6 Best Moira Shearer Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 23, 2026

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Moira Shearer was a celebrated prima ballerina before delivering an iconic, career-defining screen performance in The Red Shoes, still one of the best-loved in British film. The Tales of Hoffmann is another Powell and Pressburger spectacle, The Story of Three Loves weaves three tales aboard one liner, Peeping Tom has a cameraman filming his victims’ terrified faces, Black Tights stages four ballets, and Repulsion spirals into psychological breakdown.

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Repulsion (1965)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A withdrawn young woman's tenuous grip on reality collapses into violent paranoia while home alone.

Directed by Roman Polanski · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Brew, Midnight Pulp · 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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Black Tights (1961)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Four separate ballet performances explore love, jealousy and desire.

Directed by Terence Young · 2h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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Peeping Tom (1960)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 96%

A shy cameraman films his victims' final moments of terror as part of his own twisted project.

Directed by Michael Powell · 1h 41m · Rated NR

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Where to watch

Stream: Cultpix, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, BFI Player Amazon Channel, Chilling · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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The Story of Three Loves (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Moira Shearer features in this anthology where three separate romantic tales unfold aboard the same transatlantic ocean liner.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli & Gottfried Reinhardt · 2h 02m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: TCM

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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Moira Shearer features in this Powell and Pressburger fantasy where a poet recounts three tragic tales of love and obsession.

Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger · 2h 07m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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The Red Shoes (1948)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A talented ballerina is torn between her all-consuming devotion to dance and her love for a composer.

Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Vlad Zakh

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.