6 Best Miles Mander Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 19, 2026

Miles Mander brought a suave, often sinister polish to Hollywood’s golden age and excelled as aristocrats, villains and officers across a remarkably prolific career. The Picture of Dorian Gray ages a portrait in place of its owner, Murder, My Sweet stumbles a detective into murder, Madame Curie overcomes poverty to make discoveries, and Mrs. Miniver endures wartime England. To Be or Not to Be and Wuthering Heights round out the list.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Cedric Hardwicke features in this adaptation where a man's portrait ages and corrupts in his place while he stays eternally young.

Directed by Albert Lewin · 1h 51m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Murder, My Sweet (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A private detective's search for a missing woman entangles him in blackmail and murder.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk · 1h 35m

Where to watch

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

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Madame Curie (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A determined scientist and her husband battle scepticism and poverty in their pursuit of a groundbreaking discovery.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 2h 04m

Where to watch

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

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Mrs. Miniver (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.1

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

Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · 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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To Be or Not to Be (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.8

Carole Lombard features in this comedy about a troupe of Polish actors who use their theatrical skills to outwit occupying Nazis.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, TCM, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Wuthering Heights (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Aubrey Mather features in this adaptation of a foundling's intense, doomed love for his adoptive family's daughter that haunts them all.

Directed by William Wyler · 1h 44m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · 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 Miles Mander Movies

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Madame Curie (1943)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Wuthering Heights (1939)

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