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Marilyn Monroe has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Some Like It Hot.
1956
Drama · Comedy
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Dir. Jean Negulesco · With Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun
While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.
Dir. John Huston · With Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Eli Wallach
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Dir. George Cukor · With Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Dir. Laurence Olivier · With Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft
Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
Dir. Joshua Logan · With Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Dir. Walter Lang · With Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
Dir. Emma Cooper · With Anthony Summers, Linzi Hateley, CJ Johnson
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