Top 25 Films Of Bette Davis

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she"ll meet her final days with dignity.

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.

Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis enters into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.

New York bootlegger Dave the Dude and his girlfriend Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin try to turn boozy street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when Annie learns that her daughter Louise is marrying the son of a Spanish count.

The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister"s husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman"s former fiancé.

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.

Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.

While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts after the now-named Kid Galahad falls for his sister.

After marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

A duchess"s irrational behavior toward her children"s governess triggers tragic events that will change her family"s lives forever.

After a newlywed"s husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.