Casablanca is a romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and released in 1942. It is set during World War II and revolves around an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her and her husband, a Czech resistance leader (Henreid), escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca so that he can continue fighting the Germans. The script is based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced theatrical drama, Everybody Comes to Rick's.

Bergman's and Humphrey Bogart's performances are widely regarded as among the best of their individual careers and of all time. Casablanca went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Curtiz was named Best Director, and the Epsteins and Koch were rewarded for Best Adapted Screenplay, all of which exceeded expectations. Casablanca is, was, and will continue to be the peak of Hollywood filmmaking.

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Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Release dates: November 26, 1942 (Hollywood Theatre)/January 23, 1943 (United States)
Running time: 102 minutes

Autumn Sonata is a drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Ingrid Bergman (in her final film appearance), Liv Ullmann, and Lena Nyman, released in 1978. Its story revolves around Charlotte, a great classical pianist and her neglected daughter, who meet for the first time in years and have painful discussions about how they have wounded each other.

Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman collaborated for the first and only time on this film. Autumn Sonata was also the final feature film for both Ingrid and Ingmar. The film's ending leaves the possibility of a reunion between mother and daughter open. Ingrid Bergman was nominated for Best Actress and Ingmar Bergman was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

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Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk

Release date: 8 October 1978 (Sweden)
Running time: 99 minutes

Alfred Hitchcock directed and produced Notorious, a 1946 American spy film noir about three people whose lives get closely linked during an espionage operation. T.R. Devlin (Grant) is a US government agent who invades a Nazi group with the aid of Alicia Huberman (Bergman), the daughter of a German war criminal. The situation becomes problematic when the two fall in love and Huberman is instructed to seduce Alex Sebastian (Rains), an organization head who had previously been enamored by her.

Critics and scholars regard Notorious as a watershed moment in Hitchcock's career, representing a new level of thematic maturity. On its first day of release, the film grossed $4.85 million in theater rentals in the United States and Canada, making it one of the year's highest-grossing films.

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Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Cary GrantIngrid, BergmanClaude, RainsLouis, Calhern

Release dates: August 15, 1946 (Premiere-New York City)/September 6, 1946 (U.S.)[1]
Running time: 101 minutes

Gaslight is a 1944 American psychological thriller film directed by George Cukor. Gaslight is perhaps most known for popularizing the psychological term "gaslighting" which refers to the use of misleading information to cause someone to doubt their own judgment. The film is based on the 1938 play of the same name, Bergman plays Paula, a lady whose husband tells her she is going insane in order to steal diamonds she has inherited.

On May 4, 1944, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released Gaslight to critical praise and box-office success, grossing $4.6 million on a $2 million budget. Bergman was named Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Academy Awards. The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography, and won Best Production Design.

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Directed by; George Cukor

Starring; Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty

Release date: May 4, 1944
Running time: 114 minutes

Spellbound is a 1945 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) works at Green Manors mental institution as a psychiatrist. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, and the famous Dr. Anthony Edwardes has taken his position (Gregory Peck). Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards have a romantic relationship, but Dr. Edwards begins to exhibit strange aversions and personality quirks.

The film received positive critical reviews and was a big box office hit, grossing $6.4 million in the United States and breaking ticket sales records in London. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The Academy also gave its nominations for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, and Visual Effects.

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Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov

Release date: October 31, 1945 (New York City)
Running time: 111 minutes

Europe '51 also known as The Greatest Love is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman portrays an affluent, self-absorbed Rome socialite who is tormented by guilt over her little son's tragic death. She resolves to spend her time and money on the city's poor and sick as a method of dealing with her loss and finding meaning in her life. Her newfound zealous activity causes friction with her husband and raises worries about her sanity.

For her performance, Ingrid Bergman received the Silver Ribbon award from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1953 and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 1952 Venice Film Festival. In addition, during the 1952 Venice Film Festival, Roberto Rossellini received the International Award and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award.

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Directed by: Roberto Rossellini

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox

Release dates: 4 December 1952 (Italy)1/953 (Germany)/November 3, 1954 (U.S.)
Running time: 113 minutes

The Visit is a 1964 international co-production film from France, Italy, Germany, and the United States, distributed by 20th Century Fox. At the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, Bernhard Wicki was nominated for the Golden Palm. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design-Black and White (René Hubert).

The Visit is based on the 1956 drama The Visit of the Old Lady by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Bergman plays Karla Zachanassian, a rich lady who returns to her home village after having a child with Serge, that she was forced to leave years before (Anthony Quinn). Karla offers the residents of the town a deal: if Serge is killed, she would give them a large quantity of money. They had an agreement. But she calls off the execution and admonishes the residents for their decision when Serge is about to be executed.

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Directed by: Bernhard Wicki

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa

Release dates: May 6, 1964 (France)/October 4, 1964 (United States)
Running time: 100 minutes

Bergman collaborated on many films with Italian neo-realist filmmaker (and then-husband) Roberto Rossellini, Journey to Italy is one typical example. Alexander (George Sanders) and Katherine Joyce (Ingrid Bergman), a married English couple who share a passionless existence together, move to Naples after inheriting a property. They decide to spend the rest of the vacation separately because they are on the point of divorce and neither of them is warming to the other. Katherine explores museums and historical places, while Alexander relaxes with cocktails in Capri.

Due to its loose storytelling, Journey to Italy is often regarded as Rossellini's masterpiece as well as a foundational work of modernist cinema. It was named one of the fifty greatest films ever made by Sight & Sound magazine in 2012.

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Directed by: Roberto Rossellini

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders

Release date: 7 September 1954
Running time: 105 minutes (Italy)/88 minutes (France)/80 minutes (US)/70 minutes (UK)

Murder on the Orient Express is a 1974 British mystery film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by John Brabourne and Richard Goodwin. The film is based on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel of the same name. When his transcontinental luxury train is stuck by severe snow in December 1935, detective Hercule Poirot is charged with solving a murder that occurred the night before in his car.

The film was a box office and critical hit. Although Bergman played a minor role in this Agatha Christie adaption, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. And the film was nominated for five additional Oscars: Best Actor (Finney), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design at the 47th Academy Awards.

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Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman

Release date: 21 November 1974 (UK)
Running time: 128 minutes

The Bells of St. Mary's, directed by Leo McCarey in 1945, is a sort of sequel to his earlier film Going My Way. It was written by Dudley Nichols and based on a narrative by McCarey. Father Chuck O'Malley, played by Bing Crosby, is assigned to a parish with a school on the verge of closing. Sister Mary Benedict, the school's principal, is played by Bergman. They both want to rescue the school, but they disagree about how to do it.

It was the most profitable film in RKO's history, with a profit of $3,715,000. It is the 57th highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. Bergman was nominated for Best Actress for the third time in a row for her performance. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Film Editing, Original Score, and Original Song, and won Best Sound.

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Directed by: Leo McCarey

Starring: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan

Release dates: December 6, 1945 (New York City, New York)
Running time: 126 minutes