List of the best Marilyn Monroe movies: The Seven Year Itch(1955), Niagara(1953), How to Marry a Millionaire(1953), Let's Make Love(1960), The Prince and the Showgirl(1957), Bus Stop(1956), The Misfits(1961), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953), River of No Return(1954), Ladies of the Chorus(1949), Don't Bother to Knock(1952), Some Like It Hot(1959) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1955
105 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Tom Ewell Evelyn Keyes Sonny Tufts Victor Moore Oscar Homolka Carolyn Jones Doro Merande
husband wife beautiful woman model son psychiatrist amusing playful new york city apartment building street infidelity marriage adultery fantasy temptation forbidden love 1950s
When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbbor.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
89 Minutes
Rose Loomis
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.
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Pola Debevoise
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, Comedy
USA
1960
118 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Yves Montand Tony Randall Frankie Vaughan Wilfrid Hyde-White David Burns Michael David Mara Lynn Dennis King Jr. Joe Besser Madge Kennedy
billionaire actress beautiful woman publicist amusing playful theater new york city mistaken identity deception romance song and dance wealth theater production love transformation 1960s
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
117 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier Sybil Thorndike Jeremy Spenser Richard Wattis Esmond Knight Paul Hardwick Rosamund Greenwood Aubrey Dexter Maxine Audley Jean Kent
king prince government official actress ambassador queen amusing winsome melodramatic london embassy bedroom ballroom nightclub coronation treason courtship secret performance repression
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Cherie
Marilyn Monroe Don Murray Arthur O'Connell Betty Field Eileen Heckart Robert Bray Hope Lange Hans Conried Casey Adams Henry Slate Terry Kelman
singer cowboy friend waitress emotional engaging phoenix café nightclub rodeo bus infatuation ambition unrequited love love transformation pursuit 1950s
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
Western, Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe Montgomery Clift Thelma Ritter Eli Wallach James Barton Estelle Winwood Kevin McCarthy Marietta Tree
divorcée cowboy gambler rodeo rider drifter friend winsome cheeky reno, nev. casino bar ranch house middle age depression horses gambling love triangle discovery temptation
A divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle.
Comedy, Musical
USA
1953
91 Minutes
Jane Russell Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Elliott Reid Tommy Noonan George Winslow Marcel Dalio Taylor Holmes Norma Varden Howard Wendell Steven Geray
dancer millionaire detective friend father airy lighthearted playful courtroom ocean liner paris money marriage blackmail romance temptation love pursuit 1950s
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Marilyn Monroe Rory Calhoun Tommy Rettig Murvyn Vye Douglas Spencer Ed Hinton Don Beddoe Claire Andre Jack Mather Edmund Cobb
farmer son singer boyfriend miner ex-convict thrilling melodramatic pacific northwest boomtown saloon river countryside robbery revenge greed gold father/son relationship survival pursuit
The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others.
Musical, Romance
USA
1949
61 Minutes
showgirl mother daughter socialite comedian engaging spirited stage backstage hotel flower shop show business mother/daughter relationship ambition class distinctions romance rise rivalry escape 1940s
A chorus girl falls in love with a wealthy young man, but their relationship is jeopardized by her mother's fears about the reaction of his family.
Drama
1952
76 Minutes
Richard Widmark Marilyn Monroe Anne Bancroft Donna Corcoran Jeanne Cagney Lurene Tuttle Elisha Cook Jr. Jim Backus Willis Bouchey Don Beddoe Gloria Blondell
pilot woman child babysitter chilling eerie suspenseful new york city hotel bad behavior mental illness child abuse seduction rescue revenge temptation transformation 1950s
An airline pilot (Richard Widmark) flirts with a hotel baby-sitter (Marilyn Monroe) before realizing she is deranged.
Comedy
USA
1959
120 Minutes
Sugar Kane (Kowalczyk)
Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe E. Brown Nehemiah Persoff Joan Shawlee Billy Gray George E. Stone Dave Barry
musician friend sexy woman millionaire mobster playful hilarious wild chicago train florida beach hotel nightclub deception sex friendship wealth escape love
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Angela Phinlay
Sterling Hayden Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James Whitmore John McIntire Marc Lawrence Barry Kelley Anthony Caruso Teresa Celli
ex-convict waitress safecracker thief lawyer intricate tense united states city jewelry theft greed deception schemes murder fall temptation 1950s
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Comedy
USA
1952
97 Minutes
Miss Lois Laurel
Cary Grant Ginger Rogers Marilyn Monroe Charles Coburn Hugh Marlowe Henri Letondal Robert Cornthwaite Larry Keating Douglas Spencer Esther Dale Joseph Mell
chemist secretary businessman chimpanzee wife wild amusing madcap playful laboratory car skating rink office youth science medical experiments confusion immortality transformation temptation
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1954
117 Minutes
Vicky Hoffman, Vicky Parker
Ethel Merman Dan Dailey Marilyn Monroe Donald O'Connor Johnnie Ray Mitzi Gaynor Hugh O'Brian Frank McHugh
vaudevillian wife daughter son singer priest uplifting charming melodramatic spirited new jersey new york city theater performance show business family maturing romantic dilemma growing up discovery
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Drama
USA
1952
105 Minutes
Peggy
Barbara Stanwyck Paul Douglas Robert Ryan Marilyn Monroe J. Carrol Naish Keith Andes Silvio Minciotti Julius Tannen Anthony Dante Diane Stewart Deborah Stewart
woman fisherman projectionist brother husband girlfriend fiery raw sultry monterey, calif. docks movie theater boat ocean adultery love triangle marriage gossip homecoming wretched excess
Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
Comedy
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Roberta Stevens
June Haver William Lundigan Frank Fay Marilyn Monroe Jack Paar Leatrice Joy Henry Kulky Marie Blake
Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Joyce Mannering
Claudette Colbert Macdonald Carey Zachary Scott Barbara Bates Robert Wagner Marilyn Monroe Frank Cady Jim Hayward Carol Savage Paul Gerrits
A woman (Claudette Colbert) divorces her husband (Macdonald Carey) of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Comedy
1951
77 Minutes
Harriet
Monty Woolley Thelma Ritter Jean Peters David Wayne Constance Bennett Marilyn Monroe Allyn Joslyn Albert Van Dekker
businessman executive secretary grandchild wife lighthearted witty charming printing plant office house retirement ageism publishing impersonation career growing up underdog 20th century
A worker (Monty Woolley) poses as the head of the company that owns the company that forced him to retire at 65.
Drama
USA
1950
138 Minutes
Claudia Caswell
Bette Davis Anne Baxter Celeste Holm George Sanders Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Thelma Ritter Marilyn Monroe Gregory Ratoff Barbara Bates Walter Hampden
actress critic producer writer director witty crafty stage restaurant new york city dressing room household ambition theater production show business quest rivalry 1950s
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Chico Marx Ilona Massey Vera-Ellen Marion Hutton Raymond Burr Bruce Gordon Melville Cooper Leon Belasco Paul Valentine
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.