Marilyn Monroe

1926–1962 · American actress and model

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million by her death in 1962.

Marilyn Monroe, in order

1. 1947 Dangerous Years: acted · directed by Arthur Pierson
2. 1948 Ladies of the Chorus: acted · directed by Phil Karlson · audiences 48% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo
3. 1948 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!: acted · directed by F. Hugh Herbert
4. 1950 A Ticket to Tomahawk: acted · directed by Richard Sale
5. 1950 All About Eve: acted · directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
6. 1950 Love Happy: acted · directed by David Miller and Leo McCarey
7. 1950 Right Cross: acted · directed by John Sturges
8. 1950 The Asphalt Jungle: acted · directed by John Huston
9. 1950 The Fireball: acted · directed by Tay Garnett
10. 1951 As Young as You Feel: acted · directed by Harmon Jones
11. 1951 Home Town Story: acted · directed by Arthur Pierson
12. 1951 Let's Make It Legal: acted · directed by Richard Sale
13. 1951 Love Nest: acted · directed by Joseph M. Newman
14. 1952 Clash by Night: acted · directed by Fritz Lang
15. 1952 Don't Bother to Knock: acted · directed by Roy Ward Baker
16. 1952 Monkey Business: acted · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 71%, audiences 67% · streaming on Hoopla
17. 1952 O. Henry's Full House: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway and Henry King · audiences 68%
18. 1952 We're Not Married!: acted · directed by Edmund Goulding · critics 33%, audiences 51%
19. 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: acted · directed by Howard Hawks · critics 88%, audiences 83%
20. 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire: acted · directed by Jean Negulesco · critics 81%, audiences 77%
21. 1953 Niagara: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
22. 1954 River of No Return: acted · directed by Jean Negulesco and Otto Preminger
23. 1954 There's No Business Like Show Business: acted · directed by Walter Lang
24. 1955 The Seven Year Itch: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 83%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Pluto TV
25. 1956 Bus Stop: acted · directed by Joshua Logan
26. 1957 The Prince and the Showgirl: acted · directed by Laurence Olivier
27. 1959 Some Like It Hot: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 95%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, MGM+
28. 1960 Let's Make Love: acted · directed by George Cukor
29. 1961 The Misfits: acted · directed by John Huston · critics 94%, audiences 78% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
30. 1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up: acted · directed by Ken Murray and Rudy Behlmer · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
31. 1963 Marilyn: acted · directed by Henry Koster
32. 1965 The Love Goddesses: acted · directed by Saul J. Turell · audiences 69% · streaming on Criterion Channel
33. 2012 Love, Marilyn: acted · directed by Liz Garbus
34. 2016 Our Queen at Ninety: acted · directed by Ashley Gething
35. 2020 Beautiful Like a Poem (short film): acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian
36. 2020 Marilyn Monroe: Photobiography (short film): acted · directed by Mohammad Mohammadian