6 Best John Garfield Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 19, 2026

Drama intense

John Garfield brought a raw, working-class intensity to Hollywood that anticipated the Method actors who would follow him, and his best roles used that grit to devastating effect. In The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946): A drifter’s affair with a diner owner’s wife leads the two toward a deadly murder plot. Equally memorable is Body and Soul (1947): An ambitious boxer’s rise through the ranks draws him into the corrupt grip of organized crime.

Force of Evil (1948) 01

Force of Evil (1948)

IMDb ★ 7.2

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

Body and Soul (1947) 02

Body and Soul (1947)

IMDb ★ 7.5

An ambitious boxer's rise through the ranks draws him into the corrupt grip of organized crime.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 03

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A drifter's affair with a diner owner's wife leads the two toward a deadly murder plot.

Air Force (1943) 04

Air Force (1943)

IMDb ★ 7.0

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

The Sea Wolf (1941) 05

The Sea Wolf (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.1

Shipwreck survivors are taken captive by the sadistic, tyrannical captain of a merchant vessel.

Four Daughters (1938) 06

Four Daughters (1938)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A cynical, doomed young composer disrupts the quiet lives of a musical family's four daughters.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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