The Best George Cukor Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best George Cukor movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by George Cukor based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 28 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by George Cukor In Order of Popularity

  1. The Philadelphia Story
  2. Gaslight
  3. My Fair Lady
  4. The Women
  5. Holiday
  6. Born Yesterday
  7. A Star Is Born
  8. David Copperfield
  9. Adam's Rib
  10. Camille
  11. Little Women
  12. It Should Happen to You
  13. The Actress
  14. Pat and Mike
  15. Keeper of the Flame
  16. Les Girls
  17. Edward, My Son
  18. Romeo and Juliet
  19. Bhowani Junction
  20. Let's Make Love
  21. The Actress
  22. Travels with My Aunt
  23. A Life of Her Own
  24. Sylvia Scarlett
  25. Heller in Pink Tights
  26. Rich and Famous
  27. The Chapman Report
  28. The Blue Bird

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1. The Philadelphia Story

Rated: Not Rated

7.9/10

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. Remade as a musical in 1956 as High Society.

2. Gaslight

Rated: Not Rated

7.8/10

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

3. My Fair Lady

Rated: G

7.8/10

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

4. The Women

Rated: PG

7.7/10

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

5. Holiday

Rated: Not Rated

7.7/10

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

6. Born Yesterday

Rated: Not Rated

7.5/10

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

7. A Star Is Born

Rated: G

7.5/10

A movie star helps a young singer/actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

8. David Copperfield

Rated: Passed

7.4/10

Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.

9. Adam's Rib

Rated: Not Rated

7.4/10

When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

10. Camille

Rated: Passed

7.3/10

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.

11. Little Women

Rated: G

7.2/10

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

12. It Should Happen to You

Rated: Approved

7.2/10

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

13. The Actress

Rated: Passed

6.9/10

Three deeply flawed and lonely housemates turn on each other when the opportunity of love knocks on their front door.

14. Pat and Mike

Rated: Not Rated

6.9/10

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.

15. Keeper of the Flame

Rated:

6.7/10

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

16. Les Girls

Rated: Not Rated

6.6/10

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

17. Edward, My Son

Rated:

6.5/10

Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

18. Romeo and Juliet

Rated: G

6.5/10

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

19. Bhowani Junction

Rated: Approved

6.4/10

Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.

20. Let's Make Love

Rated: Not Rated

6.4/10

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

21. The Actress

Rated: G

6.4/10

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

22. Travels with My Aunt

Rated: PG

6.3/10

At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.

23. A Life of Her Own

Rated: PG

6.2/10

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

24. Sylvia Scarlett

Rated:

6.2/10

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.

25. Heller in Pink Tights

Rated: Passed

5.9/10

Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string. She's also the object of the attentions of Mabry, a gunslinger who's owed money by the richest man in Bonanza.

26. Rich and Famous

Rated: R

5.8/10

Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.

27. The Chapman Report

Rated: M

5.5/10

A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.

28. The Blue Bird

Rated: G

5.4/10

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.