Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks

Director (1896 - 1977)
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The ThumbScore for Howard Hawks (82.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 21 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Howard's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

21
Movies
82.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Romance
Top Genre

Audiences rate Howard Hawks’s films higher than 96% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Bringing Up Baby (Kanopy) · The Thing from Another World (Roku Channel, Xumo Play, Tubi, Fawesome) · Ball of Fire (Plex, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Sergeant York (Plex, Tubi, Kanopy) · His Girl Friday (YouTube, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Pluto TV, Shout! TV, Plex, Cineverse, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Hatari! (Hoopla) and 6 more.

Frequent Collaborators

John Wayne (3)Walter Brennan (3)Humphrey Bogart (2)Lauren Bacall (2)Cary Grant (2)

Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. He is popular for his films from a wide range of genres, including screwball comedies [Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)], westerns [Red River (1948), Rio Bravo (1959), El Dorado (1967)], adventure films [Only Angels Have Wings (1939), To Have and Have Not (1944)], films noirs [The Big Sleep (1946)] and gangster films [Scarface (1932)]. Notable characteristics of his films are independent and tough-talking female protagonists ("Hawksian woman") and witty and fast-paced dialogues. In 1975, Hawks was awarded the Honorary Academy Award as "a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema," and in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York. Hawks has been considered by film critics to be an auteur because of his recognizable style and frequent use of certain thematic elements. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Hawks influenced numerous filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese.

Born 1896-05-30 in Goshen, Indiana, USA. Died 1977-12-26.

On ThumbScore, Howard Hawks appears in 21 films with an average audience score of 82.3%, most frequently in the Romance genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Howard Hawks movie, ranked by audience score

Bringing Up Baby
Bringing Up Baby
1938
👍 89%
The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World
1951
👍 89%
Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire
1941
👍 88%
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1946
👍 86%
Only Angels Have Wings
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
👍 86%
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941
👍 86%
His Girl Friday
His Girl Friday
1940
👍 85%
The Big Sky
The Big Sky
1952
👍 84%
Hatari!
Hatari!
1962
👍 84%
I Was a Male War Bride
I Was a Male War Bride
1949
👍 84%
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
👍 83%
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
1945
👍 83%
Monkey Business
Monkey Business
1952
👍 83%
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo
1959
👍 82%
Man's Favorite Sport?
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
👍 82%
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century
1934
👍 82%
Land of the Pharaohs
Land of the Pharaohs
1955
👍 79%
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo
1970
👍 77%
Red River
Red River
1948
👍 76%
El Dorado
El Dorado
1966
👍 74%
Scarface
Scarface
1932
👍 66%