6 Best Sylvia Sidney Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 22, 2027

Drama intensethought provoking

Sylvia Sidney brought a wounded, sympathetic intensity to Depression-era Hollywood, often playing working-class women caught up in circumstances far beyond their control.

Beetlejuice (1988) 01

Beetlejuice (1988)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A recently deceased couple hires a rowdy, unpredictable spirit to scare off their home's new occupants.

Dead End (1937) 02

Dead End (1937)

IMDb ★ 7.1

The residents of a poor New York slum street cross paths with a notorious gangster who grew up there.

You Only Live Once (1937) 03

You Only Live Once (1937)

IMDb ★ 7.5

An ex-convict trying to go straight is wrongly accused of murder, pushing him and his wife on the run.

Sabotage (1936) 04

Sabotage (1936)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A woman grows suspicious that her cinema-owner husband is secretly involved in a terrorist bombing plot.

Fury (1936) 05

Fury (1936)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A wrongly accused man targeted by a violent lynch mob plots calculated revenge against his attackers.

City Streets (1931) 06

City Streets (1931)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A carnival sharpshooter is drawn into organized crime to protect the woman he loves.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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