Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

August 12, 1881

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-directors of his time, and one of the most influential filmmakers in history. Between 1914 and 1956, he m…

Known For

23 titles
1
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · 1h 50m · Movie

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

8.4
2
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956 · 3h 40m · Movie

Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.

7.9
3
The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

1953 · 1h 27m · Movie

A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.

7.0
4
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952 · 2h 32m · Movie

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

6.5
5
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1949 · 2h 14m · Movie

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.

6.8
6
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1934 · 1h 40m · Movie

The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.

6.8
7
Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · 2h 3m · Movie

Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.

6.6
8
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939 · 2h 15m · Movie

In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.

7.0
9
The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932 · 2h 5m · Movie

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

6.8
10
Unconquered

Unconquered

1947 · 2h 26m · Movie

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.

6.8
11
The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1958 · 1h 59m · Movie

During the War of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.

6.4
12
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1923 · 2h 16m · Movie

After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.

6.8
13
The King of Kings

The King of Kings

1927 · 2h 40m · Movie

Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.

7.3
14
The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1936 · 1h 53m · Movie

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

6.8
15
North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police

1940 · 2h 6m · Movie

In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.

6.3
16
The Crusades

The Crusades

1935 · 2h 5m · Movie

King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.

6.5
17
Madam Satan

Madam Satan

1930 · 1h 56m · Movie

Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper-class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband, but Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections.

6.3
18
The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944 · 2h 20m · Movie

When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.

6.6
19
The Little American

The Little American

1917 · 1h 20m · Movie

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

6.3
20
Four Frightened People

Four Frightened People

1934 · 1h 18m · Movie

Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.

6.2
21
This Day and Age

This Day and Age

1933 · 1h 26m · Movie

High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.

6.3
22
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle

Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle

2020 · 2h 30m · Movie

One of the greatest miracles in the Bible is Moses and the Israelites trapped at the sea by Pharaoh's army, when God miraculously parts the waters, but is there any evidence that it really happened, and if so, where?

6.5
23
White Gold

White Gold

1927 · 1h 13m · Movie

A beautiful young Mexican girl marries an Arizona sheep rancher and returns with him to his ranch, where he lives with his elderly father. The father, not used to sharing his son's attentions with anyone, takes an instant dislike ...

6.5