6 Best Anna Neagle Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 21, 2026

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Anna Neagle was one of British cinema’s biggest, most consistently popular stars for over two decades, excelling in patriotic historical drama and light musical comedy. Victoria the Great and Nurse Edith Cavell are the historical highlights, The Lady with a Lamp dramatises Florence Nightingale’s nursing reforms, Odette follows a British agent’s capture by the Gestapo, Spring in Park Lane makes a footman more than he seems, and I Live in Grosvenor Square pairs an aristocrat’s daughter with an American soldier.

The Lady with a Lamp (1951) 01

The Lady with a Lamp (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Anna Neagle stars in this dramatisation of Florence Nightingale's pioneering work reforming battlefield nursing care.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 1h 50m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Odette (1950)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A dramatisation of a British agent's harrowing capture and imprisonment by the Gestapo in occupied France.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 2h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS Apple TV Channel, Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube

Spring in Park Lane (1948) 03

Spring in Park Lane (1948)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Anna Neagle appears in this British romantic comedy about a wealthy woman's new footman who turns out to be far more than he initially appears.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 1h 31m · Rated NR

I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) 04

I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.3

An English aristocrat's daughter falls for an American soldier stationed in London.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 1h 54m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) 05

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Anna Neagle stars in this biopic about a British nurse in occupied Belgium who risks her life helping Allied soldiers escape during the First World War.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 1h 37m

Where to watch

Stream: MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Cohen Media Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home

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Victoria the Great (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Anna Neagle stars in this dramatisation of Queen Victoria's reign, marriage and decades on the British throne.

Directed by Herbert Wilcox · 1h 52m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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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.