# The best Bette Davis movies

Margo Channing, Regina Giddens and Baby Jane: the Bette Davis films chosen by Zenda and Veintitrés, from Of Human Bondage to The Whales of August.

- 38 votes · 12 items
- Jul 4, 2023 · Andrés Moreno Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/4408/the-best-bette-davis-movies

## Top 12

1. **Of Human Bondage (1934)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — John Cromwell. Mildred the waitress, the role that launched her.
2. **What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Robert Aldrich. Two sisters who hate each other, with Joan Crawford.
3. **The Little Foxes (1941)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — William Wyler. Regina Giddens, a ruthless woman.
4. **Dark Victory (1939)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Edmund Goulding. An heiress with a fatal illness.
5. **All About Eve (1950)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Margo Channing, grande dame of the theatre.
6. **Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Robert Aldrich. A woman haunted by an old crime.
7. **The Whales of August (1987)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lindsay Anderson. Two elderly sisters, with Lillian Gish.
8. **Now, Voyager (1942)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Irving Rapper. A repressed woman who breaks free.
9. **The Letter (1940)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — William Wyler. A woman who kills her lover in Malaya.
10. **Jezebel (1938)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — William Wyler. A rebellious Southern belle; her second Oscar.
11. **The Star (1952)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Stuart Heisler. A forgotten actress.
12. **Marked Woman (1937)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Lloyd Bacon. A nightclub hostess against the mob.

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