Top Audrey Hepburn Films

The humble and poised Audrey Hepburn made a great impact on film history with her memorable screen presence. Here are the top picks every fan--old and new--should see.

Roman Holiday (1953)

Roman Holiday awakened the world to the budding star. In this romantic film, Hepburn plays a cooped up European princess who escapes her confinement. Once her character is discovered by an American journalist (Gregory Peck), he takes her on a comical journey in Rome. Yet unbeknownst to the princess, his intentions are to get the interview of a lifetime.

Sabrina (1954)

Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden create a tense love triangle in this classic movie. Bogart and Holden play wealthy brothers, and Heburn portrays their soft-spoken chauffeur's daughter.
After a life-changing stay in Paris, Sabrina Fairchild (Hepburn) takes her newfound sophistication back to her childhood home. Spoiled David Larrabee notices the changes in Sabrina and falls for her. But so does his thick-skinned older brother, Linus (Bogart).Sabrina also established a Hepburn's life-long relationship with famous designer Hubert de Givenchy who created her timeless ball gown in the film.

Funny Face (1957)

Lanky, but intelligent, Jo Stockton (Hepburn) attracts the eye of fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire). After he discovers the unique look of Stockton, she gets offered a modeling contract but quickly becomes swept up in the egotistical world of fashion.
In the movie, both Astaire and Hepburn provide the main entertainment with their dancing skills in this Gershwin-infused musical comedy.


Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Hepburn creates legendary film and chic style in Breakfast at Tiffany's where she plays dabbling Holly Golightly, the "call girl" with a complicated past. Golightly meets the pragmatic writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard) whom she unashamedly calls Fred. Throughout the movie, based on the novel by Truman Capote, the two characters experience life in New York City's social scene.
This feel-good movie continues to capture audiences with its quirky characters and that "little black dress" (designed by Givenchy) every woman seems to want.

Charade (1963)

Suspense is successfully captured in this film starring Hepburn and Cary Grant. Throughout the movie, Hepburn's character attempts to escape the results from the former schemes of her murdered husband. Charade is truly an experience full of surprising twists and unexpected turns.

My Fair Lady (1964)

While Hepburn did not perform her own vocals in the film, her character, Eliza Dolittle is perhaps one of her most eccentric of all. The musical, based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, takes audiences through the shenanigans of Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) in his wry and egotistical attempt to make the ill-mannered Dolittle into a woman fit for nobility.

Wait Until Dark (1967)

In this film, Hepburn plays a blind woman tormented by a group of crooks, led by Alan Arkin's character. The criminals are determined to find heroin they are convinced is hidden in her apartment. When one thinks of Audrey Hepburn, Wait Until Dark, typically doesn't come to mind, but this film shows her ability to create depth within a role.

Always (1989)

Audrey Hepburn's last role was in Always starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter. She played an angel who consoled Dreyfuss' character in the afterlife. While her time on the screen was brief, her presence shows through as it always has.