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- Private Benjamin. Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante. 318 votes. In this iconic comedy, a spoiled, wealthy woman joins the army after her husband dies on their wedding night, only to find that military life is not what she expected.
- Overboard. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann. 444 votes. This romantic comedy centers around a wealthy, amnesiac woman who is convinced by a struggling carpenter that she is his wife and mother to his four unruly children.
- Foul Play. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith. 253 votes. In this thrilling comedy-mystery, a shy librarian becomes embroiled in an assassination plot after she accidentally receives crucial information from a stranger.
- Housesitter. Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany. 215 votes. In this lighthearted romantic comedy, an architect's one-night stand moves into his dream home and poses as his wife while he is away on business.
Dec 18, 2018 · From Goldie Hawn's sure-fire box office hits like the First Wives Club and Overboard, to lesser-known gems like Butterflies Are Free, here's a definitive ranking of all her movies.
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- Private Benjamin (1980) "Private Benjamin" might not be the best film Goldie Hawn ever made, but it is the best example of a Goldie Hawn movie: a fish-out-of-water comedy where the plucky heroine perseveres through sunny determination and charms everyone around her.
- The Sugarland Express (1974) Hawn lent her star power to Steven Spielberg's theatrical feature debut, and he in return provided her with one of her most critically acclaimed films.
- Death Becomes Her (1992) Dismissed by critics in its time as technically impressive but thematically hollow, "Death Becomes Her" has been rediscovered as a camp classic, with its gothic fashions further popularized by "RuPaul's Drag Race."
- The First Wives Club (1996) Like many Goldie Hawn films, "The First Wives Club" was critically dismissed when it was released but has gained in popularity as the years have gone by.
- 10 Swing Shift
- 9 The Sugarland Express
- 8 Seems Like Old Times
- 7 Wildcats
- 6 Best Friends
- 5 Private Benjamin
- 4 The First Wives Club
- 3 Death Becomes Her
- 2 Bird on A Wire
- 1 Overboard
One of the many Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell collaborations, Swing Shifttakes place during World War II. We follow Kay Walsh (Hawn), who signs up to work in an armaments factory in California while her husband Jack (Ed Harris), a U.S. Naval seaman, is overseas in naval service. Lonely and vulnerable, Kay falls in love with a musician named Lucky (Russe...
Steven Spielberg, ladies and gents. His acclaimed 70s flick, The Sugarland Express, follows married small-time criminals Lou-Jean (Hawn) and Clovis (William Atherton), who lose their baby to the state of Texas and will do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from a foster home — while also...
Hawn and Chevy Chase star in this comedy about writer Nick Gardenia, who is on the run from the law after being forced to rob a bank. While evading capture, Nick seeks the help of his ex-wife Glenda who houses him while her current husband Ira hosts a party for local law enforcement. Seems Like Old Times is a light-hearted film that emulates an old...
Hawn gives her all as Molly McGrath in Wildcats, starring as the daughter of a famous football coach who dreams of coaching her very own team. When the opportunity arises to lead a team from an inner-city Chicago school, Molly cannot pass it up. While her team members make her job even more difficult, Molly’s strong spirit and unwavering optimism k...
Based on the true story of the relationship between the writers of the film, Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin, Best Friends follows the story of Richard Babson and Paula McCullen, a successful screenwriting team that manages to live together in harmony. Riding the high of completing their latest script, Richard convinces Paula to marry him. Howeve...
Private Benjamin tells the story of Jewish-American princess Judy Benjamin. Grieving the loss of her husband on their wedding night, a recruiter for the Women’s Army Corps convinces Judy to enlist. While Judy believes that her enlistment will be a vacation for her, she is quickly put in line. During her basic training, Judy becomes a good soldier a...
Based on the novel of the same name, The First Wives Club tells the story of three divorcées who long for retribution on their ex-husbands for leaving them for younger women. Hawn stars alongside Bette Midler and Diane Keaton in this feel-good comedy. The film features an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Rob Reiner, and Eileen Heckart, and eve...
Novelist Helen Sharp returns from her stint in a psychiatric hospital and flaunts her glowing appearance in front of her ex-husband Ernest and his new wife Madeline. When Madeline asks Helen what her secret is, she soon makes a dark discovery that Helen’s amazing appearance is due to a mysterious drug that grants eternal life, but there is still a ...
Bird on a Wire tells the story of Rick Jarmin, a man put into the witness protection program for helping the FBI bust Eugene Sorenson. After 15 years of living a new life, old flame Marianne recognizes him at a gas station, blowing his cover within the program. When Sorenson is released from prison, he finds out where Jarmin is and hunts him down, ...
Hawn’s best movie is Overboard, a classic film about socialite Joanna Stayton who lives a life of leisure with her husband until she falls off their yacht and suffers from amnesia. While her husband makes no effort to help her and winds up abandoning her, a widowed carpenter with four children, Dean (Kurt Russell) claims that she is his wife. With ...
15 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The First Wives Club. 1996 1h 43m PG. 6.4 (54K) Rate. 59 Metascore. Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women. Director Hugh Wilson Stars Goldie Hawn Bette Midler Diane Keaton. 2. The Banger Sisters. 2002 1h 38m R. 5.7 (17K) Rate.
Apr 30, 2023 · 10. The Banger Sisters. Searchlight Pictures. Released in 2002, The Banger Sisters" was the last movie Goldie Hawn would make for 15 years, and it's a pretty memorable one to go out on. Hawn plays ...
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May 21, 2021 · The best-rated Goldie Hawn movie is the 1969 rom-com Cactus Flower, directed by Gene Saks. Cactus Flower is known as Hawn's first big-screen movie, and clearly, it worked out in her favor. Hawn stars as Toni Simmons, a woman dating a dentist named Julian Winston (Walter Matthau), but there's only one problem: he's married.
