6 Best Terry Moore Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 29, 2026

Terry Moore began as a child actress before growing into a celebrated leading lady of 1950s film and earning an Oscar nomination. Come Back, Little Sheba tests a recovering alcoholic’s sobriety with a vibrant boarder, Peyton Place unravels a small town’s secrets, Man on a Tightrope risks a circus troupe’s defection from Communist Czechoslovakia, and The Clock falls in love in a soldier’s brief New York leave. Since You Went Away and Gaslight round out the list.

Peyton Place (1957)

TMDB ★ 6.7

The hidden secrets and scandals of a small New England town come to the surface over one eventful year.

Directed by Mark Robson · 2h 37m

Where to watch

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

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Man on a Tightrope (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A circus troupe in Communist Czechoslovakia risks everything on a daring plan to defect.

Directed by Elia Kazan · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A recovering alcoholic's fragile sobriety is tested when a vibrant young lodger moves into his home.

Directed by Daniel Mann · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Clock (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Terry Moore appears as a soldier on brief leave in New York falls in love with a woman he's just met.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli · 1h 30m · 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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Since You Went Away (1944)

TMDB ★ 6.6

An American family copes with hardship, romance and uncertainty on the home front during the Second World War.

Directed by John Cromwell · 2h 57m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Gaslight (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A husband slowly manipulates his wife into doubting her own sanity for his own hidden reasons.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 54m

Where to watch

Stream: TCM, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · 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 Terry Moore Movies

Peyton Place (1957)

Man on a Tightrope (1953)

Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)

The Clock (1945)

Since You Went Away (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

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