Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

March 23, 1906 · 120 years old

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by…

Known For

36 titles
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 · 2h 14m · Movie

A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.

8.0
2
Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

1945 · 1h 51m · Movie

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

7.9
3
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

1932 · 1h 52m · Movie

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.

7.3
4
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

1954 · 1h 50m · Movie

After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.

7.6
5
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927 · 1h 8m · Movie

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

7.7
6
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952 · 1h 50m · Movie

After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

7.5
7
Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

1964 · 1h 33m · Movie

After a 20-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to her daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields. Soon, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her...

6.8
8
Possessed

Possessed

1947 · 1h 48m · Movie

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

7.1
9
Humoresque

Humoresque

1947 · 2h 5m · Movie

A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

7.3
10
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 · 1h 43m · Movie

A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.

7.1
11
A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

1941 · 1h 46m · Movie

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

7.2
12
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

7.0
13
I Saw What You Did

I Saw What You Did

1965 · 1h 22m · Movie

Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences.

6.2
14
Trog

Trog

1970 · 1h 33m · Movie

A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.

4.0
15
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956 · 1h 47m · Movie

A lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened after the man's troubled past reveals itself.

6.8
16
Queen Bee

Queen Bee

1955 · 1h 35m · Movie

When a young woman arrives at the home of her socialite cousin, she soon gets sucked into the woman's complex web of deceit.

6.7
17
Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

1947 · 1h 39m · Movie

A commercial artist having an affair with a married attorney becomes involved with a returning soldier and must choose between the two.

6.8
18
Rain

Rain

1932 · 1h 34m · Movie

A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.

6.9
19
Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940 · 1h 53m · Movie

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure (Ian Hunter).

6.9
20
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933 · 1h 32m · Movie

An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.

6.8
21
Harriet Craig

Harriet Craig

1950 · 1h 34m · Movie

Harriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not even trust her husband Walter and always checks up on him.

7.3
22
The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything

1959 · 2h 1m · Movie

An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups.

6.6
23
Possessed

Possessed

1931 · 1h 16m · Movie

An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.

6.9
24
Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters

1928 · 1h 25m · Movie

A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

6.7
25
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937 · 1h 38m · Movie

Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.

6.4
26
Torch Song

Torch Song

1953 · 1h 30m · Movie

A tough but unhappy Broadway star re-evaluates her life when she crosses paths with a blind pianist.

5.6
27
Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

1934 · 1h 33m · Movie

A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.

6.8
28
Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931 · 1h 20m · Movie

After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.

6.3
29
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

1938 · 1h 16m · Movie

A nightclub dancer marries into high society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

6.4
30
The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red

1937 · 1h 43m · Movie

A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.

6.3
31
The Caretakers

The Caretakers

1963 · 1h 37m · Movie

Medical drama about mentally-ill patients and their professional caregivers, as well as the new group-therapy sessions aiming to replace the traditional physical restraint and electroshock treatments.

5.6
32
Untamed

Untamed

1929 · 1h 26m · Movie

Wild-raised heiress Bingo inherits oil company after father's death. During NY-bound civilizing mission, she loves Andy, who chooses another due to her wealth. After she shoots him, he accepts marriage.

5.4
33
The Boob

The Boob

1926 · 1h 4m · Movie

Idealistic farm boy Peter loves Amy whose fancy is urbane Harry. Peter discovers Harry is a bootlegger and turns him over to he prohibition agents, including Jane (Joan Crawford). Amy, at last, is impressed with Peter.

5.4
34
The Karate Killers

The Karate Killers

1967 · 1h 29m · Movie

U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin battle T.H.R.U.S.H. spies to seize Dr. True's secret chemical formula used in extracting gold from sea water.

5.3
35
Montana Moon

Montana Moon

1930 · 1h 29m · Movie

A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marri...

4.9
36
Letty Lynton

Letty Lynton

1932 · 1h 24m · Movie

A socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.

6.7