Movies by Actor - David Niven (90 [Missing: 14]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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SplendorThe once-great Lorrimore family faces bankruptcy unless older son Brighton marries wealthy Edith Gilbert. When Brighton instead returns from a trip with his new wife Phyllis, she receives a cool reception from his family. Phyllis wan | 1935 | Elliott Nugent | Comedy,Romance | 6.2 (312 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Without RegretNA | 1935 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Beloved EnemyIn 1921, Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic, independent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. One of the rebellion's leaders and a beautiful aristocratic Englishwoman meet and - | 1936 | H.C. Potter | Drama,Romance,War | 6.4 (334 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheA major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. | 1936 | Michael Curtiz | Action,Adventure,Romance | 7.1 (4.8K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
DodsworthA retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. | 1936 | William Wyler | Drama,Romance | 7.8 (8.9K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Palm SpringsA notorious gambler who is short of money want his daughter to marry a British young man, who has plenty of money. At first she obeys, but then she falls in love to a poor, young American. | 1936 | Aubrey Scotto | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.2 (52 votes) | 72 | 20231001 |
Thank You, JeevesErudite manservant Jeeves hopes to keep his frivolous employer Bertie out of new harrowing adventures, but a damsel in distress, carrying half of some mysterious plans, intrudes on their London flat one rainy night. Bertie follows he | 1936 | Arthur Greville Collins | Comedy | 6.3 (268 votes) | 57 | 20211228 |
Dinner at the RitzThe daughter of a murdered financier is working as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who plotted against him. | 1937 | Harold D. Schuster | Crime,Mystery,Romance | 6.0 (258 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Prisoner of Zenda, TheAn Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped. | 1937 | John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke | Adventure,Drama,Romance | 7.7 (4.4K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
We Have Our MomentsNA | 1937 | | Comedy,Crime,Mystery | | | Not Available |
Bluebeard's Eighth WifeAfter learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him. | 1938 | Ernst Lubitsch | Comedy,Romance | 7.3 (3.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Dawn Patrol, TheBritish flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war. | 1938 | Edmund Goulding | Drama,War | 7.5 (2.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Four Men and a PrayerThe sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name. | 1938 | John Ford | Adventure,Mystery | 6.1 (747 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Three Blind MiceThree sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her staff. | 1938 | William A. Seiter | Comedy | 6.4 (329 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Bachelor MotherAn unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job. | 1939 | Garson Kanin | Comedy,Romance | 7.6 (4K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Eternally YoursAnita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical. | 1939 | Tay Garnett | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 5.8 (738 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Real Glory, TheA small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines. | 1939 | Henry Hathaway | Action,History,Romance | 6.6 (1.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Wuthering HeightsA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. | 1939 | William Wyler | Drama,Romance | 7.6 (17.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
RafflesMan about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A | 1939 | Sam Wood, William Wyler | Adventure,Comedy,Crime | 6.4 (937 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
Spitfire [The First of the Few]Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health. | 1942 | Leslie Howard | Adventure,Biography,Drama | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Way Ahead, TheWorld War II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa. | 1944 | Carol Reed | Drama,War | 6.9 (2K votes) | 91 | 20220414 |
Magnificent DollDolly Payne Madison is the daughter of boardinghouse owners in Washington, DC who falls in love with Aaron Burr and James Madison. | 1946 | Frank Borzage | Drama,History | 6.0 (352 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Matter Of Life And Death, AA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl. | 1946 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Drama,Fantasy,Romance | 8.1 (21.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Perfect Marriage, TheJenny and Dale Williams have been married ten years have a 9-year-old daughter, "Cookie." They live well, have separate careers, are surrounded by sophisticated friends, and are afflicted with overattentive in-laws on each side. Upon | 1946 | Lewis Allen | Comedy | 6.0 (128 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Bishops Wife, TheA debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church. | 1947 | Henry Koster | Comedy,Drama,Fantasy | 7.6 (17.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Other Love, TheSeriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a liv | 1947 | André De Toth | Drama,Film-Noir,Romance | 6.2 (736 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Bonnie Prince CharlieIn the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne. | 1948 | Anthony Kimmins, Leslie Arliss, Alexander Korda, Robert Stevenson | Biography,Drama,History | 5.2 (334 votes) | 98 | 20240625 |
EnchantmentUncle Rollo finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love, Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and the subsequent romance between her an | 1948 | Irving Reis | Drama,Romance | 7.2 (1.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Kiss for Corliss, A [Almost a Bride]A teenage girl who has a crush on an older, more sophisticated man tells all her friends that the man is her boyfriend. Soon that story starts making its way around the town. | 1949 | Richard Wallace | Comedy | 5.8 (511 votes) | 88 | 20221116 |
Kiss in the Dark, AAn exhausted concert pianist learns he is the owner of an apartment building; after being advised to move there to rest, he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants. | 1949 | Delmer Daves | Comedy | 6.0 (517 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Fighting Pimpernel, The [The Elusive Pimpernel]A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine. | 1949 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Adventure,Drama,Romance | 6.1 (546 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Fighting Pimpernel, The [The Elusive Pimpernel]A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine. | 1949 | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Adventure,Drama,Romance | 6.1 (546 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Toast of New Orleans, TheSnooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera, but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers | 1950 | Norman Taurog | Musical | 6.1 (655 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Appointment with VenusDuring WW2, British Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel. | 1951 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy,Drama,War | 6.1 (313 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Happy Go LovelyA chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows. | 1951 | H. Bruce Humberstone | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.5 (799 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Lady Says No, TheA woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue. | 1951 | Frank Ross | Comedy,Romance | 5.4 (366 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Soldiers ThreeRetired British general Brunswick reminisces about the days when he was a colonel in charge of a British Army battalion fighting against native rebels in colonial India during the late 1800s. | 1951 | Tay Garnett | Adventure,Comedy,War | 6.0 (414 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Love Lottery, TheRex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittin | 1954 | Charles Crichton | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 5.5 (278 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Moon is Blue, TheTwo aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections. | 1953 | Otto Preminger | Comedy,Romance | 6.7 (2.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Tonight's the Night [Happy Ever After]The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of | 1954 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 6.2 (442 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Court Martial [Carrington V.C.]A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds. | 1954 | Anthony Asquith | Drama | 7.0 (603 votes) | 105 | 20220723 |
King's Thief, TheAn ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II. | 1955 | Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo Fregonese | Adventure,History | 5.8 (579 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Around The World In 80 DaysA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. | 1956 | Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Adventure,Comedy,Family | 6.8 (26.6K votes) | 175 | 20211228 |
Birds and the Bees, TheOn an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced. | 1956 | Norman Taurog | Comedy,Mystery,Romance | 5.4 (224 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Little Hut, TheWhen shipwrecked on a deserted island, best friends Philip Ashlow and Henry Brittingham-Brett compete against each other for the affections of the only woman available, Philip Ashlow's neglected wife, Susan. | 1957 | Mark Robson | Comedy,Romance | 5.7 (916 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
My Man GodfreyThe spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship. | 1957 | Henry Koster | Comedy,Mystery,Romance | 6.3 (905 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!A bored housewife seeks help from a psychiatrist who also solves his own emotional problems. | 1957 | Nunnally Johnson | Comedy | 5.3 (206 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
The Silken AffairNA | 1956 | | Comedy,Crime,Romance | | | Not Available |
Bonjour TristesseSpoiled Cecile, 17, spends her summer at the French Riviera with her rich, widower, playboy dad and Elsa. Anne, her late mom's friend, visits and brings changes to all. | 1958 | Otto Preminger | Drama,Romance | 6.9 (5.2K votes) | 94 | 20220723 |
Separate TablesThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables." | 1958 | Delbert Mann | Drama,Romance | 7.4 (7.5K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Ask Any GirlSales girl falls for the younger of a company run by two brothers. The elder falls for her but plans to help her get his brother because he doesn't know he's in love. | 1959 | Charles Walters | Comedy,Romance | 6.5 (837 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Happy AnniversaryA happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV screens being kicked in and everybody being a | 1959 | David Miller | Comedy | 5.8 (279 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Please Dont Eat the DaisiesDrama critic Larry McKay, his wife Kate, and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party | 1960 | Charles Walters | Comedy,Family,Romance | 6.5 (4.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Best of Enemies, TheIn 1941 during the desert war in Abyssinia the Italian captain Blasi and the British major Richardson alternate between being bitter enemies or best friends depending on the circumstances. | 1961 | Guy Hamilton | Adventure,Comedy,War | 6.8 (671 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Guns of Navarone, TheA team of Allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. | 1961 | J. Lee Thompson | Action,Adventure,Drama | 7.5 (49.3K votes) | 158 | 20211228 |
Conquered City [La città prigioniera]An Athens hotel, full of refugees and expatriates is captured by Allied troops in the closing days of the War. British Major Whitfield has to prevent a cache of hidden weapons from falling into the hands of renegade troops. | 1962 | Joseph Anthony | Drama,War | 5.6 (78 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Guns of DarknessAn English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution. | 1962 | Anthony Asquith | Drama,Thriller | 6.0 (332 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
55 Days at PekingDuring the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive. | 1963 | Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Action,Adventure,Drama | 6.7 (6.5K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
Pink Panther, TheThe bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Pant | 1963 | Blake Edwards | Comedy,Crime,Romance | 7.1 (51.2K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Bedtime StoryTwo scam artists prey on women for their money. They clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or will the rough small-change scammer rise to win the wager? | 1964 | Ralph Levy | Comedy | 6.7 (2K votes) | 99 | 20220414 |
Lady LLady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through. | 1965 | Peter Ustinov | Comedy | 5.5 (1.1K votes) | 117 | 20220414 |
Where the Spies AreA local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent. | 1965 | Val Guest | Adventure,Comedy | 5.7 (679 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Casino RoyaleIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. | 1967 | Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish | Comedy | 5.1 (29.4K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
Eye of the DevilWorkers employed at a French vineyard quietly follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons. | 1966 | J. Lee Thompson | Horror,Mystery | 6.1 (2.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Impossible Years, TheThe eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle. | 1968 | Michael Gordon | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 5.7 (679 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
PrudenceThe conflicting and comical attempts by a wealthy London banker and his mistress, together with four other couples, to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills. | 1968 | Fielder Cook, Ronald Neame | Comedy,Romance | 5.7 (519 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Before Winter ComesAfter World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees. | 1968 | J. Lee Thompson | Comedy,Drama,War | 5.9 (326 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Brain, The [Le cerveau]When NATO transfers some of its funds from Paris to Brussels by train, a criminal mastermind posing as a British colonel plans to steal it but two petty French thieves also have the same intent. | 1969 | Gérard Oury | Adventure,Comedy,Crime | 6.9 (3.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
The Extraordinary SeamanNA | 1969 | | Adventure,Comedy,War | | | Not Available |
Statue, TheBolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square | 1971 | Rod Amateau | Comedy | 4.9 (270 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
King, Queen, KnaveAdopted by his rich uncle from Germany, British teenager Frank falls in-love with his uncle's Italian wife Martha, and has conflicting feelings when she suggests he should kill his uncle in order to have her and the family fortune. | 1972 | Jerzy Skolimowski | Comedy | 5.6 (258 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Old Drac [Vampira]In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from several beautiful models, but during the transfusion, Vampira's race turns from white to black. | 1974 | Clive Donner | Comedy,Horror | 4.4 (1000 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Paper TigerA somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes. | 1975 | Ken Annakin | Action,Adventure,Thriller | 5.9 (636 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Murder by DeathFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. | 1976 | Robert Moore | Comedy,Crime,Mystery | 7.4 (36.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
No Deposit, No ReturnNA | 1976 | | Comedy,Family | | | Not Available |
CandleshoeNA | 1977 | | Adventure,Comedy,Drama | | | Not Available |
Man Called Intrepid, ADuring World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network. | 1979 | Peter Carter | Adventure,Drama,War | 6.8 (165 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
Escape to AthenaA World War II adventure involving a group of Allied P.O.W.s, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base. | 1979 | George P. Cosmatos | Action,Adventure,Comedy | 5.6 (5.2K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, AReleased from a British prison, an American is hired as an electrician for a London bank but his criminal acquaintances show-up and force the reluctant Yank to join them as the inside-man in a well-planned bank heist. | 1980 | Ralph Thomas | Comedy,Crime | 5.6 (435 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Rough CutTwo sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved. | 1980 | Don Siegel, Peter R. Hunt, Robert Ellis Miller | Adventure,Comedy,Crime | 5.6 (1.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
The Sea WolvesNA | 1980 | | Action,History,War | | | Not Available |
Better Late Than NeverNA | 1983 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
Trail of the Pink PantherJournalist Marie Jouvet (Joanna Lumley) attempts to uncover the mysterious disappearance of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers). | 1982 | Blake Edwards | Comedy,Crime,Mystery | 5.0 (10.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Curse of the Pink PantherEnsuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau. | 1983 | Blake Edwards | Comedy,Crime,Mystery | 4.3 (6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Canterville GhostThe poor ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville (David Niven) has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and | 1974 | Robin Miller | Comedy,Family,Fantasy | 7.1 (139 votes) | 60 | 20220414 |
Canterville GhostNA | 1974 | | | | | Not Available |
The Remarkable RocketNA | 1975 | | Animation | | | Not Available |
United StatesNA | 1944 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
All the WinnersNA | 1932 | | \N | | | Not Available |
GorillaNA | 1974 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
The Return of Phileas FoggNA | 1957 | | Drama,Short | | | Not Available |