6 Best Reginald Owen Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 30, 2026

Reginald Owen brought a warm, reliable Englishness to dozens of Hollywood films and delivered one of the screen’s most beloved portrayals of Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (1938). Mrs. Miniver endures the home front, National Velvet trains a horse for England’s biggest race, Mary Poppins transforms a troubled London family, and The Great Ziegfeld and The Man Who Knew Too Much round out the list.

Mary Poppins (1964)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 95% Metacritic 88

A magical nanny transforms a stiff London household through song and a little bit of nonsense.

Directed by Robert Stevenson · 2h 19m · Rated G

Won 5 Oscars23 wins & 17 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, BroadwayHD, Broadway HD Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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National Velvet (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A determined young girl trains an unruly horse to compete in England's most prestigious steeplechase.

Directed by Clarence Brown · 2h 03m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

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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

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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A Christmas Carol (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A miserly old man is visited by three spirits who show him where his selfishness has led.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin · 1h 09m · 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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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A legendary Broadway impresario's glamorous productions and turbulent personal life define an era.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 3h 05m · 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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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Leslie Banks features in this thriller where a British couple's holiday is upended when their daughter is kidnapped to silence them.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 16m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, 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 Reginald Owen Movies

Mary Poppins (1964)

National Velvet (1944)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

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