6 Best Lauren Bacall Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 11, 2026

Lauren Bacall made an unforgettable screen debut at nineteen and spent the decades after building a career on smoky-voiced confidence and genuine chemistry with Humphrey Bogart. To Have and Have Not and The Big Sleep started it, Dark Passage hides an escaped convict behind plastic surgery, Key Largo holds a hotel hostage in a Florida storm, How to Marry a Millionaire hunts rich husbands in Manhattan, and Murder on the Orient Express investigates a murder on a snowbound train.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A renowned detective must identify a killer among the passengers trapped on a snowbound train.

Directed by Sidney Lumet · 2h 08m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Three models pool their resources to rent a Manhattan apartment and hunt for wealthy husbands.

Directed by Jean Negulesco · 1h 36m

Where to watch

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

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Key Largo (1948)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A veteran and a hotel owner are held hostage by a returning gangster during a violent Florida storm.

Directed by John Huston · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dark Passage (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.3

An escaped convict undergoes secret plastic surgery to clear his name for a murder he didn't commit.

Directed by Delmer Daves · 1h 46m · Rated NR

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The Big Sleep (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A private eye's simple blackmail case spirals into a web of murder and family secrets.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 54m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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To Have and Have Not (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Humphrey Bogart plays a fishing boat captain in Martinique who is reluctantly drawn into helping the French Resistance.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 40m · Rated NR

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 Lauren Bacall Movies

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Key Largo (1948)

Dark Passage (1947)

The Big Sleep (1946)

To Have and Have Not (1944)

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