6 Best Charles Boyer Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 12, 2026

Charles Boyer was Hollywood’s quintessential continental romantic lead, a French-born star whose smouldering charm defined decades of sophisticated love stories. Gaslight makes a wife doubt her own sanity as her husband manipulates her, The Earrings of Madame de… passes diamond earrings between owners and exposes Parisian secrets, How to Steal a Million recruits a burglar to steal a forged sculpture, and Flesh and Fantasy weaves three supernatural tales. Love Affair and All This, and Heaven Too round out the list.

How to Steal a Million (1966)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A woman recruits a burglar to steal her own father's forged sculpture before it's exposed as fake.

Directed by William Wyler · 2h 03m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Charles Boyer appears as a pair of diamond earrings passed between owners exposes the emptiness of a high-society marriage.

Directed by Max Ophüls · 1h 45m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Gaslight (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A husband slowly manipulates his wife into doubting her own sanity for his own hidden reasons.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 54m

Where to watch

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

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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Three interconnected supernatural tales explore fate, love and destiny.

Directed by Julien Duvivier · 1h 33m

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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A devoted governess's close bond with her employer causes a scandal that ends in tragedy.

Directed by Anatole Litvak · 2h 21m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Love Affair (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Two engaged strangers fall in love aboard an ocean liner and agree to reunite in six months.

Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 28m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, 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 Charles Boyer Movies

How to Steal a Million (1966)

The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

Gaslight (1944)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

Love Affair (1939)

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