MARILYN 100 - honoring the star's centenary with a 13-film series at Film Forum

[Chris Knipp]

MARILYN MONROE IN THE 1953 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

MARILYN 100 at Film forum, NYC

From Friday, May 29 through Thursday, June 11, 2026 Film Forum will present MARILYN 100, a 13-film series honoring the 100th birthday of screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Here are their selections. Which would you want to see?

ALL ABOUT EVE
Joseph L. Mankiewicz U.S., 1950
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Thelma Ritter
Approx. 139 min.

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Howard Hawks U.S., 1953
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Approx. 91 min.

SOME LIKE IT HOT
Billy Wilder U.S., 1959
Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft
Approx. 123 min.

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
illy Wilder U.S., 1955
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes
Approx. 105 min.

HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
Jean Negulesco U.S., 1953
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable
Approx. 96 min.

RIVER OF NO RETURN
Otto Preminger U.S., 1954
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun
Approx. 91 min.

NIAGARA
Henry Hathaway U.S., 1953
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter
Approx. 88 min.

BUS STOP
Joshua Logan U.S., 1956
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O’Connell
Approx. 95 min.

MONKEY BUSINESS
Howard Hawks U.S., 1952
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
Approx. 97 min.

CLASH BY NIGHT
Fritz Lang U.S., 1952
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan
Approx. 105 min.

LET’S MAKE LOVE
George Cukor U.S., 1960
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand
Approx. 119 min.

THE MISFITS
John Huston U.S., 1961
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter
Approx. 124 min.

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
John Huston U.S., 1950
Starring Marilyn Monroe, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe
Approx. 113 min.

Of Course Marilyn will be honored in other ways. For example:

Los Angeles: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will host its first exhibition honoring Monroe from May 31, 2026, to February 28, 2027, featuring items like her boots from The Misfits and a personal black cocktail dress.

Paris: The Cinémathèque Française (Cinema Tech Museum) will feature an exhibit from April 8 to July 26, highlighting her evening cape from the East of Eden premiere.

London: The National Portrait Gallery will run an exhibition from June 4 to September 6, focusing on her time filming The Prince and the Showgirl in the UK