List of the best Joseph Cotten movies: The Magnificent Ambersons(1942), Two Flags West(1950), The Man With a Cloak(1951), The Killer Is Loose(1956), Journey Into Fear(1942), Walk Softly, Stranger(1950), Untamed Frontier(1952), Baron Blood(1972), Lady Frankenstein(1971), A Blueprint for Murder(1953), Halliday Brand(1957), Latitude Zero(1970) ... ...
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Tim Holt Dolores Costello Anne Baxter Agnes Moorehead Richard Bennett Erskine Sanford J. Louis Johnson Don Dillaway Charles R. Phipps Dorothy Vaughan
wife mother son father carmaker aunt fascinating dense intense indiana mansion europe small town indianapolis family wealth aging love jealousy unrequited love
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
6.7/10
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Col. Clay Tucker
Joseph Cotten Linda Darnell Jeff Chandler Cornel Wilde Dale Robertson Jay C. Flippen Noah Beery Jr. Harry von Zell
Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Dupin
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
73 Minutes
Det. Sam Wagner
Joseph Cotten Rhonda Fleming Wendell Corey Alan Hale Jr. Michael Pate John Larch Dee J. Thompson John Beradino
bank teller bank robber detective wife dark intense thrilling bank apartment jail suburbia house bank heist showdown stakeout accidental death prison break revenge pursuit underdog
An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Screenwriter
Joseph Cotten Orson Welles Dolores del Río Ruth Warrick Agnes Moorehead Everett Sloane Jack Moss Hans Conried
engineer wife nazi passenger dancer colonel thrilling tense hotel ship nightclub istanbul survival assassination investigation quest pursuit 1940s
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1950
81 Minutes
Chris Hale
Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Spring Byington Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell John McIntire Howard Petrie Frank Puglia Esther Dale Wilma Francis
petty criminal paraplegic partner casino owner father brooding gripping melodramatic ashton, ohio mysterious past unusual romance scam confrontation consequences discovery love escape 1940s
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
6.1/10
Western
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Kirk Denbow
Joseph Cotten Shelley Winters Scott Brady Suzan Ball Minor Watson Katherine Emery Antonio Moreno Douglas Spencer John Alexander Lee Van Cleef Richard Garland
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
6.0/10
Horror
Italy|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Baron Otto von Kleist, Alfred Becker
Joseph Cotten Elke Sommer Massimo Girotti Michael Coby Alan Collins Nicoletta Elmi
A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.
Horror
1971
84 Minutes
Baron Frankenstein
Joseph Cotten Rosalba Neri Mickey Hargitay Paul Muller Paul Whiteman Herbert Fux
doctor assistant daughter monster victor frankenstein gripping creepy england castle village frankenstein's monster reanimation father/daughter relationship murderous rampage science gone awry revenge transformation 1820s
Baron Frankenstein's daughter, Tania (Rosalba Neri), vows to create an even greater monster to destroy the one that killed her father.
Crime, Drama
1953
76 Minutes
Whitney `'Cam'` Cameron
Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Gary Merrill Catherine McLeod Jack Kruschen Barney Phillips Freddy Ridgeway
uncle sister-in-law niece nephew father femme fatale chilling tense suspenseful cruise ship house poison murder inheritance travel suspicion mystery forbidden love quest 1950s
A man (Joseph Cotten) seeks the truth about his widowed sister-in-law (Jean Peters), suspected of poisoning relatives.
Western
1957
77 Minutes
Daniel Halliday
Joseph Cotten Viveca Lindfors Ward Bond Betsy Blair Bill Williams Jay C. Flippen Christopher Dark Jeanette Nolan Peter Ortiz
son father brother sister ranch hand emotional melodramatic ranch family home wild west jail small town retribution family racism lynching forbidden love quest revenge 19th century
A rancher becomes the mortal enemy of his son when he allows a vengeful mob to hang the half-caste his daughter loves.
Sci-Fi
1970
99 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Cesar Romero Akira Takarada Richard Jaeckel Patricia Medina Linda Haynes
An ageless submarine captain (Joseph Cotten) ferries three explorers to an underwater colony threatened by a villain (Cesar Romero).
Sci-Fi
1958
100 Minutes
Victor Barbicane
Joseph Cotten George Sanders Debra Paget Don Dubbins Patric Knowles Carl Esmond Henry Daniell Melville Cooper Ludwig Stossel Morris Ankrum
tycoon inventor rival scientist assistant daughter thrilling gutsy wild spaceship office mountain washington, d.c. munitions space travel moon forbidden love technology exploration rivalry
Industrial rivals (Joseph Cotten, George Sanders), a crewman and a stowaway girl (Debra Paget) ride a rocket launched by cannon in 1868 Florida.
8.3/10
Drama
USA
1941
119 Minutes
Jedediah Leland, Newsreel Reporter
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Ruth Warrick Everett Sloane Agnes Moorehead Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris William Alland Paul Stewart Erskine Sanford
news reporter billionaire journalist singer intricate profound gripping dark new york city boarding school college opera house office mansion newspapers investigative journalism recluses wealth quest rise
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
8.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Charlie Oakley
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
7.7/10
Romance
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Eben Adams
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ethel Barrymore Cecil Kellaway David Wayne Albert Sharpe Florence Bates Lillian Gish Henry Hull Maude Simmons Felix Bressart
painter girl gallery owner cab driver mother superior dreamy brooding creative fascinating new york city cape cod central park convent apartment pub time poverty art storm love
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Allen Quinton
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ann Richards Anita Louise Cecil Kellaway Gladys Cooper Byron Barr Robert Sully Reginald Denny Ernest Cossart James Millican
soldier woman mother fiancée melodramatic tense italy party london world war ii love letters long-distance relationship murder amnesia domestic violence mystery love 1940s
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
7.1/10
Horror
UK
1971
93 Minutes
Dr. Vesalius
Vincent Price Joseph Cotten Terry-Thomas Hugh Griffith Virginia North Aubrey Woods Susan Travers Alex Scott Peter Gilmore Edward Burnham Peter Jeffrey
organist assistant surgeon nurse creepy shocking england mansion scotland yard hospital murder disfigurement plagues incompetency torture vengeance revenge wretched excess 1920s
A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1949
96 Minutes
Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
89 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Joseph Cotten Jean Peters Casey Adams Denis O'Dea Richard Allan Don Wilson Lurene Tuttle Russell Collins Will Wright Lester Matthews
husband wife friend lover uneasy suspenseful niagara falls, n.y. cabin wilderness love triangle love-hate relationship jealousy secret plans vacation forbidden love discovery revenge pursuit 1950s
As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1950
107 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Joseph Cotten Francoise Rosay Jessica Tandy Bob Arthur Jimmy Lydon
An industrialist and a pianist who fall in love in postwar Italy are pronounced dead when they miss their flight home, but the former's wife does not give him up.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Pat "P.M." Martin
Van Johnson Joseph Cotten Ruth Roman Jack Carson Margaret Hayes Herman Brix Brad Dexter Peggy Knudsen
escaped convict brother wife friend farmer husband tense touching intense arizona ranch party river brotherhood poverty secret identity unhappy marriage alcoholism self-defense escape
In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a wealthy attorney and rancher is solicited by his escaped convict brother in aiding him to cross the border into Mexico where his wife and children are living in poverty.
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Joseph Cotten Charles Winninger Ludwig Stossel Nella Walker Gus Schilling Samuel S. Hinds Evelyn Ankers Fay Helm Iris Adrian
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Romance
USA
1941
104 Minutes
Merle Oberon Joseph Cotten Alan Marshall Edna May Oliver Hans Jaray George Reeves John Halliday Sara Allgood Billy Ray Frank Conlan
elderly woman lover suitor recluse old flame melodramatic moving tender boston charity event new york city regret memory reunion unrequited love romance the past love mystery discovery
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy old woman who has never married, is invited by an old beau, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick, for a reunion with the men who have been in her life to reminisce about the ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
UK
1949
117 Minutes
Sam Flusky
Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Michael Wilding Margaret Leighton Cecil Parker Denis O'Dea Jack Watling Harcourt Williams John Ruddock Ronald Adam Francis De Wolff
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1951
77 Minutes
John Raymond Jr.
Loretta Young Joseph Cotten Cecil Kellaway Basil Ruysdael Jim Backus Irene Ryan John Ridgely
nurse attorney contractor doctor father spirited endearing quirky lighthearted hospital mansion church united states sleepwalking amnesia love triangle subconscious discovery temptation 1950s
Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom she dislikes during the day and seduces during the night, when she sleepwalks.
4.9/10
Horror
USA
1980
100 Minutes
Trish Van Devere Joseph Cotten David Gautreaux Donald Hotton Med Flory Donald Petrie Christopher McDonald Perry Lang Frederic Franklyn Olive Dunbar Al Hansen
divorcée niece ghost devil worshipper driver suitor creepy uneasy suspenseful haunted house church small town car funeral devil worship haunting possession stalking nervous breakdown occult
A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt's home in a small town, only to find herself plagued by supernatural occurrences and unexplained hostility from the local townspeople connected to her aunt's past.
4.4/10
Horror
USA
1981
85 Minutes
nurse invalid grandson butler cook detective chilling emotional suspenseful frightening mansion estate bedroom serial murders suspicion communal living fear unrequited love may-december romance mystery
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
7.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
114 Minutes
Brian Cameron
Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Dame May Whitty Angela Lansbury Terry Moore
singer husband inspector maid dark uneasy brooding london italy household tower of london deception treasure murder opera revenge mystery pursuit 1880s
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if it means driving his wife insane.
7.6/10
Horror
USA
1965
133 Minutes
Drew
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland Joseph Cotten Agnes Moorehead Cecil Kellaway Victor Buono Mary Astor Bruce Dern
spinster murderer housekeeper suspenseful dark creepy campy louisiana household plantation murder death dreams drugs mystery fall 1920s
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1944
172 Minutes
JLt. Tony Willett
Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Monty Woolley Shirley Temple Lionel Barrymore Robert Walker Hattie McDaniel
housewife daughter young woman lodger soldier maid melodramatic heartwarming house small town united states war loss young love home front love growing up sacrifice 1940s
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife struggles to care for their two daughters - and a pair of lodgers who have moved in - alone.
6.8/10
Western
USA
1946
130 Minutes
Jesse McCanles
Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck Joseph Cotten Lionel Barrymore Lillian Gish Herbert Marshall Walter Huston Butterfly McQueen Charles Bickford Tilly Losch Harry Carey
orphan aunt senator outlaw rancher son passionate tense ranch desert texas love-hate relationship love triangle doomed romance cross-cultural romance family dysfunction love revenge rivalry 19th century
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1970
95 Minutes
Richard Morgan
Jacqueline Bisset Jim Brown Joseph Cotten Corbett Monica Ramon Bieri
Wide-eyed nineteen year old Christine Adams decides on a whim to leave her broken family life in small town British Columbia to move to Los Angeles to be with her boyfriend Eddie Molina, ... See full summary »
5.2/10
Sci-Fi
Australia
1980
93 Minutes
Priest
Robert Powell Jenny Agutter Joseph Cotten Angela Punch McGregor Peter Sumner Ralph Cotterill Adrian Wright
A plane crashes just after takeoff and the only survivor, the pilot, walks out of the wreckage. He doesn't remember the crash, but 300 passengers and crew are dead. As the investigation goes on people are wanting answers.
Biography
1964
60 Minutes
Antigonus
William Shatner John Cassavetes Joseph Cotten Adam West Simon Oakland John Doucette Robert Fortier Peter Hansen Cliff Osmond Ziva Rodann
Adventure
1977
115 Minutes
Greedy sawmill mogul
A rough-and-tumble logger assembles his crew to help save a widow's lumber camp from unscrupulous competitors.
Documentary
1973
88 Minutes
Special Participant
Oja Kodar Joseph Cotten Francois Reichenbach Richard Wilson Paul Stewart Alexander Welles Gary Graver Andrés Vicente Gómez Christian Odasso
writer howard hughes artist forger crafty france italy los angeles forgery deception crime art wretched excess temptation fall 1960s
Truth and deception in art and life are explored by the filmmaker, including the work of art forger Elmyr de Hory.
6.8/10
Western
USA
1961
112 Minutes
John Breckenridge
Rock Hudson Kirk Douglas Dorothy Malone Joseph Cotten Carol Lynley Neville Brand Regis Toomey Rad Fulton Adam Williams Jack Elam John Shay
outlaw sheriff rancher old flame daughter solemn intricate brutal mexico texas church wild west border town rio grande frontier justice love triangle friendship incest suicide cattle drives
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
Adventure, Drama
1978
91 Minutes
Prof. Ernest Marvin
Barbara Bach Dan Miller Claudio Cassinelli Richard Johnson Joseph Cotten Beryl Cunningham Mel Ferrer Cameron Mitchell Eunice Bolt Tom J. Delaney Charles Cass
A madman's (Richard Johnson) daughter (Barbara Bach) and a shipwrecked convict (Claudio Cassinelli) flee a volcano island of fish-men, near Atlantis.
6.2/10
Adventure
Iran|USA
1978
123 Minutes
Crandall
Anthony Quinn Jennifer O'Neill Michael Sarrazin Christopher Lee Joseph Cotten Behrooz Vosoughi Barry Sullivan Jeremy Kemp Duncan Quinn
In 1948, at the U.S. embassy in Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.
5.3/10
Drama
Mexico
1980
90 Minutes
Stuart Whitman Gene Barry John Ireland Hugo Stiglitz Joseph Cotten Carlos East
Reverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide. But not all of them follow him blindly and begin to think on their own.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1966
119 Minutes
Kenneth Regan
Stephen Boyd Elke Sommer Milton Berle Eleanor Parker Joseph Cotten Jill St. John Tony Bennett Edie Adams Ernest Borgnine Ed Begley Walter Brennan
actor friend public relations specialist cabaret performer girlfriend private investigator melodramatic dark sad outlandish hollywood, calif. tijuana, mexico movie set new york city awards ceremony show business social climbing fame blackmail bad publicity
Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
1979
96 Minutes
Milland
James Franciscus Mimsy Farmer Venantino Venantini Meg Fleming Joseph Cotten Van Johnson Edmund Purdom Francisco Charles Francesco Carnelutti Ottaviano Dell'Acqua Aldo Barberito
A reporter (James Franciscus) uncovers a plot by a rival corporation to sabotage the Concorde supersonic jet.
5.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1977
113 Minutes
Nicholas St. Downs III
Jack Lemmon Lee Grant George Kennedy Brenda Vaccaro James Stewart Joseph Cotten Olivia de Havilland Darren McGavin Christopher Lee Robert Foxworth Robert Hooks
girlfriend millionaire pilot hijacker flight attendant tense suspenseful amusing bermuda triangle hijacking rescue lost trapped plane crash heroism discovery escape 1970s
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
Sci-Fi
1978
100 Minutes
Simon Grant, Thomas Cummings
Ricardo Montalban Herve Villechaize Adrienne Barbeau Joseph Campanella George Chakiris Joseph Cotten Laraine Day George Maharis Cameron Mitchell France Nuyen Karen Valentine
Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) and his helper, Tattoo (Herve Villechaize), give some more rich guests what they want.
Sci-Fi
1971
100 Minutes
Dr. Ziegler
Stuart Whitman Robert Wagner Rosemary Forsyth Robert Colbert Susana Miranda Burr DeBenning Richard Basehart Joseph Cotten James Darren Paul Stewart
A 21st-century admiral (Stuart Whitman) helms the colony of Pacifica, the first underwater city on Earth.
Drama
1952
92 Minutes
Orson Welles Micheál MacLiammóir Suzanne Cloutier Robert Coote Hilton Edwards Michael Lawrence Fay Compton Nicholas Bruce Jean Davis Joan Fontaine Joseph Cotten
othello senator iago desdemona servant wastrel chilling intense powerful brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy schemes doomed romance interracial relationship
Shakespeare's Iago (Micheál MacLiammóir) tells the jealous Moor of Venice (Orson Welles) that his wife, Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), has been unfaithful.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1958
95 Minutes
Charlton Heston Orson Welles Janet Leigh Joseph Calleia Akim Tamiroff Valentin de Vargas Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Joanna Moore Mort Mills Marlene Dietrich
drug enforcement agent police officer criminal wife chilling mexico police station motel country road border crime crooked cops smuggling murder mystery pursuit 1950s
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
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