We ranked her 10 best movies based on the critic’s rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Some of her most famous movies, including "The Story of the Mandarin Duck" and "The Passionate Like Fire", are among the top ten.

  • Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926. She is considered to be the earliest "blonde beauty" in Hollywood .
  • We ranked her 10 best movies based on the critic’s rating on Rotten Tomatoes .
  • Some of her most famous movies, including "" and "Fever" and "Feeling Like Fire", are among the top ten.

According to film critics, the 1953 movie "Flying Flying Tide" is the tenth best movie of Monroe .

Rotten Tomatoes Score : 80%

Plot summary : Polly (Jane Peters) and Ray Cutler (Kesey Adams) come to their cottage in Niagara Falls, looking forward to a quiet honeymoon. However, when they arrive, they find that the other couple, Rose (Marilyn Monroe) and George Loomis ( Joseph Cotton ), have not checked out yet. As Polly discovers that Rose has an affair, pranks between the two couples follow.

Movie Review : Around the magnificent Niagara Falls, Charles Brackett produced and participated in the writing of a gripping murder melodrama, full of sex and suspense. "The staff of the Hollywood Reporter wrote. In the comedy " Wish to Marry a Rich Son-in-Law " released in 1953, Monroe plays a model who wants to marry a rich man.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

Plot summary: Three New York models, Schatze Page ( Lauren Baicaoer ), Loco Dempsey ( Betty Grable ) and Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe), rents a charming city apartment in hopes of attracting some millionaire suitors. However, most of their relationships prove to be liars in one way or another. Finally, every girl finds what they really look for: love.

Movie Review: "Classic Hollywood legend shines brightly. "Common Sense Media's Andrea Beach wrote.

"Hyper 7 Years Itch " released in 1955 is known for its iconic skirt scene.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%

Plot summary: Tom Ewell's wife and children leave the city to escape the summer, and he meets his beautiful and seductive new neighbor, played by Marilyn Monroe. As the summer goes on, the two experience a flirting, but Ewell's guilt and paranoia, coupled with Monroe's naivety, prevents a love story.

Review: Empire's David Parkinson wrote: "This photo is dated and not very interesting, but it is known for its iconic Marilyn Monroe vent shots and close-up sexy shots." ”

In the 1952 "The Magical Medicine Spring Love", Monroe played the opposite scene with Cary Grant (Cary Grant), who played a scientist who developed the "Flower of Youth" to rejuvenate the medicine.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

Plot summary: Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) is looking for the rejuvenation medicine "Flower of Youth", but he is not very lucky. However, a prank happened when a lab monkey poured the formula into the lab's water supply system. After Fulton accidentally drank the magic medicine, he and his boss's secretary Lois (Marilyn Monroe) had an interesting afternoon. Not long after, everyone tasted the "Flower of Youth", and a series of funny things that made people laugh.

Movie Review: "The New Yorker" Richard Brody wrote: "This is the pinnacle of comedy." ”

In 1959's "Fever" Monroe played Sugar, the lead singer of the jazz band . She didn't know that the new band members were also her admiration.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%

Plot summary: Two musicians Joe ( Tony Curtis ) and Jerry ( Jack Lemon ) witnessed a mafia murder. In order to escape from Chicago , the two came up with a plan to disguise themselves as women, joined a jazz band that was all women, and boarded the train to Florida. On the way, they meet the band's lead singer Sugar (played by Marilyn Monroe), and Joe falls in love with him and pretends to be a millionaire.

Movie Review: Jack Moffitt of " Hollywood Reporter" wrote: "Hot is another supersonic, thrilling, and hilarious comedy, which will definitely be a big hit at the box office."

The last movie completed by Monroe was 1961's "A Couple of the Mandarin" written by her then-husband Arthur Miller.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%

Plot summary: This movie tells the story of a former stripper (Marilyn Monroe) who just divorced and a cowboy-born gambler ( Clark Gable ) and World War II veteran Guido Racanelli (Eri Valach). Both men soon fell in love with her. After meeting former equestrian rider Perce Howland ( Montgomery Clift ), the four began the business of catching the wild horses.

Movie Review: " Gable has never performed better on the screen than this, so is Miss Monroe. Gable's performance is full of vitality, and Monroe's performance is faithful to Miller's character," Kate Cameron wrote in an interview with the New York Daily News.

In "The Night Is Not Still", Monroe plays a small role, the niece of a lawyer, who is planning a jewelry robbery.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%

Plot Summary: Criminal Irving "Doctor" Riedenschneider, lawyer Emmerich ( Louise Carlhen ) and safe thief Louie Ciavelli ( Anthony Carluso ) planned a plan to steal $1 million worth of jewelry, which was initially successfully implemented. However, a night policeman shot and killed Ciavelli, and the jewelry robbery occurred. Soon, the group of people began to kill each other. Although Marilyn Monroe plays Emmerich's little "nieces", the film makes her an undeniable star.

Movie Review: The Guardian's Andrew Pulver commented: " John Houston directed in 1950, this thriller is an early masterpiece of the art of robbers. Even if we are used to the complex plots of robbers in robbers, it is still very good."

In the 1953 movie "The Gentleman Loves Beauty", Monroe plays a showgirl monitored by her future father-in-law.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Plot summary: Showgirl Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) is engaged to the wealthy Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan), which makes Gus' father very dissatisfied and thinks she is just fond of his money. When Lorelei and her partner Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) set sail on a cruise ship, Lorelei tries to arrange a "matching" and wealthy marriage for her friends. Meanwhile, Esmond, a senior, hired a private detective to monitor Lorelei and reported any actions she had, ready to deprive her of marrying Gus.

Movie Review: "My initial premonition was correct: this movie mainly tells the story of two women pursuing men. It is complex and funny, and it will not be funny at the expense of the two heroines in the film." Samantha Mann wrote in BUST magazine.

Monroe played an actress in the 1950s movie "The Beauty of Comet", one of her earliest roles.

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%

Plot Summary: There may be one or two scenes in " Comet Beauty" related to Marilyn Monroe, who just graduated from college, but the movie mainly tells the story of aspiring actress Eve Harrington ( Anne Baxter) and Broadway star Margo Channing (Betty Davis). After Channing regards Eve as her personal assistant, she quickly discovers that Harrington is not that naive, so she carefully planned a plan to surpass Channing to become the biggest star in the town.

Movie Review: Detroit Free Press Helen Bower wrote: "Without some real background, a dramatic story could not have been so vivid and tense."

According to critics, Monroe's best movie was the 1952 thriller "No Knocking"".

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%

Plot summary: Nell Forbes (Marilyn Monroe) is a beautiful but depressed young woman who worked as a nanny in a luxury hotel after being discharged from a mental hospital. Nell began to fall in love with a hotel guest named Jed Towers (Richard Weedmark). However, when the children Nell cared for discovered their relationship, Nell was taken to the hospital. Jed must try to stop Nell from killing himself and his children.

Movie Review: Matthew Lucas wrote in From The Front Row: "Turning the originally sensational plot into an evil thriller is a pinnacle that has been overlooked in Monroe's legendary career."