
July 1, 1902 · 124 years old
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture. He earned his…

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.

Three traumatized or physically disabled World War II veterans return home to the American Midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed making readjustment difficult.

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s: her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld Girl, her subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.

A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.

A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous lie.

A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.

A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.

A young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love.

A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.

A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.