The Best Robert Taylor Movies

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

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

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  • Waterloo Bridge
    1

    Waterloo Bridge

    Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson
    80 votes
    • Released: 1940
    • Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
    At the onset of World War I, British officer Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) and ballerina Myra (Vivien Leigh) meet and fall in love. As fate would have it, Cronin is called to active duty shortly ...more
  • Westward the Women
    2

    Westward the Women

    Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Julie Bishop
    61 votes
    • Released: 1951
    • Directed by: William A. Wellman
    There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman (John McIntire) wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. ...more
  • Ivanhoe
    3

    Ivanhoe

    Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
    61 votes
    • Released: 1952
    • Directed by: Richard Thorpe
    Loyal British knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Robert Taylor) sets out on a mission to free the kidnapped King of England, Richard the Lionheart (Norman Wooland), in this rousing adventure tale. The brave ...more

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  • Rogue Cop
    4

    Rogue Cop

    Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft
    24 votes
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Roy Rowland
    Crooked cop Christopher Kelvaney (Robert Taylor) has been on the take for so long that all the backstreet thugs and shady politicians in town know they can buy their way out of trouble any time. Then ...more
  • The Power and the Prize
    5

    The Power and the Prize

    Robert Taylor, Elisabeth Mueller, Burl Ives
    12 votes
    • Released: 1956
    • Directed by: Henry Koster
    On a mission to secure the hostile takeover of an English business for his employer and mentor, George Salt (Burl Ives), power-hungry executive Cliff Barton (Robert Taylor) meets and falls hard for ...more

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  • Devil's Doorway
    6

    Devil's Doorway

    Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond
    28 votes
    • Released: 1950
    • Directed by: Anthony Mann
    Lance Poole (Robert Taylor) is a Native American who left his tribal homelands to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Despite earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic duties in the ...more