List of the best Natalie Wood movies: Splendor in the Grass(1961), West Side Story(1961), Love With the Proper Stranger(1963), This Property Is Condemned(1966), Inside Daisy Clover(1965), Bombers B-52(1957), Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice(1969), Penelope(1966), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Gypsy(1962), Sex and the Single Girl(1964), Brainstorm(1983) ... ...
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Pat Hingle Audrey Christie Barbara Loden Zohra Lampert Fred Stewart Joanna Roos Jan Norris Gary Lockwood Sandy Dennis
father high-school sweetheart teenager mother sister emotional melodramatic tender kansas small town heartbreak love manic-depression family coming of age love growing up temptation 1920s
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Musical
USA
1961
151 Minutes
Natalie Wood Richard Beymer Russ Tamblyn George Chakiris Rita Moreno Simon Oakland Ned Glass William Bramley Tucker Smith
gang member rival love interest police officer melodramatic emotional sad new york city street romance gangs showdown jealousy racism dance forbidden love rivalry 1950s
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1963
102 Minutes
Natalie Wood Steve McQueen Edie Adams Herschel Bernardi Tom Bosley Harvey Lembeck Penny Santon Virginia Vincent E. Nick Alexander Augusta Ciolli Anne Hegira
musician cook pregnant woman brother stripper emotional charming restaurant new york city apartment affair abortion pregnancy love triangle independence growing up love 1960s
A salesclerk at Macy's department store finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand with a musician, who does not even remember her.
Drama
USA
1966
110 Minutes
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Charles Bronson Kate Reid Mary Badham Robert Blake Alan Baxter Dabney Coleman Jon Provost
southern belle mother businessman lover wealthy man melodramatic solemn mississippi new orleans small town mother/daughter relationship love triangle betrayal big business reputation railroad forbidden love rivalry temptation revenge
The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression.
Drama
USA
1965
128 Minutes
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Christopher Plummer Roddy McDowall Ruth Gordon Katharine Bard
producer mother tomboy actress actor daughter brooding dark offbeat hollywood, calif. santa monica, calif. film set arizona fame movies show business divorce rags to riches manipulation growing up
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Drama
USA
1957
106 Minutes
Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Marsha Hunt Don Kelly Nelson Leigh Robert Nichols Ray Montgomery Bob Hover
mechanic pilot daughter sergeant colonel father tense emotional moving air force base korea airplane canyon california san francisco enemies airplane crash military life retirement love
Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Comedy
1969
105 Minutes
Natalie Wood Robert Culp Elliott Gould Diane Cannon Horst Ebersberg Lee Bergere Donald F. Muhich Noble Lee Holderread K.T. Stevens Celeste Yarnall Carol O'Leary
filmmaker wife counselor friend best friend playful witty bedroom los angeles las vegas sexual tension therapy desire free love foursome discovery temptation forbidden love 1960s
Trendy West Coasters Bob (Robert Culp) and Carol (Natalie Wood) try wife-swapping with square Ted (Elliott Gould) and Alice.
Comedy
1966
97 Minutes
Natalie Wood Ian Bannen Dick Shawn Peter Falk Jonathan Winters Lila Kedrova Lou Jacobi Norma Crane Arthur Malet Jerome Cowan Arlene Golonka
wife husband psychiatrist police detective con artist charming witty madcap new york city bank robbery boredom unusual romance marriage kleptomania adventure love 1960s
A woman (Natalie Wood) disguised as a little old lady robs her husband's (Ian Bannen) bank, then tells her analyst (Dick Shawn).
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Judy
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Musical
USA
1962
149 Minutes
Louise Hovick
Rosalind Russell Natalie Wood Karl Malden Paul Wallace Betty Bruce Parley Baer Harvey Korman
stripper mother daughter rousing fiery gripping cheeky theater wichita, kan. strip club entertainment aspirations mother/daughter relationship family dysfunction transformation growing up escape 1940s
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Comedy
USA
1964
114 Minutes
Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Henry Fonda Lauren Bacall Mel Ferrer Fran Jeffries Leslie Parrish Edward Everett Horton Larry Storch Stubby Kaye Otto Kruger
journalist psychologist neighbor wife womanizer lighthearted charming office apartment club car affair seduction psychology impersonation suicide sex love rise 1960s
A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Sci-Fi
USA
1983
106 Minutes
Christopher Walken Natalie Wood Louise Fletcher Cliff Robertson Joe Dorsey Jordan Christopher
researcher scientist government official military officer wife thrilling tense suspenseful disturbing research station north carolina brain-reading device scientific experiments military industrial complex near-death experience sex tape technology discovery rivalry wretched excess
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.
Romance
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Lory Austen
James Garner Natalie Wood Nina Foch Dean Jagger E.G. Marshall Henry Jones Otto Kruger Roland Winters Edward Platt Edgar Stehli Linda Watkins
businessman old flame business owner assistant boss witty lighthearted office penthouse airport capitalism love triangle corporate culture father/daughter relationship love love quest rivalry 1950s
Cash McCall is a young and slick business man who buys failing businesses and resells them. Grant Austen's Plastics is even more of a prize to Cash, for Cash is also making a bid for ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1958
123 Minutes
Marjorie Morgenstern
Gene Kelly Natalie Wood Claire Trevor Ed Wynn Everett Sloane Carolyn Jones Martin Milner Martin Balsam Ruta Kilmonis Paul Picerni Alan Reed
actress entertainer mother playwright doctor melodramatic tender new york city college family home summer camp theater catskills acting aspirations love nonconformity family growing up forbidden love
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Robert Wagner Natalie Wood George Hamilton Susan Kohner Pearl Bailey Jack Mullaney Onslow Stevens Anne Seymour Virginia Gregg Mabel Albertson Louise Beavers
The minister of the town has died and his son Chad has no tears for him. Sarah, who now calls herself Salome, is pregnant with Chad's baby, but Chad has no future, no job and no money. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1975
88 Minutes
In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter of a shady client pursued by two dangerous goons. The case leads him to a rich oddball Beverly Hills family.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
103 Minutes
George Segal Natalie Wood Richard Benjamin Arlene Golonka Allan Arbus Marilyn Sokol Oliver Clark Priscilla Barnes Dom DeLuise Valerie Harper Bob Dishy
husband wife friend love interest beautiful woman amusing playful los angeles household divorce marriage infidelity romance social change sex love temptation 1980s
Mari and Jeff Thompson start to doubt their own marriage when every couple they know separate.
Comedy
USA
1956
103 Minutes
Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Jessie Royce Landis Jim Backus Murray Hamilton Alan King James Garner David Janssen Jack Arnold Wilfred Knapp Les Johnson
student army recruit society matron girlfriend army officer sergeant melodramatic patriotic lighthearted brooding army camp barracks monterey, calif. college basic training relationships discipline separation maturing growing up
Privileged college student Andy Shaeffer is a mama's boy who flunks out of school and is drafted by the army where he becomes a real man, to the astonishment of everyone.
Sci-Fi
USA|Hong Kong
1979
107 Minutes
Sean Connery Natalie Wood Karl Malden Brian Keith Martin Landau Trevor Howard Joseph Campanella Roger Robinson Richard Dysart Henry Fonda
scientist beautiful woman assistant military officer president engaging incredible tense new york city office building meteorite destruction disaster competition romance cold war quest rivalry 1970s
The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.
Western
1956
94 Minutes
Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Skip Homeier Eduard Franz Earl Holliman Claude Akins Ray Teal Frank Puglia Hal Baylor Tyler MacDuff Rayford Barnes
love interest rancher cattleman enemy brother henchman passionate thrilling tense wild west ranch range murder redemption justice on the run romance revenge escape love
A young man (Tab Hunter) and a part-Mexican girl (Natalie Wood) hide from a cattle baron's son (Skip Homeier) and killer henchmen.
Western
USA
1956
119 Minutes
Debbie Edwards (older)
John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Natalie Wood Vera Miles Ward Bond John Qualen Harry Carey Jr. Olive Carey Antonio Moreno Henry Brandon Hank Worden
gunslinger uncle niece brother native american powerful engaging texas new mexico wilderness wild west abduction family revenge native people missing persons bigotry quest adventure discovery
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
Drama
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Jenny Hollingsworth
Ruth Warrick Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Dean Jagger Charlotte Greenwood Jerome Cowan H.B. Warner
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for ... See full summary »
Drama, War
USA
1958
109 Minutes
Monique Blair
Frank Sinatra Tony Curtis Natalie Wood Leora Dana Karl Swenson Ann Codee Eddie Ryder Jackie Berthe Marie Isnard
soldier military officer love interest mother melodramatic france village beach battlefield love triangle interracial relationship marriage racism world war ii love transformation 1940s
Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Sally Burke
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Drama
1949
92 Minutes
Susan Matthews
Marguerite Chapman Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Robert Paige Ted Donaldson Connie Marshall Bobby Ellis Jeanne LaDuke Irving Bacon Milburn Stone Geraldine Wall
farmer widower daughter son suitor emotional touching farm household countryside farming family father/child relationship generation gap modernization discovery love transformation 1940s
A stubborn farmer (Walter Brennan) squashes one daughter's (Marguerite Chapman) romance and another's (Natalie Wood) dream to join the 4-H Club.
Comedy
1949
84 Minutes
Ellen Cooper
The wife (Maureen O'Hara) of a losing football coach (Fred MacMurray) helps him cope with hostile alumni and his growing daughters.
Crime, Drama
1956
75 Minutes
Elizabeth
Edmond O'Brien Brian Donlevy Natalie Wood Raymond Burr Richard Anderson Irene Hervey Carol Veazie Mary Lawrence Anthony Caruso George J. Lewis Peter Hansen
young woman fiancé psychopath police captain father mother tense dark lovers' lane car police station shack household brickyard mental illness kidnapping investigation secret love police work family
A policeman (Brian Donlevy) hunts down and slaps around a peeping Tom who has kidnapped the captain's (Edmond O'Brien) daughter (Natalie Wood).
Romance
USA
1955
94 Minutes
Seely Dowder
Anne Baxter Rock Hudson Julie Adams Natalie Wood Betty Garde Carl Benton Reid William Hopper Barry Curtis Adrienne Marden
In early 1900s, an Oklahoma gambler-casino dealer teams-up with a saloon dancer and together they seek a new life in a Colorado mining town where their relationship and respectability are tested.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Pauline
Mona Freeman Billy De Wolfe Edward Arnold Natalie Wood Lyle Bettger Mary Philips
Woman gets involved with a crook trying to reform.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Susan Walker
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Ruth Hefferan
Dan Dailey Celeste Holm Colleen Townsend Alan Young Natalie Wood William Frawley Connie Gilchrist Veda Ann Borg Porter Hall Whit Bissell Katherine Emery
wife husband daughter attorney boarder lighthearted emotional tucson, ariz. family home hotel office marriage money parenthood eviction love transformation 1900s
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Eufraznee `'Bean'` McGill
June Haver Lon McCallister Walter Brennan Anne Revere Natalie Wood Robert Karnes Henry Hull Tom Tully
farmer neighbor friend daughter stepbrother stepmother confident fascinating farm field barn rural life family competition animals farming logging rivalry love quest
In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.
Musical, Comedy
1952
104 Minutes
Barbara Blake
Bing Crosby Jane Wyman Ethel Barrymore Bob Arthur Natalie Wood Cora Witherspoon Regis Toomey
songwriter star son daughter headmistress charming uplifting cheery new york city school family home upstate new york resort parenthood adolescence father/son relationship aspirations romantic dilemma infatuation love
The star (Jane Wyman) of a Broadway producer's (Bing Crosby) show helps him with his teenage children, who feel neglected.
Comedy
USA
1950
89 Minutes
Nancy `'Nan'` Heyward
Irene Dunne Fred MacMurray William Demarest Andy Devine Gigi Perreau Natalie Wood Philip Ober Ann Doran Margaret Gibson
songwriter cowboy widower ex-girlfriend newlywed daughter lighthearted charming new york city wyoming ranch countryside dance hall studio city vs. country marriage water supply neighbors accident relocation
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Heyward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married, and ... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography
1975
92 Minutes
Carroll Baker Leslie Caron Vampira Christine White Natalie Wood
Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Elizabeth Taylor and archival footage recall the actor who died in a 1955 car crash.
Drama
1946
105 Minutes
Margaret Ludwig
Claudette Colbert Orson Welles George Brent Lucile Watson Richard Long Natalie Wood
secretary husband boss son aunt ward emotional engaging patriotic tense baltimore hospital office house cottage train station horrors of war family impersonation war injury
A woman's (Claudette Colbert) husband (Orson Welles), listed dead in World War I, goes to work for her second husband (George Brent) during World War II.
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Phyllis Lawrence
James Stewart Barbara Hale James Gleason Fred Clark Alan Mowbray Patricia Medina Natalie Wood Tommy Rettig Robert Gist Lyle Talbot
vice president wife boss interior decorator painter irs officer heartwarming hilarious quirky small town indiana house luck contest taxes family radio husband/wife relationship discovery underdog
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them.
Drama
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Penny Macaulay
Ann Blyth Jane Wyatt Donald Cook Farley Granger Joan Evans Ann Dvorak Natalie Wood Gus Schilling Phyllis Kirk Jessie Grayson Martin Milner
teen girl adoptive mother adoptive father biological mother sister boyfriend emotional heartwarming los angeles family home long beach, calif. adoption family graduation secret identity crisis discovery growing up transformation 1950s
Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted during a heated argument with her sister, Joan. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister, Penny, Gail goes in ... See full summary »
Drama
1954
144 Minutes
Virginia Mayo Paul Newman Jack Palance Pier Angeli Alexander Scourby Joseph Wiseman E.G. Marshall Walter Hampden Jacques Aubuchon Herbert Rudley Albert Van Dekker
sculptor slave wife magician beautiful woman apostle melodramatic emotional rome jerusalem art slavery daunting task love triangle magic deception rise quest underdog 1st century
After the Last Supper, Christians fight Romans over Christ's cup, for which a Greek sculptor (Paul Newman) makes a holder.