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The Best Movies Directed by Frank Capra

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1

It Happened One Night 1934, 105 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly

Comedy • Newspaper Film • Pre-Code Hollywood

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It's a Wonderful Life 1946, 130 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore

Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939, 129 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains

Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama

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Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, 118 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair

Based-on-Theatre • Black Comedy • Crime Comedy

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You Can't Take It With You 1938, 126 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, James Stewart

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Romance

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Mr. Deeds Goes To Town 1936, 115 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: George Bancroft, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur

Americana • Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners

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Meet John Doe 1941, 122 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold

Americana • Comedy Drama • Drama

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Lost Horizon 1937, 132 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton

Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure

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State of the Union 1948, 124 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson

Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Political Satire

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The Bitter Tea of General Yen 1933, 88 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori

Drama • Pre-Code Hollywood • Romance

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Lady for a Day 1933, 96 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Warren William, May Robson, Guy Kibbee

Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Drama

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Platinum Blonde 1931, 89 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow

Comedy • Pre-Code Hollywood • Romance

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American Madness 1932, 75 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Constance Cummings, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson

Americana • Drama • Melodrama

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Pocketful of Miracles 1961, 136 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange

Comedy Drama • Comedy of Manners • Domestic Comedy

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A Hole in the Head 1959, 120 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Carolyn Jones, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson

Comedy • Domestic Comedy • Romance

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The Strong Man 1926, 75 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor

Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy

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The Miracle Woman 1931, 90 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy

Drama • Religious Drama

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Why We Fight: Prelude to War 1942, 51 min.

Documentary • History • Military and War

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Ladies of Leisure 1930, 99 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman

Drama • Pre-Code Hollywood • Romance

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Long Pants 1927, 60 min.

Frank Capra • Starring: Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe

Comedy • Coming-of-Age • Romance

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