# Nicholas Ray's films, ranked

Outsiders, noir and CinemaScope colour: Nicholas Ray's films ordered from several Letterboxd rankings and Flickchart, with In a Lonely Place and Rebel Without a Cause on top.

- 961 votes · 13 items
- May 24, 2020 · N. Clark
- https://even.best/en/l/3408/nicholas-ray-s-films-ranked

## Top 13

1. **Rebel Without a Cause (1955)** (102 · ▲106 ▼4) — James Dean's defining role.
2. **In a Lonely Place (1950)** (101 · ▲106 ▼5) — Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter suspected of murder.
3. **Bigger Than Life (1956)** (64 · ▲74 ▼10) — James Mason as a teacher transformed by cortisone.
4. **Johnny Guitar (1954)** (64 · ▲72 ▼8) — Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge in a feverish western.
5. **They Live by Night (1948)** (54 · ▲69 ▼15) — His first feature: young lovers on the run.
6. **The Lusty Men (1952)** (51 · ▲57 ▼6) — Robert Mitchum on the rodeo circuit.
7. **On Dangerous Ground (1951)** (46 · ▲60 ▼14) — Robert Ryan as a brutal city cop sent to the snow.
8. **Bitter Victory (1957)** (38 · ▲51 ▼13) — Richard Burton and Curd Jürgens in the Libyan desert.
9. **Party Girl (1958)** (37 · ▲48 ▼11) — Cyd Charisse and Robert Taylor in 1930s Chicago.
10. **Knock on Any Door (1949)** (35 · ▲48 ▼13) — Humphrey Bogart defends a young man from the slums.
11. **Wind Across the Everglades (1958)** (34 · ▲50 ▼16) — Plume hunters in the Florida swamps.
12. **55 Days at Peking (1963)** (27 · ▲41 ▼14) — Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner during the Boxer Rebellion.
13. **King of Kings (1961)** (20 · ▲35 ▼15) — Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus.

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