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Highest-ranked title
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Ernest B. Schoedsack has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by King Kong.
Recurring themes

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Adventure · Fantasy

The Covenant
2006
Fantasy · Horror

Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
Action · Adventure

Justice League Dark
2017
Animation · Action

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
Action · Adventure

Pokémon 3: The Movie
2000
Adventure · Fantasy

Mojin: The Lost Legend
2015
Action · Adventure

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
2017
Action · Adventure
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Dir. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack · With Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
Dir. Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack · With Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack · With Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack · With Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher