6 Best Gene Tierney Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 26, 2026

Gene Tierney became one of the defining faces of 1940s film noir and melodrama, and her ethereal beauty often hid unsettling psychological depths. Leave Her to Heaven spirals possessive love into calculated jealousy, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir bonds a widow with her cottage’s ghost, Whirlpool brings a kleptomaniac under a hypnotist’s influence, and Where the Sidewalk Ends has a violent detective covering up a killing. Laura and Heaven Can Wait round out the list.

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Dana Andrews plays a violent police detective who covers up an accidental killing while investigating a murder.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 1h 35m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: FlixFling

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Whirlpool (1950)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Gene Tierney plays a kleptomaniac woman who falls under the dangerous, manipulative influence of a hypnotist.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Anna Lee appears as a widow who moves into a haunted seaside cottage and falls for the gruff ghost who lives there.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A woman's obsessive, possessive love for her husband drives her to increasingly desperate acts.

Directed by John M. Stahl · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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Laura (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A detective investigating a woman's murder falls in love with her through her portrait.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 1h 28m

Where to watch

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

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Heaven Can Wait (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A recently deceased playboy recounts his colourful, romantic life to a devilish gatekeeper.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 52m · 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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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 Gene Tierney Movies

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Whirlpool (1950)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Laura (1944)

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

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