- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Journey into Fear (1943) [credited writer]
- The Stranger (1946)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) [credited writer]
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) [credited writer/producer]
- Macbeth (1948)
- Othello (1951)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- The Trial (1962)
- Chimes at Midnight (1966)
- The Immortal Story (1968)
- F for Fake (1973)
- Filming Othello (1978)
- Don Quixote (1992) [posthumous]
- The Other Side of the Wind (2018) [posthumous]
