List of the best Gary Cooper movies: High Noon(1952), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936), Ball of Fire(1941), Sergeant York(1941), The Pride of the Yankees(1942), Beau Geste(1939), Friendly Persuasion(1956), The Westerner(1940), Peter Ibbetson(1935), Man of the West(1958), The Fountainhead(1949), Vera Cruz(1954) ... ...
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Gary Cooper Grace Kelly Katy Jurado Thomas Mitchell Lloyd Bridges Otto Kruger Lon Chaney Harry Morgan Lee Van Cleef Robert Wilke Sheb Wooley
marshal wife criminal brother storekeeper deputy brooding gripping new mexico small town showdown justice pacifism quest revenge 19th century
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Comedy
USA
1941
111 Minutes
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Dana Andrews Oscar Homolka Dan Duryea S.Z. Sakall Richard Haydn Henry Travers Tully Marshall Gene Krupa
professor burlesque dancer mobster police officers garbage collector hysterical cheeky sultry thrilling library nightclub house new york city church love language crime class distinctions forbidden love rivalry
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
War
USA
1941
134 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Joan Leslie George Tobias Stanley Ridges Margaret Wycherly Ward Bond Noah Beery Jr. June Lockhart Dickie Moore Clem Bevans
war hero military officer mother pastor girlfriend marksman endearing patriotic inspiring small town army base battlefield france tennessee war the bible pacifism murder sacrifice rise
A marksman is drafted in World War I and ends up becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Biography
USA
1942
127 Minutes
Gary Cooper Teresa Wright Walter Brennan Dan Duryea Ludwig Stossel Addison Richards Hardie Albright
lou gehrig babe ruth baseball player wife reporter emotional inspiring moving touching new york city baseball field aspirations baseball illness discovery rise love 1940s
The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
Adventure
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward J. Carrol Naish Albert Van Dekker Broderick Crawford Charles Barton James Stephenson Heather Thatcher
brother soldier sergeant mercenary suspenseful inspiring england desert robbery war escape mutiny money escape adventure rise fall rivalry 1930s
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Drama
USA
1956
139 Minutes
Gary Cooper Dorothy McGuire Anthony Perkins Marjorie Main Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Phyllis Love Peter Mark Richman
father mother son daughter quaker endearing emotional indiana armed conflict family religion forbidden love discovery forbidden love 1860s
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
Romance, Western, Drama
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone Forrest Tucker Chill Wills Dana Andrews Tom Tyler Lilian Bond
judge drifter homesteader actress offbeat melodramatic gutsy amusing bar ranch theater texas frontier justice theft showdown revenge 1880s
Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders.
Fantasy
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ann Harding John Halliday Ida Lupino Douglas Dumbrille Virginia Weidler Dickie Moore Doris Lloyd Gilbert Emery Donald Meek Christian Rub
architect duchess duke employee best friend love interest dreamy passionate powerful paris england stable dining room prison romance dreams jealousy death prison second chance
A Victorian-era architect, commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables, falls in love with the Duchess.
Western
USA
1958
100 Minutes
Link Jones
Gary Cooper Julie London Lee J. Cobb Arthur O'Connell Jack Lord John Dehner Royal Dano
outlaw saloon girl con artist reformed criminal uncle thrilling gripping rousing texas train farm reform train robbery family retribution revenge rescue adventure 19th century
A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Howard Roark
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Western
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Denise Darcel Cesar Romero George Macready Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson Sarita Montiel
countess veteran gunslinger outlaw secret agent emperor gritty tense thrilling mexico small town desert unlikely allies gold teamwork rebellion greed betrayal quest rivalry
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
82 Minutes
Gary Cooper Sylvia Sidney Paul Lukas Guy Kibbee William "Stage" Boyd Wynne Gibson Betty Sinclair Stanley Fields Terry Carroll Edward LeSaint Robert Homans
Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.
Romance
USA
1930
90 Minutes
Légionnaire Tom Brown
Gary Cooper Marlene Dietrich Adolphe Menjou Ullrich Haupt Eve Southern Francis Macdonald Paul Porcasi Emile Chautard
singer wealthy man legionnaire club owner woman somber sultry intense ship morocco club apartment street desert devotion unrequited love singing military life dangerous assignment love triangle
A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
Western
USA
1959
106 Minutes
Gary Cooper Maria Schell Karl Malden Ben Piazza George C. Scott Karl Swenson Virginia Gregg John Dierkes King Donovan Slim Talbot Guy Wilkerson
doctor immigrant townsperson partner criminal servant dark somber engaging mining camp tree house montana wild west starting over love interest murder the past rescue old west
Character study of a Doctor who saves a local criminal from a mob who are trying to hang him, but then tries to control the life of the young man, realizing that he can exploit his secret.
Adventure
USA
1947
146 Minutes
Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Henry Wilcoxon C. Aubrey Smith Victor Varconi Virginia Grey
captain slave trader heroine slave native american friend tense spirited confident rousing colony north america pittsburgh fort river conspiracy slave trade colonialism land wars raids
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
USA
1943
170 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Katina Paxinou Akim Tamiroff Arturo de Cordova Joseph Calleia Vladimir Sokoloff Mikhail Rasumny Fortunio Bonanova Eric Feldary Victor Varconi
soldier guerrilla fighter love interest engaging emotional gripping spain mountain romance war historical events adventure sacrifice love 1930s
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
Western
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur Jimmy Ellison Charles Bickford Porter Hall Victor Varconi Helen Burgess John Miljan George "Gabby" Hayes Paul Harvey Frank McGlynn
military officer cowboy indian buffalo bill tense thrilling american west battle cowboys native people adventure sacrifice 1870s
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Adventure
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
Gary Cooper Charlton Heston Michael Redgrave Emlyn Williams Cecil Parker Alexander Knox Virginia McKenna Richard Harris
ship captain lawyer shipmate daughter emotional suspenseful ship shipwreck courtroom high seas english channel seafaring deception schemes trial sabotage mystery discovery 1950s
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Lt. Alan McGregor
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1955
100 Minutes
Gary Cooper Charles Bickford Ralph Bellamy Rod Steiger Elizabeth Montgomery Fred Clark James Daly Jack Lord Peter Graves Darren McGavin Robert F. Simon
colonel general congressman major lawyer tense inspiring gripping rousing courtroom law office washington, d.c. military base billy mitchell court-martial trial aviation rebellion military incompetence rivalry
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
Western
USA
1952
93 Minutes
Gary Cooper Phyllis Thaxter David Brian Paul Kelly Philip Carey Lon Chaney James Millican Martin Milner Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Jerry O'Sullivan James Brown
major wife son traitor thief confederate soldier intense rousing melodramatic colorado military base mountain saloon ranch battlefield american civil war secret mission treason horse thieves impersonation
Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.
Adventure
USA
1954
100 Minutes
Gary Cooper Susan Hayward Richard Widmark Hugh Marlowe Cameron Mitchell Rita Moreno Víctor Manuel Manuel Mendoza Fernando Wagner
gunslinger pretty woman husband engaging mexico showdown dangerous assignment adventure rescue quest 19th century
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in Apache territory.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1961
99 Minutes
George Radcliffe
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
106 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lilli Palmer Robert Alda Vladimir Sokoloff J. Edward Bromberg Marjorie Hoshelle Ludwig Stossel Helene Thimig Dan Seymour Marc Lawrence James Flavin
traitor secret agent undercover agent boy spy imaginary friend airplane switzerland escape pursuit escape rescue
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
Romance
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Gary Cooper Merle Oberon Walter Brennan Patsy Kelly Fuzzy Knight Mabel Todd Henry Kolker Harry Davenport Emma Dunn Walter Walker Berton Churchill
wealthy girl father maid cowboy best friend lighthearted tender charming city household bar palm beach, fla. montana wealth father/daughter relationship impersonation deception elopement romance love
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
War
USA
1949
116 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jane Wyatt Walter Brennan Wayne Morris Julie London Herman Brix Jack Holt Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Richard Rober Art Baker
admiral naval officer friend navy pilot diplomat wife fascinating intense patriotic aircraft carrier airplane south pacific naval base world war ii aircraft carriers military navy redemption pearl harbor transformation
As he is retiring, Jonathon Scott reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.
Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Dr. Lucius Griffith "Biff" Grimes
Gary Cooper Fay Wray Neil Hamilton Frances Fuller Roscoe Karns Jane Darwell Sam Hardy Harry Schultz Jimmy Burtis A.S. "Pop" Byron Jack Clifford
dentist wife friend sweetheart husband amusing brash melodramatic small town dentist's office park office prison small-town life jealousy marriage elopement unrequited love the past rivalry
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.
Adventure
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff Dudley Digges Porter Hall William Frawley J.M. Kerrigan Philip Ahn Lee Tung Foo
soldier of fortune war lord american woman general father gun runner tense brutal engaging thrilling china train shanghai war guns money father/daughter relationship love greed rivalry
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
Drama, History
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Flora Robson Jerry Austin John Warburton Florence Bates Curt Bois John Abbott Ethel Griffies Marla Shelton Helen Freeman
gambler aristocrat businessman socialite pretty woman dwarf melodramatic mushy new orleans new york state hotel docks restaurant romance gambling class conflict secret blackmail revenge love
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Western
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Gary Cooper Mari Aldon Richard Webb Ray Teal Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Barrat Clancy Cooper Dan White Mel Archer Angelita McCall Lee Roberts
american soldier native american native american chief settler enemy lieutenant brooding dense gripping intense engaging florida everglades battlefield territorial disputes native people land dispute battle rescue mission
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
Comedy
USA
1948
113 Minutes
Gary Cooper Ann Sheridan Ray Collins Edmund Lowe Joan Lorring Clinton Sundberg Minerva Urecal Louise Beavers Dick Ross Lora Lee Michel Matt Moore
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
Adventure
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Jeff Dawson
Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck Anthony Quinn Ruth Roman Ward Bond Ian MacDonald Richard Karlan Juan Garcia
oil driller bandit couple former lover partner bleak brash melodramatic gritty south america oil field love triangle oil bandits extortion adventure forbidden love temptation underdog 20th century
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise money.
Romance
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Gary Cooper Roberta Haynes Barry Jones Moira MacDonald John Hudson Mamea Matatumua Ezra Williams George Miedeske Donald Ashford
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
Western
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Gary Cooper Lili Damita Ernest Torrence Fred Kohler Tully Marshall Eugene Pallette Roy Stewart May Boley Jim Farley James Marcus
outlaw frenchwoman orphan trail guide settler native american thrilling spirited emotional frontier missouri jail rocky mountains california journey unusual romance helping others assumed identity schemes survival
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Drama, History
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Gary Cooper Sigrid Gurie Basil Rathbone George Barbier Binnie Barnes Ernest Truex Alan Hale
explorer princess emperor adviser assistant spirited melodramatic peking palace china marco polo expedition travel romance shipwreck discovery love adventure 13th century
Adventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
Comedy
1951
93 Minutes
Lt. John W. Harkness
Gary Cooper Jane Greer Millard Mitchell Eddie Albert John McIntire Ray Collins Harry von Zell Jack Webb Richard Erdman Harvey Lembeck Henry Slate
lieutenant commander naval officer wife rear admiral boxer amusing lighthearted engaging patriotic submarine naval base virginia navy seafaring misfits world war ii technology group dynamics underdog
A new Navy officer (Gary Cooper) leads recruits on an untested steam-powered patrol boat dubbed the USS Teakettle.
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Fredric March Gary Cooper Miriam Hopkins Edward Everett Horton Franklin Pangborn Isabel Jewell Wyndham Standing Harry Dunkinson Helena Phillips Evans James Donlan Vernon Steele
artist playwright american boss husband love interest cheeky madcap playful paris apartment london new york city office roommates jealousy romantic dilemma love triangle sex competition
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton David Niven Elizabeth Patterson Herman Bing Warren Hymer
millionaire young woman father marquis best friend husband charming lighthearted french riviera hotel shop family home marriage wealth divorce love transformation 1930s
After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.
Romance
USA
1957
130 Minutes
Frank Flannagan
Audrey Hepburn Gary Cooper Maurice Chevalier Van Doude John McGiver Lise Bourdin Audrey Wilder Paul Bonifas
private investigator musician millionaire playboy witty charming paris hotel train station opera house jealousy romance may-december romance lying love discovery 1950s
A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.
Romance
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Helen Hayes Gary Cooper Adolphe Menjou Mary Philips Jack LaRue Blanche Frederici Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery
ambulance driver nurse commanding officer soldier emotional gripping italy battlefield hospital switzerland world war i horrors of war love triangle love transformation 1910s
An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Drama
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Lieutenant Sempter
Tallulah Bankhead Gary Cooper Charles Laughton Cary Grant Paul Porcasi Juliette Compton Henry Kolker Dorothy Christy Arthur Hoyt Gordon Westcott
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
War
USA
1933
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Louise Closser Hale Rollo Lloyd Hilda Vaughn Robert Young
aristocrat neighbor brother soldier american pilot powerful moving patriotic tender kent, england estate france military hospital world war i love triangle home front heroism engagement promises
During WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.
War, Drama, History
1927
139 Minutes
Cadet White
Clara Bow Charles Rogers Richard Arlen Jobyna Ralston Gary Cooper El Brendel Arlette Marchal Richard Tucker Julia Swayne Gordon Henry B. Walthall George Irving
pilot cadet friend love interest volunteer military officer rousing suspenseful emotional paris small town air force base airplane world war i friendly fire friendship patriotism duty horrors of war adventure
Two World War I pilots (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen) woo a young woman (Clara Bow) and fight the Germans.
Drama, Romance, Western
USA
1926
89 Minutes
Abe Lee
Ronald Colman Vilma Banky Charles Lane Paul McAllister E.J. Ratcliffe Gary Cooper Clyde Cook Erwin Connelly Sam Blum Ed Brady Fred Esmelton
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
93 Minutes
Mary Hatcher Olga San Juan DeForest Kelley Bing Crosby Bob Hope Gary Cooper Ray Milland Alan Ladd Barbara Stanwyck Paulette Goddard Dorothy Lamour
Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.