Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies
National Velvet (1944): A young girl and her horse win the big race with coaching from an ex-jockey (Mickey Rooney). Taylor even got to keep the horse. This best Elizabeth Taylor movie is a great family film.
A Place in the Sun (1951): A poor factory worker (Montgomery Clift) dates a woman on the assembly line while hoping to break into high society. When a rich girl (Elizabeth Taylor) falls for him, he contemplates how to get rid of his pregnant girlfriend. It's adapted from Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958): A heavy-drinking ex-football player (Paul Newman) neglects his wife (Elizabeth Taylor) during a family reunion at the home of his dying Big Daddy (Burl Ives). Tennessee Williams and Newman were disappointed by the differences between the film and the original play, but it's still a great work.
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959): A doctor (Montgomery Clift) is called in to treat a disturbed young woman (Elizabeth Taylor). Her cousin died mysteriously and his mother (Katherine Hepburn) harbors a dark secret. It may be the closest a film has ever stuck to a Tennessee William's screenplay.
BUtterfield8 (1960): Even though she's on record for hating this film, Elizabeth Taylor won a Best Actress Oscar as a playgirl who tries to settle down with one socialite (Laurence Harvey). There's no happy ending in this film based on the John O'Hara short story.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966): This could be the finest Elizabeth Taylor movie of all time so there's no questioning her second Oscar win here. The junior faculty may regret accepting an invitation for a nightcap from a middle-aged professor and his wife (Richard Burton, Taylor) who take marital discord to a new extreme. It's based on Edward Albee's play.
Malice in Wonderland (1985): Gossip columnists Louella Parsons (Taylor) and Hedda Hopper (Jane Alexander) compete for top place. These 2 great actresses elevate this funny made-for-TV movie.
Maybe Angelina Jolie or Catherine Zeta-Jones will play the lead role in the film of Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger's book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. In any case, the best Elizabeth Taylor movies are great entertainment.
Sources: IMDb
Published by Anne Wright
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8 Comments
Post a CommentI love Elizabeth Taylor, especially Cat on a Hot Tin Roof!
Not a fan of Elizabeth Taylor -- that being said, she was bearable in National Velvet and in Cleopatra.
I'm a big fan of her in The Sandpiper, as well as Father of the Bride. But good choices here. And, heavens NO - PLEASE don't let them take Jolie to play her in a movie. That would be disastrous. The woman can't act her way out of a paper bag. Maybe Zeta-Jones, but she's still not good enough. Personally, I can't think of anyone who could do it really properly.
great list! What a wonderful actress and beautiful woman
Virginia Wolf creepy! Great review, Anne!
I've only seen a few of them. I'll definitely find time to read these best Elizabeth Taylor movies. Thank you for gathering them in a single article.
Great list. "Suddenly Last Summer" gives me goosebumps, just thinking about it.
Love her movies...what a beautiful lady.