# The best James Stewart movies

Hitchcock, Capra, Ford and Anthony Mann: from Vertigo and Rear Window to It's a Wonderful Life and Winchester '73. The James Stewart films picked by Zenda, Espinof and Veintitrés.

- 24 votes · 11 items
- Nov 8, 2023 · palomitas_lenta
- https://even.best/en/l/4347/the-best-james-stewart-movies

## Top 11

1. **Vertigo (1958)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Alfred Hitchcock. A retired detective with a fear of heights and an obsession.
2. **The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — John Ford. An Eastern lawyer in a Western town, with John Wayne.
3. **The Philadelphia Story (1940)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — George Cukor. A reporter at Katharine Hepburn's wedding; his only Oscar.
4. **It's a Wonderful Life (1946)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Frank Capra. George Bailey and the angel who shows him the world without him.
5. **Anatomy of a Murder (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Otto Preminger. A small-town lawyer in a murder trial.
6. **Harvey (1950)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Henry Koster. Elwood and his friend, a giant rabbit nobody else can see.
7. **Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Frank Capra. A rookie senator against Washington corruption.
8. **Winchester '73 (1950)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Anthony Mann. A rifle passing from hand to hand across the West.
9. **The Naked Spur (1953)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Anthony Mann. A bounty hunter in the Rocky Mountains.
10. **Rear Window (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alfred Hitchcock. A photographer in a wheelchair who spies on his neighbours.
11. **The Glenn Miller Story (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anthony Mann. The life of bandleader Glenn Miller.

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