List of the best Jean Simmons movies: The Clouded Yellow(1951), Young Bess(1953), Hilda Crane(1956), Until They Sail(1957), The Happy Ending(1969), Androcles and the Lion(1952), Shadows in the Sun(2008), Say Hello to Yesterday(1971), Affair With a Stranger(1953), A Bullet Is Waiting(1954), All the Way Home(1963), The Big Country(1958) ... ...
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1951
96 Minutes
Sophie Malraux
Jean Simmons Trevor Howard Sonia Dresdel Barry Jones Maxwell Reed Kenneth More
A former British agent is employed at the Fenton country estate where he aids Fenton's niece elude the police when she's unjustly accused of murdering a local gamekeeper.
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Young Bess
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.
6.6/10
Romance
USA
1956
87 Minutes
Hilda Crane Burns
Jean Simmons Guy Madison Jean-Pierre Aumont Judith Evelyn Evelyn Varden Peggy Knudsen Gregg Palmer Richard Garrick Jim Hayward
divorcée ex-boyfriend mother-in-law professor mother guard melodramatic bleak tense family home campus church construction site small town marriage depression infidelity failed romance suicide attempt grief
Twice divorced Hilda Crane, feeling she's run out of chances, returns to her mother's house in her small hometown and tries to decide what to do next while still hoping to hold onto her independence. That proves to be a challenge.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Barbara Leslie Forbes
Jean Simmons Paul Newman Joan Fontaine Piper Laurie Charles Drake Sandra Dee Wally Cassell Alan Napier Ralph Votrian John Wilder Adam Kennedy
marine salesgirl military officer unwed mother sister wife emotional melodramatic mushy suspenseful new zealand dance hall hotel courtroom doomed romance war bride world war ii domestic violence sister relationship alcohol
During WW2, husband-less New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1969
112 Minutes
Mary Wilson
wife husband daughter maid hustler mistress brutal brooding uneasy denver bahamas failed romance marriage affair drug addiction alcoholism escape love fall 1960s
A middle-aged woman walks out on her husband and family in an desperate attempt to find herself.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Lavinia
Jean Simmons Alan Young Victor Mature Robert Newton Maurice Evans Elsa Lanchester Reginald Gardiner Gene Lockhart Alan Mowbray Noel Willman John Hoyt
slave christian lion gladiator captain thrilling solemn touching rome wilderness colosseum arena unlikely allies kindness christianity friendship paganism slavery escape rescue
Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
6.0/10
Drama
UK
2008
Minutes
Hannah
Jean Simmons Clemency Burton-Hill Jamie Dornan James Wilby Ophelia Lovibond Raymond Waring Toby Marlow Tom Reed
A mysterious young loner changes the lives of one family and helps them rediscover their roots and deep affection for one another.
5.8/10
Drama
UK
1971
91 Minutes
Woman
young man mother husband unemployed person woman wife amusing cheeky charming london train store suburbia street infidelity marriage unlikely romance love relationships sex
An affluent, middle-aged housewife in a failing marriage is romantically pursued by a young man while running errands in London.
5.8/10
Romance
USA
1953
89 Minutes
Carolyn Parker
Jean Simmons Victor Mature Monica Lewis Jane Darwell Dabbs Greer Olive Carey Mary Jo Tarola Wally Vernon
playwright husband wife actress baby melodramatic emotional new york city broadway theater marital problems romance estrangement broadway seduction temptation love 1950s
When a TV gossip columnist wrongly announces that the marriage between now successful playwright William Blakeley and his wife Carolyn is breaking up, New York friends variously reminisce ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Drama
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Cally Canham
After crashing their small plane in the wilderness, a sheriff deputy and his prisoner take shelter at an isolated farm.
Drama
1963
107 Minutes
Mary Follet
Jean Simmons Robert Preston Pat Hingle Aline MacMahon Thomas Chalmers John Cullum Ronnie Claire Edwards Michael Kearney John Henry Faulk Lylah Tiffany Mary Perry
A boy, his mother (Jean Simmons) and relatives react to the car-crash death of his father (Robert Preston) in 1915 Knoxville, Tenn.
7.9/10
Western
USA
1958
165 Minutes
Julie Maragon
Gregory Peck Jean Simmons Carroll Baker Charlton Heston Burl Ives Charles Bickford Alfonso Bedoya Chuck Connors Chuck Hayward Buff Brady Dorothy Adams
captain fiancée family patriarch land owner rancher son rousing gutsy thrilling spirited american west ranch land ownership american west harassment land wars family feud honor revenge rivalry
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
7.8/10
Drama
USA
1960
145 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Jean Simmons Dean Jagger Shirley Jones Arthur Kennedy Patti Page Edward Andrews John McIntire Joe Maross Everett Glass Michael Whalen
con artist preacher prostitute fiery passionate america church revival tent deception faith religion love rise revenge 1960s
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Mona Freeman Herbert Marshall Leon Ames Barbara O'Neil Kenneth Tobey Raymond Greenleaf Griff Barnett Robert Gist Morgan Farley
beautiful woman love interest father stepmother sister young man disturbing intense beverly hills, calif. mansion murder manipulation cover-up double life obsessive love jealousy revenge quest transformation 1950s
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
150 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra Vivian Blaine Robert Keith Stubby Kaye B.S. Pully Sheldon Leonard Regis Toomey Johnny Silver Dan Dayton
gambler fiancée sister friend intricate amusing lighthearted new york city mission street wager dating love daunting task quest transformation 1940s
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Bill Travers Belinda Lee Ronald Squire Finlay Currie William Hartnell
employer maid businessman daughter barrister sister dark disturbing london household living room street courtroom bedroom duplicity murder blackmail greed investigation seduction
In early 1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers he murdered his wife.
6.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1965
117 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Jean Simmons Honor Blackman Michael Craig Donald Wolfit Robert Morley Margaret Johnston Nigel Davenport
businessman wife mogul lover tv personality child emotional solemn brooding mill town tv station london family home office england infidelity starting over family marrying for money disillusionment
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1959), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Jean Simmons Anthony Perkins Teresa Wright Mary Wickes Ian Wolfe Norma Jean Nilsson Dawn Bender
mother actress teen girl father student charming touching boston apartment theater father/daughter relationship acting ambition employment education theater growing up quest discovery 1910s
This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Rock Hudson Jean Simmons Dorothy McGuire Claude Rains Kent Smith Anna Lee Ken Scott Francis Bethencourt Stacy Graham Augusta Merighi Jack Mather
british woman winemaker aunt cousin neighbor grandfather melodramatic intense fascinating napa valley, calif. winery household wine cellar field wine family business jealousy arranged marriage prohibition injury
In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Desiree Clary
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell Elizabeth Sellars Charlotte Austin Cathleen Nesbitt Evelyn Varden Isobel Elsom John Hoyt
napoleon bonaparte mistress military officer melodramatic passionate france paris palace forbidden love romance military life napoleonic wars forbidden love wretched excess 18th century
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
6.3/10
Romance
UK
1949
92 Minutes
Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Edwin Styles Wilfrid Hyde-White Helen Cherry Raymond Young
gambler father figure pretty woman girlfriend brother amusing emotional united states household romantic dilemma relationships fatherhood adoption gambling deception forbidden love growing up transformation 1940s
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
100 Minutes
James Garner Jean Simmons Suzanne Pleshette Katharine Ross Angela Lansbury George Voskovec Jack Gilford Joe Mantell Raymond St. Jacques Ken Lynch Beeson Carroll
amnesiac woman stranger tense rousing central park manhattan street apartment search amnesia identity quest discovery mystery 1960s
An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1954
89 Minutes
Corby Lane
Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons Arthur Hunnicutt Edgar Buchanan Wallace Ford Raymond Walburn Jimmy Hunt Ralph Dumke Hope Landin Gus Schilling Eleanor Todd
heiress doctor love interest beautiful woman townsperson amusing lighthearted touching positive progress, ark. small town doctor's office general store forest gratitude the past philanthropy outsider small-town life money
A wealthy heiress returns to a small Arkansas town to furtively reward the townsfolk who helped to save her life when she was a young girl.
4.7/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|Norway|USA
1988
88 Minutes
Chris Lemmon Jean Simmons Lea Thompson Mills Watson Viveca Lindfors Nancy Cartwright Joe Michael Terry
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to protect her stepdaughter Marigold during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have ... See full summary »
Drama
1947
93 Minutes
Ursula Jeans Jean Simmons Cecil Parker Joan Miller Jill Freud Edward Underdown Nigel Buchanan Ruth Dunning
Lorna Blake, a widow and professional beggar, tells wealthy people of her woes to support herself and her two daughters.
7.9/10
Action, Drama, History
USA
1960
184 Minutes
Varinia
Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Tony Curtis Charles Laughton Peter Ustinov John Gavin Nina Foch Herbert Lom John Dall Charles McGraw
gladiator slave rebel sexy woman inspiring engaging rome rebellion freedom showdown murder hand-to-hand combat suicide escape rise revenge 1st century b.c.
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1950
91 Minutes
Evie Bishop (in segment Sanitorium)
vicar verger landlady jewelry dealer lover patient somber touching church shop cruise ship sanatorium literacy business arrogance health death love transformation rivalry
Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1967
97 Minutes
Molly Lang
Dean Martin George Peppard Jean Simmons John McIntire Slim Pickens Don Galloway Brad Weston Richard O'Brien Carol Andreson Stephen Sandor Warren Vanders
sheriff businesswoman driver henchman partner thrilling wild west small town ranch street stagecoach corruption feud crime old west revenge pursuit 19th century
A former deputy and a strong-willed widow are determined to stop a ruthless town boss.
5.6/10
Fantasy
USA
1975
90 Minutes
Estelle Benbow
Jason Robards Sandy Dennis Jean Simmons Robert Easton Mark Miller Richard Bull Brenda Smith David Osterhout Lou Picetti Ian Wolfe Jerome Thor
Jason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK
1960
105 Minutes
Hattie Durant
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.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Nancy Downes
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 »
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1947
92 Minutes
Jane Brodrick
Margaret Lockwood Dennis Price Cecil Parker Jean Simmons Eileen Herlie Siobhan McKenna
heir wife family member son irishman irishwoman emotional melodramatic intense patriotic passionate ireland mine family home feud lie trust law love forbidden love
Story of a feud that has gone on between two Irish families for more than 50 years.
Drama
1988
95 Minutes
Lucy Brady
Kirk Douglas Jason Robards Darren McGavin Jean Simmons Megan Follows Kyle Secor John Harkins
A biblical orator (Kirk Douglas) opposes a liberal lawyer (Jason Robards) defending a man for teaching Darwinism in the 1920s South.
7.8/10
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
100 Minutes
Kanchi
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.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1995
116 Minutes
Em Reed
Winona Ryder Maya Angelou Anne Bancroft Ellen Burstyn Samantha Mathis Kate Nelligan Jean Simmons Lois Smith Alfre Woodard Kate Capshaw Maria Celedonio
graduate student fiancé grandmother great-aunt mother friend touching charming emotional fascinating california small town household marriage female bonding quilting infidelity self-discovery storytelling discovery
Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.
5.7/10
Comedy
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Heidi
Margaret Lockwood Vic Oliver Roland Culver Peter Graves Frank Cellier Eliot Makeham George Relph Max Bacon Alan Keith Jean Simmons Iris Lang
war hero hotel owner pilot outcast russian amusing offbeat playful madcap united kingdom hotel club london secret society work quest transformation underdog 20th century
In Britain after the end of WWII, it is a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of... See full summary »
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