The best Fred MacMurray’s movies

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

30/08/1908- 05/11/1991
We present our ranking of the best Fred MacMurray’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Fred MacMurray.
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The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny
7.7/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 23/06/1954
  • Character: Lt. Thomas 'Tom' Keefer
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

The Apartment

The Apartment
8.3/10
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity
8.3/10
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.

The Swarm

The Swarm
4.5/10
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason. Disaster movie-master Irwin Allen's film contains spectacular special effects, including a train crash caused by the eponymous swarm.

Remember the Night

Remember the Night
7.6/10
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.

The Absent-Minded Professor

The Absent-Minded Professor
6.7/10
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 21/05/1982
  • Character: (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog
6.4/10
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....

Dive Bomber

Dive Bomber
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/08/1941
  • Character: Joe Blake
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.

Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage!
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 17/05/1962
  • Character: Harry Willard
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest problem will be avoiding tap water, but bringing his three children will prove to be more troublesome

A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Star Is Born World Premiere
7.3/10
  • Genre: History
  • Release: 28/09/1954
  • Character: Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.

Borderline

Borderline
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaThriller
  • Release: 01/03/1950
  • Character: Johnny McEvoy, aka Johnny Macklin
Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, thee find them selves falling in love with each other. Neither is aware of the other's identity As they decide to make a run for the border.

Pushover

Pushover
7.1/10
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 01/12/1966
  • Character: Lemuel Siddons
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town.

At Gunpoint

At Gunpoint
6.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/12/1955
  • Character: Jack Wright
A general-store keeper (Fred MacMurray) scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/07/1955
  • Character: Clifford Groves
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.

Singapore

Singapore
6.4/10
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber
6/10
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.

Quantez

Quantez
6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 06/09/1957
  • Character: Gentry
A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 31/05/1943
  • Character: Richard Myles
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

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