List of the best Shelley Winters movies: My Man and I(1952), The Balcony(1963), Wild in the Streets(1968), Witchfire(1986), Bloody Mama(1970), A House Is Not a Home(1964), Who Slew Auntie Roo?(1972), The Night of the Hunter(1955), A Patch of Blue(1965), Winchester '73(1950), Lolita(1962), He Ran All the Way(1951) ... ...
Drama
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Nancy
Shelley Winters Ricardo Montalban Wendell Corey Claire Trevor Robert Burton Jose Torvay Jack Elam Pascual García Peña George Chandler Carlos Conde
laborer drunk farmer wife patriotic disheartening california bar farm american dream citizenship greed racism underdog sacrifice 1950s
In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for, after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.
Fantasy
USA
1963
84 Minutes
Madame Irma
madam prostitute police chief employee customer amusing outlandish france brothel city prostitution sex impersonation revolution riots political unrest rise discovery transformation 1960s
In a fictional country, the Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
Comedy
USA
1968
97 Minutes
Mrs. Flatow
Shelley Winters Christopher Jones Diane Varsi Richard Pryor Kevin Coughlin Michael Margotta May Ishihara Salli Sachse Hal Holbrook Millie Perkins Bert Freed
politician revolutionary singer guitarist anthropologist senator eerie chilling offbeat los angeles mansion washington, d.c. political rally congress counterculture political activism hypocrisy political campaign youth hero worship
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
Horror
UK|USA
1986
92 Minutes
Lydia
Shelley Winters Gary Swanson Corinne Chateau
When his girlfriend becomes dangerously obsessed with a ghost she contacted using a ouija board, Jim reluctantly joins forces with her ex - his own estranged childhood best friend - to identify and exorcise the evil spirit.
Crime, Drama
USA
1970
90 Minutes
Shelley Winters Pat Hingle Don Stroud Diane Varsi Bruce Dern Clint Kimbrough Robert Walden Robert De Niro Alex Nicol Michael Fox Scatman Crothers
mother son gang leader gunman prostitute lover wild thrilling outlandish gritty ozark mountains bank prison small town hideout ma barker crime spree mother/son relationship family dysfunction control
A psychologically-disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
Biography
1964
98 Minutes
Polly Adler
Shelley Winters Robert Taylor Cesar Romero Ralph Taeger Kaye Ballard Broderick Crawford Mickey Shaughnessy
Polly Adler (Shelley Winters) runs a 1920s Broadway brothel, backed by a bootlegger (Robert Taylor) and big shots.
Horror
1972
89 Minutes
Mrs. Forrest
Shelley Winters Mark Lester Chloe Franks Ralph Richardson Lionel Jeffries Hugh Griffith Rosalie Crutchley Pat Heywood Judy Cornwell Michael Gothard Marianne Stone
widow orphan sister brother headmistress guest eerie tense offbeat brooding mansion party england nursery insanity kidnapping death of child murder dark secrets mind games
A British magician's widow (Shelley Winters) scares an orphan brother (Mark Lester) and sister (Chloe Franks) ; they respond like Hansel and Gretel.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters Lillian Gish Evelyn Varden Peter Graves James Gleason Billy Chapin Sally Jane Bruce
boy girl preacher wife murderer chilling brooding creepy dark suspenseful small town west virginia river murder child abuse deception greed escape pursuit discovery
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Drama
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Shelley Winters Elizabeth Hartman Wallace Ford Ivan Dixon John Qualen Elisabeth Fraser
blind person boyfriend mother charming emotional passionate los angeles household park interracial romance racism love social change mother/daughter relationship love forbidden love discovery 1960s
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Western
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Lola Manners
James Stewart Shelley Winters Dan Duryea Stephen McNally Millard Mitchell Charles Drake John McIntire Will Geer Jay C. Flippen Rock Hudson John Alexander
sergeant cowboy sheriff prostitute outlaw tense spirited mountain saloon prairie dodge city, kan. cowboys robbery guns pursuit revenge rivalry 1890s
A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1962
152 Minutes
Charlotte Haze
James Mason Shelley Winters Sue Lyon Peter Sellers Marianne Stone Diana Decker Gary Cockrell Jerry Stovin
professor teen girl widow impostor witty uneasy disturbing suburbia new hampshire ohio hotel car obsessive love sexual taboo jealousy betrayal murder road trip forbidden love wretched excess
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a fourteen-year-old nymphet.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
77 Minutes
John Garfield Shelley Winters Wallace Ford Selena Royle Gladys George Norman Lloyd Bobby Hyatt Clancy Cooper Keith Hetherington Renny McEvoy Dale Van Sickel
thug young woman mother father police officer accomplice intense gripping city poolside house robbery hostages murder love escape pursuit love 1950s
Nick and his partner Al stage a payroll holdup. Al is shot and Nick kills a policeman. Nick hides out at a public pool, where he meets Peg Dobbs. They go back to her apartment and he forces her family to hide him from the police manhunt.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1966
114 Minutes
Ruby
Michael Caine Shelley Winters Millicent Martin Julia Foster Jane Asher Shirley Anne Field Vivien Merchant Eleanor Bron Denholm Elliott Alfie Bass Graham Stark
ladies' man girlfriend friend quirky witty london car sex infidelity pregnancy illness romance growing up transformation 1950s
An unrepentant ladies' man gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
76 Minutes
Terry Stewart
US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
94 Minutes
William Powell Shelley Winters James Gleason Marsha Hunt Dorothy Hart Felix Bressart Art Baker Sheldon Leonard Howard Freeman Houseley Stevenson Paul Harvey
During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
Western
USA
1954
87 Minutes
Alan Ladd Shelley Winters Robert Douglas Hugh O'Brian J. Carrol Naish George J. Lewis Richard Long Jay Silverheels Antonio Moreno Frank Chase Lowell Gilmore
mountie american indian beautiful woman marshal officer soldier gutsy engaging fiery emotional canada valley fort mountain train race relations running away wilderness war unrequited love
In 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
109 Minutes
Jack Palance Shelley Winters Lori Nelson Lee Marvin Earl Holliman Perry Lopez Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Lon Chaney Howard St. John Ralph Moody Olive Carey
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.
Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Shelley Winters Paul Kelly Elsa Lanchester Marie Windsor John Russell
casino owner sheriff murderer outlaw love interest campy passionate gutsy new orleans wild west casino relocation investigation gambling betrayal love triangle imprisonment love revenge pursuit
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Western
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Shelley Winters Scott Brady Suzan Ball Minor Watson Katherine Emery Antonio Moreno Douglas Spencer John Alexander Lee Van Cleef Richard Garland
Squeezed between Mexico and the Denbow family lands lies the U.S. government free grazing land but the incoming settlers cannot reach it without trespassing on the Denbow property which is defended by an army of Denbow cowhands.
Drama
USA
1989
98 Minutes
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.
Action
USA
1973
89 Minutes
Mommy
Tamara Dobson Shelley Winters Bernie Casey Brenda Sykes Antonio Fargas Bill McKinney Dan Frazer Stafford Morgan Michael Warren Albert Popwell Caro Kenyatta
During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1969
92 Minutes
widow brother sister stepson employee woman eerie dark tense melodramatic household garden asylum family secrets murder marriage cover-up siblings communal living discovery
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents.
Western
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Ruth Harris
Rory Calhoun Shelley Winters Gilbert Roland Joseph Calleia Carlos Mosquiz Fanny Schiller Tony Carvajal Pascual García Peña
In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
Horror
Italy
1977
90 Minutes
Tillie Turner
John Huston Shelley Winters Bo Hopkins Henry Fonda Delia Baccardo Cesare Danova Claude Akins Sherry Buchanan
reporter marine biologist company owner wife campy melodramatic frightening outlandish seaside town beach boat ocean animals attacking aquatic life survival investigation corruption science escape
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Drama
1973
84 Minutes
Bertha
Leslie Uggams Richard Robinson Shelley Winters Michael Christian Ted Cassidy Dub Taylor Slim Pickens
jazz singer elvis impersonator handyman motel owner sheriff judge brutal creepy gory disturbing georgia hunting lodge backwoods road stadium rape torture hostage situation racism sadism
Torture and humiliation await a singer at a rundown inn after car problems leave her stranded on a deserted road.
Drama
1951
93 Minutes
A San Francisco racketeer (Richard Conte) kills someone and hides at sea with a fisherman and his son.
Comedy
1968
113 Minutes
Gina Lollobrigida Shelley Winters Peter Lawford Phil Silvers Telly Savalas Lee Grant Janet Margolin
italian soldier captain daughter wife widow hilarious cheeky charming lighthearted italy village paternity money family scams impersonation pursuit love 1960s
Three veterans are reunited in Italy with a mutual lover (Gina Lollobrigida) they've been supporting for 20 years.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1951
81 Minutes
Farley Granger Shelley Winters William Demarest Francis L. Sullivan Margalo Gilmore Lon Chaney Sheldon Leonard Marvin Kaplan Henry Corden Glenn Anders Allen Jenkins
husband wife dog mother-in-law mobster police officer amusing spirited los angeles household street crime dogs marriage mobsters murder investigation discovery rivalry mystery
A couple (Farley Granger, Shelley Winters) find a specially trained lost dog and answer an ad placed by gangsters for its return.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
101 Minutes
Helen Hill
Debbie Reynolds Shelley Winters Dennis Weaver Micheál MacLiammóir Agnes Moorehead Helene Winston Peggy Rea
parent murderer dance instructor radio host evangelist son creepy dark cheeky iowa small town hollywood, calif. dance studio trial murder case new life dancing evangelicalism friendship wretched excess
The weird mothers (Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters) of two thrill-killers move to 1930s Hollywood and open a talent school for children.
Horror
1973
84 Minutes
Bertha
Leslie Uggams Richard Robinson Shelley Winters Slim Pickens
Torture and humiliation await a singer at a rundown inn after car problems leave her stranded on a deserted road.
Comedy
1984
88 Minutes
Cora Jackson
Sheila Kennedy Shelley Winters Edward Albert Pat Paulsen George Gobel Patrick Tovatt James Gaspard Robert Keith Tom Matts
A Southern flirt (Sheila Kennedy) avenges the drowning of her father by a money-grubbing widow's (Shelley Winters) menfolk.
Comedy, Western
1968
102 Minutes
Kate
Burt Lancaster Shelley Winters Ossie Davis Telly Savalas Dabney Coleman Paul Picerni Armando Silvestre Nick Cravat
trapper slave native american thief outlaw amusing offbeat thrilling mexico american west slavery friendship escape race relations violence greed quest pursuit revenge 1860s
A fur trader (Burt Lancaster) and a cultured slave (Ossie Davis) have run-ins with Indians and marauders.
Comedy
1999
100 Minutes
Christopher Lambert Shelley Winters Charlton Heston Carroll O'Connor Shirley Jones Michael Connors Harvey Korman Barbara Bain Taylor Nichols Crystal Bernard
mental patient elderly person uplifting spirited touching nursing home south carolina age difference ageism mental disability happiness adventure discovery transformation 1990s
A mentally impaired newcomer (Christopher Lambert) enthusiastically encourages and inspires jaded residents of a retirement home.
Drama
USA
1951
122 Minutes
Alice Tripp
Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters Keefe Brasselle Raymond Burr Anne Revere Fred Clark Kathryn Givney
blue-collar worker girlfriend socialite uncle brooding emotional passionate factory family home lake ambition social standing blue collar wealth love triangle temptation love rivalry fall 1950s
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Drama, History
USA
1959
156 Minutes
Mrs. Petronella Van Daan
Millie Perkins Joseph Schildkraut Shelley Winters Richard Beymer Gusti Huber Lou Jacobi Diane Baker Douglas Spencer Dody Heath Ed Wynn Charles Wagenheim
anne frank father dentist sister boyfriend mother powerful endearing sad inspiring amsterdam attic holocaust captivity religious persecution historical events escape love growing up 1940s
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Brenda Martingale
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Pat Kroll
Ronald Colman Signe Hasso Shelley Winters Edmond O'Brien Ray Collins Philip Loeb Millard Mitchell Joe Sawyer Charles La Torre Whit Bissell John Drew Colt
actor actress mistress striking dark chilling broadway theater new york city insanity actors murder transformation fall mystery 1940s
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Drama
USA
1952
96 Minutes
Binky Gay
Gary Merrill Bette Davis Shelley Winters Michael Rennie Keenan Wynn Evelyn Varden Warren Stevens Beatrice Straight Ted Donaldson Craig Stevens Helen Westcott
lawyer actress doctor salesman wife moving engaging sad powerful iowa airport accidental death plane crash friendship commitment surprise visit discovery transformation 1950s
While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
121 Minutes
Fay Estabrook
Paul Newman Lauren Bacall Shelley Winters Julie Harris Robert Wagner Janet Leigh Arthur Hill Pamela Tiffin Robert Webber Strother Martin Harold Gould
detective wife stepmother teenager lawyer guru cool intricate family home california office abduction divorce wealth family crime mystery 1960s
Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
Drama
Italy|France
1966
84 Minutes
Lisa
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Drama
USA
1991
106 Minutes
Mrs. Fraser
Liza Minnelli Julie Walters Shelley Winters Bill Irwin Ellen Greene Robyn Stevan Jane Krakowski Sheila McCarthy Andrea Martin Carol Woods Luke Reilly
This is a musical-comedy movie produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Liza Minnelli, written by Richard Harris, and based on a play also written by Harris. Minnelli plays the role... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
UK
1955
98 Minutes
Natalia Landauer
Julie Harris Laurence Harvey Shelley Winters Ron Randell Lea Seidl Anton Diffring Ina de la Haye Jean Gargoet Stanley Maxted Alexis Bobrinskoy Andre Mikhelson
writer entertainer jew love interest wealthy man landlady spirited witty outlandish berlin apartment nightclub party restaurant platonic love roommates writing nazism poverty debauchery
In Weimar-era Berlin, an aspiring writer strikes up a friendship with a vivacious, penniless singer.
Drama, Romance
UK|West Germany
1983
92 Minutes
Mrs. Cole
Lisa Raines Oliver Reed Shelley Winters Wilfrid Hyde-White Alfred Marks Paddie O'Neil
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. This is the story, with many ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1961
110 Minutes
Mary di Pace
Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Edward Andrews Vivian Nathan Larry Gates Telly Savalas Pilar Seurat Jody Fair Roberta Shore Milton Selzer
assistant district attorney district attorney teen boy wife mother gripping intense powerful disheartening office spanish harlem new york city gangs lawyers turf war paternity juvenile crime mystery pursuit growing up
An assistant district attorney discovers one of the hoodlums he must prosecute is the son of a former love.
Crime, Drama
1959
95 Minutes
Lorry
Harry Belafonte Robert Ryan Shelley Winters Ed Begley Gloria Grahame Will Kuluva Richard Bright Lew Gallo Fred Scollay Carmen de Lavallade Wayne Rogers
thief ex-convict entertainer girlfriend police chief wife dark gritty gripping new york state bank new york city heist racism escape greed dangerous assignment fall wretched excess temptation
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Horror
France|USA
1976
125 Minutes
The Concierge
Roman Polanski Isabelle Adjani Melvyn Douglas Shelley Winters Jo Van Fleet Bernard Fresson Lila Kedrova Claude Dauphin Claude Piéplu Rufus Romain Bouteille
tenant neighbor beautiful woman suicidal person chilling tense creepy gripping paris apartment building movie theater hospital paranoia supernatural city life suicide conspiracy fall mystery 1970s
A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Dixie Evans
Jack Palance Ida Lupino Rod Steiger Shelley Winters Wendell Corey Jean Hagen Ilka Chase Everett Sloane Wesley Addy Paul Langton Nick Dennis
actor wife agent tabloid reporter producer gripping frenetic brooding hollywood, calif. movie studio blackmail movies scandal marriage hit and run escape temptation wretched excess rivalry 1950s
Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Sarah Garnell
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1993
103 Minutes
Yetta
Danny Aiello Diane Cannon Clotilde Courau Shelley Winters Barry Miller Jerry Stiller Chris Penn Little Richard Jodi Long Rebecca Miller Stephen Tobolowsky
Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back taxes, he ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1994
89 Minutes
The Good Lieutenant
Kathy Ireland Robert Mitchum Telly Savalas Shelley Winters Josh Mosby Mary McCormack
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in ... See full summary »