The best George Cukor films
The top 3 according to 513 votes from people: The Philadelphia Story (1940) · Holiday (1938) · Gaslight (1944). (Updated Jun 30, 2024.)
Screwball, musicals, noir and Katharine Hepburn: Cukor's finest, ordered from Gold Derby, Flickchart and the Letterboxd rankings, from Dinner at Eight to My Fair Lady.
Top 14
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1
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart; Oscar for Stewart.
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2
Holiday (1938)
Hepburn and Grant against a stuffy family fortune.
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3
Gaslight (1944)
Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar as a wife being driven mad.
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4
Adam's Rib (1949)
Tracy and Hepburn as married lawyers on opposite sides.
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5
Camille (1936)
Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier.
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6
A Star Is Born (1954)
Judy Garland and James Mason.
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7
The Women (1939)
An all-female cast led by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell.
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8
Born Yesterday (1950)
Judy Holliday won the Oscar.
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9
David Copperfield (1935)
W. C. Fields as Mr. Micawber.
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10
My Fair Lady (1964)
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza; eight Oscars including Best Picture and Director.
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11
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Hepburn disguised as a boy, first pairing with Cary Grant.
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12
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Jean Harlow, John Barrymore and an all-star dinner party.
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13
Pat and Mike (1952)
Hepburn as an athlete, Tracy as her manager.
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14
Little Women (1933)
Katharine Hepburn as Jo March.
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Comments (1)
Holiday over The Philadelphia Story for me, but they're both lovely.