The best Joan Collins’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Joan Collins’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 Joan Collins.
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
6.4/10
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
Land of the Pharaohs
6.6/10
In ancient Egypt the Pharaoh Khufu is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the "second life." To this end he enlists the aid of Vashtar, an architect whose people are enslaved in Egypt. The deal: build a robbery-proof tomb and the enslaved people will be freed. During the years that the pyramid is being built a Cyprian princess becomes the pharaoh's second wife, and she plots to prevent Khufu from taking his treasure with him when he dies .. as well as helping him make the journey early.
Island in the Sun
6.1/10
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.
The Bitch
3.8/10
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
Esther and the King
5.5/10
Recently widowed Persian King Ahasuerus wants to marry the beautiful Esther. But Esther is a Jewess, and Haman, the king's evil minister, is spreading hatred against the Jews. Set in the 4th century B.C., this Biblical epic stars Richard Egan (Demetrius And The Gladiators, A Summer Place) as Ahasuerus and Italian leading man Sergio Fantoni as Haman. Esther is portrayed by none other than Joan Collins, who would later gain fame as the scheming Alexis Carrington, in the hit TV series Dynasty. Directed by Raoul Walsh (The Thief of Bagdad, High Sierra, White Heat). 1960 / Running Time: 109 min. / Color
The Wayward Bus
6.5/10
Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.
Alfie Darling
4.7/10
Alfie Darling is a 1975 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Hughes. It is the sequel to the 1966 film Alfie. This time Alan Price takes over Michael Caine's role of Alfie. It based on the novel of the same name by Bill Naughton (who wrote the play upon which the first film was based).
Revenge
6.1/10
A British family takes revenge into its own hands in avenging their recently slain daughter.
The Woman's Angle
5.8/10
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
The Virgin Queen
6.6/10
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
The Stud
4.3/10
Fontaine Khaled is the wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, The Hobo, and partying. She hires a manager, Tony, to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on him satisfying her nymphomaniac demands.
Besieged
5.5/10
Story of a student in the town of Trieste, shaken up by the economic crisis.
Nutcracker
4.3/10
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Joan Collins).
Cosh Boy
6.1/10
Retitled The Slasher in the US. The gruesome story of a violent man who finally goes too far.
Gerry
7.8/10
Hilda faces twilight years of loneliness and isolation, spending periods normally devoted to happiness and reconciliation in solitude. Whilst cleaning out her deceased husband’s belonging’s she unearths a buried secret, leading to a confrontation with her past and an opportunity to escape solitude and live a life she denied herself.
Homework
3.4/10
A teenager sees the school psychologist and his girlfriend's mother about his problem.
Paper Dolls
6.6/10
Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.
Sea Wife
5.8/10
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of survival. Told in a too-long flashback frame.
Turn the Key Softly
6.9/10
A bitter burglar (Yvonne Mitchell), a prostitute (Joan Collins) and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Ellis in Glamourland
5.8/10
