Movie Database

Movies by Actor - David Niven (90 [Missing: 14])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
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 wan1935Elliott NugentComedy,Romance6.2 (312 votes)7520211228
Without RegretNA1935 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 - 1936H.C. PotterDrama,Romance,War6.4 (334 votes)9020211228
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheA major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.1936Michael CurtizAction,Adventure,Romance7.1 (4.8K votes)11520211228
DodsworthA retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.1936William WylerDrama,Romance7.8 (8.9K votes)10120211228
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.1936Aubrey ScottoComedy,Drama,Romance6.2 (52 votes)7220231001
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 he1936Arthur Greville CollinsComedy6.3 (268 votes)5720211228
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.1937Harold D. SchusterCrime,Mystery,Romance6.0 (258 votes)7720211228
Prisoner of Zenda, TheAn Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.1937John Cromwell, W.S. Van DykeAdventure,Drama,Romance7.7 (4.4K votes)10120211228
We Have Our MomentsNA1937 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.1938Ernst LubitschComedy,Romance7.3 (3.8K votes)8520211228
Dawn Patrol, TheBritish flying aces in World War I contend with the harsh realities of war.1938Edmund GouldingDrama,War7.5 (2.9K votes)10320211228
Four Men and a PrayerThe sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.1938John FordAdventure,Mystery6.1 (747 votes)8520211228
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.1938William A. SeiterComedy6.4 (329 votes)7520211228
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.1939Garson KaninComedy,Romance7.6 (4K votes)8220211228
Eternally YoursAnita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.1939Tay GarnettComedy,Drama,Romance5.8 (738 votes)9520211228
Real Glory, TheA small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines.1939Henry HathawayAction,History,Romance6.6 (1.1K votes)9620211228
Wuthering HeightsA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.1939William WylerDrama,Romance7.6 (17.7K votes)10420211228
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 1939Sam Wood, William WylerAdventure,Comedy,Crime6.4 (937 votes)7220211228
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.1942Leslie HowardAdventure,Biography,Drama7.0 (1.7K votes)9020211228
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.1944Carol ReedDrama,War6.9 (2K votes)9120220414
Magnificent DollDolly Payne Madison is the daughter of boardinghouse owners in Washington, DC who falls in love with Aaron Burr and James Madison.1946Frank BorzageDrama,History6.0 (352 votes)9020211228
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.1946Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDrama,Fantasy,Romance8.1 (21.4K votes)10420211228
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. Upon1946Lewis AllenComedy6.0 (128 votes)8820211228
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.1947Henry KosterComedy,Drama,Fantasy7.6 (17.5K votes)10920211228
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 liv1947André De TothDrama,Film-Noir,Romance6.2 (736 votes)9520211228
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.1948Anthony Kimmins, Leslie Arliss, Alexander Korda, Robert StevensonBiography,Drama,History5.2 (334 votes)9820240625
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 an1948Irving ReisDrama,Romance7.2 (1.2K votes)10020211228
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.1949Richard WallaceComedy5.8 (511 votes)8820221116
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.1949Delmer DavesComedy6.0 (517 votes)8720211228
Fighting Pimpernel, The [The Elusive Pimpernel]A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.1949Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerAdventure,Drama,Romance6.1 (546 votes)8820211228
Fighting Pimpernel, The [The Elusive Pimpernel]A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.1949Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerAdventure,Drama,Romance6.1 (546 votes)8820211228
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 1950Norman TaurogMusical6.1 (655 votes)9720211228
Appointment with VenusDuring WW2, British Major Valentine Moreland is tasked with rescuing a prized pedigree cow from the German-occupied Channel Island of Armorel.1951Ralph ThomasComedy,Drama,War6.1 (313 votes)8720211228
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.1951H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy,Musical,Romance6.5 (799 votes)9720211228
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.1951Frank RossComedy,Romance5.4 (366 votes)8020211228
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.1951Tay GarnettAdventure,Comedy,War6.0 (414 votes)9220211228
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 unwittin1954Charles CrichtonComedy,Musical,Romance5.5 (278 votes)8920211228
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.1953Otto PremingerComedy,Romance6.7 (2.3K votes)9920211228
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 1954Mario ZampiComedy6.2 (442 votes)8820211228
Court Martial [Carrington V.C.]A court-martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.1954Anthony AsquithDrama7.0 (603 votes)10520220723
King's Thief, TheAn ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.1955Robert Z. Leonard, Hugo FregoneseAdventure,History5.8 (579 votes)7820211228
Around The World In 80 DaysA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.1956Michael Anderson, John FarrowAdventure,Comedy,Family6.8 (26.6K votes)17520211228
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.1956Norman TaurogComedy,Mystery,Romance5.4 (224 votes)9420211228
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.1957Mark RobsonComedy,Romance5.7 (916 votes)7820211228
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.1957Henry KosterComedy,Mystery,Romance6.3 (905 votes)9220211228
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!A bored housewife seeks help from a psychiatrist who also solves his own emotional problems.1957Nunnally JohnsonComedy5.3 (206 votes)9020211228
The Silken AffairNA1956 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.1958Otto PremingerDrama,Romance6.9 (5.2K votes)9420220723
Separate TablesThe stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."1958Delbert MannDrama,Romance7.4 (7.5K votes)10020211228
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.1959Charles WaltersComedy,Romance6.5 (837 votes)9820211228
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 a1959David MillerComedy5.8 (279 votes)8320211228
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 1960Charles WaltersComedy,Family,Romance6.5 (4.4K votes)11220211228
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.1961Guy HamiltonAdventure,Comedy,War6.8 (671 votes)10420211228
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.1961J. Lee ThompsonAction,Adventure,Drama7.5 (49.3K votes)15820211228
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.1962Joseph AnthonyDrama,War5.6 (78 votes)8720211228
Guns of DarknessAn English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.1962Anthony AsquithDrama,Thriller6.0 (332 votes)10220211228
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.1963Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew MartonAction,Adventure,Drama6.7 (6.5K votes)15420211228
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 Pant1963Blake EdwardsComedy,Crime,Romance7.1 (51.2K votes)11520211228
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?1964Ralph LevyComedy6.7 (2K votes)9920220414
Lady LLady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through.1965Peter UstinovComedy5.5 (1.1K votes)11720220414
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.1965Val GuestAdventure,Comedy5.7 (679 votes)11020211228
Casino RoyaleIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.1967Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert ParrishComedy5.1 (29.4K votes)13120211228
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.1966J. Lee ThompsonHorror,Mystery6.1 (2.6K votes)9220211228
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.1968Michael GordonComedy,Drama,Romance5.7 (679 votes)9220211228
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.1968Fielder Cook, Ronald NeameComedy,Romance5.7 (519 votes)9220211228
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.1968J. Lee ThompsonComedy,Drama,War5.9 (326 votes)10320211228
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.1969Gérard OuryAdventure,Comedy,Crime6.9 (3.9K votes)11520211228
The Extraordinary SeamanNA1969 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 square1971Rod AmateauComedy4.9 (270 votes)8420211228
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.1972Jerzy SkolimowskiComedy5.6 (258 votes)9420211228
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.1974Clive DonnerComedy,Horror4.4 (1000 votes)8820211228
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.1975Ken AnnakinAction,Adventure,Thriller5.9 (636 votes)9920211228
Murder by DeathFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.1976Robert MooreComedy,Crime,Mystery7.4 (36.8K votes)9520211228
No Deposit, No ReturnNA1976 Comedy,Family Not Available
CandleshoeNA1977 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.1979Peter CarterAdventure,Drama,War6.8 (165 votes)020211228
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.1979George P. CosmatosAction,Adventure,Comedy5.6 (5.2K votes)220220912
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.1980Ralph ThomasComedy,Crime5.6 (435 votes)10220211228
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.1980Don Siegel, Peter R. Hunt, Robert Ellis MillerAdventure,Comedy,Crime5.6 (1.2K votes)11220211228
The Sea WolvesNA1980 Action,History,War Not Available
Better Late Than NeverNA1983 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).1982Blake EdwardsComedy,Crime,Mystery5.0 (10.2K votes)9620211228
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.1983Blake EdwardsComedy,Crime,Mystery4.3 (6K votes)10920211228
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 and1974Robin MillerComedy,Family,Fantasy7.1 (139 votes)6020220414
Canterville GhostNA1974 Not Available
The Remarkable RocketNA1975 Animation Not Available
United StatesNA1944 Documentary Not Available
All the WinnersNA1932 \N Not Available
GorillaNA1974 Documentary Not Available
The Return of Phileas FoggNA1957 Drama,Short Not Available