64 Carroll Baker Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The Big Country is a Western drama film which revolves around James McKay, who visits the American West to be with Patricia, his fiancée. However, he finds himself caught up in the middle of two warring families.  

Giant is a Western drama film, which tells the story of a Texas ranching family, as they are fighting to survive the changing times.  

Baby Doll is a black comedy film which tells the story of Archie, a middle aged man who is married to a 19 year old girl named Baby Doll. He has been facing financial troubles and therefore Baby Doll threatens to leave him if he doesn’t do something to fix their problems. Things get worse as Silva, Archie’s competitor, has managed to take away Archie's business, due to his newer and modern cotton gin. In order to retaliate, Archie burns down his rival's gin one night.

How the West Was Won is an epic Western film which takes us to the 19th century, and covers several events such as the Gold Rush, the Civil War, as well as the building of the railroads.

The Game is a psychological thriller focusing on a lonely investment banker who is gifted a voucher for a unique game by his estranged brother that ends up wreaking havoc in his life. Starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn as the two brothers, this film sees Douglas lose all his money in this game that becomes intrinsically connected to his real life.

Mary Ann, a college student, is brutally raped by an unknown attacker. She returns home and attempts to resume her usual life but she is traumatized. When she fails to find peace, she tries to end her life. Mike, a garage mechanic, saves her and gives her shelter in his own basement house. But is he really trustworthy?

A millionaire hires a private detective to learn the truth about his fiancée. Although the detective begins his investigation, he slowly starts falling in love with her.

Paul Snider is a small-time hustler, who stumbles upon a naïve but beautiful high school senior named Dorothy. He immediately falls for her, and he also feels that she can become a model for the Playboy magazine. Over time, his dreams come true, as Dorothy not only becomes his wife, but she also becomes the Playboy Playmate twice. She eventually decides to pursue an acting career, after which she attracts several rich and influential men. Paul begins to get more and more jealous as well as obsessive, and soon his mental state begins to decline.  

Housewife Hazel Aiken runs an electrolysis parlor and hires female sociopaths to commit murders for clients. She also gets attention from Detective Hughes who wants her to give up an employee. When a planned hit fails because the murderer develops a conscience, Hazel is the one who ends up dead after insulting Hughes.  

Diamond-smuggler Joe Moses, thrown out for cheating a tribe, is found unconscious by another tribe which faces flood risk from a new dam. As villagers refuse to move to a new homeland, Rev. Anderson and daughter Julie, who nursed Moses to health, threaten to expose his smuggling unless he helps lead villagers to safety. Believing him to be second Moses, villagers agree to follow him.

After thirty years of making plays, Broadway producer Russ Ward, decides to retire. However, on being given notice, Ellie, his secretary, declares that she is in love with him. This inspires him to write his latest play, starring Ellie herself. 

During the Napoleonic era, a young postulant in Spain falls for a handsome British soldier who is recovering with his comrades after being wounded. Before leaving, he asks her to leave the convent and marry him. But when she decides to leave, calamity follows.  

The Greatest Story Ever Told is a historical drama film which revolves around the life and the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, presented in two parts.  

An American family moves into a beautiful British country house. However, they soon begin to encounter paranormal appearances. Soon, their daughter begins to hear the voice of a young teen girl who had mysteriously disappeared decades ago.

Francis Phelan is a retired baseball player who had deserted his family decades ago after he had accidentally caused the death of his infant son, by dropping him to the ground. He visits his hometown after several years, and seeks out his lover Helen Archer, who is now working as a vocalist on the radio.

A biographical film, based on the life of screen siren, Jean Harlow, this Paramount production opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress, pushed into the business by her a greedy stepfather and an oblivious mother. Mentored by Arthur Landau, she later rises to fame, only to meet a tragic end. 

Massive brawny cop, John Kimble, is forced to pose as a kindergarten teacher to bring drug lord Cullen Crisp to justice. To do that he must convince Cullen’s ex-wife Joyce, who has been hiding as a teacher to cooperate. However, Kimble must first survive the unruly children and Cullen’s criminal mother Eleanor. 

Jeff Hill, a protégé of retired international burglar Ace of Diamonds, pulls off major diamond heists, earning nickname Jack of Diamonds. Though Ace advises him to quit while he is ahead, Jeff joins forces with Ace’s old associate Nicolai and his stepdaughter Olga for one last heist of Zaharoff diamonds from a Paris bank-vault. But a theft as immense as this can have its pitfalls.

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud is a fictional account revolving around the early life of the famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Freud drops out of medical school and develops his own theories of psychoanalysis, and eventually he finds a patient on whom he can test his innovative ideas.

Chicken is a drug-addicted poet living in a small Spanish village, who is struggling to deal with his addiction and his hallucinations. Meanwhile, Treasure, an alcoholic actress is hoping that she will get a call from Hollywood for a comeback.

The World is Full of Married Men is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Linda Cooper, the wife of David Cooper, an ad executive, who spends time having adulterous affairs, despite the fact that he is married. Eventually, Linda manages to find out about his affairs, and therefore, she decides to get revenge by having an affair with a rock singer.