6 Best John Garfield Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 19, 2026

John Garfield brought a raw, working-class intensity to Hollywood that anticipated the Method actors who followed him, and his best roles used that grit to devastating effect. Body and Soul draws a rising boxer into mob control, The Postman Always Rings Twice leads a drifter and a diner owner’s wife to murder, Force of Evil threatens a crooked lawyer’s brother, and Air Force follows a B-17 crew after Pearl Harbor. The Sea Wolf and Four Daughters round out the list.

Force of Evil (1948)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A crooked lawyer's scheme to take over the numbers racket threatens to destroy his own brother.

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Body and Soul (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Anne Revere is in this boxing noir about an ambitious fighter whose rise to the championship is corrupted by the mob figures controlling him.

Directed by Robert Rossen · 1h 44m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A drifter's affair with a diner owner's wife leads them both toward a deadly, desperate plan.

Directed by Tay Garnett · 1h 53m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Air Force (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.0

The crew of a B-17 bomber faces combat and chaos in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 2h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Sea Wolf (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Alexander Knox features in this adventure about a shipwrecked writer forced aboard a brutal sealing schooner ruled by its sadistic captain.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Four Daughters (1938)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Four close sisters navigate romance and heartbreak when a brooding outsider enters their lives.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 30m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store

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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 John Garfield Movies

Force of Evil (1948)

Body and Soul (1947)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Air Force (1943)

The Sea Wolf (1941)

Four Daughters (1938)

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