Joan Fontaine
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1. No More Ladies (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Directors: Edward H. Griffith, George Cukor | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charles Ruggles, Franchot Tone
Votes: 920 | Gross: $1.12M
2. A Million to One (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Drama, Romance
John Kent (Monte Blue') wins the Olympic decathlon but is disqualified on a charge of professionalism. William Stevens (Kenneth Harlan), the second-place finisher, is awarded the title and ... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Monte Blue
Votes: 81
3. The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
A "high flying" surgeon learns a few valuable life lessons at the hands of a beautiful nurse.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: John Beal, Joan Fontaine, Phillip Huston, Jane Walsh
Votes: 307
4. You Can't Beat Love (1937)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Never one to turn down a dare, wealthy but eccentric lawyer Jimmy Hughes takes his faithful butler Jasper and gets a job digging ditches to fulfill a bet he made with two reporters. In his ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin, William Brisbane
Votes: 272
5. Music for Madame (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both the police and the ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine, Alan Mowbray, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 228
6. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine
Votes: 2,379
7. Maid's Night Out (1938)
Passed | 64 min | Romance, Comedy
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid.
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane, Billy Gilbert, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 466
8. Blond Cheat (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, is the chief assistant to Rufus Trent, wealthy London loan broker. He has allowed himself to become engaged to the Rufus' daughter, Roberta, the match ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, Cecil Kellaway, Cecil Cunningham
Votes: 315
9. Sky Giant (1938)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Joan Fontaine, Harry Carey
Votes: 193
10. The Duke of West Point (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Romance
An arrogant Cambridge student emigrates to America and enrolls at West Point.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson
Votes: 181
11. Gunga Din (1939)
Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 12,796
12. Man of Conquest (1939)
Passed | 105 min | History, War, Western
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis
Votes: 193
13. The Women (1939)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama
A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland
Votes: 14,899 | Gross: $2.27M
14. Rebecca (1940)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson
Votes: 146,662 | Gross: $4.36M
15. Suspicion (1941)
Approved | 99 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 42,400 | Gross: $4.50M
16. This Above All (1942)
Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 1,416
17. The Constant Nymph (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith
Votes: 1,584
18. Jane Eyre (1943)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Romance
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner
Votes: 9,492 | Gross: $3.82M
19. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 816
20. The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 424
21. From This Day Forward (1946)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Incidents of a marriage are recalled in flashback.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan
Votes: 474
22. Ivy (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney
Votes: 1,115
23. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet
Votes: 13,640
24. The Emperor Waltz (1948)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson
Votes: 1,914
25. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
A spoiled heiress who has jilted multiple fiancés embroils a commercial pilot in a series of wacky misadventures.
Directors: H.C. Potter, Walter Lantz | Stars: Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Roland Young
Votes: 941
26. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton, Lewis L. Russell
Votes: 2,138
27. September Affair (1950)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance
An industrialist and a pianist who fall in love in postwar Italy are pronounced dead when they miss their flight home, but the former's wife does not give him up.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 1,007
28. Born to Be Bad (1950)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
Votes: 2,745
29. Darling, How Could You! (1951)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
When an imaginative girl has fantasies that her mother is having an affair, her visions almost ruin her parents domestic life. Based on the play "Alice Sit By The Fire" by James M. Barrie.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman, Peter Hansen
Votes: 287
30. Something to Live For (1952)
Approved | 89 min | Drama
An actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr
Votes: 431
31. Something to Live For (1952)
Approved | 89 min | Drama
An actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr
Votes: 431
32. Ivanhoe (1952)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
Votes: 10,221
33. Decameron Nights (1953)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Adventure, Romance
The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio's own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. It has Boccaccio following Fiametta to a country villa ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Godfrey Tearle, Joan Collins
Votes: 292
34. Flight to Tangier (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During the Cold War, a mysterious plane carrying $3 million arrives at Tangier airport, and various interested parties try to grab the cash.
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, Corinne Calvet, Robert Douglas
Votes: 368
35. The Bigamist (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien
Votes: 4,725
36. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy
A meek tailor thinks his wooing will be helped if he assumes the identity of the famous Casanova...who's deeply in debt.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 1,144 | Gross: $7.63M
37. Serenade (1956)
Approved | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. He debuts at Lardelli's Italian restaurant in San Francisco, where he is ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel, Vincent Price
Votes: 601
38. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz
Votes: 5,900
39. Island in the Sun (1957)
Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance
This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,411 | Gross: $8.00M
40. Until They Sail (1957)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Romance, War
During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jean Simmons, Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie
Votes: 1,503
41. A Certain Smile (1958)
Approved | 104 min | Drama
Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Françoise. Dominique and Luc begin a tawdry affair.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Bradford Dillman, Christine Carère
Votes: 356
42. The Light That Failed (1961 TV Movie)
Drama
Presented by The Breck Shampoo Company, this Rudyard Kipling classic takes place in 1880, the changes that take place, some good, some bad in the life of Dick Heldar. A struggling artist ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Edward Atienza, Richard Basehart, Eric Berry, Joan Fontaine
Votes: 19
43. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre
Votes: 6,659
44. Tender Is the Night (1962)
Approved | 142 min | Drama
A Psychiatrist and his life with a patient he helped to recover.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine, Tom Ewell
Votes: 899
45. The Witches (1966)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell
Votes: 3,248
46. The Users (1978 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama
A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Tony Curtis, Red Buttons, Alan Feinstein
Votes: 162
47. Crossings (1986)
TV-MA | 269 min | Drama, Romance, War
An industrialist meets a French ambassador's wife on a transatlantic voyage. As Paris falls under Nazi occupation, she returns to America, rekindling an affair with the industrialist. Her husband's allegiance remains ambiguous.
Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Lee Horsley, Christopher Plummer, Jane Seymour
Votes: 283
48. Dark Mansions (1986 TV Movie)
120 min | Thriller
A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon. She discovers that she strongly resembles a long-dead ancestor in the family, and finds things... See full summary »
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Michael York, Paul Shenar, Melissa Sue Anderson
Votes: 116
49. Good King Wenceslas (1994 TV Movie)
Drama
Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Jonathan Brandis, Perry King, Leo McKern
Votes: 287
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