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The Best Joseph Cotten Movies
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List of the best Joseph Cotten movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Joseph Cotten'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 Joseph Cotten movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Joseph Cotten movies will be at the top of the list. Joseph Cotten has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Joseph Cotten movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Joseph Cotten films to end the squabble once and for all.
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1Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Carol Reed
Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, "The Third Man" stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only ...more
2Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn- Released: 1943
- Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) visits his relatives in Santa Rosa. He is a very charming man, but his niece slowly realizes that he is wanted for murder and he soon recognizes her suspicions. Although ...more![Gaslight]()
3Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten- Released: 1944
- Directed by: George Cukor
After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory ...more![Portrait of Jennie]()
4Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore- 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 ...more![Niagara]()
5Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe) and her older, gloomier husband, George (Joseph Cotten), are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly (Jean Peters) and Ray Cutler (Casey ...more![The Magnificent Ambersons]()
6Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Dolores Costello- Released: 1942
- Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles' acclaimed drama follows two generations in a well-to-do Indianapolis family. Isabel Amberson receives a proposal from dashing Eugene (Joseph Cotten), but opts instead to marry boring ...more- 7Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Warrick
- Released: 1941
- Directed by: Orson Welles
When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from ...more ![The Farmer's Daughter]()
8Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore- Released: 1947
- Directed by: H. C. Potter
Young Swedish-American Katrin "Katie" Holstrom (Loretta Young) leaves her family farm in Minnesota, headed for nursing school. After her tuition money runs out, she is forced to take a job as a maid ...more![Under Capricorn]()
9Ingrid Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Joseph Cotten- Released: 1949
- Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Under Capricorn is a 1949 British historical thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film was based on the novel Under Capricorn by Helen Simpson, with a screenplay by James Bridie. It was ...more![Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte]()
10Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 American thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, and Agnes Moorehead, as well as ...more![I'll Be Seeing You]()
11Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple- Released: 1944
- Directed by: William Dieterle
In this romantic drama, Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) and Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) meet on a train and immediately sense a mutual attraction. However, both Zach and Mary are shouldering ...more![Since You Went Away]()
12Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten- Released: 1944
- Directed by: John Cromwell
When her husband leaves to fight in World War II, housewife Anne Hilton (Claudette Colbert) must struggle on alone to raise their two daughters, Jane (Jennifer Jones) and Bridget (Shirley Temple). ...more![Journey into Fear]()
13Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Dolores del Río- Released: 1942
- Directed by: Norman Foster
An American engineer in Istanbul, Howard Graham (Joseph Cotten), becomes the target of a Nazi assassination due to his involvement in improving the Turkish navy. With the help of police Colonel Haki ...more![Duel in the Sun]()
14Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten- 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 ...more![The Abominable Dr. Phibes]()
15Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Terry-Thomas- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Robert Fuest
In a desperate attempt to reach his ill wife, organist Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) is horrifically disfigured in a car accident and presumed dead. When he learns that his wife died during an ...more![Touch of Evil]()
16Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh- Released: 1958
- Directed by: Orson Welles
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) begins his investigation, along with American police captain ...more![Othello]()
17Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Suzanne Cloutier- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Orson Welles
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello (Orson Welles), a Moorish general, and Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), the daughter of Senator Brabantio (Hilton Edwards), her old suitor Roderigo ...more![The Man with a Cloak]()
18Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Fletcher Markle
In the 1840s, Madeline Minot (Leslie Caron) travels from France to America to visit Charles Theverner (Louis Calhern), her lover's wealthy, aging relative. Her boyfriend is fighting in the French ...more![Love Letters]()
19Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards- Released: 1945
- Directed by: William Dieterle
Alan (Joseph Cotten), a soldier stationed in Italy during World War II, writes love letters for his ineloquent friend, Roger (Robert Sully), to his romantic interest at home, Victoria. Alan falls for ...more![A Blueprint for Murder]()
20Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Andrew L. Stone
Whitney Cameron (Joseph Cotten) is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn (Jean Peters), but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, ...more![Walk Softly, Stranger]()
21Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Small-time crook Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) makes his way to Ashton, Ohio, where he finagles his way into a room at a boarding house. Hoping to change his ways, he gets a job with the father of the ...more![F for Fake]()
22Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten, Francois Reichenbach- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles' final film documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged ...more![Beyond the Forest]()
23Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Frances Charles- Released: 1949
- Directed by: King Vidor
Beyond the Forest is a 1949 American film noir directed by King Vidor and featuring Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian and Ruth Roman. The screenplay is written by Lenore J. Coffee based on a ...more![The Steel Trap]()
24Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten- Directed by: Andrew L. Stone
The Steel Trap is a 1952 thriller film noir written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.![Airport '77]()
25Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Jerry Jameson
The story about the mid-air hijack of a multi-millionaire's private 747 carrying a collection of priceless works of art. The terrified pilot is forced by the hijackers to fly low to avoid radar ...more
