All Films Composed by John Williams
by christophershobris | created - 27 Jun 2017 | updated - 27 Jun 2017 | PublicHonoring perhaps the greatest movie composer of all time Mr. John Williams. He was making a name for himself even before he began collaborating with Spielberg. His legacy starts in the late 50s with his first composed score for 1958's Daddy-O. Wasn't till 1974 when he finally began working with Spielberg on one of his early projects 1974's The Sugarland Express. Known for composing some of the most iconic music scores in cinema. His music was like a character in the film, and he deserved every award he won. In fact he is the second most nominated celebrity for the Oscars behind animated legend Walt Disney. On this list, all his works will be included from his first score (Daddy-O) to his most recent project. Without further ado, here are John Williams legendary music scores. Enjoy!
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1. Daddy-O (1958)
Approved | 74 min | Crime, Music, Mystery
A singing truck driver meets a feisty blonde who challenges him to a drag race. When he is offered a new job that also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
Director: Lou Place | Stars: Dick Contino, Sandra Giles, Bruno VeSota, Gloria Victor
Votes: 1,064
2. I Passed for White (1960)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Patricia Michon, Elizabeth Council
Votes: 320
3. Because They're Young (1960)
102 min | Drama
A new high school teacher tries to help troubled students and falls in love with the principal's secretary.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dick Clark, Victoria Shaw, Michael Callan, Tuesday Weld
Votes: 346
4. The Secret Ways (1961)
Approved | 112 min | Adventure, History, Mystery
During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Directors: Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla
Votes: 503
5. Bachelor Flat (1961)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
British college professor seeks peace in a California beach house but has nothing but trouble from an uninvited female 'juvenile delinquent', a neighbor with a mischievous dog, and a bevy of amorous American woman.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer, Terry-Thomas, Celeste Holm
Votes: 481
6. Diamond Head (1962)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen
Votes: 1,011
7. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Gidget, in Rome for a holiday, misinterprets attention she receives from a famous journalist. Discovering he is "chaperoning" her at Dad's request she resumes interest in her boyfriend. Based upon characters created by Frederick Kohner.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: James Darren, Cindy Carol, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova
Votes: 784 | Gross: $4.36M
8. The Killers (1964)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Surprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager
Votes: 9,305
9. None But the Brave (1965)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During WW2, a platoon of Marines crash-lands on a tiny Pacific island occupied by a small Japanese unit.
Director: Frank Sinatra | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takeshi Katô
Votes: 2,139
10. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
96 min | Comedy
A former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus
Votes: 759
11. The Rare Breed (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Western
An English woman and her daughter enlist the aid of a cowboy to try and get their hardy hornless bull to mate with the longhorns of Texas, but have to overcome greedy criminals and the natural elements.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills
Votes: 3,960
12. How to Steal a Million (1966)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 29,824
13. The Plainsman (1966)
Approved | 92 min | Western
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Don Murray, Guy Stockwell, Abby Dalton, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 261
14. Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Approved | 119 min | Comedy, Romance
During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Panama | Stars: Tony Curtis, Virna Lisi, George C. Scott, Carroll O'Connor
Votes: 982
15. Penelope (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Natalie Wood, Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn, Peter Falk
Votes: 2,122
16. A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on his wife without being caught.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell
Votes: 2,914
17. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate
Votes: 9,725 | Gross: $44.43M
First of many Oscar nominations.
18. Fitzwilly (1967)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,042
19. Heidi (1968 TV Movie)
G | 105 min | Drama, Family
Swiss orphan Heidi's Aunt Dete leaves her in her grumpy grandfather's care up in the Alps, where she also meets young goatherd Peter.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Jennifer Edwards, Michael Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Jean Simmons
Votes: 684
20. Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Sci-Fi
A spaceship from Earth crash-lands on an Earth-like planet on which everything, including the human-like inhabitants, is twelve times the size of its counterpart on Earth.
Stars: Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim, Don Marshall
Votes: 2,855
21. Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
M | 108 min | Thriller
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Carol White, Paul Burke, Mala Powers, Scott Hylands
Votes: 455
22. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
G | 155 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A shy, withdrawn English schoolteacher falls for a flashy showgirl.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker
Votes: 3,808 | Gross: $2.55M
2nd Oscar nomination
23. The Reivers (1969)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Ruth White, Michael Constantine
Votes: 3,288 | Gross: $18.70M
3rd Oscar nomination
24. Story of a Woman (1970)
R | 90 min | Drama
Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.
Director: Leonardo Bercovici | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Robert Stack, James Farentino, Annie Girardot
Votes: 120
His only foreign score
25. Jane Eyre (1970 TV Movie)
G | 110 min | Drama
Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield hall to a girl named Adele. While she is there, many strange things happen and eventually she... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 1,180
26. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon
Votes: 47,814 | Gross: $80.50M
1st Oscar win, 4th nomination
27. The Cowboys (1972)
GP | 134 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst
Votes: 15,841 | Gross: $16.35M
28. The Screaming Woman (1972 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 73 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Laraine Stephens, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 916
29. Images (1972)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais
Votes: 7,726
5th Oscar nomination
30. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Votes: 49,160 | Gross: $84.56M
6th Oscar nomination 1st Golden Globe nomination
31. Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tillie Shlai is not looking forward to meeting yet another blind date. This one's name is Pete Seltzer. Pete and Tillie are not a match made in heaven; he uses wisecracking and constant ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson
Votes: 1,158 | Gross: $18.97M
32. The Long Goodbye (1973)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Votes: 37,090 | Gross: $0.96M
33. Tom Sawyer (1973)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Musical, Family
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East
Votes: 2,591
7th Oscar nomination 2nd Golden Globe nomination
34. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Western story about a defiant wife who leaves her husband to take up riding with outlaws.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden
Votes: 1,617
35. The Paper Chase (1973)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.
Director: James Bridges | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel
Votes: 8,670 | Gross: $1.85M
36. Cinderella Liberty (1973)
R | 117 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach
Votes: 2,447 | Gross: $2.86M
8th Oscar nomination 3rd Golden Globe nomination
37. Conrack (1974)
PG | 106 min | Drama
The true story of Pat Conroy, a handsome, idealistic Caucasian who is an elementary-school instructor for a group of poor Black children in an isolated school.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews
Votes: 2,290
38. The Sugarland Express (1974)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton
Votes: 19,060 | Gross: $7.50M
First collaboration with Steven Spielberg.
39. Earthquake (1974)
PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene
Votes: 17,857 | Gross: $79.70M
4th Golden Globe nomination
40. The Towering Inferno (1974)
PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway
Votes: 48,170 | Gross: $116.00M
9th Oscar nomination
41. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 22,298 | Gross: $1.53M
42. Jaws (1975)
PG | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 658,499 | Gross: $260.00M
2nd Oscar win, 10th nomination 1st Golden Globe win, 5th nomination 1st BAFTA win 1st Grammy win
43. Family Plot (1976)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane
Votes: 24,796
44. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
PG | 126 min | Drama, Western