6 Best Anna Lee Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 14, 2026

Anna Lee enjoyed a remarkably long career from 1930s British cinema to Hollywood classics, and became a favourite of John Ford. The Sound of Music brings a free-spirited governess to a widowed captain’s household, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has a former child star tormenting her sister, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance hides a complicated truth behind a legend. Fort Apache, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Hangmen Also Die! round out the list.

The Sound of Music (1965)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 83% Metacritic 63

A free-spirited governess brings music and joy to a widowed naval captain's seven children.

Directed by Robert Wise · 2h 54m · Rated G

Won 5 Oscars19 wins & 13 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Wonder Project Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A former child star torments her paralysed sister, who was once the bigger Hollywood success.

Directed by Robert Aldrich · 2h 15m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.8

Andy Devine features in this western about a senator whose reputation is built on a legendary shootout whose true story is far different.

Directed by John Ford · 2h 03m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Fort Apache (1948)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A rigid, glory-seeking cavalry officer's recklessness threatens his fort and the soldiers under his command.

Directed by John Ford · 2h 08m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Anna Lee appears as a widow who moves into a haunted seaside cottage and falls for the gruff ghost who lives there.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Czech resistance fighters shelter the assassin of a brutal Nazi official as the Gestapo hunts them down.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 2h 14m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Anna Lee Movies

The Sound of Music (1965)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Fort Apache (1948)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

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