Director and writer
Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
| The Front Page | 1931 | 6.7 | 3,913 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Quick Millions | 1931 | · | 453 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | 1931 | 6.6 | 1,314 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| The Unholy Garden | 1931 | · | 306 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Rasputin and the Empress | 1932 | 6.5 | 1,388 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Topaze | 1933 | 6.7 | 1,174 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Crime Without Passion | 1934 | · | 686 | Director, Producer, Writer | Writer, Producer, Director |
| Twentieth Century | 1934 | 7.2 | 7,959 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Upperworld | 1934 | · | 735 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Barbary Coast | 1935 | 6.7 | 2,457 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| The Scoundrel | 1935 | · | 513 | Producer, Director, Writer | Writer, Producer, Director |
 Gunga Din | 1939 | 7.2 | 13,786 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
 Wuthering Heights | 1939 | 7.5 | 23,120 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| I Take This Woman | 1940 | · | 834 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
 His Girl Friday | 1940 | 7.8 | 68,760 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Perfect Strangers | 1950 | · | 639 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Billy Rose's Jumbo | 1962 | 6.1 | 1,891 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
 The Front Page | 1974 | 7.3 | 16,877 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
| Switching Channels | 1988 | 5.9 | 4,525 | Writer | Writer (not counted) |
