List of the best Joan Crawford movies: Mildred Pierce(1945), Johnny Guitar(1954), Sudden Fear(1952), Humoresque(1946), Harriet Craig(1950), The Damned Don't Cry(1950), Possessed(1947), Strange Cargo(1940), Sadie McKee(1934), Strait-Jacket(1964), Dancing Lady(1933), Autumn Leaves(1956) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1945
109 Minutes
Joan Crawford Jack Carson Ann Blyth Zachary Scott Eve Arden Herman Brix Lee Patrick Moroni Olsen Jo Ann Marlowe George Tobias
restaurant owner daughter mother police detective melodramatic tense glendale, calif. murder social standing mother/daughter relationship investigation the great depression mystery sacrifice 1930s
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
7.7/10
Western
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge Scott Brady Ward Bond Ben Cooper Ernest Borgnine John Carradine Royal Dano Frank Ferguson Paul Fix
owner rancher friend townsperson cowboy gunslinger intense thrilling saloon small town hideout arizona robbery mob violence showdown passion railroad rivalry quest underdog
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Myra Hudson
Joan Crawford Jack Palance Gloria Grahame Herman Brix Virginia Huston Michael Connors
playwright heiress actor lover lawyer friend dark melodramatic suspenseful new york city broadway theater train san francisco mansion marriage murder plot inheritance adultery deception acting
After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1946
125 Minutes
Helen Wright
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.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
housewife husband assistant cousin widow tense fiery disturbing emotional city family home office united states domestic life manipulation sabotage jealousy rivalry fall 1920s
Harriet Craig enjoys the married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not trust her husband, Walter, without checking up on him.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1950
103 Minutes
beautiful woman mobster accountant husband thug son melodramatic brooding uneasy intense texas small town family home new york city california desert social climbing betrayal new life schemes
A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Joan Crawford Van Heflin Raymond Massey Geraldine Brooks Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Nana Bryant Moroni Olsen Erskine Sanford Gerald Perreau Isabel Withers
nurse psychiatrist engineer wealthy man neighbor wife dark melodramatic creepy los angeles washington state hospital diner jealousy suicide insanity obsession violence unrequited love love
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1940
113 Minutes
Julie
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Ian Hunter Peter Lorre Albert Van Dekker Paul Lukas Edward Ciannelli J. Edward Bromberg John Arledge Frederick Worlock Bernard Nedell
prisoner prostitute killer religious person captor cynic dark eerie profound intense prison island jungle french guiana boat religious conversion prison break death penal system boats
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1934
95 Minutes
Sadie McKee
Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Esther Ralston Edward Arnold Earl Oxford Jean Dixon Leo G. Carroll Akim Tamiroff Zelda Sears Helen Ware
A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
6.8/10
Horror
USA
1964
89 Minutes
Joan Crawford Diane Baker Leif Erickson Howard St. John John Anthony Hayes Rochelle Hudson George Kennedy Edith Atwater Mitchell Cox Patricia Krest
killer mother daughter psychiatrist fiancé brother campy gory unrestrained farmhouse countryside serial murders mother/daughter relationship violence insanity family history mystery discovery wretched excess 1940s
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Janie Barlow
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Franchot Tone Nelson Eddy May Robson Winnie Lightner Robert Benchley Ted Healy The Three Stooges Gloria Foy Maynard Holmes
burlesque dancer playboy director assistant grandmother singer heartwarming emotional new york city broadway theater dance love triangle jealousy show business love pursuit 1930s
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1956
108 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Robertson Vera Miles Lorne Greene Ruth Donnelly Shepperd Strudwick Selmer Jackson Maxine Cooper Marjorie Bennett Frank Gerstle Leonard Mudie
woman husband father ex-wife psychiatrist emotional shocking intricate powerful los angeles apartment hotel secret life love family dysfunction mental breakdown schizophrenia love discovery 1950s
Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary existence changes when she encounters Burt Hansen a charismatic younger man. As ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1955
95 Minutes
Eva Phillips
Joan Crawford Barry Sullivan Betsy Palmer John Ireland Lucy Marlow
business owner wife sister-in-law ex-lover cousin husband uneasy chilling dark georgia mansion unhappy marriage alcoholism engagement manipulation family self-destruction forbidden love rivalry fall
A young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, and soon finds herself sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1928
84 Minutes
Diana Medford
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Nils Asther Anita Page Edward Nugent Dorothy Cumming Huntley Gordon Evelyn Hall Sam De Grasse
flapper mother wealthy man young woman lover wild amusing emotional melodramatic dance hall apartment party united states jazz age morality romance competition rivalry wretched excess love
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Amanda Farrow
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.
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Mary Howard
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Greer Garson Herbert Marshall Spring Byington Rafael Corio Max Willenz Florence Shirley Leslie Francis Mona Barrie Olaf Hytten
novelist boyfriend publisher wife best friend partner engaging amusing moving new york city apartment garden cottage infidelity deception jealousy writing marriage love triangle rivalry
A successful novelist falls in love with her married publisher, to the consternation of her boyfriend, who arranges for her to meet the publisher's wife.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Jessie Cassidy
Joan Crawford Spencer Tracy Alan Curtis Ralph Morgan Mary Philips Oscar O'Shea Elisabeth Risdon Leo Gorcey George Chandler Bert Roach Marie Blake
showgirl husband tycoon best friend manager cheeky moving engaging brooklyn, n.y. apartment paris theater restaurant pier financial crisis marriage blackmail wealth divorce unemployment
Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Joan Crawford Richard Boleslawski William Powell Robert Montgomery Frank Morgan Nigel Bruce Jessie Ralph Benita Hume Melville Cooper Ralph Forbes Colleen Clare
socialite butler wealthy man lord duchess detective witty emotional amusing london estate new york city ship jewelry theft secret identity deception love triangle swindling partnership discovery
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
97 Minutes
Lynn Markham
Joan Crawford Jeff Chandler Jan Sterling Cecil Kellaway Natalie Schafer Marjorie Bennett
Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
82 Minutes
Joan Crawford John Ireland Leif Erickson Sarah Lane Andi Garrett Sharyl Locke Patricia Breslin John Archer John Crawford Joyce Meadows Douglas Evans
teen girl neighbor murderer parent sibling creepy suspenseful intense united states small town house woods murder practical jokes baby-sitting mystery escape pursuit 1960s
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls. These calls lead to murderous consequences.
6.3/10
War
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Michele de la Becque
Joan Crawford John Wayne Philip Dorn Reginald Owen Albert Basserman John Carradine Ann Ayars J. Edward Bromberg Moroni Olsen Henry Daniell Arthur Space
socialite fiancé munitions maker pilot resistance fighter tense patriotic melodramatic paris family home factory countryside nazi collaboration nazi occupation love triangle deception world war ii undercover operations discovery escape
In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
Olivia Riley
Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas Fay Bainter Allyn Joslyn Hattie McDaniel Frank Albertson Oscar O'Shea Harry Barris Tony De Marco
dancer farmer brother sister wife passionate tense melodramatic new york city nightclub wisconsin farm love triangle marital problems marriage city vs. country betrayal love temptation transformation
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Margaret "M.J." Drew
Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins Andrew Tombes Helen Parrish Emory Parnell
businesswoman sister reporter executive love interest younger sister charming playful witty church office house wedding independence marriage business love unlikely romance mistaken identity rivalry
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Mary Turner
Joan Crawford Robert Armstrong Marie Prevost Kent Douglas John Miljan Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Polly Moran Robert E. O'Connor Tyrrell Davis William Bakewell
Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1957
103 Minutes
Margaret Landi
Joan Crawford Rossano Brazzi Heather Sears Lee Patterson Fay Compton Bessie Love Ron Randell
orphan socialite priest disabled person husband intense emotional powerful melodramatic ireland boston accident disability charity scams rape rescue sacrifice discovery 1950s
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Romance
USA
1934
76 Minutes
Diane Lovering
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Otto Kruger Stuart Erwin Una O'Connor Akim Tamiroff Marjorie Gateson
wealthy man secretary rancher wife friend melodramatic charming new york city south america argentina boat apartment country house marrying for money divorce wealth love triangle travel commitment love
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Bonnie
Joan Crawford Cliff Edwards Clark Gable Lester Vail William Bakewell William Holden Earle Foxe Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Natalie Moorhead Joan Marsh
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1937
103 Minutes
Anni Pavlovitch
Joan Crawford Franchot Tone Robert Young Billie Burke Reginald Owen Lynne Carver George Zucco Mary Philips Paul Porcasi Dickie Moore Frank Puglia
singer count aristocrat fiancée clerk maid striking charming cheeky emotional budapest, hungary trieste, italy ballroom hotel street apartment impersonation wealth aristocracy rags to riches
A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1930
74 Minutes
Geraldine "Gerry" March
Joan Crawford Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Robert Montgomery Raymond Hackett John Miljan Hedda Hopper Albert Conti Edward Brophy Robert E. O'Connor Martha Sleeper
shopgirl shop owner wealthy man criminal married man mistress melodramatic engaging tender passionate new york city store apartment small town farm new town husband hunting romance marriage of convenience affair
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible one,... See full summary »
6.0/10
Romance
USA
1929
75 Minutes
Billie Brown
Joan Crawford Rod La Rocque Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Anita Page Albert Gran Josephine Dunn Edward Nugent
heiress diplomat friend guest fiancé love interest amusing sultry melodramatic united states france wedding washington, d.c. love triangle marriage scandal jealousy friendship deception forbidden love
A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend.
6.0/10
Romance
USA
1935
81 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Montgomery Franchot Tone Edna May Oliver Charles Ruggles Arthur Treacher Gail Patrick Vivienne Osborne Joan Fontaine David Horsley
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Young Frank Lovejoy Eve Arden Janice Rule Lurene Tuttle Howard St. John Ellen Corby Morgan Farley Virginia Gibson John Qualen
congresswoman secretary college president photographer daughter old flame confident lighthearted amusing washington, d.c. college office dormitory auditorium college life romantic dilemma values father/daughter relationship power struggle unrequited love
Congresswoman Agatha Reed returns to her alma mater for commencement, although she's more interested in renewing her romance with an old flame who's now the college president. Their ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
115 Minutes
Susan Trexel
Joan Crawford Fredric March Ruth Hussey John Carroll Rita Hayworth Nigel Bruce Bruce Cabot Rose Hobart Rita Quigley Romaine Callender Marjorie Main
wife husband daughter friend lover cool melodramatic docks mansion newport, r.i. train station house self-discovery cult marriage drinking motherhood spirituality quest transformation
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »
5.9/10
War
USA
1933
110 Minutes
Diana
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.
5.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
100 Minutes
Elizabeth `'Beth'` Austin
Joan Crawford Dennis Morgan David Brian Richard Webb Mari Aldon Philip Carey Ian MacDonald Katharine Warren George Chandler William Challee Sherry Jackson
A tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Drama, History
USA
1936
102 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Melvyn Douglas James Stewart Alison Skipworth Louis Calhern Beulah Bondi Melville Cooper Sidney Toler
president best friend senator sailor adviser gutsy spirited washington, d.c. inn peggy eaton andrew jackson loyalty politics scandal rivalry sacrifice love 1830s
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
5.5/10
Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Jenny Stewart
Joan Crawford Michael Wilding Gig Young Marjorie Rambeau Harry Morgan Dorothy Patrick James Todd Eugene Loring Paul Guilfoyle Benny Rubin Maidie Norman
A tough but unhappy Broadway star re-evaluates her life when she crosses paths with a blind pianist.
5.4/10
Romance
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Ivy "Bunny" Stevens
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Neil Hamilton Johnny Mack Brown Marjorie Rambeau Guy Kibbee Roscoe Karns
Cabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.
5.4/10
Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Valentine `'Val'` Winters
Joan Crawford Pauline Frederick Neil Hamilton Monroe Owsley Hobart Bosworth Emma Dunn Albert Conti
Young American woman reunites with estranged divorcée mother living chic, carefree life in Paris. She falls for Harvard football star on vacation, but his conservative parents disapprove of the demimonde lifestyle of the two expatriates.
4.7/10
Musical
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Joan "Montana" Prescott
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin Cliff Edwards Karl Dane Lloyd Ingram
A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage.
3.9/10
Horror
UK
1970
91 Minutes
Joan Crawford Michael Gough Bernard Kay David Griffin Kim Braden Joe Cornelius John Hamill Geoffrey Case Thorley Walters Jack May Rona Newton-John
A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.
Musical
1939
82 Minutes
Mary McKay
Joan Crawford James Stewart Lew Ayres Lewis Stone Bess Ehrhardt Lionel Stander Charles D. Brown
Two married ice skaters (Joan Crawford, James Stewart) have career trouble; the finale is a Cinderella fantasy in color.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
90 Minutes
Frances Myles
Joan Crawford Fred MacMurray Conrad Veidt Basil Rathbone Reginald Owen Richard Ainley
professor bride classmate scientist count secret service agent suspenseful melodramatic charming thrilling germany paris castle prison camp swiss alps honeymoon espionage world war ii nazis secret weapon
Honeymooners (Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray) spy for the British in 1939 Germany to learn more about the Nazis' new magnetic mine.
Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Joan Crawford Zachary Scott Sydney Greenstreet David Brian Gladys George Virginia Huston Fred Clark Gertrude Michael Alice White Sam McDaniel Tito Vuolo
dancer deputy sheriff political boss politician socialite melodramatic dark united states boldon city diner carnival carnivals alcoholism political corruption love triangle suicide revenge sacrifice 1940s
A small-town Florida sheriff (Sydney Greenstreet) frames his political pawn's (Zachary Scott) dancer girlfriend (Joan Crawford) for prostitution.
Romance
1934
84 Minutes
Mary Clay
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Robert Montgomery Charles Butterworth Billie Burke Rosalind Russell Frances Drake
friend fiancée mistress aunt hilarious emotional household wedding countryside boat love triangle friendship secret marriage divorce unrequited love love discovery 1930s
A man (Clark Gable) loves his childhood sweetheart (Joan Crawford) from afar after her fiance (Robert Montgomery) leaves her at the altar.
Comedy
1936
80 Minutes
Sally Parker
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Franchot Tone Reginald Owen Mona Barrie Ivan Lebedeff Charles Judels William Demarest
heiress prince journalist millionaire wife madcap lighthearted london paris new york city airplane train journalism wedding wealth romance love adventure rivalry 1930s
Rival newsmen (Clark Gable, Franchot Tone) and an American heiress (Joan Crawford) get mixed up with spies in Europe.
Romance
1935
92 Minutes
Kay Bentley
Joan Crawford Brian Aherne Frank Morgan Aline MacMahon Eric Blore Arthur Treacher Fred Keating Jessie Ralph Frank Conroy Etienne Girardot Edward Brophy
socialite archaeologist father millionaire butler grandmother airy witty charming lighthearted new york city yacht greece island connecticut museum class distinctions deception vacation love triangle
An heiress and a young archaeologist fall in love during a chance meeting, but they find that money poses a problem.
8.1/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1962
132 Minutes
Bette Davis Joan Crawford Victor Buono Marjorie Bennett Anna Lee Maidie Norman Dave Willock Anne Barton Barbara D. Merrill
sister child actor actress pianist neighbor paraplegic dark campy disturbing mansion los angeles hollywood, calif. siblings hollywood family dysfunction fame jealousy rivalry revenge 1960s
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
115 Minutes
Greta Garbo Joan Crawford John Barrymore Wallace Beery Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt Ferdinand Gottschalk Tully Marshall Mary Carlisle
thief businessperson ballerina accountant secretary melodramatic passionate hotel berlin restaurant corruption romance ambition illness fall underdog transformation 1930s
A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
80 Minutes
William Haines Joan Crawford William Bakewell Neil Neely Ralph Emerson Leon Kellar Raymond G. Moses
Wealthy Brice Wayne enters West Point and, though he does well on the football field, angers fellow cadets with his arrogance. Disciplined by the coach he yells "To hell with the Corps!" ... See full summary »
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