List of the best Jean Negulesco movies: Johnny Belinda(1948), O. Henry's Full House(1952), Road House(1948), Humoresque(1946), The Mask of Dimitrios(1944), Nobody Lives Forever(1946), The Mudlark(1951), Three Strangers(1946), Phone Call From a Stranger(1952), Titanic(1953), Deep Valley(1947), How to Marry a Millionaire(1953) ... ...
Drama
USA
1948
102 Minutes
Director
Jane Wyman Lew Ayres Charles Bickford Jan Sterling Agnes Moorehead Stephen McNally
deaf person pretty woman doctor father aunt rapist emotional passionate canada cape breton island farm deafness romance false accusations rape family dysfunction pregnancy love underdog 1940s
A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.
Drama
USA
1952
117 Minutes
Director
Henry King Henry Hathaway Fred Allen Anne Baxter Charles Laughton Jeanne Crain Farley Granger Oscar Levant Jean Peters
kidnapper criminal abductee husband wife dying person charming amusing united states kidnapping ransom illness christmas husband/wife relationship adventure discovery 1950s
John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Ida Lupino Cornel Wilde Richard Widmark Celeste Holm O.Z. Whitehead Robert Karnes George Andre Beranger Ian MacDonald Grandon Rhodes Marion Marshall
manager singer cashier owner bartender best friend dark melodramatic nightclub bowling alley country road border love triangle infatuation framed jealousy schemes pursuit escape 1940s
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Drama
USA
1946
125 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford John Garfield Oscar Levant J. Carrol Naish Craig Stevens Tom D'Andrea Peggy Knudsen Paul Cavanagh
benefactor violinist husband pianist emotional melodramatic raw stage new york city obsessive love music alcoholism wealth poverty forbidden love rise temptation 1940s
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Director
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Romance
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Director
John Garfield Geraldine Fitzgerald Walter Brennan Faye Emerson George Coulouris George Tobias
con artist ex-girlfriend criminal widow partner soldier emotional cool new york city california hideout pier con game romance one last job crime forbidden love escape 1940s
Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.
Drama
UK|USA
1951
99 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Alec Guinness Andrew Ray Finlay Currie Beatrice Campbell Anthony Steel Raymond Lovell Marjorie Fielding Ronan O'Casey Edward Rigby
In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria, which he thinks so beautiful, he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Director
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
Drama
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Director
Gary Merrill Bette Davis Shelley Winters Michael Rennie Keenan Wynn Evelyn Varden Warren Stevens Beatrice Straight Ted Donaldson Craig Stevens Helen Westcott
lawyer actress doctor salesman wife moving engaging sad powerful iowa airport accidental death plane crash friendship commitment surprise visit discovery transformation 1950s
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
Drama
USA
1953
97 Minutes
Director
Clifton Webb Barbara Stanwyck Robert Wagner Audrey Dalton Thelma Ritter Brian Aherne Richard Basehart Allyn Joslyn James Todd William Johnstone Charles B. Fitzsimons
husband wife captain son daughter socialite melodramatic moving sad cruise ship shipwreck failed romance divorce family dysfunction illegitimate child hms titanic escape love 1910s
An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the ill-fated ship.
Drama
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Director
Ida Lupino Dane Clark Wayne Morris Fay Bainter Henry Hull Willard Robertson Rory Mallinson Jack Mower Harry Strang Eddie Dunn Ralph Dunn
A farm girl falls in-love with a chain-gang convict working at a nearby highway construction site and sets-out to help him when he escapes.
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Director
Marilyn Monroe Lauren Bacall Betty Grable David Wayne Cameron Mitchell William Powell Rory Calhoun Alex D'Arcy Fred Clark
model millionaire businessman widower fortune hunter amusing charming playful new york city apartment romance wealth wedding may-december romance love quest 1950s
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Musical, Romance
USA
1955
126 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Leslie Caron Terry Moore Thelma Ritter Fred Clark Charlotte Austin Larry Keating Kathryn Givney Kelly Brown Sara Shane Numa Lapeyre
millionaire orphan secretary lighthearted cheery winsome france paris new york city boarding school wealth may-december romance secret philanthropy discovery love 1950s
A wealthy American has a chance encounter with a joyful young French woman, and anonymously pays for her education. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor, nicknaming him from the description given by some of her fellow orphans.
Drama
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Louis Jourdan Hope Lange Suzy Parker Stephen Boyd Diane Baker
secretary editor director boyfriend melodramatic rousing spirited disheartening new york city office love ambition heartbreak friendship corporate office life love fall sacrifice rise 1950s
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.
Drama
USA
1944
101 Minutes
Director
Hedy Lamarr Paul Henreid Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Victor Francen Joseph Calleia Carol Thurston Vladimir Sokoloff Edward Ciannelli Steven Geray Kurt Katch
During WW2, in neutral Portugal, a Dutch resistance fighter is attempting to find passage to England while trying to avoid Nazi spies and Portuguese policemen.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Director
Jean Peters Jeffrey Hunter Walter Brennan Constance Smith Tom Tully Harry Shannon Will Wright Jack Elam Harry Carter
fugitive hunter daughter criminal fiancée tense thrilling okefenokee swamp georgia wilderness survival false accusations hunting unlikely romance redemption wilderness transformation escape discovery adventure
In a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.
Romance
USA
1954
102 Minutes
Director
Clifton Webb Dorothy McGuire Jean Peters Louis Jourdan Maggie McNamara Rossano Brazzi Howard St. John Kathryn Givney Cathleen Nesbitt Alberto Morin
secretary young woman roommate prince translator boss engaging emotional dreamy rome apartment office trevi fountain americans abroad romance wishes engagement employment forbidden love love
Three American women working in Rome, Italy, share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance.
Adventure
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Director
Dale Robertson Anne Francis Charles Korvin William Marshall Luis Van Rooten Adeline de Walt Reynolds
In 1802, during Haiti's struggle for independence from Napoleonic France, an American lawyer seeks a client's daughter living on the revolution-torn island.
Drama
UK
1949
91 Minutes
Director
Dana Andrews Maureen O'Hara Sybil Thorndike Wilfrid Hyde-White Fay Compton A.E. Matthews Diane Hart Anne Butchart
wife artist lawyer neighbor mother father melodramatic touching mushy london theater apartment staircase england class distinctions unlikely romance accidental death poverty blackmail alcoholism
A rich woman in Victorian England marries a poor artist from the wrong side of the track, and finds herself the victim of a blackmailing plot.
Adventure
USA
1957
111 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Sophia Loren Clifton Webb Jorge Mistral Laurence Naismith Alexis Minotis Piero Giagnoni Charles Fawcett Gertrude Flynn Charlotte Terrabust Margaret Stahl
diver boyfriend archaeologist art collector melodramatic engaging greece island underwater love triangle shipwreck treasure betrayal discovery pursuit 1950s
A woman finds a treasure and is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it and one who wants to gift it to Greece.
Drama
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Director
Lana Turner Richard Burton Fred MacMurray Joan Caulfield Michael Rennie Eugenie Leontovich Gladys Hurlbut Madge Kennedy Carlo Rizzo Beatrice Kraft
lady husband doctor former lover maharani thrilling melodramatic passionate india small town earthquakes flooding unhappy marriage seduction affair forbidden love adventure rescue sacrifice 1950s
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
Adventure
Iran|USA
1970
96 Minutes
Director
Stuart Whitman Elke Sommer Curt Jurgens Ian Ogilvy Behrooz Vosugi Lon Sutton Isarco Ravaioli James Mitchum Anoush Artin Warrene Ott
In 1970s Iran, a motley group of international thieves saves an Iranian village from murderous local bandits.
Romance
USA
1964
107 Minutes
Director
Ann-Margret Anthony Franciosa Carol Lynley Gardner McKay Pamela Tiffin Andre Lawrence Gene Tierney Brian Keith Vito Scotti Isobel Elsom Maurice Marsac
student singer secretary reporter playboy doctor amusing frenetic campy madrid newsroom hotel england party tourism travel love triangle marriage dating love
Three American lovelies room together in Madrid and all manage to get themselves into seemingly unhappy relationships with fellows.
Comedy
UK
1970
107 Minutes
Director
Michael Crawford Curt Jurgens Genevieve Gilles Ira Furstenberg Lon Satton Peter Myers Mike Marshall Didier Haudepin Vivian Pickles Genevieve Gills
Harry England, a British car salesman on a trip to France meets a Baroness when her Rolls-Royce Breaks down. They spend a few days together and become lovers before she disappers one night,... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1954
94 Minutes
Director
Clifton Webb June Allyson Van Heflin Lauren Bacall Fred MacMurray Arlene Dahl Cornel Wilde Elliott Reid Margalo Gillmore Alan Reed David Hoffman
owner executive husband wife candidate engaging spirited new york city dinner party automotive industry aspirations ambition marriage competition love discovery rivalry 1950s
An automobile manufacturer (Clifton Webb) brings three district managers and their wives to New York to evaluate them.
Drama
1958
105 Minutes
Director
Lauren Bacall Robert Stack Evelyn Rudie Lorne Greene Anne Seymour Edward Platt Joseph Kearns
dying person orphan adoptive father adoptive mother widower emotional tender sad brooding house united states grief love parenthood tragic death love transformation 1950s
A physicist's (Robert Stack) dying wife (Lauren Bacall) adopts a daughter (Evelyn Rudie) to keep him company after she is gone.