Dedicated to the spirit and memory of Howard Hawks, the versatile director of Hollywood's golden age. He made more good films than any other American director, co-writing and producing many of his 46 films. He was also an accomplished engineer, outdoorsman, and pilot whose friends included Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hughes. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW ANNEX FOR THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
promo still for The Big Sky. On June 25 I highlighted my top ten Hawks films. Today’s posts are the next ten as I rank them. They’re all great films, but just not Hawks’ greatest. You might say both lists make up Howard Hawks’ better half, as together they’re the top 20 of 42 surviving films.