-winning breakthrough.
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4
The Heiress (1949)
Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar, from Henry James.
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5
The Letter (1940)
Bette Davis and a shooting in Malaya, from Somerset Maugham.
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6
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon on the moors.
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7
The Little Foxes (1941)
Bette Davis in Lillian Hellman's play.
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8
Jezebel (1938)
Bette Davis's red dress and her second Oscar.
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9
Detective Story (1951)
Kirk Douglas, one day in a New York precinct.
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10
The Collector (1965)
Terence Stamp kidnaps Samantha Eggar.
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11
Ben-Hur (1959)
Charlton Heston and the chariot race; eleven Oscars.
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12
Dodsworth (1936)
Walter Huston, from Sinclair Lewis.
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13
The Big Country (1958)
Gregory Peck and a range war; Oscar for Burl Ives.
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14
Funny Girl (1968)
Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning film debut.
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15
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole steal a statue.
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Comments (1)
The Best Years of Our Lives on top is perfect. Harold Russell's scenes still hit hard.