6 Best Hedda Hopper Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 10, 2026

Before becoming Hollywood’s most feared gossip columnist, Hedda Hopper was a working actress who appeared in dozens of silent and early sound films. Sunset Boulevard entangles a screenwriter with a faded silent star, The Women gossips through a socialite’s husband’s affair, Midnight poses a penniless showgirl as a baroness in Paris, and Topper loosens up a banker with ghostly friends. Alice Adams and Wings round out the list.

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 98% Metacritic 94

A struggling screenwriter becomes entangled with a faded, delusional silent-film star clinging to the past.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Won 3 Oscars21 wins & 20 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Kanopy, MGM Plus · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Women (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.2

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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Midnight (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A penniless American showgirl in Paris poses as a baroness to escape her troubles, tangling her own life up in the process.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Topper (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Alan Mowbray features in this comedy about a stuffy banker whose life is upended when he is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving young couple.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 37m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Cineverse · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Alice Adams (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A social-climbing young woman's efforts to impress a rich suitor run into her family's modest reality.

Directed by George Stevens · 1h 39m

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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Wings (1927)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Clara Bow features in this silent war epic about two rival young men who become fighter pilots and close friends during the aerial battles of the First World War.

Directed by William A. Wellman · 2h 24m · Rated PG-13

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 Hedda Hopper Movies

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The Women (1939)

Midnight (1939)

Topper (1937)

Alice Adams (1935)

Wings (1927)

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