The best Vivien Leigh movies
The top 3 according to 2,028 votes from people: Gone with the Wind (1939) · A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) · That Hamilton Woman (1941). (Updated Jun 17, 2023.)
Scarlett O'Hara, Blanche DuBois and Lady Hamilton: two Oscars and the films that made Vivien Leigh a legend, according to Gold Derby and Filmmaking Lifestyle.
Top 12
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1
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Victor Fleming. Scarlett O'Hara; her first Oscar.
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2
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Elia Kazan. Blanche DuBois opposite Marlon Brando; her second Oscar.
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3
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Alexander Korda. Emma Hamilton and Lord Nelson, with Laurence Olivier.
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4
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Mervyn LeRoy. A ballerina and an officer in wartime London.
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5
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Gabriel Pascal. Cleopatra, from George Bernard Shaw.
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6
Anna Karenina (1948)
Julien Duvivier. Tolstoy's heroine.
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7
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
José Quintero. An ageing actress in Rome, from Tennessee Williams.
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8
Ship of Fools (1965)
Stanley Kramer. Her last film, aboard a liner to Germany.
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9
Sidewalks of London (1938)
Tim Whelan. A street performer, with Charles Laughton.
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10
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Jack Conway. With Robert Taylor.
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11
Fire Over England (1937)
William K. Howard. A lady-in-waiting at the court of Elizabeth I.
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12
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Anatole Litvak. A woman leaving her husband, from Terence Rattigan.
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Comments (8)
Anna Karenina 1948 is better than people say
Never seen Caesar and Cleopatra, adding it to the list
Her Blanche DuBois is one of the greatest performances ever put on film
That Hamilton Woman was apparently Churchill's favourite film, fun fact
Ship of Fools is a weird one but she's great in it
Streetcar is the better performance, Gone with the Wind is the bigger movie. Both deserved those Oscars
Gone with the Wind aged badly in a lot of ways but Scarlett is still an incredible character
Waterloo Bridge is so underrated, it destroyed me