Cast: Olivia de Havilland

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Olivia de Havilland. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Heiress

1949 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction William Wyler

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Montgomery Clift · Ralph Richardson · Miriam Hopkins

Synopsis Catherine Sloper is a shy and backwards young woman who lives with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in 1849 New York. By all accounts Catherine's mother was a beautiful and graceful creature with the charm of queens. Catherine never knew...

8.1

7K votes

8.1

7K votes

Gone With the Wind

1939 · Movie · 238 min. · United States

Direction Victor Fleming · George Cukor · Sam Wood

Cast Vivien Leigh · Clark Gable · Olivia de Havilland · Leslie Howard

Synopsis Gone With the Wind (1939) is an epic historical romance set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It follows the life of Scarlett O'Hara, a strong-willed Southern belle, as she navigates love, loss, and survival....

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7.9

57K votes

7.9

57K votes

Hold Back the Dawn

1941 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Charles Boyer · Olivia de Havilland · Paulette Goddard · Victor Francen

Synopsis Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown...

7.6

1K votes

7.6

1K votes

To Each His Own

1946 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Mary Anderson · Roland Culver · Virginia Welles

Synopsis An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.

7.4

489 votes

7.4

489 votes

Direction Ernest Kinoy · Georg Stanford Brown · Charles S. Dubin · John Erman

Cast Georg Stanford Brown · Olivia de Havilland · Henry Fonda · Marlon Brando

Synopsis 14 Episodes -one hour each-. This series continues the story of Alex Haley's family line from the Post American Civil War era to Alex Haley's genealogical search to discover his roots.

7.4

161 votes

7.4

161 votes

Captain Blood

1935 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Lionel Atwill · Basil Rathbone

Synopsis The quintessential swashbuckler. Irsih doctor Peter Blood is wrongly sentenced to deportation and slavery to the Caribbean. There he amuses himself with insults at DE Havilland. He plans an escape and now seeking vengeance forms an alliance with the French...

7.3

8K votes

7.3

8K votes

They Died with their Boots On

1941 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Arthur Kennedy · Charley Grapewin

Synopsis They Died with their Boots On (1941) follows the legendary General George Armstrong Custer, from his rebellious West Point days to his rise during the Civil War and eventual command in the Indian Wars. The film portrays his passionate marriage...

7.3

16K votes

7.3

16K votes

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Robert Aldrich

Cast Bette Davis · Olivia de Havilland · Joseph Cotten · Agnes Moorehead

Synopsis Charlotte Hollis, wealthy southern spinster, is shunned by her community for the grisly murder some 40 years prior of her intended, John Mayhew. Even though her guilt in the matter was never proven, the townspeople liken her to a modern-day...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

The Dark Mirror

1946 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Lew Ayres · Thomas Mitchell · Richard Long

Synopsis A woman suspected of murdering her doctor boyfriend has an identical twin sister. When both twins have an alibi for the night of the murder, a psychiatrist is called in to assist a detective in solving the case. Through a...

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz · William Keighley

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Basil Rathbone · Claude Rains

Synopsis The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) follows the legendary outlaw Robin Hood as he leads a band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest to fight against the tyranny of Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. With King Richard the...

7.2

28K votes

7.2

28K votes

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Patric Knowles · Nigel Bruce

Synopsis Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. When the regiment is on maneuver, the barracks are attacked by Surat Khan and his soldiers who massacre British women and children. This leaves an inextinguishable memory and...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

The Snake Pit

1948 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Anatole Litvak

Cast Olivia de Havilland · Leo Genn · Mark Stevens · Celeste Holm

Synopsis The Snake Pit is a startling and stark drama about mental illness, anchored by Olivia de Havilland's extraordinary, Oscar-nominated performance as Virginia, a newlywed succumbing to emerging psychosis. Even by today's standards, this powerful 1948 film, based on an autobiographical...

7.0

754 votes

7.0

754 votes

Dodge City

1939 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Ann Sheridan · Bruce Cabot

Synopsis A Texas cattle agent (Errol Flynn) witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

In This Our Life

1942 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Huston

Cast Bette Davis · Olivia de Havilland · George Brent · Charles Coburn

Synopsis Selfish Stanley Timberlake abruptly breaks up with her fiancé and seduces her sister's husband, who runs away with her. After the wayward spouse gets divorced, he marries the wicked woman, but her lying, cheating ways soon drive him to suicide....

6.8

973 votes

6.8

973 votes

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast James Cagney · Olivia de Havilland · Rita Hayworth · Alan Hale

Synopsis Biff Grimes is crazy about Virginia Brush, but his "pal" Hugo Barnstead marries her himself and makes Biff the fall guy for his shady dealings. Though Hugo seems to have everything Biff wanted, Biff learns that having what one wants...

6.7

451 votes

6.7

451 votes

It's Love I'm After

1937 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Leslie Howard · Bette Davis · Olivia de Havilland · Eric Blore

Synopsis Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden have postponed their marriage eleven times. Henry Grant's fiancée Marcia is infatuated with Basil. At Henry's request Basil acts boorishly so as to kill the infatuation, but it doesn't work and Marcia breaks her engagement...

6.6

143 votes

6.6

143 votes

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Bette Davis · Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Donald Crisp

Synopsis A romantic drama film based on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I (played by Bette Davis) and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (played by Errol Flynn).

6.6

853 votes

6.6

853 votes

6.6

30 votes