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Shirley MacLaine

Actor · 89 credits · 54 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Apartment (1960)

Frequent collaborators: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, Sammy Davis Jr., Elizabeth Taylor

Best Shirley MacLaine movies by genre

Movies (87 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Apartment

    1960 · ★ 8.2 (2,752 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    1

  2. Steel Magnolias

    1989 · ★ 7.2 (750 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    2

  3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    2013 · ★ 7.2 (8,425 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Drama

    3

  4. The Children's Hour

    1961 · ★ 7.7 (421 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Being There

    1979 · ★ 7.6 (1,153 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    5

  6. Terms of Endearment

    1983 · ★ 7.1 (852 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    6

  7. Irma la Douce

    1963 · ★ 7.4 (482 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. Two Mules for Sister Sara

    1970 · ★ 6.9 (690 votes)

    Western

    8

  9. The Trouble with Harry

    1955 · ★ 7.0 (924 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery

    9

  10. Around the World in 80 Days

    1956 · ★ 6.7 (597 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Family

    10

  11. Noelle

    2019 · ★ 6.6 (758 votes)

    Family, Comedy, Fantasy

    11

  12. Mrs. Winterbourne

    1996 · ★ 7.2 (227 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    12

  13. What a Way to Go!

    1964 · ★ 7.1 (108 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    13

  14. Postcards from the Edge

    1990 · ★ 6.6 (302 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    14

  15. The Celluloid Closet

    1996 · ★ 7.2 (116 votes)

    Documentary, History

    15

  16. In Her Shoes

    2005 · ★ 6.2 (1,319 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    16

  17. Bernie

    2011 · ★ 6.6 (1,063 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    17

  18. Some Came Running

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (144 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    18

  19. Sweet Charity

    1969 · ★ 6.9 (89 votes)

    Comedy, Music, Romance

    19

  20. Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

    2017 · ★ 7.5 (79 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. The Last Word

    2017 · ★ 6.6 (377 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    21

  22. Elsa & Fred

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (97 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    22

  23. Guarding Tess

    1994 · ★ 6.0 (357 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    23

  24. Artists and Models

    1955 · ★ 6.7 (138 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. The Sheepman

    1958 · ★ 6.9 (65 votes)

    Western, Comedy

    25

  26. The Matchmaker

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (15 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    26

  27. Coco Chanel

    2008 · ★ 6.6 (109 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    27

  28. Madame Sousatzka

    1988 · ★ 6.9 (22 votes)

    Drama, Music

    28

  29. The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    1964 · ★ 6.1 (61 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    29

  30. Closing the Ring

    2007 · ★ 6.2 (106 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    30

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