9 Best Cary Grant Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 9, 2026

Cary Grant made effortless sophistication look easy for four decades, moving between screwball comedy and Hitchcockian suspense without losing his charm. North by Northwest has an advertising man mistaken for a spy and chased across the country, Charade pursues a widow whose husband’s stolen fortune is the target, An Affair to Remember lets two engaged strangers fall in love at sea, and Father Goose reluctantly makes a beach bum a wartime coast watcher. Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, The Philadelphia Story, Notorious and To Catch a Thief round out the list.

Father Goose (1964)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A reclusive beach bum is reluctantly recruited as a wartime coast watcher and ends up looking after a group of stranded schoolgirls.

Directed by Ralph Nelson · 1h 58m

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Charade (1963)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A widow is pursued by men convinced her late husband hid a fortune, and nobody is who they claim to be.

Directed by Stanley Donen · 1h 53m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Brew, Britbox Apple TV channel, Pure Flix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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North by Northwest (1959)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 97% Metacritic 98

An advertising executive is mistaken for a spy and pursued across the country by dangerous agents.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 2h 17m · Rated G

Nominated for 3 Oscars9 wins & 7 nominations

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Stream: YouTube TV · 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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An Affair to Remember (1957)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Two engaged strangers fall for each other during an ocean voyage and agree to meet again if their feelings last.

Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 51m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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To Catch a Thief (1955)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A reformed jewel thief must catch a copycat burglar to clear his own name on the French Riviera.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 46m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: MGM Plus · 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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Notorious (1946)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A woman is recruited to spy on a Nazi circle in Brazil by infiltrating her own father's old associates.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 43m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A socialite's wedding weekend is complicated by her ex-husband and a charming tabloid reporter.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 53m · Rated NR

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

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His Girl Friday (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A newspaper editor schemes to stop his star reporter ex-wife from remarrying and leaving journalism.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A palaeontologist's life is thrown into chaos when a scatterbrained heiress and her pet leopard escape into the countryside.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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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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.

9 Best Cary Grant Movies

Father Goose (1964)

Charade (1963)

North by Northwest (1959)

An Affair to Remember (1957)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Notorious (1946)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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