Cast: Donna Reed
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Donna Reed. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Frank Capra
Cast James Stewart · Donna Reed · Lionel Barrymore · Thomas Mitchell
Plot A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that really wasnt his fault. In Christmas carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable guardian angel shows up to give...
8.2
52K votes
8.2
52K votes
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Burt Lancaster · Montgomery Clift · Deborah Kerr · Frank Sinatra
Plot When Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Hawaii, Captain Holmes (Philip Ober) finds out about Prewitt’s boxing abilities and tries to coax him to join the team. Prewitt refuses,...
7.8
21K votes
7.8
21K votes
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Albert Lewin
Cast Hurd Hatfield · George Sanders · Donna Reed · Angela Lansbury
Plot Innocent young Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after, under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton, he jilts his fiancee, leading to her suicide....
7.2
3K votes
7.2
3K votes
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Phil Karlson
Cast Broderick Crawford · Donna Reed · John Derek · Rosemary DeCamp
Plot A newspaper man takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he...
7.1
441 votes
7.1
441 votes
They Were Expendable
1945 · Movie · 136 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast Robert Montgomery · John Wayne · Donna Reed · Ward Bond
Plot In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the members of a PT boat squadron patrol Philippine waters and attack Japanese ships. The PT boat initially had little...
6.7
1K votes
6.7
1K votes
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction W.S. Van Dyke
Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Barry Nelson · Donna Reed
Plot Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams...
6.6
359 votes
6.6
359 votes
Backlash
1956 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction John Sturges
Cast Richard Widmark · Donna Reed · William Campbell · John McIntire
Plot Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared...
6.4
609 votes
6.4
609 votes
Green Dolphin Street
1947 · Movie · 140 min. · United States
Direction Victor Saville
Cast Lana Turner · Van Heflin · Donna Reed · Richard Hart
Plot Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall...
6.4
232 votes
6.4
232 votes
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Fred Zinnemann
Cast Edward Arnold · Ann Harding · Donna Reed · Stephen McNally
Plot Blind detective Duncan Maclain is visited by old friend Norma Lawry, looking for help in getting rid of one of her old beaus, who is courting Norma's 17-year old step-daughter....
6.4
48 votes
6.4
48 votes
Ransom!
1956 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Alex Segal
Cast Glenn Ford · Donna Reed · Leslie Nielsen · Juano Hernández
Plot The Stannard's son is kidnapped for ransom. Plot centres around Ford's (the father) efforts to find him.
6.3
183 votes
6.3
183 votes
The Human Comedy
1943 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Clarence Brown
Cast Mickey Rooney · Frank Morgan · James Craig · Marsha Hunt
Plot Recently-deceased Matthew Macauley looks down upon his family in small-town Ithaca, where eldest son Marcus has departed to await deployment for combat in the Second World War. This leaves middle...
6.2
143 votes
6.2
143 votes
The Benny Goodman Story
1956 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Valentine Davies
Cast Steve Allen · Donna Reed · Berta Gersten · Barry Truex
Plot Bio of swing band leader 'Benny Goodman' from age 10 (1919) to his landmark Carnegie Hall band concert in 1938. Not exactly historically accurate, but great music. Also, guest appearances...
6.2
96 votes
6.2
96 votes
Babes on Broadway
1941 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
Direction Busby Berkeley
Cast Mickey Rooney · Judy Garland · Fay Bainter · Virginia Weidler
Plot After four months of floundering attempts to get into a Broadway show, Tommy Williams grasps the opportunity to produce a charity show to take city orphans on a trip to...
6.1
74 votes
6.1
74 votes
Gun Fury
1953 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Raoul Walsh
Cast Rock Hudson · Donna Reed · Phil Carey · Lee Marvin
6.1
459 votes
6.1
459 votes
Hangman's Knot
1952 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Roy Huggins
Cast Randolph Scott · Donna Reed · Claude Jarman Jr. · Frank Faylen
Plot In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry. They kill the soldiers and capture the gold only to learn the war ended...
6.0
168 votes
6.0
168 votes
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
Direction Richard Brooks
Cast Elizabeth Taylor · Van Johnson · Walter Pidgeon · Donna Reed
Plot Charles returns to Paris to reminisce about the life he led in Paris after it was liberated. He worked on "Stars and Stripes" when he met Marion and Helen. He...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
The Far Horizons
1955 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Rudolph Maté
Cast Fred MacMurray · Charlton Heston · Donna Reed · Barbara Hale
Plot After the United States acquired Louisiana from France, explorers Meriwether Lewis (MacMurray) and William Clark (Heston) lead an expedition to survey the territory where no white man has ever gone...
6.0
529 votes
6.0
529 votes
Chicago Deadline
1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Allen
Cast Alan Ladd · Donna Reed · June Havoc · Irene Hervey
Plot On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but...
6.0
52 votes
6.0
52 votes
Three Hours to Kill
1954 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker
Cast Dana Andrews · Donna Reed · Dianne Foster · Stephen Elliott
Plot After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In flashback we learn how he was framed for murder but...
5.9
101 votes
5.9
101 votes
The Whole Truth
1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Guillermin
Cast Stewart Granger · Donna Reed · George Sanders · Gianna Maria Canale
Plot Movie producer Max Poulton is having an on again, off again affair with Gina Bertini, the temperamental leading lady in his latest movie which is filming in the French Riviera....
5.8
24 votes
5.8
24 votes