The Best Raymond Burr Movies

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List of the best Raymond Burr movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Raymond Burr'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 Raymond Burr movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Raymond Burr movies will be at the top of the list. Raymond Burr has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Raymond Burr movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Raymond Burr films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Raymond Burr role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Raymond Burr performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

Sleep, My Love and Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace are only the beginning of the films on this list.

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  • Rear Window
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    Rear Window

    James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
    34 votes
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
    In Alfred Hitchcock's classic suspense thriller Rear Window, James Stewart portrays the role of L.B. Jeff Jefferies, a photographer confined to his New York apartment due to a broken leg. Grace Kelly stars as Lisa Fremont, Jeff's high-society girlfriend, who becomes embroiled in his voyeuristic routine. As Jeff observes his neighbors through his rear window, he suspects one of them may have committed murder. This Academy Award-nominated film cleverly combines elements of mystery with intense character development, making it a masterclass in the genre of psychological thrillers.

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  • FBI Girl
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    FBI Girl

    Cesar Romero, Raymond Burr, Joi Lansing
    8 votes
    • Released: 1949
    • Directed by: William Berke
    FBI Girl is a 1951 crime film about a female FBI employee who becomes involved in government plot involving corruption and murder. The film was directed by William A. Berke, and stars Cesar Romero, Margia Dean, and George Brent. It was made by Lippert Pictures.
  • The Blue Gardenia
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    The Blue Gardenia

    Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern
    16 votes
    • Released: 1953
    • Directed by: Fritz Lang
    Deeply distraught that her GI ex-boyfriend plans to marry another woman, Norah Larkin (Anne Baxter) agrees to go out on a date with lothario Harry Prebble (Raymond Burr). Norah's drunken night out with Prebble ends in a hazily remembered confrontation and the next day a startling discovery: Harry has been murdered, and the police have found Norah's personal effects at the scene. Tipped off to the breaking news, reporter Casey Mayo (Richard Conte) invites Norah to tell her side of the story.

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  • The Return of Godzilla
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    The Return of Godzilla

    Raymond Burr, Taketoshi Naitô, Eitarô Ozawa
    15 votes
    • Released: 1984
    • Directed by: Koji Hashimoto
    The Return of Godzilla, released in Japan as Godzilla, is a Japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Koji Hashimoto, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano, the film starred Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi, and Yosuke Natsuki. The sixteenth film in Toho's Godzilla series, it marked the beginning of a rebooted series of Godzilla films that ignores all the films from 1955's Godzilla Raids Again through 1975's Terror of Mechagodzilla. The film acts as a direct sequel to the original 1954 film Godzilla. Produced as part of Godzilla's 30th anniversary, the film returned the series to the darker themes and mood of some of the early films and returned Godzilla to his destructive antagonistic roots. The film was released the following year in the U.S. as Godzilla 1985 by New World Pictures. This version was heavily re-edited and included new footage filmed exclusively for its North American release, which featured Canadian actor Raymond Burr reprising his character from Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, which was also produced and re-edited in the same way.
  • Bride of the Gorilla
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    Bride of the Gorilla

    Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney, Jr.
    14 votes
    • Released: 1951
    • Directed by: Robert Siodmak, Curt Siodmak

    This is definitely a notable gorilla movie.

    Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 horror B-movie film directed by Curt Siodmak and starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Barbara Payton.
  • Pitfall
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    Pitfall

    Raymond Burr, Dick Powell, Jane Wyatt
    19 votes
    • Released: 1948
    • Directed by: André de Toth
    Pitfall is a 1948 black-and-white film noir drama directed by André De Toth. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Jay Dratler, and was titled Tragedia a Santa Monica for its Italian release. The drama features Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, and Raymond Burr.

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