6 Best Mary Forbes Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 25, 2026

Mary Forbes brought a haughty, aristocratic English comic presence to Hollywood and frequently played disapproving society mothers. Mrs. Miniver endures hardship on the wartime home front, Bringing Up Baby derails a paleontologist with an eccentric heiress, Idiot’s Delight reconnects an entertainer and a countess before war, and Kitty transforms a street urchin into a society lady. You Can’t Take It with You and The Awful Truth round out the list.

Kitty (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A cunning street urchin is transformed into a glamorous, sought-after lady of high society.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 43m · Rated NR

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Mrs. Miniver (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.6

An English family endures the hardships and dangers of the Second World War on the home front.

Directed by William Wyler · 2h 14m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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Idiot's Delight (1939)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A travelling entertainer and a mysterious countess reconnect at a European hotel on the brink of war.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 1h 47m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A palaeontologist's life is thrown into chaos when a scatterbrained heiress and her pet leopard escape into the countryside.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 42m · 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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You Can't Take It with You (1938)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Boyd Irwin features in this comedy about an eccentric, free-spirited family's daughter who falls for the son of a wealthy banker.

Directed by Frank Capra · 2h 06m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · 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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The Awful Truth (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Al Bridge appears as a divorcing couple's attempts to move on with new partners keep sabotaging each other.

Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 31m · 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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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 Mary Forbes Movies

Kitty (1945)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Idiot's Delight (1939)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

The Awful Truth (1937)

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