The Ten Commandments
1956 · 7.8/10
Worth the Hype
Cecil B. DeMille
Director & actor · born 12 August 1881 · Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
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 made seventy feature films; all but seven were profitable. Cecil B. DeMille is synonymous with religious epics: The King of Kings, Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments (1956). He blended spectacle, sex, and spellbinding narrative to convey a message of faith.
It was DeMille who created the image of the omnipotent director, megaphone in hand, wearing boots and a visored cap. DeMille gave Hollywood numerous stars: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, William (“Hopalong Cassidy”) Boyd, Claudette Colbert, Robert Preston, Jean Arthur, and Charlton Heston.
Where to start: Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Samson and Delilah
1949 · 6.6/10
Popcorn Flick
Unconquered
1947 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · 6.3/10
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Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · 6.3/10
Popcorn Flick
North West Mounted Police
1940 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Union Pacific
1939 · 6.7/10
Popcorn Flick
The Buccaneer
1938 · 6.4/10
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The Plainsman
1936 · 6.5/10
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The Crusades
1935 · 6.4/10
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Cleopatra
1934 · 6.1/10
Popcorn Flick
Four Frightened People
1934 · 5.9/10
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This Day and Age
1933 · 5.0/10
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The Sign of the Cross
1932 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
The Squaw Man
1931 · 5.4/10
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Madam Satan
1930 · 6.0/10
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Dynamite
1929 · 6.4/10
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The Godless Girl
1928 · 7.0/10
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The King of Kings
1927 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
The Volga Boatman
1926 · 6.5/10
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The Road to Yesterday
1925 · 6.8/10
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The Golden Bed
1925 · 4.0/10
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Feet of Clay
1924 · 7.0/10
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Triumph
1924 · 8.0/10
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The Ten Commandments
1923 · 6.4/10
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Adam's Rib
1923 · 6.8/10
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Manslaughter
1922 · 5.5/10
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Saturday Night
1922 · 5.9/10
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Fool's Paradise
1921 · 6.8/10
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The Affairs of Anatol
1921 · 5.9/10
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Forbidden Fruit
1921 · 6.6/10
NewThe Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
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Something to Think About
1920 · 6.7/10
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Why Change Your Wife?
1920 · 5.6/10
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Male and Female
1919 · 6.5/10
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For Better, for Worse
1919 · 6.3/10
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Don't Change Your Husband
1919 · 6.8/10
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The Squaw Man
1918 · 5.8/10
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Till I Come Back to You
1918 · 5.7/10
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We Can't Have Everything
1918
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Old Wives for New
1918 · 6.4/10
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The Whispering Chorus
1918 · 6.4/10
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The Devil Stone
1917
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Nan of Music Mountain
1917
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The Woman God Forgot
1917 · 5.7/10
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The Little American
1917 · 6.3/10
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A Romance of the Redwoods
1917 · 6.4/10
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Joan the Woman
1916 · 5.7/10
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The Dream Girl
1916
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Maria Rosa
1916
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The Heart of Nora Flynn
1916
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1916
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The Golden Chance
1915 · 6.6/10
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Temptation
1915
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The Cheat
1915 · 6.0/10
Popcorn Flick
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915
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Carmen
1915 · 6.1/10
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Kindling
1915
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Chimmie Fadden
1915
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The Arab
1915
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The Wild Goose Chase
1915
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The Captive
1915 · 6.0/10
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The Unafraid
1915
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The Warrens of Virginia
1915
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After Five
1915
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The Girl of the Golden West
1915 · 5.5/10
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The Ghost Breaker
1914
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The Rose of the Rancho
1914 · 4.0/10
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The Man From Home
1914 · 5.0/10
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What's His Name
1914
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The Virginian
1914 · 5.6/10
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The Call of the North
1914 · 5.2/10
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The Man on the Box
1914
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The Only Son
1914 · 1.0/10
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The Master Mind
1914
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Brewster's Millions
1914 · 6.0/10
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The Squaw Man
1914 · 6.0/10
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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 · 7.8/10
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Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020 · 7.4/10
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Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
2020 · 8.0/10
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Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020 · 9.5/10
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Hail Satan?
2019 · 7.0/10
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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · 7.0/10
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The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016 · 7.0/10
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012 · 7.2/10
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 · 4.3/10
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The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003 · 8.0/10
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The Casting Couch
1995 · 8.3/10
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · 9.0/10
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · 7.0/10
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Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · 8.0/10
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · 6.3/10
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The Buccaneer
1958 · 6.5/10
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The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · 5.2/10
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1956 · 7.8/10
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Son of Paleface
1952 · 6.4/10
NewThe Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · 8.3/10
Absolute CinemaSamson and Delilah
1949 · 6.6/10
Popcorn FlickUnconquered
1947 · 6.5/10
Popcorn Flick
Variety Girl
1947 · 6.5/10
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Jens Mons in America
1947 · 5.0/10
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · 10.0/10
NewThe Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · 6.3/10
NewReap the Wild Wind
1942 · 6.3/10
Popcorn Flick
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · 6.2/10
NewNorth West Mounted Police
1940 · 6.4/10
Popcorn Flick
The Movies March On
1939 · 5.2/10
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Hollywood Extra Girl
1935 · 7.5/10
NewThe Hollywood You Never See
The Hollywood You Never See
1934 · 9.0/10
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
NewMadam Satan
1930 · 6.0/10
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Estrellados
1930 · 8.5/10
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Free and Easy
1930 · 6.1/10
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The Circus: Premiere
1928 · 5.4/10
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Hollywood
1923 · 9.0/10
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A Trip to Paramountown
1922 · 7.8/10
NewThe Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
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1914 · 6.0/10
NewFrequently asked questions
What is the best Cecil B. DeMille movie?
By viewer score, Sunset Boulevard (1950) at 8.3/10.
What are Cecil B. DeMille’s most popular movies?
Sunset Boulevard, The Ten Commandments, The Ten Commandments.
How many movies has Cecil B. DeMille made?
120 films on TMDB, 78 as director, 42 as actor.