6 Best Lana Turner Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 14, 2027

Drama intensethought provoking

Lana Turner became one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars of the 1940s and ’50s, and her best performances revealed real depth beneath the studio-manufactured image.

Madame X (1966) 01

Madame X (1966)

IMDb ★ 7.0

A woman disgraced by scandal is forced to abandon her son, only to face him decades later as a defense attorney.

Imitation of Life (1959) 02

Imitation of Life (1959)

IMDb ★ 7.6

An aspiring actress and her Black housekeeper's daughter both navigate ambition, race, and identity.

Peyton Place (1957) 03

Peyton Place (1957)

IMDb ★ 7.1

The hidden secrets and scandals of a small New England town come to the surface over one turbulent year.

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 04

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

IMDb ★ 7.8

Three Hollywood collaborators recall how a ruthless, ambitious producer both built and destroyed their careers.

Cass Timberlane (1947) 05

Cass Timberlane (1947)

IMDb ★ 6.0

A middle-aged judge's marriage to a much younger woman from a different social class is tested by scandal.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) 06

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.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.