List of the best Debbie Reynolds movies: The Mating Game(1959), Tammy and the Bachelor(1957), The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964), My Six Loves(1963), The Second Time Around(1961), The Tender Trap(1955), The Singing Nun(1966), The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953), This Happy Feeling(1958), Halloweentown High(2004), Halloweentown(1998), Detective Sadie and Son(1987) ... ...
Romance
Austria
1959
96 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Tony Randall Paul Douglas Fred Clark Una Merkel Philip Ober Philip Coolidge Charles Lane Trevor Bardette William Smith Addison Powell
irs officer farmer daughter wife government official reverend madcap lighthearted maryland countryside farm hotel tax evasion culture clash outsider bartering opposites attract family discovery transformation
Romance
USA
1957
89 Minutes
Tammy
Debbie Reynolds Leslie Nielsen Walter Brennan Mala Powers Sidney Blackmer Mildred Natwick Fay Wray Philip Ober Craig Hill Louise Beavers April Kent
pilot southern belle bootlegger grandfather fiancée friend airy playful charming lighthearted mississippi houseboat airplane swamp house plane crash new life family unlikely romance injury
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
128 Minutes
Molly Brown
Debbie Reynolds Harve Presnell Ed Begley Jack Kruschen Hermione Baddeley Vassili Lambrinos Fred Essler Harvey Lembeck Lauren Gilbert Kathryn Card Hayden Rorke
orphan prince wife miner husband brash touching amusing witty quirky lighthearted colorado denver hms titanic marrying for money shipwreck rags to riches gold high society husband/wife relationship
A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Romance
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Cliff Robertson David Janssen Eileen Heckart Hans Conried Alice Pearce Jim Backus
broadway star pastor orphan secretary producer housekeeper amusing emotional tender positive connecticut new york city rural community broadway theater family home celebrity family childcare show business adoption
Broadway musical star arrives home and finds six runaway children living on the property.
Comedy, Western
USA
1961
99 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Andy Griffith Steve Forrest Juliet Prowse Thelma Ritter Ken Scott Isobel Elsom Rodolfo Acosta Timothy Agoglia Carey Tom Greenway Eleanor Audley
widow mother sheriff rancher gambler criminal cheeky campy spirited new york city arizona ice cream parlor hideout new life courtship frontier life motherhood kidnapping rivalry love
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.
Comedy
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Julie Gillis
Debbie Reynolds Frank Sinatra David Wayne Celeste Holm Jarma Lewis Lola Albright Carolyn Jones Howard St. John Joey Faye Tom Helmore Willard Sage
agent best friend wife actress musician airy amusing lighthearted new york city apartment party change of lifestyle romance acting marriage love transformation 1950s
Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1966
98 Minutes
Sister Ann
Debbie Reynolds Ricardo Montalban Greer Garson Agnes Moorehead Chad Everett Katharine Ross Juanita Moore Ricky Cordell Michael Pate Tom Drake Larry D. Mann
nun priest record producer young boy heartwarming inspiring belgium convent music performance religious vows faith fame discovery transformation 1960s
Fanciful biography of the Belgian nun who briefly made the hit parade.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Bobby Van Hans Conried Lurene Tuttle Bob Fosse Barbara Ruick Hanley Stafford Charles Lane Archer MacDonald Kathleen Freeman Almira Sessions
student girlfriend roommate love interest father professor charming amusing heartwarming madcap university midwest new york city college young love disapproval long-distance relationship dance plagiarism love
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1958
92 Minutes
Janet Blake
Debbie Reynolds Curt Jurgens John Saxon Estelle Winwood Alexis Smith Mary Astor Troy Donahue Hayden Rorke Gloria Holden Alex Gerry Joe Flynn
dentist secretary actor housekeeper boss love interest airy charming playful party new york city farm connecticut love triangle may-december romance acting retirement running away horse racing love
On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
2004
82 Minutes
Aggie Cromwell
Debbie Reynolds Kimberly J. Brown Judith Hoag Joey Zimmerman Emily Roeske Finn Wittrock Lucas Grabeel Clifton Davis
teenager human monster student witch wizard amusing charming endearing playful uplifting witty school halloween party disney coming-of-age friendship witchcraft party halloween
Two witches (Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown) protect a group of students from the legendary Knights of the Iron Dagger.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
1998
90 Minutes
Aggie Cromwell
Debbie Reynolds Judith Hoag Kimberly J. Brown Joey Zimmerman Emily Roeske Robin Thomas Phillip Van Dyke Shannon Day
young girl witch family witty amusing lighthearted fictional city united states witch hunt witchcraft survival rescue family halloween fun adventure growing up love adventure 2010s
After learning she is a witch, a girl (Kimberly J. Brown) helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures.
Drama
1987
97 Minutes
Sadie
Debbie Reynolds Brian McNamara Sam Wanamaker Cynthia Dale David Ferry Robert Morelli
A Manhattan policewoman gives up early retirement for a return to the force and a partnership with her rookie son.
Comedy
1963
126 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Barry Nelson Michael Rennie Diane McBain Hiram Sherman
husband wife girlfriend actor accountant neighbor airy lighthearted engaging apartment new york city bedroom hall divorce marriage reconciliation stranded love irs audit transformation
A publisher (Barry Nelson) and his ex-wife (Debbie Reynolds) meet on business, disrupted by his buddy (Michael Rennie) and fiancee.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
101 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Shelley Winters Dennis Weaver Micheál MacLiammóir Agnes Moorehead Helene Winston Peggy Rea
parent murderer dance instructor radio host evangelist son creepy dark cheeky iowa small town hollywood, calif. dance studio trial murder case new life dancing evangelicalism friendship wretched excess
The weird mothers (Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters) of two thrill-killers move to 1930s Hollywood and open a talent school for children.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
2001
81 Minutes
Debbie Reynolds Kimberly J. Brown Judith Hoag Daniel Kountz Peter Wingfield Joey Zimmerman Emily Roeske Phillip Van Dyke
good witch magician grandmother teen girl creepy dreamy eerie gutsy fascinating town fantasy world fantasy magic enemies adventure revenge quest metamorphosis mystery pursuit
Two witches (Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown) try to stop a villain who wants to permanently transform trick-or-treaters into their costume characters.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Comedy
USA
1961
115 Minutes
Fred Astaire Debbie Reynolds Lilli Palmer Tab Hunter Gary Merrill Charles Ruggles Harold Fong Elvia Allman Edith Head
daughter father bride rancher emotional heartwarming california family dysfunction marriage father/daughter relationship absence wedding love 1960s
San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Jack Oakie Kay Medford Don Rickles Joe Bushkin Sam Butera Gerry Mulligan Marjorie Bennett Hal K. Dawson Norman Fell
musician dancer thug endearing lighthearted new york city apartment bar poverty romance struggle music city life love pursuit sacrifice 1960s
An aspiring musician who arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Judy Schneider, Judy LeRoy
Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Una Merkel Richard Anderson Allyn Joslyn Les Tremayne Noreen Corcoran Jim Backus Barbara Ruick
assistant actress heir father photographer chorus girl emotional heartwarming amusing broadway theater new york city central park office fame confidence impersonation dreams photography publishing love
Melvin, a photographer for Look magazine, meets Judy and he wants to marry her. Her father is against that and as a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue, a task easier said than done.
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Comedy
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Barbara Harmon
Dick Van Dyke Debbie Reynolds Jason Robards Jean Simmons Van Johnson Joe Flynn Shelley Berman Martin Gabel Lee Grant Tom Bosley Emmaline Henry
husband wife friend ex-wife marriage counselor car dealer witty engaging fiery los angeles nightclub house suburbia divorce marriage new love reconciliation love rivalry wretched excess
After 17 years, things have become too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Gower Champion Debbie Reynolds Marge Champion Kurt Kaszner Helen Wood Bob Fosse Richard Anderson William Ching Lurene Tuttle Larry Keating Donna Martell
singer dancer producer choreographer rival husband endearing charming airy amusing broadway theater stage apartment theater aspirations difficult decision competition musical revue rivalry rise
The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1964
117 Minutes
Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Pat Boone Joanna Barnes Ellen Burstyn Laura Devon Martin Gabel Roger C. Carmel
Womanizing Charlie is shot by an angry husband and falls in the sea. He arrives home after his memorial as a cute, amnesic woman. His old friend helps her/him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
98 Minutes
Polly Parish
Eddie Fisher Debbie Reynolds Adolphe Menjou Tommy Noonan Nita Talbot Una Merkel Melville Cooper Bill Goodwin Howard McNear Robert H. Harris Mary Treen
salesgirl business owner son baby coworker landlady hilarious frenetic heartwarming new york city department store apartment restaurant office family home maternity single mothers mistaken identity unusual romance gossip
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
Comedy
USA
1968
99 Minutes
James Garner Debbie Reynolds Maurice Ronet Terry-Thomas Paul Lynde Marcel Dalio Gino Conforti
Photographer Grif Henderson is assigned a photo shoot in Paris. He decides to take his wife Jenny and his hippie son Davey with him on the shoot. Jenny unknowingly rents a house that ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1959
119 Minutes
Holly LeMaise
Bing Crosby Debbie Reynolds Robert Wagner Ray Walston Les Tremayne Connie Gilchrist Frank McHugh Joe Besser Alena Murray Stella Stevens Nina Shipman
Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working ... See full summary »
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Suzanne Pleshette Debbie Reynolds Courteney Cox John Terlesky Doug McClure Mary Jo Catlett Leigh Lawson Jeff Olson
The birth of their daughter (Courteney Cox) and son's first baby throws hostile ex-friends (Suzanne Pleshette, Debbie Reynolds) together.
Comedy
1959
100 Minutes
Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Carl Reiner John McGiver Mabel Albertson Doro Merande Bert Freed Martin Landau Robert Ellenstein Richard Wessel
writer broadway star blackmailer district attorney bird real estate agent madcap outlandish lighthearted household television studio garden gazebo blackmail marriage murder secret plans sabotage pursuit underdog
A TV writer (Glenn Ford) kills a suspected blackmailer, then hides the body on the site of a backyard gazebo.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Jane Hurley
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds Barry Fitzgerald Rod Taylor Robert F. Simon Madge Kennedy Dorothy Stickney Carol Veazie Joan Camden Ray Stricklyn
mother daughter fiancé father uncle endearing spirited melodramatic new york city family home wedding family feud mother/daughter relationship working class discovery sacrifice 1950s
When Jane tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran, her mother Agnes, starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
104 Minutes
Maureen O'Grady
June Haver Gordon MacRae Debbie Reynolds James Barton S.Z. Sakall Gene Nelson Sean McClory Marcia Mae Jones Jane Darwell Irene Seidner Oscar O'Shea
Patricia O'Grady is the daughter of Irish Vaudeville performer, Rosie O'Grady, and is being raised along with her sisters by her father who believes the Vaudeville life contributed to his ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Carol Pace
Jane Powell Tony Martin Debbie Reynolds Walter Pidgeon Vic Damone Gene Raymond Ann Miller Russ Tamblyn J. Carrol Naish Kay Armen Richard Anderson
Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other gobs try to save his sister Susan's virtue. She wants to get a role in the show "Hit the Deck". After wrecking the producers hotel suite, they land ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Minerva Mulvain
Jane Powell Edmund Purdom Debbie Reynolds Nancy Kilgas Dolores Starr Jane Fischer Cecile Rogers Vic Damone Louis Calhern Evelyn Varden Linda Christian
lawyer friend fiancée health nut sister grandfather winsome quirky cheery spirited family home apartment california opposites attract political campaign health bodybuilding eccentricity culture clash transformation
Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.
Comedy, Romance
USA
1998
91 Minutes
Beulah Blanton
Brittany Murphy Thomas Jane Michael Jeter Debbie Reynolds Sean Patrick Flanery Kathy Najimy Eric Peterson Rick Johnson John Ducey Jeff Olson Carol Mansell
Two young adults who are coping with the deaths of their partners try to move forward with their lives and start a relationship with each other.
Kids & Family, Comedy
2006
96 Minutes
Agatha Cromwell
Sara Paxton Lucas Grabeel Joey Zimmerman Judith Hoag Debbie Reynolds Kristy Wu Summer Bishil Leslie Wing-Pomeroy
witch young girl student friend love interest teacher amusing playful positive charming emotional heartwarming united states college classroom witchcraft disney coming-of-age friendship relationships
Action, Comedy
USA
2012
91 Minutes
Grandma Mazur
Katherine Heigl Jason O'Mara Daniel Sunjata John Alberto Leguizamo Sherri Shepherd Debbie Reynolds Nate Mooney Ryan Michelle Bathe Debra Monk Adam Paul Fisher Stevens
divorcée bail bondsman cousin high-school sweetheart criminal grandmother airy amusing madcap thrilling outlandish new jersey apartment street office alley home second chance unemployment fugitives
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Gwen
Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Marjorie Main Barry Sullivan Cedric Hardwicke Debbie Reynolds Ann Codee Giacomo Spadoni Chick Chandler Joseph Vitale
actress prince prime minister landlady niece love interest tender moving italy hotel california world war ii romance political coup exile reunion royalty love sacrifice 1950s
A beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent prince
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Melba Robinson
Jane Powell Ricardo Montalban Louis Calhern Ann Harding Phyllis Kirk Carleton Carpenter Debbie Reynolds
daughter father mother teen boy cuban best friend playful charming uplifting resort beach restaurant canoe dance floor adolescence romance family friendship father/daughter relationship singing
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
USA
2013
118 Minutes
Frances
Michael Douglas Matt Damon Dan Aykroyd Scott Bakula Rob Lowe Bruce Ramsay Cheyenne Jackson Debbie Reynolds Eric Zuckerman Eddie Jemison Paul Reiser
eccentric pianist engaging amusing las vegas backstage 1970s fame love 19th century
A chronicle of the tempestuous six-year romance between megastar singer Liberace and his young lover Scott Thorson.
Western
USA
1962
164 Minutes
Carroll Baker Richard Thorpe Henry Hathaway Lee J. Cobb Henry Fonda Carolyn Jones Karl Malden Gregory Peck George Peppard Robert Preston
gambler fur trapper singer frontiersman captain lieutenant striking rousing moving wild west san francisco st. louis new york state gold rush american civil war native people rebellion family family history adventure
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Musical
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Helen Kane
Fred Astaire Vera-Ellen Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Keenan Wynn Gale Robbins Gloria DeHaven Harry Shannon Debbie Reynolds Paul Harvey Carleton Carpenter
songwriter dancer wife entertainer nightclub owner cheery witty theater new york city backstage partnership friendship songwriting performance disaster second chance adventure rivalry love transformation
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Documentary
2008
94 Minutes
Johanna Blakley Eddie Bockser Leo Braudy Angie Dickinson Roy Edward Disney Stephen Farber Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Robert Greenwald Lita Heller Dennis Hopper Tab Hunter