Cast: Paulette Goddard

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Paulette Goddard. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Modern Times

1936 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Paulette Goddard · Henry Bergman · Chester Conklin

Synopsis In Modern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp struggles to survive in an industrialized world. As a factory worker, he faces the dehumanizing effects of machinery and efficiency-driven labor. After a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a series of misadventures,...

8.6

62K votes

8.6

62K votes

The Great Dictator

1940 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Paulette Goddard · Jack Oakie · Reginald Gardiner

Synopsis The Great Dictator (1940) is a satirical comedy-drama directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows a humble Jewish barber who, after suffering amnesia during World War I, returns to his country only to find it under the oppressive...

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8.6

84K votes

8.6

84K 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

City Streets

1931 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Gary Cooper · Sylvia Sidney · Paul Lukas · Wynne Gibson

Synopsis Nan, a racketeer's stepdaughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Despite Nan's prodding, The Kid has no ambitions about joining the rackets and making enough money to support Nan in the lifestyle she's accustomed to. Her...

7.1

755 votes

7.1

755 votes

The Women

1939 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction George Cukor

Cast Norma Shearer · Joan Crawford · Rosalind Russell · Mary Boland

Synopsis Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a...

Max

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Unconquered

1947 · Movie · 146 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Paulette Goddard · Howard Da Silva · Boris Karloff

Synopsis It's 1763 and two men taking the same ship back to Virginia from London bid for the contract of a woman who was given a choice between execution in England or 14 years of indentured servitude in the colonies. The...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

An Ideal Husband

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alexander Korda

Cast Paulette Goddard · Michael Wilding · Diana Wynyard · Hugh Williams

Synopsis An upstanding politician is haunted by his past when a blackmailer threatens to reveal a youthful indiscretion.

6.8

120 votes

6.8

120 votes

Time of Indifference

1964 · Movie · 84 min. · Italy

Direction Francesco Maselli

Cast Claudia Cardinale · Rod Steiger · Shelley Winters · Tomas Milian

Synopsis A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.

6.8

75 votes

6.8

75 votes

The Bowery

1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Wallace Beery · George Raft · Jackie Cooper · Fay Wray

Synopsis "In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ......

6.7

135 votes

6.7

135 votes

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Paulette Goddard · Hurd Hatfield · Francis Lederer · Burgess Meredith

Synopsis Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame...

6.6

768 votes

6.6

768 votes

Reap the Wild Wind

1942 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast John Wayne · Paulette Goddard · Ray Milland · Raymond Massey

Synopsis In 1840, America's line life is the sea, with an intense commerce. In Key West shore, two ship savage companies dispute the wrecked vessels. The honest one belongs to the impulsive Loxi Claiborne and Capt. Phil Philpott and the other...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Vice Squad

1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Arnold Laven

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Paulette Goddard · K.T. Stevens · Porter Hall

Synopsis When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process. Barnaby has no qualms about bending the law to...

6.5

78 votes

6.5

78 votes

Kitty

1945 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Paulette Goddard · Ray Milland · Patric Knowles · Reginald Owen

Synopsis London, 1783: Kitty, a saucy wench of the slums, meets the painter Gainsborough by stealing his shoes. He paints her as an "anonymous lady" who excites the interest of his noble friends, notably penniless Sir Hugh Marcy, who schemes to...

6.5

86 votes

6.5

86 votes

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction George Marshall · Ray McCarey

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Don Dillaway · Jackie Lyn Dufton

Synopsis The boys' Army buddy, Eddie Smith, is killed in the trenches in France, leaving his baby girl an orphan. Back home after Armistice, they try to find Eddie's father and turn the child over to him. Unfortunately, they keep coming...

6.4

111 votes

6.4

111 votes

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · Paulette Goddard · Preston Foster

Synopsis In 1885, three mismatched frontiersmen (teacher Riel, whiskey trader Corbeau, and trapper Duroc) foment rebellion in central Canada; only the local Mounties stand in their way. Constable Ronnie Logan loves Corbeau's savage daughter Louvette; his pal Jim Brett loves April,...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

The Young in Heart

1938 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Richard Wallace

Cast Janet Gaynor · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Paulette Goddard · Roland Young

Synopsis The Carletons make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers to mooch off of. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo. At the train station, they meet a kind old woman named Miss...

6.3

93 votes

6.3

93 votes

Berth Marks (S)

1929 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Lewis R. Foster

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Harry Bernard · Sammy Brooks

Synopsis Big-time (so they think) vaudeville stars Stanley and Oliver take the train to Pottsville, their next booking. On board, they bumble into the wrong sleeping compartment, startling a semi-dressed woman. Her irate husband mistakes another passenger for the intruder and...

6.2

28 votes

6.2

28 votes

So Proudly We Hail!

1943 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Mark Sandrich

Cast Claudette Colbert · Paulette Goddard · Veronica Lake · George Reeves

Synopsis A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Sent to Bataan, in the Philippines, the nurses are led...

6.2

115 votes

6.2

115 votes

The Cat and the Canary

1939 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Elliott Nugent

Cast Bob Hope · Paulette Goddard · John Beal · Douglass Montgomery

Synopsis Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". To the others disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir,...

6.0

76 votes

6.0

76 votes

The Crystal Ball

1943 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Elliott Nugent

Cast Ray Milland · Paulette Goddard · Gladys George · Virginia Field

Synopsis Toni Gerard lands in New York with 38 cents to her name and is befriended by fortune teller Madame Zenobia and a neighboring shooting gallery owner. Toni is smitten with Brad, a lawyer/suitor to Jo, one of Zenobia's "clients." When...

5.8

26 votes

5.8

26 votes