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Top 10 Films Starring Lauren Bacall
Here are the the top 10 films starring Lauren Bacall, who would have been 90 today (16th Sept, 2014), according to their rating on IMDB.
 No.9. Manderlay (2005) 7.4Directed by Lars von Trier and starring Bryce Dallas Howard this film tells the story of slavery around the 1930s in the Southern states of America. |  No.8. Written on the Wind (1956) 7.5Directed by Douglas Sirk and starred Rock Hudson. This film tells the story of an alcoholic playboy, Kyle Hadley, who marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister. |
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 No.7. Dark Passage (1947) 7.6Lauren Bacall stars alongside Humphrey Bogart in this one. The film is about a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence. |  No.6. The Shootist (1976)With an all star cast, including John Wayne, this film tells the story of a dying gunfighter spending his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity. |
 No.5. Misery (1990) 7.8Director by Rob Reiner and starring James Caan & Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall has a small part in this nail-biting thriller that sees a famous novelist "rescued" from a car crash by an obsessed fan. |  No.4. Key Largo (1948) 7.9Director by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart this movie looks at a man who is visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. Then a hurricane approaches and the two end up confronting each other. |
 No.2. Dogville (2003) 8.0Another more recent Lauren Bacall film directed by Lars von Trier. The film starred Nicole Kidman and Paul Bettany in a drama based on a set without buildings, only labelled shapes displaying the venues. |  No.2 To Have and Have Not (1944) 8.0Lauren Bacall's first feature film, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart, again. The film is set during WWII, where American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a Free French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sexy lounge singer. |
 No.1. The Big Sleep (1946) 8.1The most rated film on IMDB starring Lauren Bacall is perhaps her most famous. Starring alongside Humphrey Bogart again, her then husband, The Big Sleep displayed her synergy with film noir. She will always be seen as an icon of this genre and era of cinema. |
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