Watch James Stewart Movies and TV Shows in Australia

If you're looking to stream shows or movies starring James Stewart in Australia then here is the definitive list. We show you which streaming providers currently have each of James Stewart's most popular movies and shows available in their catalogue. List updated in November 2024.

List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring James Stewart In Order of Popularity

  1. It's a Wonderful Life
  2. Rear Window
  3. Vertigo
  4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  6. The Shop Around the Corner
  7. Anatomy of a Murder
  8. The Philadelphia Story
  9. You Can't Take It with You
  10. Winchester '73
  11. Destry Rides Again
  12. The Man Who Knew Too Much
  13. The Glenn Miller Story
  14. The Man from Laramie
  15. The Naked Spur
  16. Shenandoah
  17. Bend of the River
  18. Broken Arrow
  19. The Spirit of St. Louis
  20. No Highway
  21. The Far Country
  22. The American West of John Ford
  23. The Stratton Story
  24. How the West Was Won
  25. Seventh Heaven
  26. It's a Wonderful World
  27. The Cheyenne Social Club
  28. Firecreek
  29. Breakers
  30. Bell, Book and Candle

Stream the top 30 Movies and Shows starring James Stewart

1. It's a Wonderful Life

Rated: PG

8.6/10

A guardian angel descends on earth to make a suicidal family man's wish come true. Through the miracle, the man is shown how his existence has impacted the many people that reside in his town.

2. Rear Window

Rated: PG

8.5/10

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

3. Vertigo

Rated: PG

8.3/10

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Rated: Not Rated

8.1/10

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Rated: Passed

8.1/10

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

6. The Shop Around the Corner

Rated: Not Rated

8/10

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

7. Anatomy of a Murder

Rated: Not Rated

8.0/10

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

8. The Philadelphia Story

Rated: Not Rated

7.9/10

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. Remade as a musical in 1956 as High Society.

9. You Can't Take It with You

Rated: Passed

7.8/10

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

10. Winchester '73

Rated: Passed

7.6/10

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

11. Destry Rides Again

Rated: Approved

7.6/10

When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.

12. The Man Who Knew Too Much

Rated: PG

7.4/10

A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

13. The Glenn Miller Story

Rated: Approved

7.3/10

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1940s.

14. The Man from Laramie

Rated: Not Rated

7.3/10

Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.

15. The Naked Spur

Rated: Passed

7.3/10

Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.

16. Shenandoah

Rated: Approved

7.3/10

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.

17. Bend of the River

Rated: Approved

7.3/10

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

18. Broken Arrow

Rated: G

7.2/10

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.

19. The Spirit of St. Louis

Rated: Approved

7.1/10

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

20. No Highway

Rated: Not Rated

7.1/10

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.

21. The Far Country

Rated: Passed

7.1/10

In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.

22. The American West of John Ford

Rated: Not Rated

7.1/10

A documentary encapsulating the career and Western films of director 'John Ford' , including clips from his work and interviews with his colleagues.

23. The Stratton Story

Rated: G

7.1/10

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

24. How the West Was Won

Rated: G

7/10

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

25. Seventh Heaven

Rated: Approved

7.0/10

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

26. It's a Wonderful World

Rated: G

6.9/10

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

27. The Cheyenne Social Club

Rated: GP

6.8/10

Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.

28. Firecreek

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.

29. Breakers

Seasons: 1

Rated: N/A

6.8/10

Jack is reliving the same day over and over again so he seeks help from a therapist, but when Jack discovers a murder and finds himself pursued by gangsters and a psychopath he must find a way to stop the murder or wind up stuck forever.

30. Bell, Book and Candle

Rated: PG

6.8/10

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancee, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.