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1. Death on the Nile (1978)
directed by John Guillermin
featuring Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, David Niven, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Mia Farrow
Peter Ustinov began his long association with the Hercule Poirot character of murder mystery novelist Agatha Christie with this lavish but ... More
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2. All About Eve (1950)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Based on the story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, All About Eve is an elegantly bitchy backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve ... More
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3. The Watcher in the Woods (1981)
directed by John Hough, Vincent McEveety
featuring Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Ian Bannen, Lynn-Holly Johnson
This Disney Studios attempt at entering the horror genre is a British production based on the chilling novel by Florence Engel Randall. An American ... More
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4. Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway
An unusually long pre-credits sequence establishes the roots of faded Southern belle Charlotte's (Bette Davis) insanity; she'd been witness to the ... More
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5. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
directed by William Keighley
featuring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante, Richard Travis
The George S. Kaufman/Moss Hart Broadway hit The Man Who Came to Dinner was inspired by the authors' mutual friend, waspish critic/author Alexander ... More
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6. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk
Director Frank Capra's last feature film, Pocketful of Miracles is a Technicolor remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day. A barely recognizable Bette ... More
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7. Of Human Bondage (1934)
directed by John Cromwell
featuring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny
The first of three film versions of Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage stars Leslie Howard as sensitive, clubfooted artist-cum-med student Philip ... More
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8. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Marjorie Bennett, Anna Lee, Maide Norman
As a child, "Baby Jane" Hudson was the toast of vaudeville. As an adult, however, Baby Jane was overshadowed by her more talented sister, Blanche, ... More
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9. Return From Witch Mountain (1978)
directed by John Hough
featuring Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Jack Soo
The Fury meets The Misadventures of Merlin Jones in this comic-book sequel to Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain. Reprising their roles as the psychic ... More
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10. Jezebel (1938)
directed by William Wyler
featuring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter
In 1938, Jezebel was widely regarded as Warner Bros.' "compensation" to Bette Davis for her losing the opportunity to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone ... More
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11. Burnt Offerings (1976)
directed by Dan Curtis
featuring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery, Bette Davis
Dan Curtis, director of TV's Dark Shadows series, directed this eerie haunted-house thriller about a house which draws energy from its inhabitants ... More
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12. Dead Ringer (1964)
directed by Paul Henreid
featuring Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey, Jean Hagen
Though he's most famous for his portrayal of Victor Laszlo in 1942's Casablanca, actor Paul Henreid took a few turns behind the camera as evidenced ... More
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13. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
directed by Vincent Sherman
featuring Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, Richard Waring, George Coulouris, Jerome Cowan
From a novel of the same name by "Elizabeth", the film begins in 1914, with Bette Davis cast as vain, flighty society woman Fanny Trellis. Informed ... More
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14. The Virgin Queen (1955)
directed by Henry Koster
featuring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy
Having previously portrayed England's Queen Elizabeth I in 1939's The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Bette Davis reprises the role in the ... More
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15. Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins
Although claiming to be based on actual cases, this mild crime drama appears to have been derived more from a screenwriter's manual than a police ... More
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16. Fashions of 1934 (1934)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Bette Davis, William Powell, Veree Teasdale, Reginald Owen, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert
Now known simply as Fashions, the lavish Warner Bros. musical Fashions of 1934 stars the unlikely but copacetic team of William Powell and Bette ... More
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17. Bordertown (1935)
directed by Archie Mayo
featuring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert H. Barrat
Paul Muni stars in this drama about a romantic triangle that leads to madness and murder. Overly enthusiastic Mexican attorney Johnny Ramirez (Muni) ... More
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18. Jimmy the Gent (1934)
directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring James Cagney, Bette Davis, Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Alan Dinehart, Arthur Hohl
James Cagney runs a shady missing-heir tracing service, occasionally providing phony heirs in order to collect his fee. He suffers a tinge of ... More
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19. The Nanny (1965)
directed by Seth Holt
featuring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, William Dix
In this thriller (which represented something of a departure for Hammer Films, noted for their gothic period pieces), Joey Fane (William Dix) has ... More
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20. Juarez (1939)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains, John Garfield
Juarez was originally designed to concentrate almost exclusively on the tragedy of Hapsburg Emperor Maximillian, whose attempts to establish a puppet ... More
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21. Dangerous (1935)
directed by Alfred E. Green
featuring Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth, John Eldredge
Not even considered a good film back in 1935, Dangerous is held together by the mesmerizing performance of Bette Davis. The star is cast as alcoholic ... More
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22. The Catered Affair (1956)
directed by Richard Brooks
featuring Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald, Rod Taylor
Bette Davis goes the "kitchen sink drama" route in The Catered Affair. As the frowsy wife of Bronx cabdriver Ernest Borgnine, Davis insists that her ... More
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23. Housewife (1934)
directed by Alfred E. Green
featuring George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, John Halliday, Ruth Donnelly
A pre-stardom Bette Davis struggles mightily as the "other woman" in this rather obvious divorce court drama from Warner Bros. George Brent stars as ... More
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24. The Petrified Forest (1936)
directed by Archie Mayo
featuring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Genevieve Tobin
Burned-out British intellectual Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) wanders into the desert service station/restaurant owned by Jason Maple (Porter Hall). ... More
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25. Where Love Has Gone (1964)
directed by Edward Dmytryk
featuring Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Michael Connors, Joey Heatherton, Jane Greer
Based on the novel by Harold Robbins, comes this family drama from director Edward Dmytryk. Adapted for the the screen by John Michael Hayes, the ... More
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