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Sep 6, 2023 · A list of Elizabeth Taylor's best films would not be complete without the movie she first starred in, 1944's National Velvet. In it, Taylor plays 12-year-old Velvet Brown, a horse-crazy girl that dreams of training her new gelding for the Grand Nation Steeplechase.
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives. 326 votes. Boasting Elizabeth Taylor's mesmerizing performance, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play that delves into the complexities of family dynamics and human desires.
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal. 314 votes. A daring exploration of marital discord in the 1960s, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- A Place in the Sun. Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. 274 votes. Considered one of Elizabeth Taylor's early masterpieces, A Place in the Sun pairs her with Montgomery Clift in this tragic adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s novel An American Tragedy.
- Giant. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean. 272 votes. An epic drama spanning decades and featuring an all-star cast led by Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean – Giant tells the story of Texas cattle rancher Bick Benedict (Hudson) who marries Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), an East Coast socialite.
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- 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1966) Director: Mike Nichols. Taylor delivered the finest performance of her acclaimed career in Mike Nichols' 1966 adaption of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' (1958) Director: Richard Brooks. Taylor and Paul Newman make for arguably the most attractive couple in cinematic history in Richard Brooks' 1958 drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- 'Giant' (1956) Director: George Stevens. The epic Western drama Giant stars Rock Hudson, James Dean, and Taylor. The film follows wealthy Texas rancher Bick Benedict, who marries the beautiful Leslie Lynnton.
- 'A Place in the Sun' (1951) Director: George Stevens. George Stevens' 1951 drama A Place in the Sun is a timeless and beloved classic. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a working-class young man caught between the affections of two women: Alice Tripp, a co-worker at his uncle's factory, and Angela Vickers, a beautiful socialite.
- Life with Father (1947) - 92%
- Father of The Bride (1950) - 93%
- Lassie Come Home (1943) - 94%
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - 95%
- Giant (1956) - 95%
- Cat on A Hot Tin Roof (1958) - 97%
- Jane Eyre (1944) - 100%
- That's Entertainment (1973) - 100%
- Father's Little Dividend (1951) - 100%
- National Velvet (1944) - 100%
In Michael Curtiz's comedy of mannersLife With Father, New York financier Clarence Day (William Powell) struggles to keep his unruly family in line. With his four sons quickly coming of age and his wife running the household, Clarence becomes extremely overwhelmed. Taylor plays Mary Skinner in the film, an attractive new girl in town who forges a r...
Remade with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton more than 40 years later, Taylor starred in the original Father of the Bridealongside Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett. RELATED: 12 Best Movie Remakes Of All Time Directed by Vincent Minnelli, the film follows the enormous burden Stanley Banks (Tracy) feels as he prepares for the wedding of his young daughter...
Lassie Come Homemarked the second feature film of Taylor's career. The tear-jerking family film snatched an Oscar nod for Best Cinematography. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox from the Eric Knight novel, the film follows the downtrodden Carraclough family, who is forced to sell their beloved border collie, Lassie. Undeterred, Lassie makes a daring escape...
Taylor expressed the full gamut of human emotion in her Oscar-winning, tour-de-force performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Adapted from the Edward Albee stage play, the film marks the directorial debut of Mike Nichols. The story concerns an old married couple (Taylor and her real-life husband Richard Burton) who drunkenly berate each other...
While most notable for being James Dean's final film, for which he earned a second consecutive posthumous Academy Award nomination, George Stevens won a Best Director Oscar for helmingGiant. RELATED: James Dean's 10 Best Movie & TV Roles Ranked, According To IMDB The decade-spanning story concerns the Benedict family led by Texas farmer Jordan "Bic...
Adapted from the beloved Tennesse Williams stage play,Cat on a Hot Tin Roofstars Taylor as the titular feline who uses her feminine wiles to drive her drunk boyfriend stir-crazy. When the Pollitt family reunites at Big Momma's (Judith Anderson) house for a farewell sendoff to their terminally ill Big Daddy (Burl Ives), the dysfunction reaches a fev...
Although she was uncredited at the time of its release, Taylor plays Helen Burns in one of the earliest adaptations of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel, Jane Eyre. RELATED: 10 Best Jane Eyre Adaptations, Ranked From a script co-written by Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), the film follows notorious orphan Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) as she can't hel...
In Jack Haley Jr.'s celebratory documentary That's Entertainment, Hollywood's most luminous musical movie stars recount their time working for MGM during the studio's 50-year heyday. Taylor narrates the film, which is co-hosted by such stars as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and more. The film co...
In the sequel to the hit comedy Father of the Bride released the year prior, Father's Little Dividendcontinues to the marital drama of the Banks family. Now that patriarch Stanely (Spencer Tracy) has come to terms with his daughter Kay's (Taylor) marriage, he frets the prospect of becoming a grandfather. Vincent Minnelli also returns to helm the se...
In the fifth feature film of her young career, the 12-year old Taylor starred as the titular Velvet Brown, a passionate little girl intent on breeding a prize-winning racehorse. The film won two Oscars, including Best Editing and Supporting Actress (Anne Revere). The film follows Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), a wayward vagabond whose lengthy travels t...
- WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966) Directed by Mike Nichols. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the play by Edward Albee. Starring Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis.
- GIANT (1956) Directed by George Stevens. Screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Starring Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper.
- A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) Directed by George Stevens. Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, based on the novel ‘An American Tragedy’ by Theodore Dreiser and the play by Patrick Kearney.
- CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958) Directed by Richard Brooks. Screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe, based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Starring Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor.
Feb 22, 2023 · Her career spanned six decades, and she remains a beloved pop culture icon. These are some of the best Elizabeth Taylor movies. 9 A Place in the Sun
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