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What is the best Marilyn Monroe movie?

by YPB Team

Marilyn Monroe lit up screens in a string of beloved Hollywood classics — from screwball comedies to dramatic roles that revealed the full range of her talent. Pick the film that best captures her legendary screen presence.

  1. Some Like It Hot — ranked #11
    Some Like It Hot
    A 1959 Billy Wilder comedy where Monroe plays Sugar Kane opposite Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon disguised as women in an all-female jazz band — widely considered one of the funniest films ever made.
  2. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — ranked #22
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    A 1953 musical comedy directed by Howard Hawks, featuring Monroe as showgirl Lorelei Lee and the iconic 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' sequence in a hot pink gown.
  3. The Seven Year Itch — ranked #33
    The Seven Year Itch
    A 1955 comedy directed by Billy Wilder featuring Monroe in the legendary subway grate scene that became one of cinema's most enduring images.
  4. The Misfits — ranked #44
    The Misfits
    Monroe's final completed film (1961), a dramatic western written by her then-husband Arthur Miller, co-starring Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
  5. Bus Stop — ranked #55
    Bus Stop
    A 1956 comedy-drama where Monroe plays Chérie, an aspiring singer in a Phoenix saloon who captures the obsessive attention of a naive Montana cowboy.
  6. Niagara — ranked #66
    Niagara
    A 1953 Technicolor film noir thriller set at Niagara Falls, where Monroe plays a scheming wife plotting her husband's murder — an early role that cemented her as a serious actress.
  7. How to Marry a Millionaire — ranked #77
    How to Marry a Millionaire
    A 1953 romantic comedy co-starring Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable as three models sharing a New York penthouse in their search for wealthy husbands.
  8. Don't Bother to Knock — ranked #88
    Don't Bother to Knock
    A 1952 psychological thriller where Monroe plays a deeply troubled babysitter in a hotel, an early dramatic role that critics have since recognized as ahead of its time.
  9. River of No Return — ranked #99
    River of No Return
    A 1954 CinemaScope Western adventure directed by Otto Preminger, featuring Monroe as a saloon singer swept into a dangerous river escape with Robert Mitchum.
  10. The Prince and the Showgirl — ranked #1010
    The Prince and the Showgirl
    A 1957 romantic comedy set in 1911 London, directed by and co-starring Laurence Olivier, with Monroe as an American chorus girl courted by a European prince.
  11. Let's Make Love — ranked #1111
    Let's Make Love
    A 1960 musical comedy co-starring Yves Montand, notable for Monroe's memorable rendition of 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy' and her real-life romantic involvement with her co-star.
  12. All About Eve — ranked #1212
    All About Eve
    A 1950 backstage drama where Monroe appears in a small but memorable role as an aspiring actress, sharing scenes with Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.
  13. Monkey Business — ranked #1313
    Monkey Business
    A 1952 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks featuring Monroe as a secretary caught up in a laboratory mishap involving a fountain-of-youth formula, alongside Cary Grant.
  14. There's No Business Like Show Business — ranked #1414
    There's No Business Like Show Business
    A 1954 CinemaScope musical featuring Monroe alongside Ethel Merman and Donald O'Connor as the youngest member of a vaudeville family dynasty.
  15. Ladies of the Chorus — ranked #1515
    Ladies of the Chorus
    Monroe's first substantial film role (1948), a musical drama about a burlesque performer who follows in her mother's footsteps — an early glimpse of the star she would become.

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