List of the best Deborah Kerr movies: Black Narcissus(1947), The King and I(1956), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison(1957), The Chalk Garden(1964), Tea and Sympathy(1956), Bonjour Tristesse(1958), King Solomon's Mines(1950), The End of the Affair(1955), The Assam Garden(1985), Eye of the Devil(1967), Prudence and the Pill(1968), The Adventuress(1946) ... ...
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
100 Minutes
Sister Clodagh
Deborah Kerr Emeric Pressburger Sabu David Farrar Flora Robson Jean Simmons Esmond Knight Kathleen Byron Jenny Laird Judith Furse May Hallatt
sister nun government official native general young girl intense passionate brooding dreamy himalayas palace school hospital religious beliefs mysterious past obsession unusual behavior missionary work cultural differences
A group of nuns struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, while isolation, extreme weather, altitude, and culture clashes all conspire to drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad.
Musical
USA
1956
133 Minutes
Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner Rita Moreno Martin Benson Terry Saunders Rex Thompson Carlos Rivas Patrick Adiarte
governess king child slave wife son moving uplifting charming spectacular thailand royal court palace siam king mongkut anna leonowens slavery royal life culture clash sacrifice
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
Adventure, Drama, Action, War
USA
1957
107 Minutes
Sister Angela
nun marines enemy emotional suspenseful island japan cave romance survival friendship escape world war ii rescue transformation love 1940s
During World War II, an American marine and an Irish nun form an unlikely friendship after being stranded on a South Pacific island. They find comfort in one another as the two hope for a rescue.
Drama
UK|USA
1964
106 Minutes
Miss Madrigal
Deborah Kerr Hayley Mills John Mills Edith Evans Felix Aylmer Elizabeth Sellars Lally Bowers Tonie MacMillan
wealthy woman ex-convict governess granddaughter butler judge disturbing emotional engaging family home england secret past troubled youth gardening gossip second chance discovery rivalry transformation 1960s
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed and spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice, as an example of love, and grows into a better person.
Drama
USA
1956
122 Minutes
Laura Reynolds
Deborah Kerr John Kerr Leif Erickson Edward Andrews Darryl Hickman Norma Crane Dean Jones Jacqueline de Wit Tom Laughlin Ralph Votrian Steve Terrell
student teacher wife father tramp melodramatic emotional prep school homosexuality infidelity friendship bullying love growing up discovery forbidden love 1950s
A new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself harassed by the machismo culture of his classmates and the unfeelingly behavior by his father, only being treated with decency by his roommate and with affection by the coach's wife.
Drama
UK|USA
1958
94 Minutes
Anne Larson
Deborah Kerr David Niven Jean Seberg Mylène Demongeot Geoffrey Horne Walter Chiari Martita Hunt Jean Kent David Oxley Elga Andersen Jeremy Burnham
adulterer playboy party girl mistress widower daughter brooding emotional french riviera loss grief sex jealousy love rivalry 1960s
Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.
Adventure, Romance, Action
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Elizabeth Curtis
Deborah Kerr Compton Bennett Stewart Granger Richard Carlson Hugo Haas Lowell Gilmore John Banner Henry Rowland
explorer wife fugitive tribal leader thrilling emotional africa mountain desert exploration guilt wild animals romance treasure missing persons pursuit rescue 1950s
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Drama
UK|USA
1955
106 Minutes
Sarah Miles
Deborah Kerr Van Johnson John Mills Peter Cushing Michael Goodliffe Stephen Murray Charles Goldner Nora Swinburne
writer wife priest detective lover husband melodramatic suspenseful family home inn apartment london adultery god love triangle world war ii disillusionment bombing forbidden love sacrifice
In WW2 London, a writer falls in-love with the wife of a British civil servant but both men suspect her of infidelity with yet another man.
Drama
UK
1985
92 Minutes
Helen
Deborah Kerr Madhur Jaffrey Alec McCowen Zia Mohyeddin Anton Lesser Iain Cuthbertson Tara Shaw Dev Sagoo
An Englishwoman and her Indian neighbor bond while fixing up her Imperial-style garden. Meanwhile, present day concerns and painful memories intrude.
Horror
UK
1967
92 Minutes
Catherine de Montfaucon
Deborah Kerr David Niven Donald Pleasence Edward Mulhare Flora Robson Sharon Tate Emlyn Williams David Hemmings John Le Mesurier Suky Appleby Donald Bisset
Workers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.
Comedy
UK
1968
92 Minutes
Prudence Hardcastle
Deborah Kerr Ronald Neame David Niven Robert Coote Irina Demick Joyce Redman Judy Geeson Keith Michell
The conflicting and comical attempts by a wealthy London banker and his mistress, together with four other couples, to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1946
96 Minutes
Bridie Quilty
Deborah Kerr Trevor Howard Raymond Huntley Liam Redmond Harry Webster
spy nazi lieutenant irishwoman gutsy crafty melodramatic patriotic suspenseful ireland dublin northern ireland world war ii nationalism espionage romance love rescue escape pursuit
A British agent (Trevor Howard) follows a young Irishwoman (Deborah Kerr) duped by a Nazi spy (Raymond Huntley).
Drama
1941
99 Minutes
Sally
Deborah Kerr Clifford Evans Mary Merrall George Carney Geoffrey Hibbert Joyce Howard Frank Cellier Peter Gawthorne Martin Walker Iris Vandeleur
unemployed person young woman mistress wealthy man engaging united kingdom small town unemployment economic crisis mistresses family rise 1940s
A young Englishwoman (Deborah Kerr) tragically loves an out-of-work laborer (Clifford Evans) in a depressed mill town.
Romance
USA
1957
115 Minutes
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?
Adventure
USA
1952
100 Minutes
Princess Flavia
Stewart Granger Deborah Kerr James Mason Jane Greer Louis Calhern Lewis Stone Robert Douglas Robert Coote
prince princess brother fiancée king impersonator suspenseful engaging thrilling ruritania palace royal life conspiracy kidnapping identity deception adventure mystery escape 19th century
An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Catherine Wilson
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1961
99 Minutes
Gary Cooper Deborah Kerr Eric Portman Diane Cilento Hermione Gingold Peter Cushing Michael Wilding Ronald Howard Ray McAnally Sandor Eles Wilfrid Lawson
suspect employee business partner wife blackmailer husband engaging suspenseful office courtroom household blackmail murder case husband/wife relationship investigation false accusations quest mystery 1960s
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Comedy
UK
1960
105 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1969
110 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Gene Hackman Scott Wilson William Windom Bonnie Bedelia
skydiver rookie aunt uncle love interest performer engaging gripping intense melodramatic kansas small town family home airplane unlikely romance marital problems affair performance skydiving love
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
Action
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boyer Corinne Calvet Cecil Kellaway Mark Cavell John Abbott Philip Bourneuf John Williams Charles Lung Leonard Carey
arms dealer warlord adventurer maharajah brash confident gripping thrilling india palace revolution weapons adventure escape 20th century
In 1947, in an independent India, Europeans are scrambling to evacuate Ghandahar which is besieged by a local warlord but sought-after by an American arms dealer.
Romance
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Walter Pidgeon Deborah Kerr Angela Lansbury Binnie Barnes Janet Leigh Dame May Whitty Rene Ray Virginia Kelley Reginald Owen John Abbott Rhys Williams
writer wife widow pregnant woman townsperson ex-lover melodramatic powerful touching small town england publishing house front lines house small-town life world war ii scandal rumors suicide false accusations
It's 1939 in the small English town of Penny Green, and events in Poland are about to change lives. Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), a writer of school text books, has married Mabel (Dame ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1956
111 Minutes
widow officer love interest red cross leader patient volunteer melodramatic unrestrained new caledonia hospital military base inn cliff guadalcanal world war ii romance deception nursing marriage attempted suicide
In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
Biography
USA
1959
123 Minutes
Sheilah Graham
Gregory Peck Deborah Kerr Eddie Albert Philip Ober Herbert Rudley John Sutton Karin Booth Ken Scott
author columnist editor actress producer doctor melodramatic passionate england new york city los angeles movie studio apartment chicago f. scott fitzgerald writing alcoholism sheilah graham fame hollywood
Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.
Romance
USA
1953
101 Minutes
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, Drama
USA
1965
109 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Deborah Kerr Dean Martin Cesar Romero Hermione Baddeley Tony Bill John McGiver Nancy Sinatra Davey Davison Michael Petit Joi Lansing
ad executive businessman wife lighthearted mexico wedding divorce holidays mishaps rivalry
A businessman's neglected wife divorces her husband by mistake and marries his best friend by accident.
Biography
UK
1941
79 Minutes
Gulielma Maria Springett
Clifford Evans Deborah Kerr Dennis Arundell Aubrey Mallalieu D.J. Williams O.B. Clarence James Harcourt Charles Carson Henry Oscar Max Adrian John Stuart
king charles ii admiral quaker wife military officer explorer somber spirited powerful london royal court pennsylvania countryside england united states william penn religious persecution colonization father/son relationship religious conversion
William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."
Romance
1985
113 Minutes
Sally Wells Grant
Robert Mitchum Deborah Kerr Red Buttons Judi Trott Barry Morse Shane Rimmer Don Fellows Manning Redwood
An Air Force hero (Robert Mitchum) returns to England and finds the woman (Deborah Kerr) he loved and lost 40 years before.
Drama, War
1942
99 Minutes
Ralph Richardson Deborah Kerr Hugh Williams Griffith Jones Francis L. Sullivan Roland Culver Finlay Currie Niall MacGinnis
journalist british man german woman daughter thrilling suspenseful emotional intense germany norway ship world war ii german occupation secrets romance danger rivalry love pursuit
An English journalist (Hugh Williams) and a Norwegian fisherman's daughter (Deborah Kerr) guide RAF bombers to a U-boat base.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1982
96 Minutes
lawyer nurse defendant wife prosecutor suspenseful witty court office trial love-hate relationship betrayal love triangle murder case mystery revenge rivalry forbidden love 1980s
An aging London barrister (Ralph Richardson), aided by his nurse (Deborah Kerr), defends an American (Beau Bridges) for murder.
Romance, War, Drama
1943
163 Minutes
Edith Hunter, Barbara Wynne, Johnny Cannon
Emeric Pressburger Roger Livesey Deborah Kerr Anton Walbrook John Laurie James McKechnie Neville Mapp
soldier major general teacher nurse nazi gripping melodramatic witty england pow camp south africa germany love friendship war aging military love transformation sacrifice
A Boer War subaltern (Roger Livesey) becomes a World War II colonel, with three lovers (Deborah Kerr) along the way.
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Evelyn Boult
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.
Drama, History
1941
105 Minutes
A 19th-century Scottish hatmaker (Robert Newton) kicks his daughter (Deborah Kerr) out of his mansion because she loves a doctor (James Mason).
Drama
USA
1953
118 Minutes
Karen Holmes
Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Philip Ober Jack Warden Mickey Shaughnessy Harry Bellaver George Reeves
soldier sergeant military officer victim wife passionate powerful sad barracks honolulu beach military injustice love adultery forbidden love underdog sacrifice 1940s
In Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1964
125 Minutes
Hannah Jelkes
Richard Burton Ava Gardner Deborah Kerr Sue Lyon James Ward Grayson Hall Cyril Delevanti Mary Boylan Gladys Hill Billie Matticks Emilio Fernandes
tour guide widow artist underage girl bus driver guardian dark fiery mexico hotel bus lust seduction alcoholism breakdown religion fall temptation 1960s
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
Drama
USA
1958
99 Minutes
Sibyl Railton-Bell
David Niven Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Rita Hayworth Wendy Hiller Gladys Cooper Cathleen Nesbitt Felix Aylmer Rod Taylor Audrey Dalton May Hallatt
manager retiree major general ex-wife ex-husband daughter tender endearing intricate melodramatic england seaside hotel secret vacation loneliness love relationships discovery love
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Catherine Parr
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Drama, History
USA
1953
121 Minutes
Portia
Marlon Brando James Mason John Gielgud Louis Calhern Edmond O'Brien Greer Garson Deborah Kerr George Macready Michael Pate Richard Hale Alan Napier
brutus mark antony julius caesar assassin emotional fiery passionate patriotic ancient rome assassination politics war fall revenge ancient rome
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Comedy
UK
1941
135 Minutes
Jenny Hill
Wendy Hiller Rex Harrison Robert Morley Robert Newton Emlyn Williams Sybil Thorndike Deborah Kerr David Tree Stanley Holloway
industrialist daughter boyfriend preacher witty engaging england factory social change wealth disillusionment family poverty social standing discovery quest growing up 1940s
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Agent Mimi, Lady Fiona McTarry
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.