List of the best Merle Oberon movies: The Lodger(1944), Berlin Express(1948), That Uncertain Feeling(1941), The Divorce of Lady X(1938), First Comes Courage(1943), Dark Waters(1944), Lydia(1941), The Price of Fear(1956), Affectionately Yours(1941), Interval(1973), Over the Moon(1940), Affair in Monte Carlo(1953) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
84 Minutes
Kitty Langley
Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar Cedric Hardwicke Sara Allgood Aubrey Mather Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd David Clyde Helena Pickard Lumsden Hare
serial killer inspector singer maid lodger chilling suspenseful disturbing london attic music hall hospital serial murders mystery investigation unusual behavior jack the ripper mystery discovery pursuit
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Drama
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Lucienne
Merle Oberon Robert Ryan Charles Korvin Paul Lukas Robert Coote Reinhold Schünzel Roman Toporow Peter von Zerneck Otto Waldis Fritz Kortner Michael Harvey
passenger assassin doctor diplomat activist soldier thrilling uneasy france train germany world war ii nazis murder peace deception sabotage quest pursuit mystery
A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Mrs. Jill Baker
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Comedy
UK
1938
91 Minutes
Leslie Steele, Lady Claire Mere
Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson Binnie Barnes Morton Selten J.H. Roberts Gertrude Musgrove Gus McNaughton Eileen Peele Hugh McDermott H.B. Hallam
lawyer guest lord judge wife cheeky charming hilarious london hotel office divorce impersonation stranded nobility romance infidelity forbidden love temptation discovery
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
War
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Nicole Larsen
beautiful woman nazi british soldier doctor secret agent old flame melodramatic emotional norway small town love triangle espionage resistance deception romance world war ii quest sacrifice love 1940s
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
90 Minutes
Leslie Calvin
A woman returns to the USA after a German U-boat sank her ship, and finds out that someone wants to kill her for her inheritance.
Romance
USA
1941
104 Minutes
Lydia MacMillan
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 »
Drama
USA
1956
79 Minutes
Jessica Warren
Merle Oberon Lex Barker Charles Drake Gia Scala Warren Stevens Philip Pine Mary Field Dan Riss Konstantin Shayne Stafford Repp Tim Sullivan
The co-owner of a dog track is framed for two crimes: the shotgun killing of his ex-partner and the hit-and-run death of an elderly man.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Sue Mayberry
Merle Oberon Dennis Morgan Rita Hayworth Ralph Bellamy George Tobias James Gleason Hattie McDaniel Jerome Cowan Butterfly McQueen Renie Riano Frank Wilcox
journalist divorcée husband fiancé love interest playful madcap engaging new york city lisbon, portugal household marital problems romance jealousy engagement infidelity deception love pursuit rivalry
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females. He's in Lisbon attempting his latest "conquest" when ... See full summary »
Romance
Mexico|USA
1973
84 Minutes
Serena Moore
Merle Oberon Robert Wolders Claudio Brook Russ Conway Charles Bateman Barbara Ransom
Serena Moore has been everywhere and is trying to put her past behind her. She finds refuge in Mexico where, without intending to, falls in love with a much younger painter Chris.
Romance
UK
1940
78 Minutes
Merle Oberon Rex Harrison Ursula Jeans Robert Douglas Louis Borel Zena Dare Peter Haddon David Tree Mackenzie Ward Carl Jaffe Elisabeth Welch
Young Jane Benson (Merle Oberon) just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis (Sir Rex Harrison), she suggests ... See full summary »
Romance
UK
1953
90 Minutes
Linda Venning
Merle Oberon Richard Todd Leo Genn Peter Illing Stephen Murray Peter Reynolds Joan Dowling June Clyde
A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.
War
1940
76 Minutes
Mrs. Richardson
Merle Oberon Brian Desmond Hurst Ralph Richardson June Duprez Robert Douglas Anthony Bushell Derrick de Marney Brian Worth Austin Trevor Ivan Brandt
pilot wife relative sweetheart patriotic gripping inspiring england air force base household air show airplane infirmary world war ii english history nazis patriotism quest sacrifice 1930s
The drama of a British wing commander (Ralph Richardson) and his wife (Merle Oberon) features footage of the Nazi threat.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven Karen Morley Theodore von Eltz Jerome Cowan John Burton Leland Hodgson David Torrence Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp
lord daughter rebel rival mother brash fiery patriotic dublin police station house england street irish life politics father/daughter relationship peace treaty assassination plot quest rivalry
British soldiers follow an aristocrat (Merle Oberon) to her lover, a rebel leader (Brian Aherne) in 1921 Dublin.
Romance
1940
99 Minutes
Joan Ames
Merle Oberon George Brent Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh Eric Blore Henry O'Neill George Reeves Frank Wilcox Doris Lloyd
dying person convict police officer con artist countess melodramatic mushy sad cruise ship hong kong death dark secrets romance terminal illness execution forbidden love pursuit 1940s
A dying woman (Merle Oberon) and condemned man (George Brent) fall in love on a ship from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
Drama
USA
1936
92 Minutes
Karen Wright
student teacher wealthy woman doctor engaging melodramatic boarding school massachusetts affair lie school scandal love fall revenge 1930s
Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
Adventure
UK
1935
95 Minutes
Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Raymond Massey Nigel Bruce Bramwell Fletcher Anthony Bushell Joan Gardner Melville Cooper
nobleman wife agent ambassador gripping melodramatic paris revolution espionage romance adventure rescue mystery 18th century
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Drama
USA
1947
102 Minutes
Cathy Mallory
Dana Andrews Merle Oberon Ethel Barrymore Hoagy Carmichael Jacqueline White Donald Curtis Walter Reed Jane Jones Whit Bissell Leonard Bremen
composer socialite best friend older woman blind man conductor melodramatic passionate san francisco nightclub apartment beach concert hall new york city blindness music contest impersonation friendship deception
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Paul Muni Merle Oberon Cornel Wilde Stephen Bekassy Nina Foch George Coulouris Sig Arno Howard Freeman George Macready Claire DuBrey Frank Puglia
composer soldier musician doctor writer creative bleak fascinating poland paris war illness music political repression frédéric chopin affair love rise 1840s
Biography of Frederic Chopin.
Drama
USA
1935
110 Minutes
Fredric March Merle Oberon Herbert Marshall Janet Beecher John Halliday Henrietta Crosman Frieda Inescort Claude Allister George Breakston Fay Chaldecott Dennis Chaldecott
soldier cousin girl friend engaging emotional passionate london france england countryside cottage devotion pride love war blindness jealousy love transformation
The close relationship between a woman and her two male childhood friends is tested when she accepts a marriage proposal from one of them, while the burgeoning First World War threatens to change their lives forever.
Romance
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Mary Smith
Gary Cooper Merle Oberon Walter Brennan Patsy Kelly Fuzzy Knight Mabel Todd Henry Kolker Harry Davenport Emma Dunn Walter Walker Berton Churchill
wealthy girl father maid cowboy best friend lighthearted tender charming city household bar palm beach, fla. montana wealth father/daughter relationship impersonation deception elopement romance love
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
Biography
USA
1954
132 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Merle Oberon Helen Traubel Doe Avedon Walter Pidgeon Paul Henreid Tamara Toumanova Paul Stewart Isobel Elsom David Burns Jim Backus
composer wife singer musician melodramatic charming theater new york city music romance success love rise 1920s
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Comedy
UK
1932
84 Minutes
Roland Young Merle Oberon George Grossmith Kate Cutler Wendy Barrie Joan Gardner
bachelor marquis grandmother lady twin young woman witty charming london mansion club england love triangle deception marriage friendship class conflict nobility love transformation
Young man fights off attempts to marry him off to a series of available girls. Intersting glimpses of London in 1930.
Musical, Romance
1934
84 Minutes
A composer (John Garrick) goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.
Drama, History
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Empress Josephine
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.
Drama, History
USA
1933
92 Minutes
Anne Boleyn
Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester Binnie Barnes Robert Donat Merle Oberon Miles Mander Wendy Barrie John Loder
anne boleyn wife queen king cheeky melodramatic emotional england royal court castle king henry viii marriage royalty death infidelity forbidden love love 16th century
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
The Duchess Caroline
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).