By Vlad Zakh · January 22, 2026
Drama feel goodthought provoking
Dorothy McGuire brought gentle, thoughtful warmth to Hollywood, often playing women of quiet moral conviction in difficult circumstances. Gentleman’s Agreement has a journalist posing as Jewish to expose antisemitism, Old Yeller makes a stray dog a boy’s inseparable companion, A Summer Place complicates teenage romance with parents’ rekindled feelings, and Three Coins in the Fountain follows three American women in Rome. The Spiral Staircase and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn round out the list.
01 Two teenagers' summer romance is complicated by their parents' own rekindled feelings.
Directed by Delmer Daves · 2h 10m · Rated NR
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02 A stray dog's devotion to a frontier family is tested when tragedy strikes their Texas homestead.
Directed by Robert Stevenson · 1h 24m · Rated G
Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
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03 Cathleen Nesbitt features in this romance about three American women working in Rome who each pursue romance with the help of a legendary fountain.
Directed by Jean Negulesco · 1h 42m · Rated G
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04 A journalist poses as Jewish to investigate antisemitism and uncovers prejudice within his own circle.
Directed by Elia Kazan · 1h 58m · Rated NR
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05 Dorothy McGuire plays a mute servant girl who becomes the target of a serial killer preying on women with disabilities.
Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 23m · Rated NR
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Stream: FlixFling, Bloodstream · Rent or buy: FlixFling
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Stream: Bloodstream
06 A poor Brooklyn family's dreams and struggles, seen through their determined young daughter.
Directed by Elia Kazan · 2h 08m · Rated PG
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