6 Best Doris Day Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 11, 2026

Doris Day mastered a wholesome, spunky charm that made her one of the biggest box-office draws of her era, especially in romantic comedy. Pillow Talk has two strangers on a party line falling for each other under false pretences, Lover Come Back turns an advertising feud into an elaborate deception, That Touch of Mink sets a wealthy businessman after an unemployed woman, and Teacher’s Pet enrols a gruff editor in a journalism class. The Man Who Knew Too Much and Calamity Jane round out the list.

That Touch of Mink (1962)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Doris Day stars in an old-fashioned romance between an unemployed woman and the wealthy businessman who pursues her.

Directed by Delbert Mann · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Lover Come Back (1961)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Rival advertising executives' professional feud spirals into an elaborate romantic deception.

Directed by Delbert Mann · 1h 47m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Pillow Talk (1959)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A woman and a womanising songwriter who share a party telephone line fall for each other under false pretences.

Directed by Michael Gordon · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Teacher's Pet (1958)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Doris Day plays a journalism teacher whose class has a gruff, self-taught newspaper editor secretly sitting in.

Directed by George Seaton · 2h 00m · 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 Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Alan Mowbray features in this thriller where a couple's holiday is upended after they uncover an assassination plot.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 2h 01m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Calamity Jane (1953)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A boisterous frontierswoman navigates romance and rivalry as a fearless Wild West scout.

Directed by David Butler · 1h 41m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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 Doris Day Movies

That Touch of Mink (1962)

Lover Come Back (1961)

Pillow Talk (1959)

Teacher's Pet (1958)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Calamity Jane (1953)

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