Universal Pictures Story

By: Ehsan Khoshba​kht

Studio Stories – Part VI: Universal Pictures

The Idea is compiling a list of 50 outstanding films of each studio. The list consists of artistic and stylistic triumphs, star vehicles, along with box office hits and the film that changed history of motion pictures.

Important Universal productions not available on MUBI’s database:

Counsellor at Law
Glenn Miller Story
The Benny Goodman Story
Cult of the Cobra
This Island Earth

• 01
  Frankenstein
  James Whale
• 02
  Shadow of a Doubt
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 03
  Foolish Wives
  Erich von Stroheim
• 04
  Touch of Evil
  Orson Welles
• 05
  Written on the Wind
  Douglas Sirk
• 06
  My Man Godfrey
  Gregory La Cava
• 07
  Destry Rides Again
  George Marshall
• 08
  Winchester '73
  Anthony Mann
• 09
  The Invisible Man
  James Whale
• 10
  All Quiet on the Western Front
  Lewis Milestone
• 11
  Psycho
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 12
  Dracula
  Tod Browning
• 13
  The Killers
  Robert Siodmak
• 14
  The Bank Dick
  Edward F. Cline
• 15
  The Naked City
  Jules Dassin
• 16
  Bride of Frankenstein
  James Whale
• 17
  There's Always Tomorrow
  Douglas Sirk
• 18
  The Wolf Man
  George Waggner
• 19
  Imitation of Life
  Douglas Sirk
• 20
  Harvey
  Henry Koster
• 21
  Frenzy
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 22
  Jaws
  Steven Spielberg
• 23
  Spartacus
  Stanley Kubrick
• 24
  The Phantom of the Opera
  Rupert Julian
• 25
  Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
  Charles Barton
• 26
  The Mummy
  Karl Freund
• 27
  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  Wallace Worsley
• 28
  The Day of the Jackal
  Fred Zinnemann
• 29
  Imitation of Life
  John M. Stahl
• 30
  Lonely Are the Brave
  David Miller
• 31
  Carlito's Way
  Brian De Palma
• 32
  The Incredible Shrinking Man
  Jack Arnold
• 33
  The Birds
  Alfred Hitchcock
• 34
  The Sting
  George Roy Hill
• 35
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  Robert Mulligan
• 36
  Casino
  Martin Scorsese
• 37
  Waterloo Bridge
  James Whale
• 38
  The Black Cat
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 39
  Creature From The Black Lagoon
  Jack Arnold
• 40
  Cape Fear
  J. Lee Thompson
• 41
  Sweet Charity
  Bob Fosse
• 42
  Slap Shot
  George Roy Hill
• 43
  Pillow Talk
  Michael Gordon
• 44
  Brute Force
  Jules Dassin
• 45
  The Woman in Green
  Roy William Neill
• 46
  Scarface
  Brian De Palma
• 47
  American Graffiti
  George Lucas
• 48
  Show Boat
  James Whale
• 49
  Gladiator
  Ridley Scott
• 50
  Man's Favorite Sport?
  Howard Hawks