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Joan Fontaine

Actor · 48 credits · 26 in highly-rated films

Best known for Rebecca (1940)

Frequent collaborators: Cary Grant, Laurence Olivier, Peter Bogdanovich, Lucile Watson, Montagu Love

Best Joan Fontaine movies by genre

Movies (48 total, ranked by score)

  1. Rebecca

    1940 · ★ 7.9 (2,020 votes)

    Mystery, Romance, Thriller

    1

  2. Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948 · ★ 7.8 (344 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    2

  3. Suspicion

    1941 · ★ 7.1 (915 votes)

    Mystery, Romance, Thriller

    3

  4. Othello

    1951 · ★ 7.4 (213 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. The Women

    1939 · ★ 7.2 (182 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    5

  6. Ivanhoe

    1952 · ★ 6.8 (204 votes)

    Adventure, Romance, History

    6

  7. All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

    1982

    Documentary

    7

  8. Gunga Din

    1939 · ★ 6.5 (186 votes)

    Adventure, War, Action

    8

  9. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

    1956 · ★ 6.9 (125 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    9

  10. Flight to Tangier

    1953 · ★ 6.1 (8 votes)

    Action, Crime

    10

  11. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

    1948 · ★ 6.6 (32 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Crime

    11

  12. Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

    1999 · ★ 7.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. A Million to One

    1936 · ★ 3.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Action

    13

  14. The Bigamist

    1953 · ★ 6.5 (119 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    14

  15. Island in the Sun

    1957 · ★ 6.5 (23 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    15

  16. The Constant Nymph

    1943 · ★ 6.3 (26 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    16

  17. Born to Be Bad

    1950 · ★ 6.0 (42 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Ivy

    1947 · ★ 6.6 (25 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    18

  19. Casanova's Big Night

    1954 · ★ 6.1 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    19

  20. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    1961 · ★ 5.7 (145 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

    20

  21. A Damsel in Distress

    1937 · ★ 6.5 (37 votes)

    Music, Comedy, Romance

    21

  22. You Can't Beat Love

    1937 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    22

  23. Something to Live For

    1952 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. September Affair

    1950 · ★ 6.0 (24 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    24

  25. Tender Is the Night

    1962 · ★ 5.7 (12 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    25

  26. The Art Director

    1949

    Documentary

    26

  27. The Emperor Waltz

    1948 · ★ 6.2 (28 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Music

    27

  28. Serenade

    1956 · ★ 5.6 (22 votes)

    Drama, Music, Romance

    28

  29. Man of Conquest

    1939 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    Drama, History, Western

    29

  30. From This Day Forward

    1946 · ★ 5.4 (13 votes)

    Romance, Drama, War

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.