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Ernst Lubitsch Movies

Want to know the best Ernst Lubitsch movies?  How about the worst Ernst Lubitsch movies?  Curious about Ernst Lubitsch box office grosses or which Ernst Lubitsch movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ernst Lubitsch movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.

Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947) was a 3-time Oscar® nominated German director and writer.  Lubitsch received an Honorary Oscars® in 1947.   His IMDb page shows 76 directing credits from 1914 to 1948. This page will rank Ernst Lubitsch movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.  FYI – The following tables sadly do not include almost all of the movies Lubitsch (including his acting roles) made in Germany before moving to Hollywood in the early 1920s.

Ernst Lubitsch Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1939 Ninotchka (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
1943 Heaven Can Wait (1943)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1932 One Hour with You (1932)
AA Best Picture Nom
1929 The Love Parade (1929)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1932 If I Had a Million (1932)
1931 The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940 The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1927 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
1928 The Patriot (1928)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
1930 Monte Carlo (1930)
1934 The Merry Widow (1934)
1946 Cluny Brown (1946)
1923 Rosita (1923)
1932 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
1945 A Royal Scandal (1945)
1932 Broken Lullaby (1932)
1933 Design for Living (1933)
1930 Paramount on Parade (1930)
1941 That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
1937 Angel (1937)
1924 The Marriage Circle (1924)
Director
1948 That Lady in Ermine (1948)
1929 Eternal Love (1929)
1925 Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
1925 Kiss Me Again (1925)
1924 Forbidden Paradise (1924)
1922 The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)
1924 Three Women (1924)
1926 So This Is Paris (1926)

Ernst Lubitsch Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Ernst Lubitsch movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Ernst Lubitsch movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Ernst Lubitsch movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Ernst Lubitsch movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Ernst Lubitsch movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Ernst Lubitsch movie won.
  • Sort Ernst Lubitsch movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 Ninotchka (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
Greta Garbo &
Melvyn Douglas
5.00 223.2 508.60 28 86 04 / 00 99.2
2 Heaven Can Wait (1943)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
Gene Tierney &
Don Ameche
7.10 297.6 297.60 31 77 03 / 00 98.3
3 One Hour with You (1932)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jeanette MacDonald &
Maurice Chevalier
3.30 186.7 186.70 11 79 01 / 00 97.5
4 The Love Parade (1929)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
Maurice Chevalier &
Jeanette MacDonald
4.80 171.2 171.20 13 79 06 / 00 97.3
5 If I Had a Million (1932) Charles Laughton 3.60 205.2 205.20 8 77 00 / 00 96.4
6 The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
AA Best Picture Nom
Maurice Chevalier &
Claudette Colbert
2.90 171.7 171.70 26 78 01 / 00 96.3
7 The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Margaret Sullavan &
James Stewart
2.40 107.1 107.10 81 88 00 / 00 90.5
10 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) Norma Shearer &
Ramon Novarro
3.10 121.5 211.30 13 79 00 / 00 89.2
9 The Patriot (1928)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
Lewis Stone 2.90 105.6 105.60 25 73 05 / 01 89.1
8 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Claudette Colbert &
Gary Cooper
5.60 259.3 259.30 21 53 00 / 00 88.6
11 Monte Carlo (1930) Jeanette MacDonald 2.20 137.4 137.40 53 70 00 / 00 87.7
12 The Merry Widow (1934) Maurice Chevalier &
Jeanette MacDonald
2.50 133.7 397.40 34 68 01 / 01 87.3
13 Cluny Brown (1946) Charles Boyer &
Peter Lawford
2.70 96.5 96.50 109 79 00 / 00 86.3
15 Rosita (1923) Mary Pickford 4.20 218.8 218.80 4 46 00 / 00 85.9
14 Trouble in Paradise (1932) Kay Francis &
Miriam Hopkins
1.40 77.1 77.10 78 84 00 / 00 85.7
18 A Royal Scandal (1945) Vincent Price &
Charles Coburn
4.20 153.2 153.20 84 56 00 / 00 84.0
16 Broken Lullaby (1932) Lionel Barrymore 1.80 94.9 94.90 48 71 00 / 00 83.5
17 Design for Living (1933) Gary Cooper &
Fredric March
1.90 105.4 105.40 38 69 00 / 00 83.0
19 Paramount on Parade (1930) Gary Cooper &
William Powell
2.20 139.8 139.80 50 56 00 / 00 82.0
20 That Uncertain Feeling (1941) Merle Oberon &
Melvyn Douglas
1.80 82.5 82.50 125 65 01 / 00 77.1
21 Angel (1937) Marlene Dietrich &
Herbert Marshall
1.20 58.9 58.90 155 71 00 / 00 75.4
23 The Marriage Circle (1924)
Director
Florence Vidor &
Monte Blue
1.50 74.6 85.40 16 64 00 / 00 74.0
24 That Lady in Ermine (1948) Betty Grable &
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
3.70 116.3 116.30 92 50 01 / 00 74.0
22 Eternal Love (1929) John Barrymore 1.70 59.9 59.90 84 68 00 / 00 73.5
27 Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) Ronald Colman 1.20 53.6 65.90 29 68 00 / 00 72.1
25 Kiss Me Again (1925) Clara Bow 1.20 52.6 65.20 31 57 00 / 00 57.9
26 Forbidden Paradise (1924) Adolphe Menjou 1.00 44.9 44.90 23 58 00 / 00 54.6
28 The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) Emil Jannings 0.50 25.4 25.40 23 62 00 / 00 50.6
29 Three Women (1924) Pauline Frederick 0.30 12.3 12.30 61 61 00 / 00 41.1
30 So This Is Paris (1926) Myrna Loy 0.60 24.4 32.30 74 56 00 / 00 36.5

Ernst Lubitsch Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Ninotchka (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
Greta Garbo &
Melvyn Douglas
508.60
The Merry Widow (1934) Maurice Chevalier &
Jeanette MacDonald
397.40
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) Norma Shearer &
Ramon Novarro
211.30
The Marriage Circle (1924)
Director
Florence Vidor &
Monte Blue
85.40
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) Ronald Colman 65.90
Kiss Me Again (1925) Clara Bow 65.20
So This Is Paris (1926) Myrna Loy 32.30
 

Check out Ernst Lubitsch’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time

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1 thought on “Ernst Lubitsch Movies”

  1. Flora Breen Robison says:
    July 27, 2024 at 11:57 am

    According to my letterboxd account, I have seen 19 Ernst Lubitsch movies.

    The HIGHEST ranked film is Ninotchka.

    The highest rated film I have NOT seen is The Patriot.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Lady Windemere’s Fan.

    Favourite Lubitsch Films

    Ninotchka
    Heaven Can Wait
    One Hour with You
    The Love Parade
    The Smiling lieutenant
    The Shop Around the Corner
    Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
    The Merry Widow
    Cluny Brown
    Design For Living
    Angel
    Lady Windermere’s Fan

    Reply

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