Henry Fonda films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films on Boxlist

Known for 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Grapes of Wrath.

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Starring Henry Fonda

12 Angry Men
1957 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of...
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Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life...
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The Lady Eve
1941 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean...
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Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law...
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My Darling Clementine
1946 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in charge of their cattle herd. On their return they find their cattle stolen and James dead. Wyatt takes on the job of town marshal, making his...
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Fail Safe
1964 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
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Fort Apache
1948 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
In John Ford's sombre exploration of the mythology of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday, who sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is...
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Jezebel
1938 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Croft eventually join a posse out to get the criminals, who also may be involved in a recent...
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My Name Is Nobody
1973 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Jack Beauregard, one of the greatest gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in glory. So he arranges for Jack to...
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The Longest Day
1962 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers...
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On Golden Pond
1981 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed...
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The Boston Strangler
1968 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost...
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How the West Was Won
1962 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
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War and Peace
1956 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
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Midway
1976 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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The Swarm
1978 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film...
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