Shirley MacLaine films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 22 films on Boxlist

Known for Being There, Terms of Endearment and The Trouble With Harry.

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Starring Shirley MacLaine

Being There
1979 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
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Terms of Endearment
1983 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
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The Trouble With Harry
1955 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods. The problem is that almost everyone in town thinks that they had something to do with his death.
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Steel Magnolias
1989 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop, in Louisana owned by Truvy, and the tragedies of all of her clients.
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Bernie
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to...
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Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion...
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Irma la Douce
1963 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A Parisian policeman gives up everything for the love of a free-living sex worker.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
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The Children's Hour
1961 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student, Mary Tilford, accuses the two young women who run the school of having a lesbian relationship.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Hogan, on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort, encounters Sister Sara, a nun in trouble. Before he knows it, Hogan is accompanying Sister Sara in the dangerous frontier while she seeks to achieve...
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In Her Shoes
2005 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love...
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Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Noelle
2020 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
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American Dreamer
2022 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy won’t be as easy as he thought.
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Guarding Tess
1994 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be...
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The Last Word
2017 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
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The Little Mermaid
2018 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.
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Valentine's Day
2010 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors...
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Rumor Has It...
2005 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the...
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Bewitched
2005 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
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Cannonball Run II
1984 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
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