Joan Fontaine Movie Rankings
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 3.6061 out of 4 stars for Rebecca
3.6061
A young woman is haunted by her new husband's dead wife, Rebecca. After a quick courtship and world wind romance, the new Mr. and Mrs. de Winter return to his estate. Once there Mrs. ... more about Rebecca
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
DVD from $70.00 
(1 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 3.0426 out of 4 stars for Gunga Din
3.0426
Based loosely on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, this takes place in British India during the Thuggee uprising. Three fun loving sergeants are doing fine until one of them wants to get married and leave the service. ... more about Gunga Din
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.9607 out of 4 stars for Women
2.9607
Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. ... more about Women
DVD from $6.98 
(7 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.9430 out of 4 stars for Suspicion
2.9430
Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets shy Lina McLaidlaw on a train whilst trying to travel in a first class carriage with a third class ticket. ... more about Suspicion
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.9166 out of 4 stars for Casanova's Big Night
2.9166
Italy, 1757. Meek tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. ... more about Casanova's Big Night
DVD from $2.50 
(1 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.8888 out of 4 stars for Letter from an Unknown Woman
2.8888
In Vienna, about 1900, a dashing man arrives at his flat, instructing his manservant that he will leave before morning: the man is Stefan Brand, formerly a concert pianist, planning to leave Vienna to avoid a duel. ... more about Letter from an Unknown Woman
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.7147 out of 4 stars for Island in the Sun
2.7147
Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule. It focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. ... more about Island in the Sun
DVD from $8.28 
(5 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.6186 out of 4 stars for Jane Eyre
2.6186
Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. ... more about Jane Eyre
DVD from $6.98 
(5 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.6127 out of 4 stars for Ivanhoe
2.6127
In the centre of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired film the chivalrousness and the daring stand. Ivanhoe, the disowned knight join to the bravehearted and high-minded Robin Hood, the valiant of Forest Sherwood. ... more about Ivanhoe
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Man Who Found Himself
2.6026
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. ... more about Man Who Found Himself
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.5387 out of 4 stars for Sky Giant
2.5387
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. ... more about Sky Giant
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.5022 out of 4 stars for Million to One
2.5022
John Kent (Monte Blue) wins the Olympic decathlon but is disqualified on a charge of professionalism. William Stevens (Kenneth Harlan), the second-place finisher, is awarded the title and trophies. ... more about Million to One
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.4839 out of 4 stars for Damsel in Distress
2.4839
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X. ... more about Damsel in Distress
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.3782 out of 4 stars for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
2.3782
Admiral Nelson takes a brand new atomic submarine through its paces. When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, the admiral must find a way to beat the heat or watch the world go up in smoke. ... more about Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
DVD from $38.77 
(0 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.2965 out of 4 stars for Witches
2.2965
An English school teacher outposted in Africa has a run in with the local witch doctor and suffers a nervous breakdown. After recovering back in England she takes a job teaching in a small country town hoping to make a new start for herself. ... more about Witches
DVD from $15.99 
(3 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 2.2929 out of 4 stars for Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2.2929
Writer sets himself up to take murder rap to show the errors of circumstantial evidence. With a friend holding back evidence so he can prove his innocence at the last minute, he goes to trial. But during the trial, his friend is killed in a car accident. ... more about Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.9581 out of 4 stars for Born to Be Bad
1.9581
Christabel fools everyone with her sweet exterior including her cousin Donna and Donna's wealthy fiancée Curtis. The only one who sees through her facade is Nick, a rugged writer who loves her anyway. ... more about Born to Be Bad
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.9497 out of 4 stars for Emperor Waltz
1.9497
Traveling Salesman Virgil Smith wants to sell his Grammophones in pre-WWI Austria. To enhance this, he especially wants to sell one to Emperor Franz Joseph, but at first the Austrian palace guards think he is carrying a bomb. ... more about Emperor Waltz
DVD from $6.44 
(5 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.8668 out of 4 stars for Bigamist
1.8668
Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating. He soon discovers Harry has done an unusual amount of traveling from his home in San Francisco to Los Angeles. ... more about Bigamist
DVD from $1.99 
(3 sellers)
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.8355 out of 4 stars for Maid's Night Out
1.8355
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid. ... more about Maid's Night Out
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.7716 out of 4 stars for Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1.7716
Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. ... more about Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 1.7168 out of 4 stars for You Gotta Stay Happy
1.7168
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. ... more about You Gotta Stay Happy
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Affairs of Susan
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Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancee summons three former beaus. ... more about Affairs of Susan
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Blond Cheat
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Busby Berkeley
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This tribute to 'Busby Berkeley' (qv) features candid interviews with his friends and associates: 'Ruth Donnelly' (qv) recalls the frantic filming of _Footlight Parade (1933) _(qv). ... more about Busby Berkeley
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Certain Smile
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Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Francoise. Dominique and Luc begin a tawdry affair... ... more about Certain Smile
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Constant Nymph
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Fourteen-year-old Tessa is hopelessly in love with handsome composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis adores Tessa, but has never shown any romantic feelings toward her. ... more about Constant Nymph
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Darling
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Based on James Barrie's play "Alice Sit-By-The-Fire". ... more about Darling
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Flight to Tangier
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At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. ... more about Flight to Tangier
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for From This Day Forward
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In flashbacks, the 1938 courtship and marriage of young machinist Bill Cummings and bookstore clerk Susan are recalled: newlywed bliss, unemployment and other tribulations, opportunity with a hidden drawback, war and separation. ... more about From This Day Forward
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ivy
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In 1909, British belle Ivy Lexton meets older, rich Miles Rushworth; undeterred by the prior claims of her husband Jervis and lover Roger, she goes after Miles and has no trouble fascinating him, but oddly enough he has compunctions about making love to ... more about Ivy
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for September Affair
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An industrialist (Joseph Cotton) and a pianist (Joan Fontaine) meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. ... more about September Affair
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Serenade
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for This Above All
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Aristocratic Prudence Cathaway shocks her family by enlisting in the WAFs. After enlisting, a fellow WAF sets her up on a blind date with handsome, but moody Clive Briggs. ... more about This Above All
Not Available on DVD
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Joan Fontaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Until They Sail
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Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. ... more about Until They Sail
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Joan Fontaine
Birthdate:
October 22, 1917

Joan Fontaine

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1930s
12
total ranking of 2.9384  2.9384
1940s
13
total ranking of 2.9121  2.9121
1950s
15
total ranking of 2.6937  2.6937
1960s
3
total ranking of 1.7442  1.7442
1970s
1
No Reviews
1980s
2
No Reviews
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.7763
Joan Fontaine is ranked overall as 2.7763 of of 4 stars
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