30 MOVIES WITH OR ABOUT JEWELRY

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Peter Indorf

We know many of you love jewelry and thought you might like some distraction during these times of social distancing. Many of these movies are fantastic! If you search on Google with the movie name followed by where to watch, you will see your options. I hope you enjoy!

Thank you to Elyse Zorn-Karlin one of the founders of the Association for the Study of Jewelry and the Related Arts for formulating this list and keeping us engaged during this period of self isolation. See what Elyse is up to at www.asjra.net.

I researched each movie at Wikipedia and thank them for providing the original movie posters.

Please let us know what your favorites are! Send me your favorites or if you have others to share to Peter@peterindorf.com.

1. Gentlemen Prefer Blonds (1953). Director Howard Hawks. Marilyn Monroe comedy

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2. The Women (1939). Director George Cukor. Joan Crawford comedy/drama

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3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). Director Blake Edwards. Audrey Hepburn romantic comedy

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4. Pink Panther (1963). Director Blake Edwards. Peter Sellers comedic jewelry theft

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5. Romancing the Stone (1984). Director Robert Zemeckis. Mike Douglas comedic adventure

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6. Titanic (1997). Director James Cameron. Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet romance

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7. Pretty Woman (1990). Director: Gary Marshall. Romantic comedy with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts

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8. Blue Streak (1999). Director Les Mayfield. Action comedy about a lost diamond starring Martin Lawrence

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9. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003). Director Donald Petrie. Kate Hudson comedy

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10. Harrowhouse (1974). Director Aram Avakian. A jewelry heist drama

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11. Ocean’s 8 (2018). Director Gary Ross. Jewelry heist film with Sandra Bullock takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala

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12. The Affair of the Necklace(2001). Director Charles Shyer. Drama based on a tale of Marie Antoinette’s famed necklace

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13. Moana (2016). Director Ron Clements. Disney movie based on a search for a green stone—pounamu or New Zealand jade

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14. Sex and the City II (2010). Director Michael King. A romantic comedy filled with jewelry and fashion

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15. Diamonds are Forever (1971). Directed by Guy Hamilton. James Bond infiltrates a diamond-smuggling ring

16. Goldfinger (1964). Directed by Guy Hamilton. A James Bond film with a villain bent on raiding Fort Knox

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17. Elizabeth (1998). Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Cate Blanchard plays Elizabeth I, the Tudor queen known for her pearls and gems.

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18. Anne of a Thousand Days (1969). Directed by Charles Jarrott. Lavish drama based on the life of Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated wife of Henry VIII (Richard Burton)

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19. Topkapi (1964). Directed by Jules Dassin. A team plots to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Topkapi Palace

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20. Murph the Surf (1975). Directed by Marvin Chomsky. Story based on the actual theft of gems from the American Museum of Natural History

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21. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). Directed by Anatole Litvak. A film noir thriller starring Barbara Stanwyck wearing fabulous jewels

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22. To Catch a Thief (1955). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Grace Kelly stars in this romantic thriller about a cat burglar (Cary Grant)

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23. The Gilded Lily (1935). Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Claudette Colbert wears a million dollar diamond and ruby necklace by Trabert, Hoeffer-Mauboussin in this romantic comedy

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24. Crazy Rich Asians (2018). Directed by Jon M. Chu. Lots of flashy ornaments in this romantic comedy.

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25. The Ten Commandments (1956). Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Egyptologists were consulted on the jewelry worn by the many stars in this early blockbuster

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26. Cleopatra (1963). Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. Egypt’s cunning queen (Elizabeth Taylor) wears traditional Egyptian adornments to entice Julius Caesar and Mark Antony (Richard Burton)

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27. Moulin Rouge (2001). Directed by Baz Luhrmann. A musical love-story starring Nicole Kidman with fantastic costumes and jewelry

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28. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001). Directed by Peter Jackson. Based on the Tolkein classic where legendary ring is invested with power and hope.

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29. Anna Karenina (2012). Directed by Joe Wright. In this romantic drama, Tolstoy’s heroine Anna (Keira Knightley) wears breathtaking costumes and jewels