6 Best Frances Dee Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 17, 2026

Frances Dee brought a graceful, versatile presence to Hollywood from the 1930s and became one of the era’s most enduring, respected leading ladies. Of Human Bondage derails a medical student with a cruel waitress, Little Women follows four sisters through the Civil War, The Silver Cord threatens sons’ marriages with a possessive mother, and Becky Sharp schemes through English high society. If I Had a Million and An American Tragedy round out the list.

Becky Sharp (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Frances Dee features in this adaptation of Vanity Fair about a cunning, ambitious woman who schemes her way through English high society during the Napoleonic Wars.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian · 1h 24m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Of Human Bondage (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A sensitive medical student's obsessive infatuation with a cruel, manipulative waitress consumes his life.

Directed by John Cromwell · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Little Women (1933)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Four sisters navigate love, ambition and hardship while growing up during the Civil War.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 55m · 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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The Silver Cord (1933)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Frances Dee is in this Irene Dunne drama about a domineering mother whose possessive control over her adult sons threatens both of their marriages.

Directed by John Cromwell · 1h 14m · Rated NR

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If I Had a Million (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Cecil Cunningham is in this anthology comedy where a dying tycoon randomly selects strangers from a phone book to each receive a million dollars.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch & Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 28m

Where to watch

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

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An American Tragedy (1931)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A socially ambitious young man's secret relationship with a factory worker turns deadly when she becomes pregnant.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg · 1h 36m · Rated NR

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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 Frances Dee Movies

Becky Sharp (1935)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Little Women (1933)

The Silver Cord (1933)

If I Had a Million (1932)

An American Tragedy (1931)

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