6 Best Cora Witherspoon Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 14, 2026

Cora Witherspoon brought a formidable, imperious comic presence to Hollywood and frequently played overbearing society matrons and disapproving relatives. The Women trades gossip and betrayal among wealthy Manhattan wives, The Bank Dick makes an accident-prone man a hero, Dodge City cleans up a corrupt frontier town, and Marie Antoinette watches a queen’s reign unravel. Libeled Lady and Midnight round out the list.

The Bank Dick (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Cora Witherspoon is in this W.C. Fields comedy about an accident-prone, work-shy man who is unexpectedly hailed as a hero after foiling a robbery.

Directed by Edward F. Cline · 1h 12m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Dodge City (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A cattle drive leader becomes sheriff to clean up a lawless frontier boomtown.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 44m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Women (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Barbara Pepper features in this comedy about a wealthy socialite who navigates gossip, betrayal and divorce among her catty circle of friends.

Directed by George Cukor · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Marie Antoinette (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.9

The doomed French queen's extravagant reign unravels amid growing revolutionary unrest.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 2h 29m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Libeled Lady (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A newspaper editor concocts an elaborate scheme to prevent a wealthy heiress from suing his paper.

Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Midnight (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Cora Witherspoon is in this drama about a stranded American showgirl in Paris who poses as a Hungarian baroness to infiltrate high society.

Directed by Chester Erskine · 1h 16m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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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 Cora Witherspoon Movies

The Bank Dick (1940)

Dodge City (1939)

The Women (1939)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Libeled Lady (1936)

Midnight (1934)

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