# The best Marilyn Monroe movies

From the white dress over the subway grate to 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend': Marilyn's must-see films, according to Sky TG24, Moviemag and ComingSoon.

- 50 votes · 14 items
- Sep 12, 2024 · Roberta D.
- https://even.best/en/l/4075/the-best-marilyn-monroe-movies

## Top 10

1. **Let's Make Love (1960)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A musical with Yves Montand, by George Cukor.
2. **Some Like It Hot (1959)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Sugar Kane and two musicians in drag; a Golden Globe.
3. **Niagara (1953)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A noir at the falls: her only villainous role.
4. **The Asphalt Jungle (1950)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — One of her first appearances, by John Huston.
5. **The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Her only British film, with Laurence Olivier.
6. **Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lorelei Lee and 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend', by Howard Hawks.
7. **The Seven Year Itch (1955)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The white-dress scene, by Billy Wilder.
8. **The Misfits (1961)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Her last completed film, with Clark Gable, written by Arthur Miller.
9. **Don't Bother to Knock (1952)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — An unsettling babysitter, in one of her first dramatic roles.
10. **All About Eve (1950)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A small role in Mankiewicz's classic.
11. **River of No Return (1954)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A river western with Robert Mitchum.
12. **How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Three models hunting for husbands, with Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable.
13. **Monkey Business (1952)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Hawks's comedy with Cary Grant.
14. **Bus Stop (1956)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — A saloon singer and a stubborn cowboy.

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