# The best Joan Crawford movies

From silent-era flapper to Mildred Pierce and Baby Jane: Joan Crawford's best-regarded films, drawn from Gold Derby's ranking, the Chicago Reader's pick of her best performances and her filmography.

- 106 votes · 12 items
- Mar 20, 2025 · Katie Hughes
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## Top 12

1. **Mildred Pierce (1945)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Michael Curtiz. A devoted mother betrayed; her Oscar.
2. **Johnny Guitar (1954)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Nicholas Ray. Vienna, saloon owner in Arizona.
3. **Possessed (1947)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Curtis Bernhardt. A nurse consumed by obsession.
4. **What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — Robert Aldrich. Opposite Bette Davis.
5. **The Women (1939)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — George Cukor. The other woman in an all-female cast.
6. **Sudden Fear (1952)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — David Miller. A playwright who discovers a murder plot.
7. **Grand Hotel (1932)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Edmund Goulding. A stenographer among the guests.
8. **Humoresque (1946)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Jean Negulesco. A patron and a young violinist.
9. **Daisy Kenyon (1947)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Otto Preminger. A woman between two men.
10. **The Unknown (1927)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Tod Browning. Opposite Lon Chaney in a circus.
11. **Our Dancing Daughters (1928)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Harry Beaumont. The jazz-age flapper that made her a star.
12. **A Woman's Face (1941)** (-5 · ▲1 ▼6) — George Cukor. A scarred blackmailer.

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