# Preston Sturges's films, ranked

The screenwriter who became a director and the king of 1940s comedy: Sturges's films ordered from IMDb user ratings, Flickchart and Rotten Tomatoes, with Sullivan's Travels on top.

- 33 votes · 12 items
- Sep 16, 2020 · Mitchell King
- https://even.best/en/l/3458/preston-sturges-s-films-ranked

## Top 12

1. **Sullivan's Travels (1941)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A Hollywood director goes on the road to learn about suffering.
2. **Unfaithfully Yours (1948)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Rex Harrison as a jealous conductor.
3. **The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Betty Hutton wakes up married and can't remember to whom.
4. **The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Betty Grable in a western comedy.
5. **The Lady Eve (1941)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Barbara Stanwyck cons Henry Fonda on a cruise.
6. **The Palm Beach Story (1942)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Claudette Colbert leaves her husband to find a millionaire.
7. **Christmas in July (1940)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Dick Powell thinks he has won a slogan contest.
8. **The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Harold Lloyd's comeback.
9. **The Great McGinty (1940)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His directing debut; the first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
10. **The Great Moment (1944)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The dentist who introduced ether anaesthesia.
11. **Les Carnets du Major Thompson (1955)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His last film, made in France.
12. **Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Eddie Bracken mistaken for a war hero.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.