List of the best Lana Turner movies: Imitation of Life(1959), The Bad and the Beautiful(1952), The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946), Peyton Place(1957), Madame X(1966), Dancing Co-ed(1939), A Life of Her Own(1950), The Rains of Ranchipur(1955), The Merry Widow(1952), Another Time, Another Place(1958), Love Has Many Faces(1965), By Love Possessed(1961) ... ...
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Lora Meredith
Lana Turner John Gavin Sandra Dee Dan O'Herlihy Susan Kohner Robert Alda Juanita Moore Mahalia Jackson Troy Donahue
actress caretaker daughter playwright detective engaging moving melodramatic new york city california beach house ambition career fame identity mother/daughter relationship race relations pursuit rise
An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Drama
USA
1952
118 Minutes
Lana Turner Kirk Douglas Walter Pidgeon Dick Powell Barry Sullivan Gloria Grahame Gilbert Roland Leo G. Carroll Vanessa Brown Paul Stewart Sammy White
movie star writer director producer brooding cool spirited tense engaging hollywood, calif. manipulation cheating hollywood ambition betrayal underdog fall rise wretched excess 1950s
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Drama
USA
1957
157 Minutes
Lana Turner Hope Lange Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Lee Philips Terry Moore Russ Tamblyn Betty Field David Nelson Mildred Dunnock Diane Varsi
stranger widow drunk daughter friend doctor melodramatic passionate intense new england small town forest lake courtroom mother/daughter relationship small-town life sex rape friendship trials
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
Drama
USA
1966
99 Minutes
Holly Parker
Lana Turner John Forsythe Keir Dullea Constance Bennett Ricardo Montalban Burgess Meredith Virginia Grey John Van Dreelen Warren Stevens Carl Benton Reid
mother son husband lover mother-in-law criminal brooding somber melodramatic mexico motel house courtroom adultery death blackmail prostitution regret marriage discovery
When her lover is killed, the wife of a wealthy man is convinced to fake her own death, which leads her into greater depths of depravity until fate reunites her with her long-lost son, who is unaware of her real identity.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Drama
USA
1950
108 Minutes
Lana Turner Ray Milland Tom Ewell Louis Calhern Ann Dvorak Barry Sullivan Margaret Phillips Jean Hagen Phyllis Kirk Sara Haden Hermes Pan
model wealthy man wife executive lawyer melodramatic kansas new york city montana success forbidden love affair love fame forbidden love fall 1950s
A girl from Kansas arrives to New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.
Drama
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Lady Edwina Esketh
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
105 Minutes
Lana Turner Fernando Lamas Una Merkel Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez John Abbott Marcel Dalio King Donovan Robert Coote Lisa Ferraday Shepard Menken
widow count king ambassador baron winsome amusing marshovia royal court dance hall palace royal life national security love courtship financial crisis love pursuit 1900s
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Drama
UK
1958
98 Minutes
Sara Scott
Lana Turner Barry Sullivan Glynis Johns Sean Connery Terence Longdon Sidney James Martin Stephens Doris Hare Julian Somers John Le Mesurier Cameron Hall
young woman boss journalist widow son wife emotional intense melancholy melodramatic moving sad tender london cornwall new york affair world war ii romantic dilemma grief
An American war correspondent falls in love with a BBC reporter, but their relationship seems doomed from the start.
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Kit Jordon
Lana Turner Cliff Robertson Hugh O'Brian Ruth Roman Stefanie Powers Virginia Grey Ron Husmann Enrique Lucero Carlos Montalban Jaime Bravo Fanny Schiller
wealthy woman gigolo bullfighter husband girlfriend police officer disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry acapulco, mexico beach infidelity debauchery marriage sex murder beach culture love rivalry
Rich playgirl Kit Jordan (nee Katherine Lawson Chandler) is in Acapulco vacationing with her current husband, Pete Jordan, formerly an American beach boy working the Acapulco shores for ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1961
115 Minutes
Lana Turner Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jason Robards George Hamilton Susan Kohner Barbara Bel Geddes Thomas Mitchell Everett Sloane Yvonne Craig Jean Willes Frank Maxwell
lawyer partner wife alcoholic son melodramatic intricate disheartening sultry law firm family home massachusetts small town infidelity father/son relationship legacy love triangle rape midlife crisis rivalry
Neurotic woman engages in an affair with the law partner of her impotent husband.
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Fredda Barlo
Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Marjorie Main Barry Sullivan Cedric Hardwicke Debbie Reynolds Ann Codee Giacomo Spadoni Chick Chandler Joseph Vitale
actress prince prime minister landlady niece love interest tender moving italy hotel california world war ii romance political coup exile reunion royalty love sacrifice 1950s
A beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent prince
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
100 Minutes
Vivian Cross
Lana Turner Richard Shorr Richard Benjamin Teri Garr Kathryn Leigh Scott James Winker Bill Sorrels Kelly Jean Peters Jordan Charney
This remake of Fritz Leiber's novel "Conjure Wife" (previously filmed as 1944's "Weird Woman" and 1962's "Night of the Eagle" AKA "Burn, Witch, Burn") is more of a horror spoof, as three ... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Drama
1945
93 Minutes
Valerie Parks
Lana Turner Laraine Day Susan Peters Agnes Moorehead Bill Johnson Natalie Schafer Lee Patrick Marta Linden June Lockhart Jess Barker Michael Kirby
A debutante (Lana Turner), a serviceman's bride (Susan Peters) and a girl (Laraine Day) from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
Drama
1976
90 Minutes
Claire Peterson
A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half brother and half sister, thanks to his father (Robert Lansing) and her mother (Lana Turner).
Musical, Comedy
1953
104 Minutes
Lana Turner Ricardo Montalban John Lund Louis Calhern Jean Hagen Eduard Franz Beulah Bondi Joaquin Garay Archer MacDonald Dorothy Neumann Robert Burton
wealthy man heiress plantation owner psychiatrist secretary grandfather lighthearted engaging new york city office brazil hotel love triangle vacation misunderstanding fortune hunters career money love adventure
A rich girl (Lana Turner) follows her rich boyfriend (John Lund) to Brazil, where she flirts with a rich rancher (Ricardo Montalban).
Horror
1974
92 Minutes
Lana Turner Ralph Bates Trevor Howard Olga Georges-Picot Suzan Farmer Mark Weavers Patrick Allen Jennifer Guy Shelagh Fraser Ronald Howard Catherine Brandon
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
1955
117 Minutes
John Wayne Lana Turner David Farrar Lyle Bettger Tab Hunter James Arness Wilton Graff Richard Davalos John Qualen Paul Fix Luis Van Rooten
sea captain german spy nazi british officer commander suspenseful rousing australia ship south pacific port dangerous assignment world war ii espionage military nazism moral dilemma pursuit escape
As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Virginia "Jinny" Marshland
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1961
109 Minutes
Bob Hope Lana Turner Janis Paige Jim Hutton Paula Prentiss Don Porter Virginia Grey Agnes Moorehead Florence Sundstrom Clinton Sundberg John McGiver
bachelor sexy woman husband manager housewife amusing dreamy suburbia household office california romance taxes jealousy writing discovery transformation forbidden love 1960s
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Comedy
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Jane Thomas
Lew Ayres Lana Turner Tom Brown Richard Carlson Jane Bryan Anita Louise Marsha Hunt Ann Rutherford Mary Beth Hughes Owen Davis Jr. Ernest Truex
A drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.
Comedy
1962
93 Minutes
Dean Martin Lana Turner Eddie Albert Nita Talbot Walter Matthau Paul Ford Margo John McGiver Jack Albertson
novelist husband lawyer mobster neighbor housekeeper lighthearted madcap apartment office los angeles gambling horse racing debt schemes misunderstanding mafia discovery revenge 1960s
A lawyer (Dean Martin) begins to win after his wife (Lana Turner) secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Horror
USA
1941
114 Minutes
Beatrix Emery
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Donald Crisp Ian Hunter Barton MacLane C. Aubrey Smith Sara Allgood Peter Godfrey Frederick Worlock William Tannen
dr. jekyll mr. hyde mistress brooding gripping suspenseful london laboratory split personality human nature experiments evil metamorphosis mystery 1880s
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
Musical
1941
131 Minutes
Sheila 'Red', 'Flatbush' Regan
James Stewart Judy Garland Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr Tony Martin Jackie Cooper Ian Hunter Charles Winninger Edward Everett Horton Paul Kelly Eve Arden
girl father boyfriend socialite violinist vaudevillian emotional spirited new york city stage apartment ziegfeld follies vaudeville father/daughter relationship ambition show business career vs. love rise sacrifice love
An elevator operator (Lana Turner), a vaudevillian (Judy Garland) and a violinist's wife cope with sudden fame as chorus girls.
Drama
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Rosalie Lewett
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Lana Turner Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Lynne Carver Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Harlan Briggs
intern physician nurse patient sister criminal melodramatic engaging new york city hospital basement apartment false accusations medical profession injury investigation framed for murder confidence discovery quest
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Cynthia Potter
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Lana Turner Ann Rutherford Betty Ross Clark Marie Blake
teen boy girlfriend neighbor judge best friend girl madcap amusing cheery emotional country club suburbia house jealousy misunderstanding holidays love triangle friendship surprise visit growing up
Andy has problems raising the last payment for a used car and juggling three pretty girls with an upcoming country club dance scheduled.
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Mary Clay
Claude Rains Edward Norris Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Otto Kruger Elisha Cook Jr. Lana Turner Linda Perry
student district attorney professor judge governor janitor tense profound disturbing town courtroom classroom lynching prejudice revenge 1930s
A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
Comedy
1937
91 Minutes
Auber
Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland Edward Everett Horton Melville Cooper Luis Alberni Lionel Atwill Marie Wilson Lana Turner Linda Perry Craig Reynolds Dorothy Tree
actor countess love interest fan servant amusing outlandish witty paris inn england stage impersonation performance romance misunderstanding theater david garrick rivalry transformation
French actors stage a hoax to deflate the ego of the famed 18th-century British actor (Brian Aherne).