Songs in Films

These films (almost 200!) include songs written by Cole Porter for various stage productions or previous film scores.  Also listed are film versions of his stage productions and films for which he wrote original material.  You will find links from these to more information. 

Alphabetically listed by film title, showing the year of release, Porter songs used in the film, and performer if known.

  • About Adam (2000)
    "You Do Something to Me" - Kate Hudson
  • Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
    "Night and Day" - Julie Bishop
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
    "Farewell, Amanda" - David Wayne (more info)
  • Air Force (1943)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental)
  • Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
    "Miss Otis Regrets" - Milton Berle
  • American Pop (1981)
    "Anything Goes"
  • Amy's Orgasm (2001)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
    "Easy to Love" - Lee and Lyn Wilde
  • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
    "I've Got My Eyes on You" - Kathryn Grayson
  • Anything Else (2003)
    "Easy to Love" - Billie Holiday
  • Anything Goes (1936)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Anything Goes (1956)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)
    Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info)
  • The Bachelor (1999)
    "Don't Fence Me In" - David Byrne
  • The Battle of Paris (1929)
    Original songs (more info)
    "Here Comes the Bandwagon"
    "They All Fall in Love"
  • Beaches (1988)
    "I've Still Got My Health" - Bette Midler
  • Because You're Mine (1952)
    "You Do Something to Me" - Mario Lanza
  • Being Julia (2004)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Cleavon Little
  • Born to Dance (1936)
    Original film score (more info)
  • The Boys in the Band (1970)
    "Anything Goes" - Harpers Bizarre
  • Break the News (1937)
    "It All Belongs to You" (more info)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
    "Why Am I So Gone About That Gal" - Mitzi Gaynor and Gene Kelly
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 (1939)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
    "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders
  • Can-Can (1960)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Castle on the Hudson (1940)
    "Begin the Beguine" (instrumental)
  • Children of the Revolution (1996)
    "Begin the Beguine" - The Paul Grabowsky Orchestra
    "I Get a Kick Out of You"
    "Just One of Those Things" - Louis Armstrong
    "You're the Top" - Louis Armstrong
  • Chocolate com Pimenta (2003)
    "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald
    "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Steve Tyrell
    "Toda vez que eu digo adeus (Ev'ry Time You Say Goodbye)" - Cássia Eller
  • Chopper (2000)
    "Don't Fence Me In" - Frankie Laine
  • Confetti (2006)
    "True Love" - Jessica Stevenson
  • Dance With Me (1998)
    "Dream Dancing" - Jess Harnell
  • Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
    "Anything Goes" - Rhys Ifans
  • Day and Night (1997)
    "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald
  • De-Lovely (2004)
    Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info)
  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
    "Rosalie" - The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • The Desk Set (1957)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Katherine Hepburn
  • Divine Inspiration (2002)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - John Gunnery
    "It's Alright With Me" - John Gunnery
    "Why Can't You Behave?" - Patrica Watson
    "I Concentrate on You" - Celia Wells
    "You're the Top" - Celia Wells and John Gunnery
  • Don't Fence Me In (1945)
    "Don't Fence Me In" - Roy Rogers
  • Dream for an Insomniac (1998)
    "Night and Day" - Frank Sinatra
  • Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Earthly Possessions (1999)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Rick Hardeman
  • Easy to Love (1953)
    "Easy to Love" - Tony Martin
  • The Eddie Duchin Story (1956)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Carmen Cavallaro
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  • Edward II (1991)
    "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Annie Lennox
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
    "Love for Sale" - Julie London
  • Entertaining the Troops (1994)
    "Night and Day" - Dinah Shore
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
    "Looking at You" - Alan Alda
  • Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
    "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
  • Evil Under the Sun (1982)
    Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info)
  • Eye for an Eye (1996)
    "Anything Goes" - Mitzi Gaynor
  • Fifty Million Frenchmen (1931)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Forget Paris (1995)
    "Let's Do It"
    "Just One of Those Things"
  • Frantic (1988)
    "I Love Paris" - Harrison Ford
  • Frauds (1993)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Marcia Hines with the Bob Cousins Big Band
    "It's DeLovely" - Bob Cousins Big Band
  • Freaky Friday (2003)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin"
  • French Kiss (1995)
    "I Love Paris" - Toots Thielemans
    "I Love Paris" - Ella Fitzgerald
  • The Gay Divorcee (1934)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Grand Slam (1933)
    "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"
  • A Grande Arte (1991)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Sarah Chrétien
  • Great Expectations (1998)
    "I Love Paris"
  • The Great White Hype (1996)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Lou Rawls and Biz Markie
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1996)
    "I'm in Love Again" - Bobby Short
  • The Hard Way (1943)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental)
    "Night and Day" (instrumental)
    "Begin the Beguine" (instrumental)
  • Hers to Hold (1943)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • High Sierra (1941)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental)
  • High Society (1956)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Hollywood Canteen (1944)
    "Don't Fence Me In" (more info)
  • Hollywood Handicap (1938)
    "Rosalie" - The Original Sing Band
  • Honeymoon for Three (1941)
    "Begin the Beguine" (instrumental)
  • The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
    "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
  • Humoresque (1946)
    "You Do Something to Me" - Peg La Centra
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Peg La Centra
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
  • I Dood It (1943)
    "Swingin' the Jinx Away" - Eleanor Powell (film footage from Born to Dance)
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Susan Hayward
  • Imaginary Crimes (1994)
    "Don't Fence Me In"
  • In Too Deep (1990)
    "Love for Sale" - Santha Press and the Jextet
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
    "Anything Goes" - Kate Capshaw
  • Innocent Blood (1992)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
  • The Innocent (1993)
    "Too Darn Hot"
  • Interstate 60 (2002)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Frank Sinatra
  • Introducting Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
    "You Do Something to Me" - Wendi Williams
  • Jack Frost (1998)
    "Every Time We Say Goodbye"
  • The Jazz Singer (1953)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee
  • The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • The Joust (1994)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
  • Jumanji (1995)
    "Night and Day"
  • Junior (1994)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Cassandra Wilson
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra and Bono
  • Kinsey (2004)
    "Too Darn Hot" - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Kiss Me Kate (1953)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • L. A. Confidential (1997)
    "Looking at You" - Lee Wiley
  • Lady on a Train (1945)
    "Night and Day" - Deanna Durbin
  • Les Girls (1957)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Let's Face It (1943)
    Film adaptation of stage show
    "Let's Face It"
    "Let's Not Talk About Love" - Betty Hutton (more info)
  • Let's Get Lost (1988)
    "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Chet Baker
  • Let's Make Love (1960)
    "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Marilyn Monroe (more info)
  • Life Stinks (1991)
    "Easy to Love"
  • Life With Mikey (1993)
    "Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)"
    "Anything Goes"
  • Little Man Tate (1991)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
    "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Mary Martin
  • Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You"
  • Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Doris Day
  • Luxury Liner (1948)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin"
  • MGM Jubilee Overture (short subject, 1954)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - MGM Symphony Orchestra
  • The Majestic (2001)
    "Begin the Beguine" - The Spencer Wyatt Big Band
  • A Man of No Importance (1994)
    "Let's Do It" - Eartha Kitt
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
    "True Love" - Bing Crosby
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
    "I Happen to Like New York" - Bobby Short
  • Maria's Lovers (1984)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • The Marrying Man (1991)
    "Let's Do It" - Kim Basinger
    "Why Can't You Behave?" - Kim Basinger
  • Meet Joe Black (1998)
    "Anything Goes"
  • Miami Rhapsody (1995)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Louis Armstrong
  • Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
    "C'est Magnifique" - Nelson Riddle (instrumental)
  • Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
    "You Do Something to Me"
  • Million Dollar Baby (1941)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You"
  • Moon Over Parador (1988)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Sammy Davis Jr.
  • The More the Merrier (1943)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" (instrumental)
  • Mystic Pizza (1988)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
  • Mr. North (1988)
    "You Do Something to Me" - David McHugh
  • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
    "Love for Sale" - Chevy Chase
  • New York Stories (1989)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - The Hot Club of France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli
  • Night and Day (1946)
    Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info)
  • No Questions Asked (1951)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Jean Hagen
  • Now, Voyager (1942)
    "Night and Day"
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
    "Night and Day"
  • The Outfit (1974)
    "I Concentrate on You" - Anita O'Day
  • Panama Hattie (1942)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • Paree, Paree (1934)
    Short film adaptation of Fifty Million Frenchmen (more info)
  • The Parent Trap (1998)
    "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Ray Charles and Betty Carter
  • Passed Away (1992)
    "You're the Top"
  • Pennies from Heaven (1981)
    "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders
  • The Pirate (1948)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Postcards from the Edge (1990)
    "From This Moment On"
  • Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
    "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Annie Lennox
  • Radio Days (1987)
    "Begin the Beguine"
    "Just One of Those Things"
    "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
    "Night and Day"
  • The Rat Pack (1998)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Gunnar Madsen
  • Return to Me (2000)
    "At Long Last Love" - Frank Sinatra
  • Reveille with Beverly (1943)
    "Night and Day" - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra
  • Rising Sun (1993)
    "Don't Fence Me In"
  • The Rocketeer (1991)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Melora Hardin
    "Night and Day"
    "Easy to Love"
  • Rosalie (1937)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Rosenstrasse (2003)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Cynthia Utterbach
  • Rumor Has It... (2005)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Nellie McKay
  • The Russia House (1990)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?"
  • Scenes from a Mall (1991)
    "You Do Something to Me" - Marlene Dietrich
    "Let's Do It"
    "Easy to Love"
    "You Do Something to Me" - Bette Midler
  • Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
    "Let's Misbehave" - Arnetia Walker
  • The Show-Off (1946)
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell
  • Side Street (1950)
    "Easy to Love" - Jean Hagen
  • Silk Stockings (1957)
    Film adaptation of stage show (more info)
  • The Singing Marine (1937)
    "Night and Day"
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
    "Just One of Those Things"
  • Sleuth (1972)
    "Just One of Those Things"
    "You Do Something to Me"
    "Anything Goes"
  • Slither (1972)
    "Easy to Love"
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
    "You Do Something to Me"
  • Something for the Boys (1944)
    Film adaptation of stage show
    "Something for the Boys" (more info)
  • Something to Shout About (1943)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Sphere (1998)
    "Love for Sale" - Arthur Lyman
  • Stage Fright (1950)
    "The Laziest Gal in Town" - Marlene Dietrich (more info)
  • Star! (1968)
    "The Physician" - Julie Andrews
  • Stardust Memories (1980)
    "Just One of Those Things " - Dick Hyman
    "Easy to Love" - Dick Hyman
  • Starlift (1951)
    "You Do Something to Me"
    "What is This Thing Called Love?"
  • Strange Alibi (1941)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You"(instrumental)
  • Strange Bedfellows (2004)
    "Looking At You" - Cole Porter
  • Sugartime (1995)
    "You Do Somethng to Me"
  • Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
    "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Billy Daniels
  • Tank Girl (1995)
    "Let's Do It" - Joan Jett and Paul Westerberg
  • Terms of Endearment (1983)
    "Anything Goes" - Debra Winger
  • That Old Feeling (1997)
    "Anything Goes" - Patrick Williams
    "You Do Something to Me" - Patrick Williams
  • That's Entertainment (1974)
    "Rosalie" - Eleanor Powell (footage from Rosalie)
    "Begin the Beguine" - Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell (footage from Broadway Melody of 1940)
    "Easy to Love" - James Stewart and Eleanor Powell (footage from Born to Dance)
    "Be a Clown" - Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers (footage from The Pirate)
    "The Pirate Ballet" - Gene Kelly (footage from The Pirate)
    "Well, Did You Evah?" - Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra (footage from High Society)
    "True Love" - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (footage from High Society)
  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
    "Be a Clown" - Judy Garland and Gene Kelly (footage from The Pirate)
    "From This Moment On" - Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse, Jeanne Coyne (footage from Kiss Me Kate)
    "All of You" - Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse (footage from Silk Stockings)
    "Swingin' the Jinx Away" - Eleanor Powell (footage from Born to Dance)
    "You're Sensational" - Frank Sinatra (footage from High Society)
    "Now You Has Jazz" - Louis Armstrong (footage from High Society)
  • That's Entertainment, Part III (1994)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Lena Horne (footage from Panama Hattie)
    "Stereophonic Sound" - Fred Astaire and Janis Paige (footage from Silk Stockings)
  • These Foolish Things (2006)
    "Night and Day" - Cathi Ogden
  • This Could Be the Night (1957)
    "Dream Dancing"
  • This Time for Keeps (1947)
    "Easy to Love"
  • The Time of Your Life (1948)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Jeanne Cagney
  • Timecop (1994)
    "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders
  • Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    "Love for Sale"
  • Treasure Island (1999)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • Two on a Guillotine (1965)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Connie Stevens
  • What Women Want (2000)
    "Night and Day" - The Temptations
    "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
    "You're the Top"
  • Where the Boys Are (1960)
    "Easy to Love"
    "I've Got You Under My Skin"
  • White Mischief (1987)
    "Begin the Beguine"
  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
    "I Love Paris" - Bob Edwards, Vince Marlo Balsamello, George DuVal, Herb Nach and Eleonora Vescera
  • You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
    Original film score (more info)
  • Young at Heart (1954)
    "Just One of Those Things" - Frank Sinatra
  • Young Man With a Horn (1950)
    "What is This Thing Called Love?"

Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins