Mary Astor Ranked
by rmailander | created - 02 Dec 2019 | updated - 02 Dec 2019 | PublicA ranking of Mary Astor's film performances.
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1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,449 | Gross: $2.11M
2. Dodsworth (1936)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor
Votes: 10,186
3. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 12,858 | Gross: $0.44M
4. Don Juan (1926)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Romance
In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor
Votes: 961 | Gross: $1.92M
5. The Great Lie (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,337
6. Red Dust (1932)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond, Mary Astor
Votes: 4,925 | Gross: $1.70M
7. Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Romance
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp
Votes: 567
8. Act of Violence (1948)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
Votes: 5,706
9. Across the Pacific (1942)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
Directors: John Huston, Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton
Votes: 5,434
10. Other Men's Women (1930)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
Events take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney
Votes: 1,388
11. The Hurricane (1937)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 3,036
12. Beau Brummel (1924)
135 min | Drama, History, Romance
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers
Votes: 537 | Gross: $0.29M
13. Smart Woman (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wife turns the tables on her cheating husband.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Mary Astor, Robert Ames, John Halliday, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 484
14. Midnight (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer
Votes: 5,599
15. The Little Giant (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton
Votes: 1,440
16. Easy to Love (1934)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged couple's (Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou) marital woes take a back seat to their daughter's intentions to run off with her beau.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 499
17. Paradise for Three (1938)
Passed | 78 min | Romance, Comedy
A wealthy business man, out of touch with real folks, decides to mingle and see what it is really all about.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Mary Astor, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 628
18. Two Arabian Knights (1927)
TV-G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith
Votes: 1,139 | Gross: $0.51M
19. Woman Against Woman (1938)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Romance
Cynthia is married to Steve and is a selfish hard woman. She decides where they will live, who they will see and even gets rid of Dora, the nanny who raised Steve and is now raising their ... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor, Janet Beecher
Votes: 265
20. A Successful Calamity (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy industrialist tests the loyalty of his spoiled children and selfish wife by pretending to be broke.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: George Arliss, Mary Astor, Evalyn Knapp, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 532
21. Convention City (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell, Mary Astor
Votes: 102
22. There's Always a Woman (1938)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An investigator for the district attorney and his amateur-sleuth wife compete to solve a murder mystery.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Frances Drake
Votes: 962
23. Behind Office Doors (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Ricardo Cortez, Catherine Dale Owen
Votes: 570
24. Holiday (1930)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Holiday is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Robert Ames, Hallam Cooley
Votes: 673
25. Rose of the Golden West (1927)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Mary Astor, Gilbert Roland, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Montagu Love
Votes: 15
26. No Time to Marry (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy
In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Lionel Stander, Virginia Dale
Votes: 21
27. The Sin Ship (1931)
Passed | 65 min | Drama
A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
Director: Louis Wolheim | Stars: Louis Wolheim, Mary Astor, Ian Keith, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 345
28. Upperworld (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A rich man starts an affair with a showgirl, and when the girl's manager, finds out, he decides to blackmail him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Warren William, Mary Astor, Ginger Rogers, Andy Devine
Votes: 652
29. Brigham Young (1940)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 1,139
30. Romance of the Underworld (1928)
68 min | Drama
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Mary Astor, Ben Bard, Robert Elliott, John Boles
Votes: 82
31. Second Fiddle (1923)
Drama
Jim, a boy who has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, Herbert, gets a chance to be a hero when, to protect his mother and sweetheart, Polly, he holds a murderer at bay with ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, Townsend Martin, William Nally
Votes: 22
32. The Fighting Coward (1924)
66 min | Comedy
Tom Rumford was born in the South but raised by pacifist Quaker relatives in the North and taught not to fight. When he returns to the South as a young man, he is tormented by the local ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Ernest Torrence, Mary Astor, Noah Beery, Cullen Landis
Votes: 58
33. Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
85 min | Drama
Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family and declares his wish to marry her.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Donald Cook, Mary Astor, Edward Arnold
Votes: 169
34. Listen, Darling (1938)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Young Pinkie Wingate and her friend, Buzz, will do anything to stop her widowed mother from entering into a loveless marriage with the town banker - including kidnapping.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 877
35. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
Directors: John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey
Votes: 5,063
36. Woman-Proof (1923)
80 min | Comedy
Tom Rockwood's brother and two sisters attempt to induce him to marry so that they may inherit money left to them by their father. Rockwood, a civil engineer, rescues Louise Halliday, a ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, John St. Polis, Louise Dresser
Votes: 14
37. Oh, Doctor! (1925)
63 min | Comedy
Rufus Billop was never believed to survive as a newborn. He's lived through infancy and childhood surrounded by doctors and medicines, worried over his frail health, becoming an ... See full summary »
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Reginald Denny, Mary Astor, Otis Harlan, William V. Mong
Votes: 91
38. Dressed to Kill (1928)
70 min | Comedy, Crime
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Mary Astor, Ben Bard, Bob Perry
Votes: 75
39. The Lost Squadron (1932)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, History, War
In hard times just after World War I, three ex-fighter pilots manage to land jobs as Hollywood stunt fliers working for dictatorial director Von Furst.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Dorothy Jordan
Votes: 819
40. John Smith (1922)
60 min | Comedy
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.
Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Eugene O'Brien, Vivia Ogden, William J. Ferguson, Tammany Young
Votes: 21
41. The Bright Shawl (1923)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama
Charles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in 1850s Cuba. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother of Narcissa.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, Jetta Goudal, William Powell
Votes: 60
42. The Fighting American (1924)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Bill Pendleton, a happy-go-lucky college student adept at both flying and football, accepts a wager from his fraternity pals that he will propose to any girl in the college they choose. ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Forman | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Mary Astor, Raymond Hatton, Warner Oland
Votes: 48
43. Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March, Stanley Fields
Votes: 138
44. Those We Love (1932)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Romance
A young author meets and marries the woman who bought the first copy of his new book. They live happily with their son, but some time later, as the husband is moving into the family's new ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Mary Astor, Kenneth MacKenna, Lilyan Tashman, Hale Hamilton
Votes: 143
45. The World Changes (1933)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat-packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Donald Cook
Votes: 526
46. The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Not Rated | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Mae Clarke
Votes: 755
47. Turnabout (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, William Gargan
Votes: 755
48. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer
Votes: 27,656 | Gross: $7.57M
49. The Man Who Played God (1922)
60 min | Drama
At the height of his success musician John Arden loses his hearing as the result of an explosion. His young wife's devotion is sorely tested by his melancholy and cynicism, but her sense of... See full summary »
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: George Arliss, Ann Forrest, Ivan F. Simpson, Edward Earle
Votes: 29
50. The Marriage Maker (1923)
70 min | Fantasy, Romance
A matchmaker sets out to have a rich woman marry the not-so-rich boy she loves, and tries to persuade a poverty-stricken nobleman to marry the commoner he loves.
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Charles de Rochefort, Robert Agnew
Votes: 16
51. Scarlet Saint (1925)
70 min | Drama
Although she has been betrothed to Baron Badeau since childhood, Fidele Tridon, daughter of a wealthy New Orleans importer, is in love with Philip Collett. The baron refuses to release her ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Frank Morgan, Jed Prouty
Votes: 15
52. Men of Chance (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
Hoping to get even with gambler/bookie Johnny Silk, racetrack owners and partners Dorval and Farley convince down-and-out Martha Preston to pose as a rich, single French countess, whom Silk... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Mary Astor, John Halliday, Ralph Ince
Votes: 256
53. Page Miss Glory (1935)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A chambermaid impersonates the fictional subject of a composite photo that won a beauty contest, with whom a famed aviator falls in love.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Marion Davies, Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Mary Astor
Votes: 1,418
54. The Rapids (1922)
Action, Drama
Robert Fisher Clarke, a dreamer and engineering genius, on his way to Chicago, astonishes the Pullman porter by leaving the train at a small way station on the Sault Ste. Marie rapids. ... See full summary »
Director: David Hartford | Stars: Harry T. Morey, Mary Astor, Walter Miller, Harlan Knight
Votes: 28
55. Inez from Hollywood (1924)
70 min | Drama
Thought to be "the worst woman in Hollywood" because of her vampire roles and lurid publicity, Inez Laranetta actually is more concerned with shielding her younger sister, Fay Bartholdi, ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Lewis Stone, Mary Astor, Larry Wheat
Votes: 16
56. The Sunset Derby (1927)
60 min | Drama
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Mary Astor, William Collier Jr., Ralph Lewis, David Kirby
57. Heart to Heart (1928)
70 min | Comedy
A Midwestern girl returns home for her aunt's visit. Anticipating she will be dressed in fabulous ceremonial garb, they fail to recognize her in street clothes and mistake her for a seamstress; she goes along with it for fun.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Louise Fazenda, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 31
58. The Runaway Bride (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young socialite and a rich playboy elope to Atlantic City. However, she soon realizes he's not the man she wants him to be and tries to call off the wedding. A jewelry store robbery, murder and other mayhem are soon involved.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, David Newell
Votes: 293
59. The Royal Bed (1931)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy
More interested in playing checkers with the servants than in governing his people, King Eric VIII is dominated by Martha, his queen, a humorless woman who believes in doing her royal duty ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor
Votes: 262
60. The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An agitated and desperate man spares no expense in insisting that Mason represent him against a neighbor's howling dog and act as executor of his will.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 1,021
61. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The head of a drug company mysteriously disappears, after taking credit for a new anesthetic that actually resulted from the work of several doctors, and his surgeon is found strangely murdered by a surgical instrument.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor
Votes: 293
62. Trapped by Television (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton, Joyce Compton
Votes: 354
63. Fiesta (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban, John Carroll
Votes: 641
64. Cass Timberlane (1947)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. After their baby is stillborn, Virginia turns more and more to Cass' attorney friend Bradd Criley... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake
Votes: 1,107
66. Puritan Passions (1923)
70 min | Drama
Goody Rickby conspires with Satan to avenge herself when Gillead Wingate refuses to acknowledge their illegitimate child. Years pass, and Wingate becomes a powerful figure in his Salem, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Glenn Hunter, Mary Astor, Osgood Perkins, Maude Hill
Votes: 16
67. Unguarded Women (1924)
60 min | Drama
Douglas Albright, a hero just returned from the war, is conscience-stricken over allowing his buddy to die. Taking charge of his future father-in-law's business, he goes to China to gain ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Walter McGrail
68. The Pace That Thrills (1925)
76 min | Drama
Paula, a chorus girl married to an aristocratic dipsomaniac, tries to protect her infant son from a drunken prank and inadvertently causes the death of her husband. She is accused of murder... See full summary »
Director: Webster Campbell | Stars: Ben Lyon, Mary Astor, Charles Byer, Tully Marshall
Votes: 13
69. The Woman from Hell (1929)
58 min | Drama
Dee Renaud is a girl playing the "Devil" in an amusement concession at a beach resort. Slick Glicks, the barker, promises the yokels that if they're able to catch the "Lady From Hell," she ... See full summary »
Director: A.F. Erickson | Stars: Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy
Votes: 22
70. Return of the Terror (1934)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, Frank McHugh
Votes: 31
71. Man of Iron (1935)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
Steel mill foreman Chris Bennett (Barton MacLane) is well-liked by his men. His rapport with them leads to his promotion to general manager, and then vice-president, over Ed Tanahill (John ... See full synopsis »
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Barton MacLane, Mary Astor, John Eldredge, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 119
72. Claudia and David (1946)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
The follow-up to the hit film "Claudia" (1943) finds the title character (Dorothy McGuire) and husband David (Robert Young) dealing with the ups and downs of marriage and parenthood in ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Mary Astor, John Sutton
Votes: 244
73. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Not Rated | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 16,018 | Gross: $7.63M
74. The Lash (1930)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Don Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Fred Kohler, Marian Nixon
Votes: 172
75. Young Ideas (1943)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy
Academy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by... See full summary »
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Susan Peters, Herbert Marshall, Mary Astor, Elliott Reid
Votes: 297
76. Success (1923)
70 min | Drama
Famous Shakespearian actor Barry Carleton is unable to cope with his success, falls into drunkenness, and causes his wife to leave him and then to bring up their daughter, Rose, in the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Brandon Tynan, Naomi Childers, Mary Astor, Dore Davidson
Votes: 14
77. The Price of a Party (1924)
60 min | Drama
Kenneth Bellwood, an unscrupulous broker, discovers that hated business rival Robert Casson has secured a valuable option in Brazil and quickly determines to keep Robert in New York until ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: Hope Hampton, Harrison Ford, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Mary Astor
Votes: 15
78. The Wise Guy (1926)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Guy Watson, known as a wise guy, decides to turn his traveling vaudeville troupe and tent into an evangelistic movement, and make more money preaching than acting. One of the troupers is ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: James Kirkwood, Mary Astor, Betty Compson, George F. Marion
Votes: 23
79. Dinky (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
Mrs. Daniels has been framed on a fraud charge and sent to prison. By bundling her son Dinky off to military school, she is able to keep her shame a secret from him. Upon learning the truth... See full summary »
Directors: Howard Bretherton, D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, Henry Armetta
Votes: 175
80. Cynthia (1947)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S.Z. Sakall, Mary Astor
Votes: 696
81. Return to Peyton Place (1961)
Approved | 123 min | Drama
The residents of Peyton Place are not happy when its most famous resident, Alison Mackenzie, writes a "shocking" novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker, Mary Astor
Votes: 1,003
82. Playing with Souls (1925)
70 min | Drama
When Matt and Amy Dale separate, their son, Matthew, is put in an English school and kept in ignorance of his parents' identities. As he grows to manhood, reflections on his paternity ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Jacqueline Logan, Mary Astor, Belle Bennett, Clive Brook
83. The Sea Tiger (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
Julian, a Spanish fisherman in the Canary Islands, has a younger brother Charles who tends to get in trouble with women. When Charles sets his sights on a wealthy aristocratic woman, Julian... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Milton Sills, Mary Astor, Larry Kent, Alice White
Votes: 11
84. White Shoulders (1931)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After years of wilderness living, multi-millionaire Gordon Kent, who has made his fortune as a mining engineer, returns to New York City for good times and "white shoulders." There he meets... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Mary Astor, Jack Holt, Ricardo Cortez, Sidney Toler
Votes: 16
85. Blonde Fever (1944)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Peter owns a small but upscale café on the road between Reno and Lake Tahoe in Nevada. He is a heavy gambler and his marriage is rocky. Into is life come a waitress named Sally.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Philip Dorn, Mary Astor, Felix Bressart, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 456
86. Any Number Can Play (1949)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Romance
Gambling-house owner finds himself estranged from his wife and son.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Audrey Totter
Votes: 1,146
87. No Place to Go (1927)
70 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Hallam Cooley, Myrtle Stedman
Votes: 11
88. Dry Martini (1928)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild... See full summary »
Director: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Mary Astor, Matt Moore, Jocelyn Lee, Sally Eilers
Votes: 21
89. I Am a Thief (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A variety of suspicious characters try to get their hands on a priceless diamond necklace aboard the Orient Express.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Robert Barrat
Votes: 289
90. Straight from the Heart (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
"Straight from the Heart" is a 1935 American drama film directed by Scott R. Beal and starring Mary Astor, Roger Pryor and Juanita Quigley.
Director: Scott R. Beal | Stars: Mary Astor, Roger Pryor, Juanita Quigley, Carol Coombe
Votes: 15
91. And So They Were Married (1936)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
A bitter divorce and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel cut off by a snowstorm, and begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the romance never gets off the ground.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Edith Fellows, Jackie Moran
Votes: 513
92. Desert Fury (1947)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey
Votes: 1,968
93. High Steppers (1926)
70 min | Drama
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside of London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Dolores Del Río, Rita Carewe
Votes: 13
94. Sailors' Wives (1928)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Earle Foxe, Burr McIntosh
Votes: 15
95. Red Hot Tires (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Crime
Auto racing teammates Wally and Robert compete for the romantic attentions of a sponsor's daughter. Their intense rivalry turns tragic when their in-race wheel lock-up result in Robert's death and nets Wally a homicide conviction.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns, Frankie Darro
Votes: 222
96. New Year's Eve (1929)
70 min | Drama
Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware (Mary Astor), broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother (Freddie Frederick) languishes at ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Lehrman | Stars: Mary Astor, Charles Morton, Earle Foxe, Florence Lake
Votes: 16
97. Enticement (1925)
70 min | Drama
Two years after the Great War, during which they did relief work together in Belgium, Leonore Bewlay meets her old friend Richard Valyran in Switzerland. Previously their friendship was ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Mary Astor, Clive Brook, Ian Keith, Louise Dresser
Votes: 15
98. A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn
Votes: 237
99. The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
83 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now owns a trendy café that keeps him busy full time. One day, ... See full summary »
Director: Cornel Wilde | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Arthur Franz, Mary Astor
Votes: 70
100. Thousands Cheer (1943)
Passed | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her... See full summary »
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor, John Boles
Votes: 1,195
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