6 Best Petula Clark Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 27, 2026

Comedy feel good

Petula Clark began as a beloved British child star before finding worldwide fame as a pop singer and later returned to film in two celebrated Hollywood musicals. Finian’s Rainbow settles an Irish immigrant and his daughter in the American South with a stolen leprechaun pot of gold, Goodbye, Mr. Chips transforms a shy schoolteacher through one brief marriage, That Certain Feeling ghostwrites for a rival cartoonist, and That Woman Opposite unearths a wartime secret. Vice Versa and Medal for the General round out the list.

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Petula Clark features in this musical remake about a shy schoolteacher whose decades-long career is transformed by one brief, cherished marriage.

Directed by Herbert Ross · 2h 35m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

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Finian's Rainbow (1968)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Petula Clark appears in this musical about an Irish immigrant and his daughter who settle in the American South with a stolen pot of gold.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 2h 25m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

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That Certain Feeling (1956)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Petula Clark features in this Bob Hope comedy about a struggling cartoonist who ghostwrites for a famous rival, complicating his romance with the rival's ex-wife.

Directed by Melvin Frank & Norman Panama · 1h 43m · Rated NR

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That Woman Opposite (1957)

TMDB ★ 5.4

Petula Clark appears in this British mystery where a woman's chance encounter on a European holiday unearths a long-buried wartime secret.

Directed by Compton Bennett · 1h 25m

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Vice Versa (1948)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A magical stone accidentally swaps the minds of a stern Victorian father and his young son.

Directed by Peter Ustinov · 1h 51m

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Medal for the General (1944)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Petula Clark appears in this British comedy about a retired general's household upended by wartime billeting and family disputes.

Directed by Maurice Elvey · 1h 40m

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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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.