The Best Jennifer Jones Movies

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List of the best Jennifer Jones movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Jennifer Jones's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Jennifer Jones movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Jennifer Jones movies will be at the top of the list. Jennifer Jones has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Jennifer Jones movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Jennifer Jones films to end the squabble once and for all.

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  • The Song of Bernadette
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    The Song of Bernadette

    Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper
    54 votes
    • Released: 1943
    • Directed by: Henry King
    Based on the popular novel by Franz Werfel, this drama focuses on Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones), a young French woman who experiences vivid visions of the Virgin Mary. While many dismiss her claims, certain people, including the priest Dominique Peyramale (Charles Bickford), slowly begin to believe her. Eventually, Bernadette is deemed a saint, and becomes a nun at a convent, where she must deal with jealousy from others who resent her revered status.

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  • Portrait of Jennie
    2

    Portrait of Jennie

    Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
    44 votes
    • Released: 1948
    • Directed by: William Dieterle
    In Depression-era New York, painter Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) despairs at his lack of success. One cold winter evening in Central Park, he meets an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl, Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones), who captures his fancy when she asks him to wait for her to grow up. Soon after, Eben sells a sketch of Jennie to kindly art dealer Miss Spinny (Ethel Barrymore) and, as he meets the oddly mutable Jennie in fleeting moments, begins to realize they share a special destiny.
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
    3

    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

    Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Torin Thatcher
    46 votes
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Henry King
    In Hong Kong in 1949, Mark Elliott (William Holden) is an American reporter covering the Chinese civil war. Undergoing a trial separation from his wife, he meets the beautiful Dr. Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones), a widowed physician from mainland China. As the pair fall in love, they encounter disapproval from both her family and his friends about their interracial romance. Although the film was a commercial success upon release, the casting of Jones in an Asian role has since been criticized.

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  • Duel in the Sun
    4

    Duel in the Sun

    Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten
    37 votes
    • Released: 1946
    • Directed by: King Vidor
    Tragedy seems to follow Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) everywhere she goes. After a domestic dispute results in the death of both of her parents, Pearl moves in with her aunt, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish), on an expansive farm. When Pearl notices Laura Belle's son, the fiery Lewt, life on the ranch erupts into chaos. The two have a brief courtship, but Lewt abruptly ends the relationship. When Pearl tries to move on, Lewt's jealousy leads to a climactic gun battle between the former lovers.
  • Carrie
    5

    Carrie

    Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert
    24 votes
    • Released: 1952
    • Directed by: William Wyler
    When beautiful young Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) travels from her small hometown to Chicago in the 1890s, she meets well-off traveling salesman Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) on the train. When she loses her job in a sweatshop, she reconnects with the smitten Drouet and, scandalously, becomes his mistress. When Drouet's friend George Hurstwood (Laurence Olivier) falls in love with her, complications ensue. William Wyler directs this adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie."

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  • Ruby Gentry
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    Ruby Gentry

    Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden
    25 votes
    • Released: 1952
    • Directed by: King Vidor
    Ruby (Jennifer Jones) is a poor Southern girl who hopes to marry a rich man. Her boyfriend, Boake (Charlton Heston), doesn't think she's the marrying type, but wealthy businessman Jim Gentry (Karl Malden) happily makes her his bride. After Gentry dies in a suspicious accident, Boake renews his interest in Ruby, even though it seems as if she was responsible. Her unstable brother, Jewel (James Anderson), however, believes she must atone for her sins.