John Huston

John Huston Movies and TV Shows

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1961), Fat City (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). In his early years, Huston studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris. He explored the visual aspects of his films throughout his career, sketching each scene on paper beforehand, then carefully framing his characters during the shooting. While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work, Huston instead created his films while they were being shot, with little editing needed. Some of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting an "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism, and war. Huston has been referred to as "a titan", "a rebel", and a "renaissance man" in the Hollywood film industry. Author Ian Freer describes him as "cinema's Ernest Hemingway"—a filmmaker who was "never afraid to tackle tough issues head on." During his 46-year career, Huston received 15 Oscar nominations, winning twice. He directed both his father, Walter Huston, and daughter, Anjelica Huston, to Oscar wins. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Huston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1906-08-05 (118 years old)
  • Place of birth: Nevada, Missouri, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
The Other Side of the Wind
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 67%
role:
J.J. "Jake" Hannaford
2018

Drama

6.7
67%
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 73%
role:
Himself (archive footage)
2018

Documentary

7.4
73%
Five Came Back
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Self (archival footage)
2017

Documentary

War & Politics

8.2
77%
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014

Documentary

6.9
69%
And the Oscar Goes To...
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Self (archive footage)
Not available
2014

Documentary

TV Movie

7.1
70%
Not available
2010

Documentary

7.6
71%
Fringe
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 81%
role:
The Lawgiver
2008

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
81%
The Dead
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Director
1987

Drama

7.2
71%
The Black Cauldron
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 65%
role:
Narrator (voice)
1985

Adventure

Animation

Family

6.3
65%
Prizzi's Honor
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Director
1985

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Romance

6.7
64%
Annie
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 65%
role:
Director & 1 more
1982

Comedy

Drama

Family

6.6
65%
1981

Drama

War & Politics

6.6
68%
The Visitor
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 53%
role:
Jerzy Colsowicz
1979

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.2
53%
The Hobbit
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 63%
role:
Gandalf the Grey
1977

Adventure

Animation

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
63%
The Man Who Would Be King
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Director & 1 more
1975

Adventure

Drama

7.8
75%
1975

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

6.8
67%
Breakout
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 65%
role:
Harris Wagner
1975

Action

Adventure

Thriller

6.1
65%
Chinatown
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Noah Cross
1974

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

8.1
79%
1973

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4
57%
1972

Western

6.8
66%
Man in the Wilderness
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 63%
role:
Captain Filmore Henry
1971

Adventure

Drama

Western

6.8
63%
Reflections in a Golden Eye
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Producer & 1 more
1967

Drama

Romance

Thriller

6.7
66%
Casino Royale
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 54%
role:
Director & 1 more
1967

Action

Adventure

Comedy

5.0
54%
The Bible: In the Beginning...
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Director & 1 more
1966

Drama

Family

6.2
73%
The Night of the Iguana
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Director & 1 more
1964

Drama

Romance

7.6
73%
The Misfits
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Director & 1 more
1961

Action

Drama

Romance

Western

7.2
70%
The Unforgiven
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 63%
role:
Director
1960

Romance

Western

6.6
63%
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Director & 1 more
1957

Adventure

Drama

War & Politics

7.3
69%
Moby Dick
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
Producer & 3 more
1956

Adventure

Drama

7.3
70%
Beat the Devil
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Producer & 2 more
1953

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Romance

6.4
64%
The African Queen
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Director & 1 more
1952

Adventure

Romance

7.7
74%
The Asphalt Jungle
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Director & 1 more
1950

Crime

Drama

7.8
75%
Key Largo
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Director & 1 more
1948

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.7
76%
1948

Adventure

Drama

Western

8.2
80%
The Killers
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Additional Writing
1946

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

7.7
74%
The Stranger
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Co-Writer & 1 more
1946

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.3
73%
The Maltese Falcon
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 78%
role:
Director & 1 more
1941

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

7.9
78%
Sergeant York
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Screenplay
1941

Drama

History

Romance

War & Politics

7.7
73%
High Sierra
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Screenplay
1941

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.5
71%
Jezebel
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Second Unit & 1 more
1938

Drama

Romance

7.4
72%
Murders in the Rue Morgue
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 62%
role:
Additional Dialogue
1932

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Romance

6.3
62%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving John Huston are, for example, The Other Side of the Wind, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead and Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Fringe (8.3), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (8.1) and Chinatown (8.0).