List of the best Patricia Neal movies: Baxter!(1972), The Stranger From Venus(1954), An Unremarkable Life(1989), Happy Mother's Day, Love George(1973), The Homecoming: A Christmas Story(1971), The Subject Was Roses(1968), The Road Builder(1971), The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951), The Breaking Point(1950), The Hasty Heart(1949), The Fountainhead(1949), Diplomatic Courier(1952) ... ...
Drama
UK|USA
1972
105 Minutes
Dr. Roberta Clemm
child speech therapist divorcée model chef mother sad tender emotional winsome london apartment kitchen office street childhood friendship mother/son relationship loneliness grief
A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1954
75 Minutes
Patricia Neal Helmut Dantine Derek Bond Cyril Luckham Willoughby Gray Marigold Russell Arthur Young Kenneth Edwards David Garth Nigel Green Stanley Van Beers
After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.
Drama
USA
1989
98 Minutes
Frances McEllany
Patricia Neal Shelley Winters Mako Rochelle Oliver Charles S. Dutton Lily Knight Jenny Chrisinger Michael O'Neill Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood
Two sisters have put aside their differences to set up a comfortable life together but when one of them falls in love with an Asian mechanic, her stuffy, intolerant sister falls into a rage that threatens to destroy their relationship.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1973
90 Minutes
Patricia Neal Cloris Leachman Bobby Darin Ron Howard Tessa Dahl Kathie Browne Joseph Mascolo Simon Oakland Thayer David Gale Garnett
A teenage drifter becomes embroiled in the lives and mysteries of the residents in a small coastal fishing village while searching for his family roots.
Other, Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Olivia Walton
Patricia Neal Richard Thomas Edgar Bergen Ellen Corby Cleavon Little Dorothy Stickney William Windom Andrew Duggan Woodrow Parfrey Judy Norton Mary Elizabeth McDonough
father mother hillbilly grandfather son endearing heartwarming touching countryside household virginia mountain christmas family poverty father/son relationship growing up sacrifice love 1930s
Olivia (Patricia Neal), John-Boy (Richard Thomas) and the rest of the Waltons spend Christmas Eve 1933 anxiously awaiting the safe return of dad.
Drama
1968
107 Minutes
Nettie Cleary
Patricia Neal Jack Albertson Martin Sheen Don Saxon Elaine Williams Grant Gordon
son father mother bleak sad family home cottage nightclub manhattan marital problems family dysfunction infidelity alcoholism homecoming rivalry temptation sacrifice 1940s
A World War II veteran (Martin Sheen) comes home to his bickering parents (Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson).
Horror
1971
100 Minutes
Maura Prince
Patricia Neal Pamela Brown Nicholas Clay Jean Anderson Graham Crowden Yootha Joyce
spinster invalid mother handyman nurse young woman creepy thrilling mansion scotland murder mysterious newcomer mother/daughter relationship dark secrets unusual romance wretched excess love 1970s
A blind Englishwoman's (Pamela Brown) spinster daughter (Patricia Neal) hides a killer handyman (Nicholas Clay) at their gothic mansion.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Michael Rennie Patricia Neal Hugh Marlowe Sam Jaffe Billy Gray Frances Bavier Lock Martin Frank Conroy Carleton Young Fay Roope Edith Evanson
alien robot scientist single mother son powerful inspiring engaging washington, d.c. earth cold war aliens morality discovery sacrifice 1950s
An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Drama
USA
1950
97 Minutes
Leona Charles
An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
Drama
UK
1949
99 Minutes
Sister Margaret Parker
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Richard Todd Anthony Nicholls Howard Marion-Crawford Ralph Michael John Sherman Alfie Bass Orlando Martins
nurse scottish person soldier doctor patient touching uplifting melodramatic military hospital burma death world war ii terminal illness military acceptance transformation discovery 1940s
In the final days of WW2, in a M.A.S.H. unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Gary Cooper Patricia Neal Raymond Massey Kent Smith Robert Douglas Henry Hull Ray Collins Moroni Olsen Jerome Cowan Paul Harvey Thurston Hall
architect socialite wealthy woman critic jealous person brooding dense intricate profound solemn united states quarry architecture jealousy love triangle self-destruction nonconformity quest rivalry love
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Drama
USA
1952
97 Minutes
courier spy femme fatale double agent thrilling suspenseful austria train train station apartment hotel love cold war europe espionage secret plans murder love underdog mystery
Cold War yarn about a US State Department courier who tangles with Soviet agents and seductive women in post WW2 Europe.
Drama
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Patricia Neal Ruth Roman Frank Lovejoy Leif Erickson Ted de Corsia Edmon Ryan Larry Keating Katharine Warren Arthur Franz Duncan Richardson
Three women who secretly gave their new-born sons up for adoption in 1945, wonder if the 5-year old survivor of a plane crash, named in the local newspapers, is their long-abandoned son.
War
USA
1951
111 Minutes
John Wayne Patricia Neal Ward Bond Scott Forbes Philip Carey Paul Picerni William Campbell Kathryn Givney Vincent Fotre Martin Milner Cliff Clark
submarine officer captain ex-wife pilot commander enemy gripping tense emotional submarine sea pearl harbor hospital naval base world war ii navy brother relationship divorce duty sea rescue
During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.
Romance
USA
1949
96 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal Jack Carson Wayne Morris Edward Arnold Virginia Field
soldier friend wife fiancée mother father amusing charming new york city apartment marriage deception divorce friendship immigration love quest 1940s
A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track of her in the war only to find on returning home that he is stuck with the girl because the friend has married someone else.
Drama
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Van Johnson Patricia Neal Louis Calhern Sidney Blackmer Philip Ober Patricia Collinge Moroni Olsen
congressman columnist journalist lobbyist secretary boss emotional patriotic rousing positive washington, d.c. newsroom capitol building massachusetts restaurant politics journalism corruption idealism unlikely romance
Joe Gresham is a hard-working but reticent congressman from Massachusetts. Reporter Alice Kingsley arrives in Washington, DC hired by Gilbert Nunnally, a tabloid columnist and cynic who ... See full summary »
Drama
1964
94 Minutes
Curt Jurgens Patricia Neal Samantha Eggar Ian Bannen Elspeth March Beatrix Lehmann Sandra Leo Shelley Crowhurst
blind person husband sister friend dark gripping melodramatic london family home country house adultery psychosomatic illness memory love triangle family dysfunction blindness discovery forbidden love transformation 1960s
An industrialist's (Curt Jurgens) wife (Patricia Neal) tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.
Romance
1952
81 Minutes
Anne Richards
lobbyist old man zoologist matron politician landlady witty lighthearted washington, d.c. party museum hotel political corruption activism mccarthyism deception environmental consciousness underdog quest love
An old rascal (Edmund Gwenn) unites Washington lobbyists (Victor Mature, Patricia Neal) at odds on a bill affecting the California condor.
Drama
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Alma Brown
Paul Newman Melvyn Douglas Patricia Neal Brandon de Wilde John Ashley Whit Bissell Crahan Denton Val Avery Sheldon Allman Pitt Herbert Curt Conway
anti-hero teenager housekeeper father rancher brash fiery dark ranch texas family alcoholism love triangle wretched excess 1960s
Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.
Romance, Comedy
USA
1961
115 Minutes
2-E
Audrey Hepburn George Peppard Patricia Neal Buddy Ebsen Martin Balsam Mickey Rooney José Luis de Vilallonga John McGiver Dorothy Whitney Stanley Adams Elvia Allman
socialite writer wealthy woman love interest dreamy emotional melodramatic new york city store street apartment older woman-younger man love triangle wealth infatuation prostitution love pursuit temptation 1960s
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Drama
USA
1950
110 Minutes
Margaret Jane Singleton
Gary Cooper Lauren Bacall Patricia Neal Jack Carson Donald Crisp Gladys George Elizabeth Patterson Jeff Corey Taylor Holmes Thurston Hall
In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
War
1979
156 Minutes
Paul's Mother
Richard Thomas Ernest Borgnine Patricia Neal Ian Holm Donald Pleasence Mark Drewry Mark Elliott David Bradley Matthew Evans George Winter Dominic Jephcott
soldier corporal bleak somber sad war zone germany france world war i disillusionment fall growing up 1910s
A young German soldier (Richard Thomas) and his comrades are followed through the horrors of World War I.
Drama
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Margie
Billy Ray Cyrus Heather Locklear Olesya Rulin Patricia Neal Ahnaise Christmas Mo Collins Arabella Field Sidney Franklin
A real estate developer goes to his 25th high school reunion without his wife, and finds his old teenage band playing. They get him up on stage for a couple of songs, and convince him come ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1990
97 Minutes
Miss Trollope
Stephanie Zimbalist Pamela Reed George Grizzard Patricia Neal Dorothy McGuire Shawn Phelan Jenny Jacobs
daughter stepbrother stepsister father grandmother second wife suspenseful engaging melodramatic house library presumed dead inheritance disability suspicion wealth discovery rivalry 1950s
Long thought dead, a woman (Stephanie Zimbalist) returns to her family -- just in time for an inheritance.
Drama, Comedy
USA
1999
118 Minutes
Jewel Mae "Cookie" Orcutt
Glenn Close Julianne Moore Liv Tyler Chris O'Donnell Charles S. Dutton Patricia Neal Ned Beatty Courtney B. Vance Donald Moffat Lyle Lovett Danny Darst
aunt niece widow theatrical producer scapegoat crafty gripping engaging playful mississippi small town schemes suicide framed for murder small-town life inheritance mystery temptation 1990s
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Drama
1993
191 Minutes
Grandmother
Jason Robards Noley Thornton Jane Seymour Jane Hazlegrove Lexi Randall Sian Phillips Patricia Neal Andrew Bicknell Basil Hoskins
An orphan (Noley Thornton) lives with her grandfather (Jason Robards) in the Swiss Alps, then goes to live with a well-to-do family in Frankfurt.