Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further, Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.

Young Man with a Horn

1950

English

7.2

♡ 5

86%

72%

Action

based on novel or book

jazz singer or musician

Michael Curtiz Director

Bill Walker as Black Minister

Doris Day as Jo Jordan

Nestor Paiva as Louis Galba

Paul Brinegar as Stage Manager

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

On Moonlight Bay

1951

English

6.9

♡ 5

79%

Roy Del Ruth Director

Rosemary DeCamp as Alice Winfield

Doris Day as Marjorie Winfield

Ellen Corby as Miss Mary Stevens

Edmund Penney as Senior

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president

Young at Heart

1954

English

6.7

♡ 10

89%

Gordon Douglas Director

Doris Day as Laurie Tuttle

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Ridgefield

Forbes Murray as Wedding Guest

Barbara Pepper as Wife

The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

April in Paris

1952

English

5.9

♡ 7

44%

David Butler Director

Doris Day as Ethel S. 'Dynamite' Jackson

George Givot as François

Nestor Paiva as Ship Captain

John Alvin as Tracy

A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bureaucrat.

Lullaby of Broadway

1951

English

6.7

♡ 3

77%

David Butler Director

Murray Alper as Joe the Bartender

Doris Day as Melinda Howard

George Ford as Ship Passenger

Gene Nelson as Tom Farnham

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabaret singer with a love for whiskey. When she arrives at the mansion, she is taken in by the two servants who are friends of her mother's. The house actually belongs to Adolph Hubbell, a kind-hearted Broadway producer who also gets drawn into the charade. Hubbell takes a shine to Melinda and agrees to star her in his next show. Melinda also finds romance with a handsome hoofer who's also in the show. All is going well for Melinda except that she wants to see her mother who keeps putting off their reunion.

Tea for Two

1950

English

6.5

♡ 2

59%

David Butler Director

Angela Stevens as Chorus Girl

Harry Harvey as Mr. Grover - Show Backer

Doris Day as Nanette Carter

Gene Nelson as Tommy Trainor

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.

Billy Rose's Jumbo

1962

English

6.1

♡ 2

56%

Action

based on play or musical

Charles Walters Director

Ron Nyman as Circus Crew

Norman Leavitt as Eddie

Billy Barty as Joey the Circus Clown

Doris Day as Kitty Wonder

The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

Love Me or Leave Me

1955

English

7.1

♡ 5

71%

jazz singer or musician

Charles Vidor Director

Henry Kulky as Bouncer

Cameron Mitchell as Johnny Alderman

Doris Day as Ruth Etting

Dale Van Sickel as Stagehand

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

The Winning Team

1952

English

6.5

♡ 2

65%

Lewis Seiler Director

Doris Day as Aimee Alexander

Thomas Browne Henry as Carlson Carlton - Lecturer

Alex Sharp as First Baseman

Dayton Lummis as Graham McNamee

Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.

Send Me No Flowers

1964

English

7.0

♡ 19

60%

Norman Jewison Director

Tony Randall as Arnold Nash

Hal Taggart as Country Club Member

Doris Day as Judy Kimball

Paul Lynde as Mr. Akins

At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.

Killing Patient Zero

2019

English

7.5

♡ 2

100%

Laurie Lynd Director

Ronald Reagan as Self

Fran Lebowitz as Self

Doris Day as Self

Rock Hudson as Self

After the Stonewall riots and at the height of the gay liberation movement in America, an entire generation were busy celebrating their newfound emancipation, unaware of an impending epidemic. A disease that seemed determined to wipe out an entire generation of gay men, was largely ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. Gaetan Dugas was a French-Canadian flight attendant, who offered to help early scientific research into the origins of AIDS. An unfortunate series of events followed and he would be vilified as Patient Zero, the man who gave us AIDS.

It Ain't Over

2022

English

8.2

♡ 1

98%

Sean Mullin Director

Bill Clinton as Self

George W. Bush as Self

Vin Scully as Self

Doris Day as Self

The life and times of New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, a 10 time World Series champion whose unique personality and unforgettable Yogi-isms sometimes got in the way of his being recognized as one of baseball’s greatest players.

The Glass Bottom Boat

1966

English

6.4

♡ 13

67%

Frank Tashlin Director

Rod Taylor as Bruce Templeton

Paul Lynde as Homer Cripps

Doris Day as Jennifer Nelson

John Dennis as Policeman

Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affections. Is she actually a Russian spy trying to obtain aerospace secrets?

That Touch of Mink

1962

English

6.6

♡ 21

78%

Delbert Mann Director

Doris Day as Cathy Timberlake

John Astin as Mr. Everett Beasley

Kathryn Givney as Mrs. Evelyn Haskell

John Roy as Restaurant Patron

Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.

The Pajama Game

1957

English

6.6

♡ 4

87%

63%

Action

based on novel or book

based on play or musical

Stanley Donen Director

Doris Day as Babe Williams

Reta Shaw as Mabel

John Raitt as Sid Sorokin

Eddie Foy Jr. as Vernon Hines

An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.

Lover Come Back

1961

English

7.1

♡ 15

91%

Delbert Mann Director

Doris Day as Carol Templeton

Kenneth Gibson as Nightclub Patron

Tony Randall as Peter 'Pete' Ramsey

Edie Adams as Rebel Davis

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.