List of the best Anne Bancroft movies: The Miracle Worker(1962), 84 Charing Cross Road(1987), The Pumpkin Eater(1964), Fatso(1980), Deep in My Heart(1999), Seven Women(1966), The Graduate(1967), Torch Song Trilogy(1988), The Slender Thread(1965), The Turning Point(1977), To Be or Not to Be(1983), The Raid(1954) ... ...
Biography, Drama
USA
1962
106 Minutes
Annie Sullivan
Anne Bancroft Patty Duke Victor Jory Inga Swenson Andrew Prine Kathleen Comegys Beah Richards Jack Hollander
young girl teacher mother father inspiring emotional incredible uplifting powerful alabama family home blindness deafness daunting task teaching rescue transformation quest 1880s
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
Drama
UK|USA
1987
97 Minutes
Helene Hanff
Anne Bancroft Anthony Hopkins Judi Dench Jean De Baer Maurice Denham Eleanor David Mercedes Ruehl Daniel Gerroll
author bookseller wife friend employee heartwarming tender new york city london apartment bookstore friendship writing book transformation 1970s
True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.
Drama
UK
1964
110 Minutes
Jo Armitage
Anne Bancroft Peter Finch James Mason Cedric Hardwicke Alan Webb Richard Johnson Maggie Smith Eric Porter
wife husband friend ex-husband psychiatrist father-in-law raw brooding emotional london windmill house psychiatrist's office hospital street marriage divorce infidelity mental illness parenthood
Londoner Jo and her third husband Jake live with six of her children but the marriage is strained by numerous factors. Her doctor thinks Jo uses childbirth as a rationale for sex. Jo's issues leave her in a fragile mental state.
Comedy
USA
1980
94 Minutes
Screenwriter
Dom DeLuise Anne Bancroft Ron Carey Candy Azzara Michael Lombard Sal Viscuso Delia Salvi Robert Costanzo Estelle Reiner Richard Karron
obese person brother sister love interest shop owner amusing touching household shop romance siblings weight problems insecurity diet food discovery transformation love wretched excess 1980s
An overweight bachelor is fat, 40 and fed up--to the gills--but when his obese cousin Sal dies at 39, he must finally come to terms with his own weight problem.
Drama
1999
96 Minutes
Geraldine 'Gerry" Eileen Cummins
Anne Bancroft Lynn Whitfield Gloria Reuben Alice Krige Cara Buono Kevin O'Rourke Peter MacNeill Albert Schultz Jayne Eastwood Keenan MacWilliam Brooke Belvedere
A black woman (Gloria Reuben) is reunited with her white birth mother 34 years after being given up for adoption (Anne Bancroft).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft Katharine Ross William Daniels Murray Hamilton Elizabeth Wilson Brian Avery Walter Brooke Norman Fell Alice Ghostley Buck Henry
college graduate lawyer college student sexy woman amusing sad witty california hotel campus family home wedding may-december romance post-college aimless youth new love growing up love temptation 1960s
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1988
118 Minutes
Harvey Fierstein Anne Bancroft Matthew Broderick Brian Kerwin Karen Young Charles Pierce
gay man drag queen male model teacher mother inspiring emotional endearing new york city stage homophobia homosexuality lost loves acceptance family adoption love transformation quest 1980s
Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1965
98 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Anne Bancroft Telly Savalas Steven Hill Indus Arthur Greg Jarvis Robert F. Hoy John Benson Paul Newlan Ed Asner Jason Wingreen
college student volunteer wife detective psychiatrist emotional brooding seattle call center depression desperation suicide investigation marriage volunteerism fall rescue 1960s
College volunteer Alan Dyson is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson.
Drama
USA
1977
119 Minutes
Shirley MacLaine Anne Bancroft Mikhail Baryshnikov Leslie Browne Tom Skerritt Martha Scott Antoinette Sibley Alexandra Danilova Starr Danias Marshall Thompson James Mitchell
mother ballerina womanizer husband daughter brooding emotional melodramatic passionate new york city oklahoma ballet jealousy family regret resentment rivalry sacrifice 1970s
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1983
108 Minutes
Anna Bronski
Mel Brooks Anne Bancroft Charles Durning Tim Matheson Jose Ferrer Christopher Lloyd George Gaynes George Wyner Jack Riley Lewis J. Stadlen Ronny Graham
actor actress pilot secret agent tailor nazi collaborator madcap hilarious cheeky engaging warsaw, poland theater backstage stage england show business musicals world war ii nazi occupation william shakespeare
At the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.
Drama, History
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Van Heflin Anne Bancroft Lee Marvin Richard Boone Tommy Rettig Will Wright Peter Graves Douglas Spencer Paul Cavanagh Helen Ford
confederate soldier prisoner of war veteran widow son banker thrilling intense uneasy stockade canada vermont small town boarding house bank american civil war deception friendship arson looting
A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few ... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1972
145 Minutes
Simon Ward Anne Bancroft Robert Shaw Peter Cellier Ronald Hines John Mills Pat Heywood Russell Lewis Laurence Naismith William Dexter Basil Dignam
winston churchill wife father prime minister engaging positive england india africa school military war election winston churchill parliament rise growing up transformation 20th century
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Western
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Angelita
Scott Brady Anne Bancroft Jay C. Flippen Jim Davis Rhys Williams Leo Gordon Scott Marlowe Eddy Waller Harry Cheshire Myron Healey Gerald Milton
lawyer father murderer woman gangster sheriff intense gory suspenseful thrilling patriotic brooding texas saloon mexico sheriff's office western films gangsters bandits murder
A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1975
105 Minutes
Jack Lemmon Anne Bancroft Gene Saks Elizabeth Wilson Florence Stanley Maxine Stuart Ed Peck Gene Blakely Ivor Francis Stack Pierce Sylvester Stallone
housewife ad executive brother amusing quirky new york city apartment depression identity financial crisis marriage fall 1970s
A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Dan Dailey Anne Bancroft Billy Chapin Lloyd Bridges Ray Collins Richard Egan
baseball player baseball manager baseball coach father secretary fiancé endearing baseball field office father/son relationship baseball redemption leadership transformation underdog 1950s
Former ballplayer Larry Cooper secretly and unofficially manages a struggling major league club, the Bisons, through his nine year old son, Christie, who is a bat-boy for the team.
Drama
USA
1975
125 Minutes
George C. Scott Anne Bancroft William Atherton Roy Thinnes Gig Young Burgess Meredith Charles Durning Richard Dysart Robert Clary Rene Auberjonois Katherine Helmond
military officer nazi countess gambler ad executive pilot thrilling suspenseful intricate emotional germany new jersey zeppelin disaster conspiracy sabotage the hindenburg investigation aviation mystery
A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
Comedy
USA
1980
94 Minutes
Screenwriter
Dom DeLuise Anne Bancroft Ron Carey Candy Azzara Michael Lombard Sal Viscuso Delia Salvi Robert Costanzo Estelle Reiner Richard Karron
obese person brother sister love interest shop owner amusing touching household shop romance siblings weight problems insecurity diet food discovery transformation love wretched excess 1980s
An overweight bachelor is fat, 40 and fed up--to the gills--but when his obese cousin Sal dies at 39, he must finally come to terms with his own weight problem.
Crime, Drama
Mexico|USA
1955
74 Minutes
María Ibinia
Ricardo Montalban Harry Horner Anne Bancroft Lee Marvin Jose Perez Rodolfo Acosta Carlos Múzquiz Jorge Treviño Jose Torvay
musician ex-girlfriend serial killer beautiful woman son police officer dark brooding tense gritty mexico city pawn shop restaurant apartment festival serial murders father/son relationship false accusations witnessing murder investigation
In Mexico City, a working-poor single-father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1957
73 Minutes
Lex Barker Anne Bancroft Mamie Van Doren Ron Randell Marie Windsor John Dehner John Holland
sheriff lawyer bombshell paraplegic victim secretary suspenseful campy utah hotel pool dinner party murder investigation suspicion drowning brother/sister relationship violence deception mystery love
A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.
Drama
1986
96 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Anne Bancroft Ed Berke Carol Robbins Jennifer Roosendahl Michael Kenworthy Sari Walker
daughter middle-aged woman mother suicidal person son ex-husband dark profound emotional rural community family home kitchen suicide mother/daughter relationship depression mortality family love sacrifice transformation
A suicidal woman (Sissy Spacek) spends the last night of her Midwestern life in the house, talking with her mother (Anne Bancroft).
Western
1956
88 Minutes
Audie Murphy Anne Bancroft Pat Crowley Charles Drake Tommy Rall Robert Warwick Jay Silverheels Eugene Martin
government official apache governor general geronimo confident inspiring passionate tucson, ariz. indian reservation john clum native americans tolerance peace cultural differences quest transformation 1870s
Indian agent John P. Clum (Audie Murphy) handles Geronimo's outbreak at an Apache reservation in Arizona.
Horror
1954
84 Minutes
Cameron Mitchell Anne Bancroft Lee J. Cobb Raymond Burr Charlotte Austin Peter Whitney Lee Marvin Warren Stevens John Kellogg Charles Tannen
trapeze artist detective animal trainer gorilla performer outlandish suspenseful amusement park murder love triangle blackmail animal attack mystery discovery 1950s
A law student (Cameron Mitchell), a trapeze artist (Anne Bancroft), a gorilla or anyone else could be a fun-park killer.
Biography, Drama
USA|UK
1980
125 Minutes
Mrs. Kendal
John Hurt Anthony Hopkins Anne Bancroft John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Freddie Jones Michael Elphick Hannah Gordon Helen Ryan John Standing Dexter Fletcher
man doctor wife actress inspiring profound uplifting london john merrick class distinctions discrimination disfigurement transformation discovery 1880s
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Drama
USA
1985
99 Minutes
Mother Miriam Ruth
Jane Fonda Meg Tilly Anne Bancroft Anne Pitoniak Winston Rekert Gratien Gélinas
nun psychiatrist mother superior dark emotional convent murder religion investigation hypnosis quest mystery rivalry 1980s
When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.
Comedy, Other
USA
1995
103 Minutes
Adele Larson
Holly Hunter Robert Downey Jr. Anne Bancroft Charles Durning Dylan McDermott Geraldine Chaplin Cynthia Stevenson Steve Guttenberg Claire Danes Austin Pendleton David Strathairn
single mother daughter parent sister brother love interest amusing frenetic emotional family home dinner party airplane mother/daughter relationship thanksgiving family dysfunction class conflict holidays single mothers rivalry growing up
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her family.
Drama
USA
1995
116 Minutes
Glady Joe Cleary
Winona Ryder Maya Angelou Anne Bancroft Ellen Burstyn Samantha Mathis Kate Nelligan Jean Simmons Lois Smith Alfre Woodard Kate Capshaw Maria Celedonio
graduate student fiancé grandmother great-aunt mother friend touching charming emotional fascinating california small town household marriage female bonding quilting infidelity self-discovery storytelling discovery
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
Biography
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Emma Hurok
impostor wife ballerina opera singer violinist broadway star melodramatic uplifting ukraine russia new york city broadway performance show business opera rise 1910s
Story of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok and the many stars that he introduced and represented to the world of music.
Romance
USA
1993
112 Minutes
Dr. Catherine Holland
Richard Gere Lena Olin Anne Bancroft Tom Irwin Delroy Lindo Bruce Altman Lauren Tom Anna Maria Horsford Lucinda Jenney Taylor Negron
mental patient psychiatrist boss colleague construction worker bank teller emotional engaging tense san diego construction site bank concert hall mental institution manic-depression ethics loneliness psychiatry friendship recklessness
After being arrested during a manic episode, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder is treated by a psychiatrist who begins to develop romantic feelings towards him.
Drama
1952
76 Minutes
Lyn Lesley
Richard Widmark Marilyn Monroe Anne Bancroft Donna Corcoran Jeanne Cagney Lurene Tuttle Elisha Cook Jr. Jim Backus Willis Bouchey Don Beddoe Gloria Blondell
pilot woman child babysitter chilling eerie suspenseful new york city hotel bad behavior mental illness child abuse seduction rescue revenge temptation transformation 1950s
An airline pilot (Richard Widmark) flirts with a hotel baby-sitter (Marilyn Monroe) before realizing she is deranged.
Crime, Drama
1955
84 Minutes
Rosalie Regalzyk
Farley Granger Anthony Quinn Anne Bancroft Peter Graves Sara Berner Jerry Paris Mario Siletti Else Bäck
criminal pregnant woman mobster mother district attorney reporter melodramatic suspenseful uneasy gritty death row jail family home brooklyn bridge new york city apartment frame-up death sentence mafia corruption
A reporter follows the story of a gangster (Anthony Quinn), his sister (Anne Bancroft) and her small-time hoodlum husband (Farley Granger).
Romance
USA
2000
127 Minutes
Ruth Schram
Ben Stiller Edward Norton Jenna Elfman Anne Bancroft Eli Wallach Ron Rifkin Milos Forman Holland Taylor Lisa Edelstein Rena Sofer Ken Leung
best friend rabbi priest executive bartender amusing charming heartwarming new york city church synagogue apartment bar temple friendship love love triangle religion following your heart faith
Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.
Drama
USA
1998
111 Minutes
Ms. Nora Dinsmoor
Ethan Hawke Gwyneth Paltrow Hank Azaria Chris Cooper Anne Bancroft Robert De Niro Josh Mostel Kim Dickens Nell Campbell Gabriel Mick Jeremy James Kissner
young man uncle wealthy woman niece convict fiancé engaging emotional sultry florida new york city europe art gallery subway beach unlikely friendship coming of age class distinctions art wealth
Modernization of Charles Dickens' classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Drama, History
USA
1954
101 Minutes
Paula
Victor Mature Susan Hayward Michael Rennie Debra Paget Anne Bancroft Jay Robinson Barry Jones William Marshall Richard Egan Ernest Borgnine Charles Evans
emperor soldier gladiator roman apostle melodramatic emotional intense suspenseful powerful ancient rome arena palace street city home christianity religion faith showdown
In first-century Rome, Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena and Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe for its alleged magical powers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
89 Minutes
Carli Bondi
Margaux Hemingway Chris Sarandon Mariel Hemingway Perry King Anne Bancroft Robin Gammell Meg Wyllie Inga Swenson John Bennett Perry
A top fashion model seeks justice after she is brutally raped by her teenaged sister's music teacher.
Western
1955
98 Minutes
Corinna Marston
Victor Mature Guy Madison Robert Preston James Whitmore Anne Bancroft Russell Collins Peter Whitney Pat Hogan
trapper scout colonel captain native american warrior wife brash rousing brutal fort oregon wilderness rivalry infidelity civil war native americans military life adventure forbidden love 1860s
Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain (Guy Madison) who loses his fort to a hated colonel (Robert Preston).