List of the best Claire Bloom movies: 80,000 Suspects(1963), The Book of Eve(2002), Limelight(1952), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold(1966), Richard III(1955), The Man Between(1953), Charly(1968), Look Back in Anger(1958), Brainwashed(1960), The Illustrated Man(1969), The Going Up of David Lev(1973), Miss Dalí(2018) ... ...
Drama
1963
113 Minutes
Julie Monks
doctor wife colleague lover dark emotional suspenseful england house hospital affair disease medicine marriage forbidden love discovery quest 1960s
An English doctor (Richard Johnson) and his nurse wife (Claire Bloom) seek a smallpox carrier in the health resort of Bath.
Drama, Romance
2002
98 Minutes
Eva Smallwood
Claire Bloom Daniel Lavoie Susannah York Julian Glover Angèle Coutu Marie-Jo Therio Fanny La Croix Ted Whittall
A Romanian immigrant (Daniel Lavoie) uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's (Claire Bloom) heart.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1952
145 Minutes
Thereza
Charles Chaplin Claire Bloom Sydney Chaplin Nigel Bruce Buster Keaton Norman Lloyd Andre Eglevsky Melissa Hayden
clown dancer composer theater owner amusing melodramatic sad london stage dressing room office street apartment theater ambition love aging rise sacrifice love
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1966
112 Minutes
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Oskar Werner Peter Van Eyck George Voskovec Sam Wanamaker Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Bernard Lee
spy drunk intelligence officer interrogator jew communist bleak brooding gritty suspenseful tense london east berlin courtroom betrayal espionage cold war drinking sacrifice underdog
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
The Lady Anne
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
101 Minutes
tourist criminal wife major young boy gripping intricate cool suspenseful berlin border kidnapping redemption world war ii nazism sacrifice escape transformation 1940s
In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West-Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet-sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
Fantasy
USA
1968
106 Minutes
Cliff Robertson Claire Bloom Lilia Skala Leon Janney Dick Van Patten William Dwyer Skipper McNally Dan Morgan Barney Martin Ruth White
neurosurgeon teacher scientist mentally challenged person doctor boss bleak solemn profound hospital laboratory classroom bakery surgery love interest experimental medicine intelligence rehabilitation disability discovery
An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
Drama
UK
1958
99 Minutes
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Edith Evans Mary Ure Gary Raymond Glen Byam Shaw Donald Pleasence
angry man wife best friend coworker father doctor dark gritty northern england club flat street hospital house class conflict english society infidelity betrayal pregnancy family
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Drama
West Germany
1960
102 Minutes
Curt Jurgens Claire Bloom Hansjoerg Felmy Mario Adorf Hans Söhnker Albert Bessler Rudolf Forster Alan Gifford
prisoner austrian nazi invader lawyer gripping melodramatic suspenseful gritty prison car vienna street nazi germany city schemes struggle rebellion confinement social issues
In 1938 Austria shortly after the Nazi occupation, a prominent Viennese intellectual, Werner von Basil, is arrested for smuggling art treatures out of the country and imprisoned by the ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
103 Minutes
Rod Steiger Claire Bloom Robert Drivas Don Dubbins Jason Evers Tim Weldon Christie Matchett
In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized traveler.
Drama
USA
1973
76 Minutes
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York City. The weaker gang uses a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeed in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remains without the boss.
Drama
Spain
2018
165 Minutes
Sian Phillips Claire Bloom Josep Maria Pou Joan Carreras Eulàlia Ballart José Carmona Vicky Peña Minnie Marx Joan Pera
Anna Maria Dalí is four years younger than her brother Salvador and they love each other. Both enjoy the great progressive atmosphere of republican Spain, fraternizing with great creators, García Lorca, Buñuel.
Drama, History
USA
1958
124 Minutes
Bonnie Brown
Yul Brynner Charlton Heston Claire Bloom Charles Boyer Inger Stevens Henry Hull E.G. Marshall Lorne Greene Ted de Corsia Douglas Dumbrille Robert F. Simon
pirate andrew jackson governor daughter thrilling spirited airy patriotic new orleans island piracy unlikely hero war truce underdog rescue 1810s
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Western
USA
1964
95 Minutes
Wife
Paul Newman Laurence Harvey Claire Bloom Edward G. Robinson William Shatner Albert Salmi Thomas Chalmers Paul Fix Howard da Silva
outlaw wife husband con artist preacher prospector gripping intricate wild west wilderness courtroom train station trial rape murder lie truth storytelling mystery discovery
Travelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.
Drama, History
Spain|USA
1956
141 Minutes
Barsine
Richard Burton Fredric March Claire Bloom Danielle Darrieux Barry Jones Harry Andrews
king father mother stepmother friend philosopher incredible intense ancient greece babylon palace battlefield alexander the great royalty greek empire persian empire conquest family quest rivalry
The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Naomi Shields
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1998
95 Minutes
Lulu Fraker
Aleksa Palladino Joely Richardson Claire Bloom Sam Trammell Jay O. Sanders Adrienne Shelly Thomas Guiry Nicole Bradin Sloane Shelton Angelica Torn Schuyler Grant
The story is set in 1959, Maddy is a teen-ager who has her first romance with carnival worker Will. Meanwhile her roommate, widow Claire is pregnant by garage owner Rick, whom she doesn't ... See full summary »
Fantasy
1962
129 Minutes
Dorothea Grimm
Laurence Harvey Karl Boehm Claire Bloom Walter Slezak Barbara Eden Oscar Homolka Arnold Stang Martita Hunt Betty Garde Bryan Russell
writer brother duke child old woman cobbler creative winsome intricate positive germany small town the brothers grimm fairy tales writing imagination dreams determination discovery quest
The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves," "The Singing Bone."
Drama, History
1985
150 Minutes
Fanny Nightingale
An aristocrat (Jaclyn Smith) defies her family and Victorian convention as a nurse in London and in the Crimean War.
Adventure
1977
105 Minutes
Audrey
George C. Scott David Hemmings Claire Bloom Gilbert Roland Susan Tyrrell Richard Evans Julius Harris Hart Bochner Brad Savage Michael James Wixted Charles Lampkin
man friend son wife refugee dreamy emotional inspiring melancholy moving profound sad uneasy bahamas self-discovery family relationships aging altruism self-sacrifice metamorphosis
A Hemingwayesque artist (George C. Scott) plays and drinks in the 1940s Bahamas, visited by his first wife (Claire Bloom) and three sons.
Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Susan Robbins
Alastair Sim Margaret Rutherford Claire Bloom Ronald Shiner Claude Dauphin Laurence Harvey Jimmy Edwards Richard Wattis Louis De Funès Christopher Lee
artist young girl frenchman scottish person diplomat englishman amusing cheery rousing paris nightclub airport the louvre bar travel relationships french society english society diplomacy cultural differences
A diplomat (Alastair Sim), an artist (Margaret Rutherford) and five others leave London for a weekend in Paris.
Romance
USA
1989
93 Minutes
Lady Emma Darlington
Emma Samms Hugh Grant Michael York Claire Bloom Oliver Reed Lysette Anthony
highwayman noblewoman wild winsome suspenseful striking spectacular passionate hedonistic royal court murder royalty revenge rescue adventure love 17th century
A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
UK|USA
1981
118 Minutes
Hera
Harry Hamlin Laurence Olivier Judi Bowker Claire Bloom Maggie Smith Ursula Andress Jack Gwillim Susan Fleetwood Pat Roach Burgess Meredith Sian Phillips
hero greek god satyr princess zeus medusa spectacular rousing campy ancient greece mount olympus island swamp sea mythology heroism battle monsters romance daunting task
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
Drama
USA
1958
146 Minutes
Katya
Yul Brynner Maria Schell Lee J. Cobb Claire Bloom Richard Basehart Albert Salmi William Shatner Judith Evelyn Edgar Stehli Harry Townes Miko Oscard
father son mistress fiancée brother half brother tense fiery brooding profound russia family home family feud inheritance adultery murder competition rivalry quest 1870s
Drama based on Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's homonymous novel about the proud Karamazov family in 1870s Russia.
Romance, Drama
USA
2012
83 Minutes
Jane's Grandmother
Kate Bosworth Iddo Goldberg Jamie Blackley Claire Bloom Anthony Migliaccio Salvatore De Vita Adamo Galano Marco Trofa
While working on a writing project on the island of Ischia, a married woman (Bosworth) enters into an affair with a younger man.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1971
96 Minutes
Honor Klein
Lee Remick Richard Attenborough Ian Holm Claire Bloom Clive Revill Jennie Linden Ann Firbank Rosamund Greenwood Constance Lorne
professor psychiatrist womanizer sister wife mistress intricate passionate winsome england household abandonment adultery existential crisis secret morality wretched excess forbidden love revenge 1960s
The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon is married to the shallow and spoiled Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, and loves his mistress Georgie Hands. Antonia is under therapy with Martin's ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1995
99 Minutes
Liz Stringer
Elizabeth Hurley C. Thomas Howell Joss Ackland Claire Bloom Frederick Treves Andrew Connolly Jeremy Brett Paula Hamilton Chris Adamson Louise Delamere Alan "Fluff" Freeman
Antonia is a cute drug addict in London, who meets a nice motorbike courier. They get caught between a corrupt drug cop and a drug dealer.
Drama
USA
1971
112 Minutes
Ann Arnold
Richard Thomas Catherine Burns Desi Arnaz Jr. Richard Crenna Claire Bloom John Colicos Harry Guardino Strother Martin Nehemiah Persoff Pepe Serna Mario Aniov
soldier teen boy mother alcoholic cousin tense emotional alabama new mexico school adolescence life lessons world war ii drinking infidelity race relations growing up underdog 1940s
An adolescent boy and his mother are sent to live in New Mexico after his father goes off to fight World War II. The move is hard on both mother and son. The boy, one of the few whites in ... See full summary »
Comedy
Italy|France
1964
120 Minutes
Laura
Nino Manfredi Elio Petri Luciano Salce Fulvia Franco John Phillip Law Charles Aznavour Claire Bloom Monica Vitti Jean-Pierre Cassel Sergio Fantoni
Four episodes satirising modern marriages, and the lack of affection which leads to infidelity.
Comedy
USA
1995
95 Minutes
Amanda's Mother
Woody Allen Helena Bonham Carter Mira Sorvino Michael Rapaport F. Murray Abraham Claire Bloom Olympia Dukakis David Ogden Stiers Jack Warden Peter Weller Dan Moran
sportswriter wife prostitute porn star boy biological mother outlandish witty new york city parenthood adoption greek mythology genius discovery quest 1990s
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Kids & Family, Drama
Canada|UK
2004
102 Minutes
Claire Martin
Matthew Harbour Annie Bovaird William Phan Jan Rubes Macha Grenon Claire Bloom
With help from his friends, a boy (Wyatt Bowen) trains a dog to compete in an annual event.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1996
115 Minutes
Eleanor Trilling
Sylvester Stallone Amy Brenneman Viggo Mortensen Dan Hedaya Jay O. Sanders Karen Young Claire Bloom Vanessa Bell Calloway Renoly Santiago Colin Fox Danielle Harris
cab driver thief police officer survivor girlfriend elderly woman thrilling melodramatic tense new jersey new york city tunnel river staircase underground leadership disaster survival trapped teamwork
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Drama
Spain|UK|USA
2003
107 Minutes
Sara Sternberg
Antonio Banderas Emma Thompson Ruben Blades Maria Canals-Barrera Leticia Dolera Kuno Becker John Wood Claire Bloom
journalist daughter husband police officer government agent actress brutal dark disheartening argentina theater farm church abduction clairvoyance police state torture search escape rescue
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Drama, History
UK|USA|Australia
2010
118 Minutes
Queen Mary
Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Guy Pearce Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Eve Best Michael Gambon
prince actor speech therapist queen elizabeth ii uplifting fascinating england royal palace royalty stuttering unlikely friendship teaching public speaking king george vi rise transformation quest 1940s
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Romance
Canada|UK
2003
96 Minutes
Onion
Bruce Greenwood Emilia Fox Edward Fox Martha Henry Jan Rubes Gary Farmer Lloyd Owen Jackie Burroughs Claire Bloom Connor Price Rebecca Jenkins
A thrice-divorced radio host and a commitment-shy art curator fall in love, but their relationship is affected by the experiences of their friends and families.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Miriam Rosenthal
Martin Landau Woody Allen Mia Farrow Alan Alda Anjelica Huston Sam Waterston Joanna Gleason Caroline Aaron Jerry Orbach Claire Bloom Stephanie Roth Haberle
director doctor producer girlfriend wife quirky amusing playful hilarious new york city adultery revenge forbidden love movie making art marriage forbidden love temptation fall rivalry
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.