List of the best William Powell movies: My Man Godfrey(1936), One Way Passage(1932), Love Crazy(1941), Jewel Robbery(1932), Life With Father(1947), Double Wedding(1937), The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936), Street of Chance(1930), Fashions(1934), The Baroness and the Butler(1938), The Road to Singapore(1931), Rendezvous(1935) ... ...
8.0/10
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Godfrey
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
7.5/10
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
7.4/10
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Steve Ireland
William Powell Myrna Loy Gail Patrick Jack Carson Florence Bates Sidney Blackmer Vladimir Sokoloff Kathleen Lockhart Sig Ruman Donald MacBride Sara Haden
architect wife mother-in-law artist lawyer wild playful apartment insane asylum love triangle misunderstanding divorce jealousy feigned insanity love 1940s
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
7.3/10
Comedy
USA
1932
68 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Helen Vinson Hardie Albright Andre Luguet Henry Kolker Spencer Charters Alan Mowbray Lawrence Grant Jacques Vanaire Charles Coleman
baron baroness thief detective husband lover amusing lighthearted vienna jewelry shop house crime jewelry theft investigation infidelity affair love pursuit forbidden love temptation
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1947
118 Minutes
William Powell Irene Dunne Elizabeth Taylor Edmund Gwenn ZaSu Pitts Jimmy Lydon Martin Milner
father mother son schoolgirl maid amusing endearing new york city household father/son relationship family marriage parenthood authority transformation love 1890s
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1937
87 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Florence Rice John Beal Jessie Ralph Edgar Kennedy Sidney Toler Mary Gordon Barnett Parker Katharine Alexander Priscilla Lawson
artist sister young woman fiancé ex-wife free spirit amusing lighthearted city trailer wedding opposites attract siblings love triangle matchmaking marriage love rivalry adventure 1930s
Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason Eric Blore Robert Armstrong Lila Lee Grant Mitchell Erin O'Brien-Moore Ralph Morgan Lucile Gleason Frank M. Thomas
doctor wife jockey butler bookie horse trainer campy engaging madcap racetrack house murder romance horse racing discovery love mystery 1930s
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
76 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur Kay Francis Regis Toomey Stanley Fields Brooks Benedict
husband wife gambler criminal thug brother melodramatic dark gripping new york city gambling house gambling crime redemption family brotherhood husband/wife relationship escape transformation sacrifice
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1934
78 Minutes
William Powell Bette Davis Frank McHugh Verree Teasdale Reginald Owen Philip Reed Hugh Herbert
photographer businessman fiancée designer salesman charming madcap playful new york city paris fashion swindling love deception impersonation love wretched excess 1930s
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
prime minister butler daughter husband countess airy charming offbeat tender hungary parliament political intrigue conflict of interest loyalty family honor unusual romance rivalry transformation 1930s
A butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
6.6/10
Romance
USA
1931
70 Minutes
Hugh Dawltry
Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
91 Minutes
William Powell Rosalind Russell Binnie Barnes Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Samuel S. Hinds Henry Stephenson Frank Reicher Charley Grapewin Leonard Mudie Howard C. Hickman
reporter officer socialite spy girlfriend lieutenant melodramatic tense gripping hotel ocean military base restaurant espionage naval warfare deception secret codes jealousy romance quest
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is an expert on codes, she gets ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Professor Andrew Gentling
William Powell Shelley Winters James Gleason Marsha Hunt Dorothy Hart Felix Bressart Art Baker Sheldon Leonard Howard Freeman Houseley Stevenson Paul Harvey
During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1932
72 Minutes
William Powell Evelyn Brent George Sidney
Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1930
62 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Scott Kolk William B. Davidson John Elliott Thomas E. Jackson Harry Walker James Finlayson Charles West Charles Sullivan
William Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1947
81 Minutes
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
senator reporter pr person cheeky hilarious outlandish united states political corruption journalism blackmail controversy secret wretched excess pursuit 1940s
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1946
92 Minutes
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1931
71 Minutes
Michael Trevor
William Powell Carole Lombard Wynne Gibson Lawrence Gray George Chandler Guy Kibbee Andre Cheron Tom Ricketts Rolfe Sedan
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
6.0/10
Musical
USA
1929
62 Minutes
Robert Courtland
Big-name musical performers experience everyday problems and disappointments during their offstage hours.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1934
82 Minutes
William Powell Edna Best Colin Clive Hobart Cavanaugh Henry O'Neill Phil Regan Donald Crisp J.M. Kerrigan Arthur Treacher Maxine Doyle Arthur Aylesworth
British officer is assigned to duty in Ireland and gets embroiled in Anglo-Irish battles and old girl friend who is now married to an Irishman. Powell learns more than he wanted to know ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Emery Slade
William Powell Betsy Drake Mark Stevens Adolphe Menjou Randy Stuart Lloyd Corrigan Hope Emerson Walter Catlett Don Beddoe
actor actress studio head assistant publicist airy lighthearted los angeles hollywood, calif. new york city theater movie studio grauman's chinese theatre fame redemption reconciliation filmmaking comeback theater production fall
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Crime, Drama
1933
67 Minutes
William Powell Margaret Lindsay Ruth Donnelly Gordon Westcott James Bell Arthur Byron Natalie Moorhead Sheila Terry Arthur Hohl Hobart Cavanaugh Theresa Harris
A down-and-out private eye (William Powell) falls for a woman (Margaret Lindsay) he has been hired to frame.
Mystery & Thriller
1933
73 Minutes
William Powell Mary Astor Eugene Pallette Ralph Morgan Helen Vinson Jack LaRue Robert Barrat Arthur Hohl Paul Cavanagh
detective niece brother rival competitor murder suspect suspenseful intricate emotional long island, n.y. new york state dog show household murder case investigation infidelity competition family secret past revenge
Detective Philo Vance sifts through clues and comes up with seven possible suspects in the murder of a sportsman.
Comedy
1940
97 Minutes
Larry Wilson aka George Carey
William Powell Myrna Loy Frank McHugh Edmund Lowe Don Douglas Nella Walker Pierre Watkin Paul Stanton Morgan Wallace Charles Arnt Harlan Briggs
con artist wife friend lighthearted madcap charming cruise ship new york state con game marriage amnesia mistaken identity transformation love 1940s
A businessman (William Powell) snaps out of 9-year amnesia, reverts to con man and falls in love with his wife (Myrna Loy).
Comedy, Drama
1939
105 Minutes
Nick Charles
William Powell Myrna Loy Virginia Grey Otto Kruger C. Aubrey Smith Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Patric Knowles Tom Neal Phyllis Gordon Sheldon Leonard
detective socialite son dog wife suspenseful witty long island, n.y. new york city betrayal murder marriage parenthood injustice mystery 1920s
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit a Long Island estate, where Nick drinks Scotch and solves murders.
Comedy, Drama
1941
97 Minutes
Nick Charles
William Powell Myrna Loy Barry Nelson Donna Reed Sam Levene Alan Baxter Stella Adler
retiree wife police detective reporter jockey commissioner engaging playful tense san francisco racetrack locker room wrestling ring apartment office murder horse racing journalism undercover operations marriage
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) solve racetrack-related murders with their 4-year-old son and dog, Asta.
Comedy, Drama
1936
113 Minutes
Nick Charles
William Powell Myrna Loy James Stewart Elissa Landi Joseph Calleia Jessie Ralph Alan Marshal Penny Singleton William Law Sam Levene George Zucco
detective socialite cousin friend murderer cop witty suspenseful san francisco household nightclub apartment missing persons investigation deception murder blackmail infidelity mystery pursuit
Urbane Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) look for a cousin's missing husband and find murder.
Fantasy
1948
89 Minutes
William Powell Ann Blyth Irene Hervey Andrea King Clinton Sundberg Art Smith Hugh French Lumsden Hare Fred Clark Jimmy Logan Mary Field
middle-aged man wife mermaid psychiatrist vacationer amusing winsome offbeat moving touching boston caribbean midlife crisis mermaids jealousy fantasy paranoia adventure discovery love
A Bostonian (William Powell) and his wife (Irene Hervey) winter in the West Indies, where, fishing, he catches a mermaid (Ann Blyth).
Comedy, Drama
1944
100 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Lucile Watson Gloria DeHaven Anne Revere Harry Davenport Helen Vinson Lloyd Corrigan Donald Meek Edward Brophy Leon Ames
detective wife mother father spy artist cheeky engaging suspenseful new york city small town store apartment household investigation family espionage small-town life murder art
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit his hometown, sober, and link art and corpses to a spy ring.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Myrna Loy William Powell Una Merkel Harvey Stephens Isabel Jewell Rosalind Russell Henry Wadsworth Edward Brophy Cora Sue Collins Jessie Ralph Perry Ivins
husband wife pretty woman criminal lawyer tense melodramatic household courtroom street marital problems jealousy flirtation accidental killing trial secrets temptation forbidden love fall 1930s
The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ann Harding William Powell Henry Stephenson Lilian Bond George Meeker Reginald Owen Kay Hammond Leigh Allen Hugh Huntley Wallis Clark
wife husband sister old flame father cheeky engaging san francisco apartment party cruise ship deception marriage bachelorhood sister relationship infidelity seduction love rivalry discovery
A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1937
98 Minutes
Charles
Joan Crawford Richard Boleslawski William Powell Robert Montgomery Frank Morgan Nigel Bruce Jessie Ralph Benita Hume Melville Cooper Ralph Forbes Colleen Clare
socialite butler wealthy man lord duchess detective witty emotional amusing london estate new york city ship jewelry theft secret identity deception love triangle swindling partnership discovery
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
Romance
1943
95 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr William Powell James Craig Fay Bainter Henry O'Neill Spring Byington Robert Sully Morris Ankrum
astronomer wife astrologer neighbor maid military officer airy playful cheeky house observatory cabin los angeles california astrology new romance marital problems misunderstanding comet sighting love triangle
An astronomer's (William Powell) neglected wife (Hedy Lamarr) thinks an air-raid warden (James Craig) is the mystery man her astrologer predicted.
Crime, Drama
1934
93 Minutes
Clark Gable William Powell Myrna Loy Leo Carrillo Isabel Jewell Mickey Rooney Nat Pendleton
casino owner politician love interest priest engaging gripping thrilling touching melodramatic new york city casino friendship new love self-sacrifice loyalty political campaign immortality sacrifice rise growing up
A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
8.0/10
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Lev Andreyev
Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell Nicholas Soussanin Michael Visaroff
revolutionary russian general director extra gripping disheartening intense russia hollywood movie set revenge role reversal humiliation insanity movie making fall rivalry transformation 1920s
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1928
86 Minutes
Her Nemesis
Bebe Daniels Richard Arlen William Powell Melbourne MacDowell George Irving Charles Sellon Heinie Conklin
A rich but hypochondriac heiress inherits a sanitarium. What she doesn't know is that it is a front for bootleggers, and a hideout for criminals on the run from the law.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1924
120 Minutes
Tito Melema
Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish William Powell Ronald Colman Charles Lane Herbert Grimwood Bonaventura Ibáñez Frank Puglia Amelia Summerville Tina Ceccaci Renaldi Eduilio Mucci
In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work. He has a ... See full summary »
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1953
69 Minutes
Steve Latimer
daughter boyfriend gangster lawyer father tense melodramatic courtroom house unlikely romance mobsters crime father/daughter relationship marriage love triangle forbidden love temptation rivalry transformation 1950s
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1936
98 Minutes
Bill Chandler
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Myrna Loy William Powell Walter Connolly Charley Grapewin Cora Witherspoon E.E. Clive Bunny Beatty Otto Yamaoka Charles Trowbridge
editor fiancée friend socialite amusing charming playful new york city ocean liner lake hotel family home love romance lawsuit deception love discovery 1930s
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
7.7/10
Comedy
USA
1955
123 Minutes
Lt. "Doc"
Mervyn LeRoy Henry Fonda Jack Lemmon James Cagney William Powell Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey Nick Adams Harry Carey Jr. Ken Curtis
naval officer nurse captain doctor sailor hilarious amusing crafty cargo ship south pacific tyrants boredom practical jokes world war ii adventure rivalry 1940s
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1923
64 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Dorothy Gish Jetta Goudal William Powell Mary Astor Edward G. Robinson Margaret Seddon Anders Randolf Luis Alberni George Humbert George Andre Beranger
cuban wealthy man love interest friend brother dancer fascinating frenetic havana ship revolution cuba friendship relationships poverty duty love quest 1850s
Charles Abbott is a wealthy adventurer in Cuba of the 1850s. He is in love with Narcissa but goes after La Clavel to obtain information on the Spanish. He becomes implicated in the death of... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy, Romance
USA
1927
76 Minutes
Prince Eric
George O'Brien Virginia Valli J. Farrell MacDonald William Powell Thomas Jefferson Hank Mann Merta Sterling
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1926
80 Minutes
George Wilson
Warner Baxter Louis Wilson Neil Hamilton Georgia Hale William Powell Hale Hamilton George Nash Carmelita Geraghty
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
J.D. Hanley
Marilyn Monroe Lauren Bacall Betty Grable David Wayne Cameron Mitchell William Powell Rory Calhoun Alex D'Arcy Fred Clark
model millionaire businessman widower fortune hunter amusing charming playful new york city apartment romance wealth wedding may-december romance love quest 1950s
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Mystery & Thriller
1922
109 Minutes
John Barrymore Roland Young Carol Dempster Gustav von Seyffertitz Louis Wolheim Percy Knight William Powell Hedda Hopper Reginald Denny Peggy Bayfield Margaret Kemp
professor moriarty doctor watson sherlock holmes criminal love interest friend thrilling witty london switzerland england household partnership false accusations theft blackmail investigation organized crime mystery pursuit
The famous detective (John Barrymore) comes to the rescue when an archcriminal (Gustav von Seyffertitz) targets a prince (Reginald Denny).
7.0/10
Adventure, Drama, History, War
USA
1926
129 Minutes
Boldini
Robert Colman Neil Hamilton Ralph Forbes Alice Joyce Mary Brian Noah Beery Norman Trevor William Powell Victor McLaglen Donald Stuart
young man frenchman aunt brother soldier military officer dark frenetic somber africa military base england family home battle jewelry theft family honor military brotherhood french foreign legion sacrifice
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
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