Where to Watch the Elizabeth Taylor Movies in Taylor Swift’s New Video

CLEOPATRA, Elizabeth Taylor, 1963,
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Elizabeth Taylor is back in the spotlight for new generations to discover, thanks to Taylor Swift, who just released her latest music video titled simply “Elizabeth Taylor.” The video highlights clips of the actress’ biggest movies and showcases some of the jewels Liz was so famous for. The single, which is on Swift’s latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, will have a limited-edition 7″ record released on Record Store Day 2026, and for now, the video is only available to watch on Apple Music and Spotify Premium.

Swift worked with the actress’ estate, and some of the video’s proceeds will go to Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS foundation. Some movies highlighted in the video include Father of the Bride, Cleopatra, A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Giant, Suddenly, Last Summer, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Boom!, and Julia Misbehaves, The video also includes clips of the star in her personal life.

Those new to the actress, or fans who have always loved her, may be wondering where to watch these films. Sadly, many are only available to buy or rent at the moment.

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Elizabeth Taylor

April 2017

Dedicated to the life and loves of the violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor.

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Cleopatra

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this screen epic about the relationship, personal and political, between Cleopatra and Marc Antony. The all-star cast also includes Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Hume Cronyn.

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Father of the Bride

Based on the bestselling 1949 novel of the same name, 1950’s Father of the Bride starred Spencer Tracy as Stanley T. Banks, the exasperated father of Taylor, whose upcoming nuptials are causing him headaches. The film earned three Oscar nominations, including a Best Picture nod.

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams, the film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives in an exploration of greed and repressed desire within a wealthy Mississippi Delta family. During a tense family reunion to celebrate “Big Daddy” Pollitt’s birthday, the story focuses on his alcoholic son, Brick, and Brick’s frustrated wife, Maggie “the Cat,” played by Taylor.

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A Place in the Sun

A poor boy, played by Montgomery Clift, gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two very different women — one a wealthy socialite (Taylor) and the other a factory worker (Shelley Winters) whom he impregnates.

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Giant

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Giant

The story of a Texas rancher who marries a young woman from Maryland, the film follows their family over two generations. This is the last film James Dean made, as he died in a car crash before the film was released. Costarring Rock Hudson, the epic film was nominated for 10 Oscars.

Giant will air on TCM on April 2 at 8/7c.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star in this film adaptation of Edward Albee’s play about a middle-aged professor and his wife whose spiteful relationship traumatizes their young guests at a dinner party. The film costars George Segal and Sandy Dennis as the young couple who take up the dinner invite.

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