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List of Gene Tierney Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Laura (1944)
33
2
Laura
33
2

A police detective in Manhattan is investigating the murder of a woman in her fashionable apartment. As the detective becomes more and more involved with the case, he also finds himself in love with the dead woman.  

Role:
Laura Hunt
Starring:
Vincent Price, Dana Andrews, Judith Anderson, Clifton Webb
Directed By:
2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
39
4
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
39
4

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a fantasy drama film which tells the story of Mrs. Lucy Muir, a widow, who moves to a village near the seaside, despite the disapproval of her in-laws. She rents a house which has a reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a seaman. However, it soon seems that not only the rumors about the ghost are true, but the ghost is quite harmless.   

Role:
Lucy Muir
Starring:
Natalie Wood, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edna Best
Directed By:
3. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
36
3
Leave Her to Heaven
TV-14
36
3

Novelist Richard Harland meets Ellen Berent, a beautiful socialite from Boston, and they soon get attracted to each other. Soon, they get married, but Ellen seems to be quite over-possessive of her husband, and forbids everyone from getting close to him. Her possessive nature soon begins to make her mentally deranged.

Role:
Ellen Berent Harland
Starring:
Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Philips, Cornel Wilde
Directed By:
John M. Stahl
4. Night and the City (1950)
21
4
Night and the City
21
4

Con man Harry Fabian aspires to become a major fight promoter who rules the neighbourhood. However, when an aging Greek wrestler whom Fabian was promoting dies, all he earns is a one-way ticket to trouble. 

Role:
Mary Bristol
Starring:
Richard Widmark, Herbert Lom, Francis L. Sullivan, Hugh Marlowe, Googie Withers
Directed By:
Jules Dassin
5. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
24
2
Where the Sidewalk Ends
24
2

Where the Sidewalk Ends is a crime film which tells the story of Mark Dixon, a police detective, who is demoted for his aggressive and violent behavior. Despite this, he always wants to be on the good side of the law, unlike his criminal father. Problems arise when he begins to fall for a woman named Morgan, who is involved in a murder case that he is investigating.  

Role:
Morgan Taylor
Starring:
Dana Andrews, Tom Tully, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed
Directed By:
6. The Razor's Edge (1946)
26
3
The Razor's Edge
26
3

The Razor’s Edge is a romantic drama film which tells the story of an adventurous young man who loses his socialite fiancée after he sets off to India, on a journey of self-discovery. However, after his return ten years later, she wants him back, despite the fact that she is already married. He also gets reacquainted with Sophie, an old friend from Chicago, who has become an alcoholic after losing both her husband and her child in an accident.

Role:
Isabel Bradley
Starring:
Anne Baxter, Elsa Lanchester, Clifton Webb, Tyrone Power, John Payne
Directed By:
Edmund Goulding
7. The Mating Season (1951)
22
2
The Mating Season
22
2
Role:
Maggie Carleton
Starring:
Miriam Hopkins, John Lund, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling
Directed By:
Mitchell Leisen
8. Advise & Consent (1962)
16
3
Advise & Consent
16
3

Robert Leffingwell is chosen as the President’s nominee for Secretary of State. However, prior to his approval, he needs to go through a Senate investigation that will determine if he is qualified. It is soon revealed that he used to have affiliations with a communist organization in the past.

Starring:
Charles Laughton, Betty White, Henry Fonda, Franchot Tone, Walter Pidgeon
Directed By:
9. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
20
2
Heaven Can Wait
20
2

Heaven Can Wait is a romantic comedy drama fantasy film which tells the story of Henry Van Cleve, who presents himself at the gates to the underworld, after his death. However, in order to be allowed entry into hell, he has to prove his worthiness to the devil.

Role:
Martha Strabel Van Cleve
Starring:
Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar, Marjorie Main
Directed By:
Ernst Lubitsch
11. Dragonwyck (1946)
19
2
Dragonwyck
19
2
Role:
Miranda Wells
Starring:
Jessica Tandy, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, Glenn Langan
Directed By:
12. Whirlpool (1950)
20
2
Whirlpool
20
2
Role:
Ann Sutton
Starring:
Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Richard Conte, José Ferrer
Directed By:
13. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
16
2
The Secret of Convict Lake
TV-PG
16
2

In 1871, Jim Canfield, an innocent wrongly sentenced for murder, escapes Nevada Prison with a group of toughened criminals and leads them to a farming settlement, to avenge the man who framed him. With only women at the settlement while men are off prospecting, Canfield is drawn towards Marcia, fiancée of the man who trapped him. What happens when the man returns? 

Role:
Marcia Stoddard
Starring:
Glenn Ford, Ethel Barrymore, Ann Dvorak, Zachary Scott
Directed By:
Michael Gordon
14. A Bell for Adano (1945)
16
2
A Bell for Adano
16
2
Role:
Tina Tomasino
Starring:
John Russell, William Bendix, Richard Conte, John Hodiak
Directed By:
Henry King
15. Toys in the Attic (1963)
14
3
Toys in the Attic
14
3

Julian Berniers returns to New Orleans with his young bride, Lily Prine, after his factory goes out of business. He is welcomed by his spinster sisters Carrie and Anna. Unfortunately, Carrie has incestuous desires for Julian and tricks Lily into betraying Julian. When Julian finds out the truth everybody abandons Carrie.

Role:
Albertine Prine
Starring:
Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Wendy Hiller, Yvette Mimieux
Directed By:
George Roy Hill
16. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
16
3
The Shanghai Gesture
16
3
Role:
Poppy
Starring:
Victor Mature, Walter Huston, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks
Directed By:
Josef von Sternberg
17. Black Widow (1954)
15
2
Black Widow
15
2
Role:
Iris Denver
Starring:
Ginger Rogers, Bea Benaderet, George Raft, Van Heflin
Directed By:
Nunnally Johnson
18. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
15
2
That Wonderful Urge
15
2
Role:
Sara Farley
Starring:
Lucile Watson, Tyrone Power, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan
Directed By:
Robert B. Sinclair
19. Way of a Gaucho (1952)
13
2
Way of a Gaucho
13
2

In late nineteenth century Argentina, a young gaucho is sentenced to military duty; but leaves his post to lead a band of gauchos in resisting railroad encroachment in Pampas and while doing so falls in love with an aristocrat woman and decides to elope with her. Meanwhile, his commanding officer has also left the army in order to pursue him.    

Role:
Teresa Chavez
Starring:
Rory Calhoun, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Richard Boone
Directed By:
Jacques Tourneur
20. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
14
2
Rings on Her Fingers
14
2

A salesgirl at a departmental, who dreams of becoming rich, is coaxed by two con artists to join their marrying-for-money scheme and becomes a tool to attract young marriageable men, whom they later swindle. But the problem arises when she actually falls in love with their next target, a man wanting to buy a yacht for $15,000.  

Role:
Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
Starring:
Henry Fonda, Spring Byington, Shepperd Strudwick, Laird Cregar
Directed By:
Rouben Mamoulian
21. The Egyptian (1954)
17
3
The Egyptian
TV-14
17
3
Role:
Baketamon
Starring:
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, John Carradine, Michael Wilding
Directed By:
22. Personal Affair (1953)
15
2
Personal Affair
15
2
Role:
Kay Barlow
Starring:
Glynis Johns, Walter Fitzgerald, Leo Genn, Pamela Brown
Directed By:
Anthony Pelissier
23. The Return of Frank James (1940)
13
2
The Return of Frank James
13
2
Role:
Eleanor Stone
Starring:
Jackie Cooper, John Carradine, Henry Fonda, Henry Hull
Directed By:
24. Close to My Heart (1951)
14
2
Close to My Heart
14
2

Close to My Heart is a drama film, which tells the story of a couple, Brad and Midge, who is unable to have a biological child. They eventually decide to adopt a baby abandoned at a police station. However, they soon find out that the baby’s father might be a murderer.

Role:
Midge Sheridan
Starring:
Ray Milland, Fay Bainter, Mary Beth Hughes, Howard St. John
Directed By:
William Keighley
25. Hudson's Bay (1941)
13
2
Hudson's Bay
13
2

Hudson’s Bay is a historical film, which revolves around the adventures of a French Canadian Explorer Pierra Espirit Radisson. Along with his associate Gooseberry,  Radisson plans to build a vast fur business in the Hudson Bay area.  

Role:
Barbara Hall
Starring:
Paul Muni, Vincent Price, Virginia Field, John Sutton
Directed By:
Irving Pichel
26. Tobacco Road (1941)
13
2
Tobacco Road
13
2
Role:
Ellie May
Starring:
Elizabeth Patterson, Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewin, William Tracy
Directed By:
27. The Left Hand of God (1955)
14
2
The Left Hand of God
14
2
Role:
Anne 'Scotty' Scott
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall
Directed By:
Edward Dmytryk
28. On the Riviera (1951)
12
2
On the Riviera
12
2

Entertainer Jack Martin can do an uncannily realistic impersonation of Captain Henri Duran, so much so that no one can tell the difference. Henri hires Jack to take his place at a party. Hilarious confusion and circumstances arise when everyone believes Jack to be Henri including Henri’s wife, Jack’s girlfriend, and Henri’s business rival. 

Role:
Lili Duran
Starring:
Danny Kaye, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat
Directed By:
Walter Lang
29. The Iron Curtain (1948)
14
2
The Iron Curtain
14
2
Role:
Anna Gouzenko
Starring:
Edna Best, Dana Andrews, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger
Directed By:
William A. Wellman
30. Plymouth Adventure (1952)
13
2
Plymouth Adventure
13
2

The movie is a fictionalized retelling of the Pilgrims’ voyage on board the Mayflower, to North America to establish the Plymouth Colony. As a love triangle with tragic consequences develops between the Capt. Christopher Jones, Dorothy Bradford, and her husband William Bradford, the movie also provides a description of the voyage. 

Role:
Dorothy Bradford
Starring:
Spencer Tracy, Lloyd Bridges, Barry Jones, Van Johnson
Directed By:
Clarence Brown
31. Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942)
14
2
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air
14
2
Role:
Kay Saunders
Starring:
May Whitty, Jack Holt, Preston Foster, John Sutton
Directed By:
William A. Wellman
32. Never Let Me Go (1953)
13
2
Never Let Me Go
13
2

Philip Sutherland, a US reporter stationed at Moscow during the cold war era, marries a Russian ballerina named Marya. But when it is time to return home, Marya fails to get the exit permit, forcing Phillip to return alone. The story then goes on to depict how Phillip manages to smuggle out not only Marya, but also her friend, who is in similar situation. 

Role:
Marya Lamarkina
Starring:
Clark Gable, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita
Directed By:
Delmer Daves
33. China Girl (1942)
12
3
China Girl
12
3

Johnny Williams is a cameraman who is taken into custody by the Japanese military, as they want him to take pictures for them. They offer him a significant sum of money for his work. However, Johnny is not interested, and therefore he is put back into the cell. He meets Major Bull Weed, who had served with the Chinese during the war. With help from a woman, the two men manage to escape from their cells.  

Role:
Miss Haoli Young
Starring:
Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Lynn Bari, George Montgomery
Directed By:
Henry Hathaway
34. Belle Starr (1941)
12
2
Belle Starr
12
2
Role:
Belle Shirley / Belle Starr
Starring:
Elizabeth Patterson, Randolph Scott, Shepperd Strudwick, Dana Andrews
Directed By:
Irving Cummings
35. Sundown (1941)
12
2
Sundown
12
2

Sundown is set during the Second World War. The story revolves around a mysterious native woman of Somaliland who helps the British against the Nazis. 

Role:
Zia
Starring:
Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Carey, Joseph Calleia, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders
Directed By:
Henry Hathaway
36. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
11
3
The Pleasure Seekers
TV-14
11
3

The Pleasures Seekers is a romantic comedy musical film which tells the story of three women Maggie, Fran and Susie, who are vacationing in Spain. Maggie falls for a married newsman named Paul Barton, while Fran finds herself attracted to a handsome doctor. Meanwhile, Susie receives a proposal from Emilio, a smooth-talking womanizer.

Starring:
Ann-Margret, Gardner McKay, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Pamela Tiffin
Directed By:
Jean Negulesco
37. Four Nights of the Full Moon (1963)
10
3
Four Nights of the Full Moon
10
3
Starring:
Dan Dailey, Perla Cristal, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Analía Gadé
Directed By:
Sobey Martin

TV Movie(s)

1. Daughter of the Mind (1969)
12
3
Daughter of the Mind
12
3
Role:
Lenore Constable
Starring:
Ed Asner, John Carradine, Ray Milland, Don Murray, Edward Asner
Directed By:
Walter Grauman

TV Shows and Videos

The F.B.I. (1965)
The F.B.I.
Starring:
Robert Duvall, Cicely Tyson, Charles Grodin, David Cassidy, Paul Winfield, Peggy Lipton, Tom Skerritt
Directed By:
Virgil W. Vogel, Don Medford, Jesse Hibbs, William Hale, Ralph Senensky
Scruples (1980)
Scruples
Starring:
Gavin MacLeod, Robert Reed, Connie Stevens, Kim Cattrall, Lindsay Wagner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Barry Bostwick
Directed By:
Alan J. Levi
General Electric Theater (1953)
General Electric Theater
Starring:
Eva Marie Saint, Irene Dunne, John Forsythe, Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Jones, Ethel Merman, George Burns
Directed By:
Herschel Daugherty, Don Medford, James Neilson, Jules Bricken, Mitchell Leisen