6 Best Wendy Hiller Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 10, 2026

Wendy Hiller brought fierce intelligence and quiet independence to British cinema and delivered some of the era’s most memorable literary heroines. Pygmalion and Major Barbara are Shaw adaptations, I Know Where I’m Going! complicates a woman’s marriage plan on a Scottish island, Sons and Lovers explores a miner’s son and his possessive mother, A Man for All Seasons refuses to endorse Henry VIII’s divorce, and Separate Tables confronts a seaside hotel’s secrets.

Separate Tables (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Residents at a quiet English seaside hotel confront their own private disappointments.

Directed by Delbert Mann · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Man for All Seasons (1966)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A principled English statesman risks execution rather than compromise his conscience for Henry VIII.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann · 2h 00m · 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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Sons and Lovers (1960)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A young miner's son navigates his mother's possessive love and his own conflicted romantic relationships.

Directed by Jack Cardiff · 1h 43m

Where to watch

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

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I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A determined young woman's plans to marry a rich man are complicated by an unexpected encounter on a Scottish island.

Directed by Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Major Barbara (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A Salvation Army officer's idealism is tested by her estranged father's wealthy, morally flexible business.

Directed by Gabriel Pascal · 2h 01m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel

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Pygmalion (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a convincing high-society lady, with Leslie Howard in the lead.

Directed by Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard · 1h 36m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, FlixFling, HBO Max, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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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 Wendy Hiller Movies

Separate Tables (1958)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Sons and Lovers (1960)

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

Major Barbara (1941)

Pygmalion (1938)

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