6 Best Walter Pidgeon Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 29, 2026

Walter Pidgeon brought steady, dignified warmth to Hollywood, and his frequent pairing with Greer Garson made him one of MGM’s most reliable leading men. Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie are the Garson titles, Forbidden Planet investigates a scientist’s deadly invisible secret, Mrs. Parkington tests a miner’s wife’s marriage into wealth, and Advise & Consent exposes blackmail in a Senate hearing. How Green Was My Valley rounds out the list.

Advise & Consent (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A fraught Senate confirmation hearing exposes political blackmail and personal secrets in Washington.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 2h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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Forbidden Planet (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A rescue crew finds a scientist and his daughter alone on a planet hiding a deadly invisible force.

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox · 1h 38m · Rated G

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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Mrs. Parkington (1944)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A working-class woman's marriage into wealth is tested by her difficult, status-obsessed in-laws.

Directed by Tay Garnett · 2h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Madame Curie (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A determined scientist and her husband battle scepticism and poverty in their pursuit of a groundbreaking discovery.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 2h 04m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel · 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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How Green Was My Valley (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A Welsh mining family's bonds are tested by economic hardship and generational change.

Directed by John Ford · 1h 58m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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 Walter Pidgeon Movies

Advise & Consent (1962)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Mrs. Parkington (1944)

Madame Curie (1943)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

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