List of the best Cary Grant movies: North by Northwest(1959), Arsenic and Old Lace(1944), Notorious(1946), His Girl Friday(1940), Charade(1963), The Philadelphia Story(1940), The Bishop's Wife(1947), The Talk of the Town(1942), An Affair to Remember(1957), Father Goose(1964), Suspicion(1941), To Catch a Thief(1955) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1959
136 Minutes
Cary Grant Eva Marie Saint James Mason Leo G. Carroll Martin Landau Jessie Royce Landis Philip Ober Adam Williams Josephine Hutchinson Edward Platt Robert Ellenstein
ad executive spy secret agent mother henchman police officer amusing suspenseful engaging thrilling new york city long island, n.y. south dakota cornfield mount rushmore hotel room mistaken identity espionage romance fugitives
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies.
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Mortimer Brewster
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Claude Rains Louis Calhern Leopoldine Konstantin Reinhold Schünzel Moroni Olsen
secret agent spy nazi mother engaging tense suspenseful united states brazil mansion espionage deception nazism dangerous assignment love mystery discovery love rescue 1940s
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Comedy
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Walter Burns
Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy Gene Lockhart Helen Mack Ernest Truex Clarence Kolb Porter Hall Roscoe Karns Abner Biberman Cliff Edwards
editor reporter insurance salesman murderer sheriff mayor amusing frenetic new york city office prison newspapers justice love triangle marriage pursuit love 1940s
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
114 Minutes
Peter Joshua
Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn Walter Matthau James Coburn George Kennedy Ned Glass Jacques Marin Paul Bonifas Dominique Minot Thomas Chelimsky
widow boyfriend thief police officer cool suspenseful charming paris french alps ski resort office hideout street crime heist investigation money world war ii mystery pursuit
Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?
Romance
USA
1940
112 Minutes
C. K. Dexter Haven
Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey John Howard Roland Young John Halliday Virginia Weidler Mary Nash Henry Daniell Hillary Brooke
ex-wife ex-husband reporter wealthy man sister father amusing charming engaging philadelphia family home marriage love triangle wedding romance love discovery temptation 1940s
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Other, Fantasy
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Dudley
Cary Grant Loretta Young David Niven Monty Woolley James Gleason Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Sara Haden Karolyn Grimes Tito Vuolo Regis Toomey
bishop wife angel wealthy woman historian cab driver engaging amusing heartwarming church office mansion street faith marriage jealousy values wealth heaven discovery
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Comedy
USA
1942
118 Minutes
Leopold Dilg, Joseph
Cary Grant Jean Arthur Ronald Colman Edgar Buchanan Glenda Farrell Charles Dingle Emma Dunn Rex Ingram Leonid Kinskey Tom Tyler Don Beddoe
fugitive teacher professor foreman lawyer witty charming summerhouse courtroom false accusations love triangle law love quest escape pursuit 1940s
An escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher.
Romance
USA
1957
115 Minutes
Nickie Ferrante
Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Richard Denning Neva Patterson Cathleen Nesbitt Robert Q. Lewis Charles Watts Fortunio Bonanova
ladies' man fiancée child emotional passionate france new york city empire state building cruise ship love romance deception wedding christmas accident forbidden love quest 1950s
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Comedy
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Cary Grant Leslie Caron Trevor Howard Jack Goode Nicole Felsette Verina Greenlaw Pip Sparke Jennifer Berrington Laurelle Felsette Sharyl Locke Simon Scott
fisherman drunk teacher student soldier lighthearted amusing charming island south sea papua new guinea boat romance war rescue love adventure metamorphosis 1940s
During World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
99 Minutes
Cary Grant Joan Fontaine Cedric Hardwicke Nigel Bruce Dame May Whitty Isabel Jeans Heather Angel Leo G. Carroll
wife husband best friend father chilling creative family home highway mansion hotel death wealth marriage mystery pursuit 1940s
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
106 Minutes
Cary Grant Grace Kelly Jessie Royce Landis John Williams Charles Vanel Brigitte Auber Jean Martinelli Georgette Anys
thief daughter mother insurance investigator police chief lighthearted airy witty france resort ballroom jewelry theft romance love pursuit 1950s
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
George Kerby
Cary Grant Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Eugene Pallette Arthur Lake Hedda Hopper
ghost millionaire wife butler detective bellhop madcap charming uplifting long island, n.y. resort ghosts redemption husband/wife relationship good deeds second chance transformation quest 1930s
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
Adventure
USA
1939
117 Minutes
Sgt. Archibald Cutter
Cary Grant Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Victor McLaglen Joan Fontaine Sam Jaffe Edward Ciannelli Montagu Love Abner Biberman Robert Coote
soldier military officer native guru henchman pretty woman confident inspiring india military base temple abduction racism military escape pursuit underdog 1880s
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.
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
George Rose
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Lurene Tuttle Randy Stuart John Ridgely Irving Bacon Mary Treen Iris Mann George Winslow Clifford Tatum Jr.
orphan boy girl disabled person husband wife emotional endearing amusing heartwarming new jersey household town orphanage family adoption troubled youth depression marriage disability
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose adopt several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Comedy
USA
1949
105 Minutes
Capt. Henri Rochard
Cary Grant Ann Sheridan Marion Marshall Randy Stuart William Neff Kenneth Tobey
army bride army officer craftsman innkeeper charming hilarious madcap germany europe citizenship marriage courtship following orders romance world war ii adventure love rivalry quest 1940s
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Romance
UK
1958
100 Minutes
Philip Adams
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Cecil Parker Phyllis Calvert David Kossoff Megs Jenkins Oliver Johnston Middleton Woods
actress diplomat banker wife love interest charming passionate london apartment banquet hall restaurant love triangle marriage affair nato foreign relations deception forbidden love quest 1950s
An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him...even though he's already married.
Romance
USA
1958
110 Minutes
Tom Winters
Cary Grant Sophia Loren Martha Hyer Harry Guardino Edward Ciannelli Murray Hamilton
widower socialite son daughter conductor lighthearted charming uplifting playful washington, d.c. houseboat potomac river new love second chance family impersonation parenthood love discovery 1950s
A widower, his three young children, and a bombshell nanny get to know each other better when circumstances have them living together aboard a badly neglected houseboat.
Romance
USA
1962
99 Minutes
Philip Shayne
Cary Grant Doris Day Gig Young Audrey Meadows Alan Hewitt John Astin Dick Sargent Joey Faye John Fiedler Willard Sage
businessman young woman country girl friend roommate assistant amusing cheeky lighthearted motel bermuda new york city yankee stadium united nations affair love marriage opposites attract romance love
A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save herself for marriage.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Romer Sheffield
Cary Grant Nancy Carroll Randolph Scott Edward Woods William Collier Jane Darwell Rita La Roy Oscar Apfel Jessie Arnold Grady Sutton
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Drama
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Ernie Mott
Cary Grant Ethel Barrymore Barry Fitzgerald June Duprez Jane Wyatt George Coulouris Dan Duryea Konstantin Shayne Eva Lernard Boyne Morton Lowry Helene Thimig
mother son musician gangster wife brooding dark london shop house death business crime mother/son relationship fall discovery temptation forbidden love 1930s
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Comedy
UK
1960
105 Minutes
Victor Rhyall
Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Moray Watson
tourist husband wife millionaire oil baron airy amusing witty tender moving emotional endearing castle england love triangle infidelity wealth loss of money love fall
Victor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon "bumps" into Hilary during a tour and charms his way into her heart. Meanwhile, Hattie pursues Victor.
Adventure
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Ken Gordon
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
Comedy
USA
1948
85 Minutes
Dr. Madison W. Brown
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Franchot Tone Diana Lynn Alan Mowbray Elisabeth Risdon Richard Gaines Harry Hayden Chick Chandler Leon Belasco Fred Essler
store clerk doctor wealthy man friend amusing lighthearted san francisco department store household unrequited love obsession deception marriage love pursuit 1940s
A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.
Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Charlie Mason
When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.
Comedy
UK
1936
70 Minutes
Ernest Bliss
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
Musical, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Cole Porter
Cary Grant Alexis Smith Ginny Simms Jane Wyman Eve Arden Victor Francen Alan Hale Dorothy Malone
composer nurse friend singer grandfather mother touching inspiring new haven, conn. yale indiana new york city theater hospital aspirations music world war i love cole porter show business
A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
Adventure
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Michael Andrews
Cary Grant Louis J. Gasnier Claude Rains Gertrude Michael Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Akim Tamiroff Billy Bevan Georges Renavent Margaret Swope Jameson Thomas
british soldier officer kurd nurse tribesman secret agent tense powerful africa mountain cairo sudan armenia hospital romantic dilemma friendship world war i espionage capture injury
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
Romance
USA
1934
78 Minutes
Dr. Maurice Lamar
A handsome plastic surgeon has a beauty clinic, where many a beautiful client falls in love with him. His unnoticed secretary is in love with him, too.
Romance
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Clemson Reade
Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Walter Pidgeon Betta St. John Eduard Franz Buddy Baer Les Tremayne Donald Randolph Herman Brix Richard Anderson Dan Tobin
salesman government official princess chauvinist wealthy man confident lighthearted amusing middle east new york city hotel career vs. love gender roles arranged marriage foreign relations misunderstanding royalty love adventure rivalry
A business tycoon decides to wed a Middle Eastern princess whose customs dictate the pair must live apart for several months before marrying; even more complications settle in when the tycoon's ex-fiancée is assigned to chaperone the pair.
Comedy
USA
1957
105 Minutes
Commander Andy Crewson
Cary Grant Jayne Mansfield Suzy Parker Leif Erickson Ray Walston Larry Blyden Nathaniel Frey Werner Klemperer Jack Mullaney Ben Wright Michael Ross
pilot pr person war profiteer fiancée bombshell witty amusing charming san francisco hotel airport honolulu bar navy shore leave world war ii romance adventure love 1940s
In 1944, three Navy pilots stationed in Hawaii and a P.R. officer go on a 4-day leave to San Francisco where they party with a good crowd in the executive suite of a busy hotel.
Comedy
1966
114 Minutes
Sir William Rutland
Cary Grant Samantha Eggar Jim Hutton John Standing Miiko Taka Ted Hartley Ben Astar George Takei Teru Shimada Holger Abro
businessman roommate athlete fiancé tourist industrialist charming amusing tokyo apartment embassy olympic games business matchmaking housing shortage deception romance quest love 1960s
A British businessman (Cary Grant) shares an apartment with a U.S. athlete (Jim Hutton) and a diplomat's fiancee (Samantha Eggar) during the Tokyo Olympics.
Action
1957
132 Minutes
Anthony
Cary Grant Frank Sinatra Sophia Loren Theodore Bikel John Wengraf Jay Novello José Nieto Carlos Larrañaga Philip Van Zandt Julián Ugarte Felix de Pomes
british soldier peasant rebel mistress spaniard frenchman inspiring passionate intense melodramatic thrilling spain countryside river camp mountain napoleonic wars weapons journey love triangle
A British naval officer (Cary Grant) and a Spanish guerrilla (Frank Sinatra) salvage a huge cannon to use against Napoleon.
Comedy, Drama
1948
94 Minutes
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Reginald Denny Sharyn Moffett Connie Marshall Louise Beavers Ian Wolfe Lurene Tuttle Lex Barker
advertising executive wife real estate agent lawyer architect witty amusing connecticut suburbia new york city apartment household moving house building adventure rivalry 1940s
A New York adman (Cary Grant) and his calm wife (Myrna Loy) buy a big old fixer-upper in rural Connecticut.
Comedy, Drama
1951
110 Minutes
Dr. Noah Praetorius
Cary Grant Jeanne Crain Finlay Currie Walter Slezak Hume Cronyn Sidney Blackmer Basil Ruysdael Katherine Locke
physician student friend professor father dean offbeat quirky striking university hospital small town illegitimate child medicine morality friendship jealousy discovery love sacrifice
A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Comedy
1947
95 Minutes
Dick
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Shirley Temple Rudy Vallee Ray Collins Harry Davenport Johnny Spencer Don Beddoe Lillian Randolph Veda Ann Borg Dan Tobin
playboy judge teen girl psychiatrist district attorney boyfriend cheeky hilarious california high school courtroom nightclub sport tournament love triangle sibling rivalry misunderstanding innocence hero worship forbidden love growing up
A judge (Myrna Loy) orders a playboy (Cary Grant) to date her infatuated teenage sister (Shirley Temple) to cure the girl's crush on him.
Comedy
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Dr. David Huxley
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Charles Ruggles May Robson Barry Fitzgerald Walter Catlett Fritz Feld Ward Bond
paleontologist heiress matron fiancée police officer airy madcap witty mansion restaurant museum golf course police station love triangle mistaken identity daunting task wealth wild animals love pursuit
While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
Comedy
USA
1937
92 Minutes
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Ralph Bellamy Alex D'Arcy Cecil Cunningham Molly Lamont Esther Dale Joyce Compton Robert Allen Robert Warwick Mary Forbes
husband wife neighbor heiress music teacher mother amusing charming hilarious madcap new york city apartment marriage reconciliation divorce new love love transformation 1930s
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Drama
USA
1941
118 Minutes
Roger Adams
Irene Dunne Cary Grant Beulah Bondi Edgar Buchanan Ann Doran Eva Lee Kuney Leonard Willey Wallis Clark Walter Soderling Baby Biffle Edmund Elton
newspaper owner wife child social worker assistant gripping melodramatic sad new york city family home japan parenthood adoption tragic death unhappy marriage quest love 1940s
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
War
USA
1933
72 Minutes
Fredric March Cary Grant Jack Oakie Carole Lombard Guy Standing Forrester Harvey Kenneth Howell Leland Hodgson
pilot friend beautiful woman major melodramatic thrilling touching london air force base airplane battle fatigue horrors of war world war i affair fall wretched excess 1910s
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
94 Minutes
Jimmy "Monk" Monkley
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Brian Aherne Edmund Gwenn Natalie Paley Dennie Moore Lennox Pawle Daisy Belmore
love interest father con artist artist daughter cheeky unrestrained hilarious emotional france england train countryside swindling impersonation father/daughter relationship romance smuggling suicide quest
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
Comedy
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Capt. Cummings
Mae West Cary Grant Owen Moore Gilbert Roland Noah Beery David Landau Rafaela Ottiano Dewey Robinson Rochelle Hudson Tammany Young Fuzzy Knight
singer convict femme fatale agent bar owner ex-boyfriend hedonistic confident cheeky bar prison mission crime love triangle seduction prostitution alcohol jealousy wretched excess temptation
In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Loretta Young Cary Grant Jackie Kelk Henry Travers Russell Hopton Andrew Tombes Howard H. Lang Harry Green Marion Burns Paul Harvey Charles Coleman
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Biography
USA
1937
109 Minutes
Edward Arnold Cary Grant Frances Farmer Jack Oakie Donald Meek Clarence Kolb Billy Gilbert Stanley Fields
financier best friend cornelius vanderbilt actress smuggler victim melodramatic charming new york city office wall street theater stocks finance schemes corruption love triangle quest transformation 1870s
Notorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress.
Romance
USA
1932
86 Minutes
naval officer young girl child bride geisha suitor emotional melodramatic japan bar family home abandonment misunderstanding cultural differences race relations shore leave lust love fall discovery
Lieutenant Pinkerton marries geisha-in-training but soon after abandons her and goes back to the US.
Musical, Romance
USA
1937
104 Minutes
Artist Jimmy Hudson (Cary Grant) is stuck in Mexico unable to pay his hotel bill. Meanwhile, Louise Fuller (Grace Moore) opera singer is stuck in the same town unable to return to the US ... See full summary »