List of the best Ernst Lubitsch movies: To Be or Not to Be(1942), The Shop Around the Corner(1940), Trouble in Paradise(1932), Ninotchka(1939), Broken Lullaby(1932), The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg(1927), Design for Living(1933), Cluny Brown(1946), Heaven Can Wait(1943), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife(1938), Lady Windermere's Fan(1925), The Smiling Lieutenant(1931) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Director
Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack Felix Bressart Lionel Atwill Stanley Ridges Sig Ruman Tom Dugan Charles Halton Peter Caldwell Helmut Dantine
actor actress lieutenant spy nazi madcap hilarious suspenseful poland warsaw love triangle adolf hitler impersonation resistance world war ii adventure 1940s
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Romance
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Director
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan Joseph Schildkraut Sara Haden Felix Bressart William Tracy Inez Courtney Charles Halton Charles Smith Sarah Edwards
co-worker pen pal shopkeeper love interest amusing charming endearing budapest, hungary shop mistaken identity love confusion courtship love discovery transformation 1940s
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Comedy
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Director
Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall Charles Ruggles Edward Everett Horton C. Aubrey Smith Robert Greig
thief pickpocket widow executive amusing passionate madcap paris office household love romance crime scams deception love rivalry 1930s
A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Comedy
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Director
Greta Garbo Melvyn Douglas Ina Claire Sig Ruman Felix Bressart Alexander Granach Bela Lugosi Gregory Gaye Richard Carle Edwin Maxwell Rolfe Sedan
diplomat count duchess russian amusing charming paris eiffel tower hotel love forbidden love competition communism capitalism love discovery transformation 1930s
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
Drama
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Director
Lionel Barrymore Nancy Carroll Phillips Holmes Lucien Littlefield Tom Douglas Frank Sheridan Louise Carter Tully Marshall
musician priest doctor wife daughter crafty touching france church germany small town guilt world war i moral dilemma deception quest transformation love 1910s
French soldier travels to Germany to find a family of a man he killed during World War I.
Romance
USA
1927
105 Minutes
Director
Ramon Novarro Norma Shearer Jean Hersholt Gustav von Seyffertitz
prince student barmaid tutor king endearing moving heidelberg, germany beer garden university castle love freedom friendship family education growing up forbidden love 19th century
A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Director
Fredric March Gary Cooper Miriam Hopkins Edward Everett Horton Franklin Pangborn Isabel Jewell Wyndham Standing Harry Dunkinson Helena Phillips Evans James Donlan Vernon Steele
artist playwright american boss husband love interest cheeky madcap playful paris apartment london new york city office roommates jealousy romantic dilemma love triangle sex competition
A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
Comedy
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Director
Charles Boyer Jennifer Jones Peter Lawford Helen Walker Reginald Gardiner Reginald Owen C. Aubrey Smith Richard Haydn Margaret Bannerman Sara Allgood Ernest Cossart
young woman plumber uncle father chemist refugee charming emotional witty england manor village london new york city world war ii love triangle class distinctions father/son relationship marriage jealousy
A free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
Director
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Gary Cooper Edward Everett Horton David Niven Elizabeth Patterson Herman Bing Warren Hymer
millionaire young woman father marquis best friend husband charming lighthearted french riviera hotel shop family home marriage wealth divorce love transformation 1930s
After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1925
87 Minutes
Director
Ronald Colman Irene Rich May McAvoy Bert Lytell Edward Martindel Helen Dunbar Carrie Daumery Billie Bennett
lady lord mother duchess woman rival cheeky spirited witty london party household infidelity motherhood nobility society deception jealousy pursuit rivalry
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Director
Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins Charles Ruggles George Barbier Hugh O'Connell Robert Strange Lon MacSunday Janet Reade Elizabeth Patterson Harry C. Bradley
soldier princess peasant king girlfriend playful amusing cheeky lighthearted flausenthurm palace europe royalty forced marriage adultery love triangle love 19th century
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Ernst Lubitsch Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Roland Young George Barbier Josephine Dunn Richard Carle Charles Judels Barbara Leonard
cheater husband wife mistress doctor intricate hedonistic disheartening profound paris house dinner party infidelity husband/wife relationship friendship secret seduction forbidden love wretched excess discovery
An unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
107 Minutes
Director
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Lupino Lane Lillian Roth Edgar Norton Lionel Belmore Albert Roccardi Carl Stockdale Eugene Pallette E.H. Calvert Russ Powell
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Drama
USA
1924
83 Minutes
Director
May McAvoy Pauline Frederick Marie Prevost Lew Cody Willard Louis Pierre Gendron Mary Carr Raymond McKee
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.
Comedy
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Director
Florence Vidor Monte Blue Marie Prevost Creighton Hale Adolphe Menjou Harry Myers Dale Fuller Esther Ralston
professor wife husband best friend doctor private investigator playful cheeky spirited vienna apartment party living room office flirtation marriage infidelity deception investigation false accusations
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Dr. Braun's colleague, Dr. Mueller, who has had... See full summary »
Romance
Germany
1921
79 Minutes
Director
Pola Negri Victor Janson Paul Heidemann Edith Meller Wilhelm Diegelmann Hermann Thimig Marga Köhler Paul Graetz
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.
History, Drama
Germany
1919
85 Minutes
Director
Pola Negri Emil Jannings Harry Liedtke Eduard von Winterstein Reinhold Schünzel Elsa Berna Karl Platen Bernhard Goetzke Magnus Stifter Fred Immler Gustav Czimeg
poor woman louis xv mistress minister cardinal richelieu soldier melodramatic passionate touching france kingdom guillotine royal court madame du barry affair french revolution execution royalty doomed romance rise
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Drama, Romance
USA
1929
60 Minutes
Director
John Barrymore Camilla Horn Victor Varconi Hobart Bosworth Mona Rico Evelyn Selbie
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1930
94 Minutes
Director
A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Director
Merle Oberon Melvyn Douglas Burgess Meredith Alan Mowbray Olive Blakeney Harry Davenport Eve Arden Sig Ruman Richard Carle Mary Currier Jean Fenwick
psychologist wife husband butler love interest pianist amusing airy cheeky doctor's office art gallery new york city hotel apartment marriage love triangle psychoanalysis divorce love love
A psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
Comedy
Germany
1920
48 Minutes
Director
Paul Biensfeldt Josefine Dora Julius Falkenstein Marga Köhler Lotte Neumann Paul Passarge Hermann Picha Ernst Ruckert Gustav von Wangenheim
Comical variation on the Shakespeare play, featuring two feuding farmers families.
Drama, Romance
USA
1923
96 Minutes
Director
Mary Pickford Holbrook Blinn Irene Rich George Walsh Charles Belcher Frank Leigh Mathilde Comont George Periolat Bert Sprotte Snitz Edwards Madame De Bodamere
young woman singer king spanish woman boyfriend mother amusing emotional seville, spain kingdom jail family home redemption poverty class distinctions love triangle protest courtship quest love
Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King.
Comedy
Germany
1917
48 Minutes
Director
Harry Liedtke Emil Jannings Paul Biensfeldt Erich Schönfelder
A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.
Adventure, Romance, Drama
Germany
1920
115 Minutes
Director
Ernst Lubitsch Pola Negri Paul Wegener Jenny Hasselquist Aud Egede Nissen Harry Liedtke Margarete Kupfer Jakob Tiedtke Max Kronert Paul Biensfeldt Paul Graetz
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1924
80 Minutes
Director
Pola Negri Rod La Rocque Adolphe Menjou Pauline Starke Fred Malatesta Nick De Ruiz Carrie Daumery Clark Gable Bill Quinn
czarina captain lover suitor ambassador rebel playful thrilling cheeky melodramatic europe bedroom royal court palace affair jealousy revolution love triangle political intrigue kidnapping
Alexei saves the Czarina from conspirators and is rewarded with her love. He deserts his sweetheart Anna, but discovers that his Queen is unfaithful too. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.
Germany
1919
58 Minutes
Director
A bumbling, self-indulgent husband goes on a vacation away from his wife. There he meets a popular, attractive young woman also on a vacation. Both go on a mountain climb which is going to be far from an ideal adventure.
Musical
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Betty Grable Ernst Lubitsch Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Cesar Romero Walter Abel Reginald Gardiner Harry Davenport Virginia Campbell
countess newlywed colonel duke baron amusing charming frenetic castle italy invasion royalty ghosts ancestry romance forbidden love temptation 16th century
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Edwin H. Knopf Richard Arlen Ernst Lubitsch Dorothy Arzner Edmund Goulding Victor Schertzinger Jean Arthur
A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »
Horror
1918
66 Minutes
Director
Emil Jannings Pola Negri Max Laurence Harry Liedtke Margarete Kupfer
Drama, History
1922
100 Minutes
Director
Emil Jannings Paul Biensfeldt Friedrich Kühne Albert Basserman Harry Liedtke Paul Wegener
War ensures when an Egyptian king's (Emil Jannings) desire for a slave girl (Friedrich Kühne) leads him to reject an arranged marriage with an Ethiopian princess.
History, Drama
1920
133 Minutes
Director
Henny Porten Emil Jannings Paul Hartmann Ludwig Hartau Aud Egede Nissen Hilde Müller Ferdinand von Alten Maria Reisenhofer Adolf Klein Wilhelm Diegelmann Friedrich Kühne
The mother (Emil Jannings) of the future Queen Elizabeth loses her head to King Henry VIII (Henny Porten) in 1536.
Musical, Comedy
1934
99 Minutes
Director
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Edward Everett Horton Una Merkel George Barbier Herman Bing Minna Gombell Sterling Holloway Peggy Watts
widow count ambassador stranger groom king airy charming paris marshovia mansion marriage taxes national security schemes deception identity love pursuit quest
A playboy prince (Maurice Chevalier) from a tiny kingdom is sent to woo a rich widow (Jeanette MacDonald) in Paris.