Where to watch Ava Gardner in the UK
Find every Ava Gardner film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Considered one of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, she was ranked as the 25th greatest female screen legend by the American Film Institute. Initially cast in minor roles, her breakthrough came with the classic film noir The Killers (1946), which established her as a leading lady. Her career flourished in the 1950s with notable performances in films like Mogambo (1953), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and The Ni…
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- Knots Landing (1979) as Ruth Sumner Galveston
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- A.D. (1985) as Agrippina
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) as Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
- Earthquake (1974) as Remy Royce-Graff
- The Sentinel (1977) as Helen Logan
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976) as Nicole Dressler
- The Long Hot Summer (1985) as Minnie Littlejohn
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) as Sarah
- Show Boat (1951) as Julie LaVerne
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- Harem (1986) as Kadin
- The Killers (1946) as Kitty Collins
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Pandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage)
- Mayerling (1968) as Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Seven Days in May (1964) as Eleanor Holbrook
- Mogambo (1953) as Eloise Y. Kelly
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) as Lily Langtry
- On the Beach (1959) as Moira Davidson
- The Band Wagon (1953) as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) as Cynthia Green
- The Night of the Iguana (1964) as Maxine Faulk
- The Blue Bird (1976) as Luxury
- Ride, Vaquero! (1953) as Cordelia Cameron
- Knights of the Round Table (1953) as Guinevere
- City on Fire (1979) as Maggie Grayson
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage)
- Harem (1986) as Kadin
- The Hucksters (1947) as Jean Ogilvie
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954) as Maria Vargas
- Priest of Love (1981) as Mabel Dodge Luhan
- Bhowani Junction (1956) as Victoria Jones
- Iconic Couples of Hollywood (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) as Pandora Reynolds
- Lone Star (1952) as Martha Ronda
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- The Bribe (1949) as Elizabeth Hintten
- My Forbidden Past (1951) as Barbara Beaurevel
- The Sun Also Rises (1957) as Lady Brett Ashley
- Lost Angel (1943) as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988) as Self (archive footage)
- Young Ideas (1943) as Co-ed (uncredited)
- Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) as Gloria Fullerton
- The Great Sinner (1949) as Pauline Ostrovsky
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
- The Kidnapping of the President (1980) as Beth Richards
- Reunion in France (1942) as Marie, Parisian shopgirl (uncredited)
- Rat Pack (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Blonde Fever (1944) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Singapore (1947) as Linda Grahame / Ann Van Leyden
- One Touch of Venus (1948) as Venus
- The Naked Maja (1958) as Maria Teresa, duchess of Alba, nicknamed Cayetana
- Ghosts on the Loose (1943) as Betty
- Swing Fever (1943) as Receptionist (uncredited)
- Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) as Student (uncredited)
- Sunday Punch (1942) as Ringsider (uncredited)
- The Little Hut (1957) as Lady Susan Ashlow
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) as Passerby at Racetrack (uncredited)
- La Rabbia (1963) as Self (archive footage)
- East Side, West Side (1949) as Isabel Lorrison
- The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970) as Michaela Cazaret
- H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) as Young Socialite (uncredited)
- Screen Actors (1950) as Self (uncredited)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Perfume Girl (uncredited)
- Joe Smith, American (1942) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977) as Self - Maria Cayetana, Duchess of Alba (archive footage)
- Hitler's Madman (1943) as Franciska Pritric (uncredited)
- Kid Glove Killer (1942) as Car Hop (uncredited)
- Permission to Kill (1975) as Katina Petersen
- Legends of the West (1992) as Lily Langtry in 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Costume Designer (1950) as Self (archive footage)
- This Time for Keeps (1942) as Girl in Car Lighting Cigarette (uncredited)
- Fallout (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Strange Testament (1941) as Waitress (uncredited)
- Regina Roma (1982) as Mama
- Chavela (2017) as Self (archive footage)
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Where can I watch Ava Gardner films in the UK?
Ava Gardner's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Ava Gardner's most popular films?
Most-watched Ava Gardner films currently: 55 Days at Peking (1963), Earthquake (1974), The Sentinel (1977), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966).
What TV shows has Ava Gardner appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Knots Landing (1979), What's My Line? (1950), Intimate Portrait (1993), Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023), A.D. (1985).
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