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George Stevens has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s.
Recurring themes

An Affair to Remember
1957
Drama · Romance

Summertime
1955
Drama · Romance

Hobson's Choice
1954
Comedy · Drama

The Bigamist
1953
Drama · Romance

Some Came Running
1958
Drama · Romance

Now, Voyager
1942
Romance · Drama

Random Harvest
1942
Romance · Drama

Variety Lights
1950
Drama · Comedy

The Talk of the Town
1942 · Movie · Director
Top 17%Prime Video · Included

Shane
1953 · Movie · Director
Top 20%Paramount+ · Included

A Place in the Sun
1951 · Movie · Director
Top 23%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Penny Serenade
1941 · Movie · Director
Top 60%Prime Video · Included

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 70%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dir. George Stevens · With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Dir. George Stevens · With Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Dir. George Stevens · With Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Dir. George Stevens · With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Dir. George Stevens · With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Dir. George Stevens · With Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
Dir. George Stevens · With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Dir. George Stevens · With Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
Dir. George Stevens · With Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Dir. George Stevens · With Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker