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Mildred Pierce (1945)

NR ★ 7.6/10 111 min Crime, Drama United States English
Director: Michael Curtiz
Screenplay by: Ranald MacDougall
Novel: James M. Cain
Dialogue: Herschel Daugherty
Streaming: Not available
Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

Description

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

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Top Cast

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson
Jack Carson Wally Fay
Zachary Scott
Zachary Scott Monte Beragon
Eve Arden
Eve Arden Ida Corwin
Ann Blyth
Ann Blyth Veda Pierce Forrester
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Lee Patrick
Lee Patrick Maggie Biederhof
Moroni Olsen
Moroni Olsen Inspector Peterson

Mildred Pierce Appears on 12 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Academy Awards: Best Actress
Academy Awards #20

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #827
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #856
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #556
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #477

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair #27
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #27
Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s
Paste Magazine #36
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #55
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #218

Filmmaker Curation

Lynne Ramsay's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #17

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #35

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