Ginger Rogers Movies

The AFI listed Ginger Rogers as the 14th Greatest Screen Legend Actress
The AFI listed Ginger Rogers as the 14th Greatest Screen Legend Actress

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

Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) was an Oscar® winning American actress, singer and dancer.  On American Film Institute’s Top 50 Screen Legends list, Rogers was ranked as the 14th best actress.  Right behind #13 Grace Kelly and right before #15 Mae West.  She appeared in movies from 1929 to 1965.   Rogers appeared opposite Fred Astaire in 10 movies.  Those movies revolutionized the musical genre. She also achieved great success on her own in a variety of film roles and won a Best Actress Oscar® for 1940’s Kitty Foyle.

Her IMDb page shows 92 acting credits from 1929-1987. This page will rank Ginger Rogers movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  Television appearances, shorts, documentaries and many of her B movies from 1929-1933 were not included in the rankings.

It is hard not to think of Fred Astaire when you hear the name Ginger Rogers. They made 10 movies together.
It is hard not to think of Fred Astaire when you hear the name Ginger Rogers. They made 10 movies together.

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

Ginger Rogers 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 Ginger Rogers movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Ginger Rogers movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Ginger Rogers movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Ginger Rogers movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Ginger Rogers movie received.
  • Sort Ginger Rogers movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very interactive.  For example…if you type in “Fred Astaire” in the search box….the 10 Rogers/Astaire movies will pop right up.
  • * Sadly Worldwide box office is not available for all of the Ginger Rogers’ movies ranked but we have added the ones we do have at the bottom of the page
Ginger Rogers in 1940's Kitty Foyle.
Ginger Rogers in 1940’s Kitty Foyle.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Ginger Rogers

1. Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri.  She became “Ginger” when a relative had a hard time saying Virginia.  She became “Rogers” when her mother remarried and became a Rogers.

2. Ginger Rogers’ road to stardom Cliff Notes style….She entered and won a Charleston dance contest which allowed her to tour and dance for six months.  When the tour got to New York City, she stayed, getting radio singing jobs and then her Broadway theater debut in a musical called 1929’s Top Speed.  Rogers was then chosen to star George and Ira Gershwin’s Girl Crazy. Her appearance in Girl Crazy made her an overnight star at the age of 19.  This lead to a 7 year movie contract with Paramount.   She appeared with Fred Astaire in supporting roles in 1933’s Flying Down To Rio.  Their dance scenes were the highlight of the movie…and was beginning of one of the greatest screen teams in the history of movies.

3.  Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire starred in 10 movies together.  During those 10 movies they had 33 partnered dance sequences.  Some of their more famous dance sequences would be “I’ll Be Hard to Handle” from 1935’s Roberta, “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket” from 1936’s Follow The Fleet,   and “Pick Yourself Up” from 1936’s Swing Time and “Cheek to Cheek” from Top Hat.

4. Ginger Rogers was nominated for one Oscar® (Kitty Foyle) and one Golden Globe® (Monkey Business).  She won the Best Actress Oscar® for Kitty Foyle.

5. According to the American Film Institute, Ginger Rogers is the 14th greatest female star of all-time.

6. Ginger Rogers was married five times in her life.  Sadly all five of her marriages ended in divorce.  She did not have any children.

7. Roles Ginger Rogers turned down or was seriously considered for:  It’s A Wonderful Life (Donna Reed role), His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell role), Now, Voyager (Bette Davis role), and The Heiress and To Each His Own (Olivia de Havilland Oscar® winning roles) and Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck role).

8. On our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page…Ginger Rogers’ 15 adjusted $100 million movies is tied in 4th place for most of all actresses that have a UMR page.

9.  Ginger Rogers did many paintings, sculptures and sketches in her free time but could never bring herself to sell any of them.  She was a near-champion tennis player, a topline shot and loved going fishing.

10.  Ginger Rogers was one of the celebrities whose picture Anne Frank placed on the wall of her bedroom in the “Secret Annex” while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Holland.

Ginger Rogers Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses

America Film Institutes’ Top 25 Screen Legend Actress and UMR’s Links That Rank All Of Their Movies.

1.  Katharine Hepburn  43 Movies Ranked..On Golden Pond (1981) to Grace Quigley (1985)
2.  Bette Davis 79 Movies Ranked…from All About Eve (1950) to Wicked Stepmother (1989)
3.  Audrey Hepburn 24 Movies Ranked…from My Fair Lady (1964) to The All Laughed (1981)
4.  Ingrid Bergman  32 Movies Ranked..Gaslight(1944) to Files of Mrs. Basil E.Frankweiler(1973)
5.  Greta Garbo 24 Movies Ranked.. from Ninotchka (1939) to Torrent (1928)
6.  Marilyn Monroe 23 Movies Ranked…from Some Like It Hot (1959) to Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
7.  Elizabeth Taylor 47 Movies Ranked..Who’s Afraid of Va.Woolf?(1966) to A Little Night Music(1977)
8.  Judy Garland 31 Movies Ranked…from A Star Is Born (1954) to I Could Go On Singing (1963)
9.  Marlene Dietrich 30 Movies Ranked…from Shanghai Express (1932) to Just A Gigolo (1978)
10. Joan Crawford 72 Movies Ranked…from Mildred Pierce (1945) to The Law of the Range (1928)
11. Barbara Stanwyck 72 Movies Ranked.. Double Indemnity (1944) to The Bride Walks Out (1936)
12. Claudette Colbert 48 Movies Ranked..It Happened One Night(1934) to Royal Affairs(1954)
13. Grace Kelly 11 Movies Ranked.. from The Country Girl (1954) to Green Fire (1954)
14. Ginger Rogers 54 Movies Ranked.. from Kitty Foyle (1940) to The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
15. Mae West 12 Movies Ranked.. from She Done Him Wrong (1933) to Sextette (1978)
16. Vivien Leigh 15 Movies Ranked.. from Gone With The Wind (1939) to Dark Journey (1937)
17. Lillian Gish 31 Movies Ranked.. from Intolerance (1916) to Hambone and Hillie (1983)
18. Shirley Temple 37 Movies Ranked.. from Since You Went Away (1944) to Honeymoon (1947)
19. Rita Hayworth 35 Movies Ranked.. from Gilda (1946) to The Naked Zoo (1970)
20. Lauren Bacall 36 Movies Ranked.. from To Have and Have Not (1944) to Diamonds (1999)
21. Sophia Loren 29 Movies Ranked.. from El Cid (1961) to Firepower (1979)
22. Jean Harlow 22 Movies Ranked.. from The Public Enemy (1931) to Riffraff (1936)
23. Carole Lombard 39 Movies Ranked from My Man Godfrey (1936) to It Pays To Advertise(1931)
24. Mary Pickford 31 Movies Ranked.. from The Little Princess (1917) to Rosita (1923)
25. Ava Gardner 40 Movies Ranked.. from The Killers (1946) to City on Fire (1979)
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95 thoughts on “Ginger Rogers Movies”

  1. Nice to see a page devoted to Ginger Rogers, most people only know her as Fred Astaire’s most famous dancing partner, not knowing she’s an Oscar-winning actress too. I’ve seen 15 of the 54 films you’ve listed, not as many as I thought.
    I bought the two Fred & Ginger DVD box sets a couple of years ago. She was funny in Monkey Business with Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe. I still haven’t seen Weekend at the Waldorf, didn’t know it was that popular.
    Kitty Foyle no.1 on the moviescore but all the way down on the critics and box office charts, something not quite right there.
    Voted Up.

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    1. Hey Steve….I think I wrote a Fred Astaire page about 3 or 4 years ago….shame on me for not doing a Ginger Rogers page earlier. Wow I am at 18 Ginger Rogers movies watched. I am shocked that I am ahead of you in the tally count.

      Week-end at the Waldorf was the 51st biggest box office hit of the entire 1940s…and the 1940s were the peak of people going to theaters to see movies.

      Kitty Foyle was her 14th biggest box office hit and got the 18th best reviews of her career…..where Kitty Foyle excelled was the Best Picture Oscar nom and the Best Actress Oscar for Rogers. Thanks for checking out my Ginger Rogers page.

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  2. This is an awesome Ginger Rogers birthday present. Thanks for sharing the link on IMDB. I enjoyed looking at the stats but Stage Door in 11th place? Not sure I agree with that at all. Happy Birthday to Ginger Rogers.

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    1. Hey PM1954…..good timing on my part…..I did not realize today was her birthday until reading your comment….she was born 104 years ago today….pretty cool. I agree Happy Birthday to Ginger Rogers.

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  3. Thank you for my requested Ginger Rogers movie page well worth the wait! I really enjoyed checking out this page. Lots of interesting stuff. The most surprising to me was that Weekend at the Waldrof was her biggest hit and that only one Fred and Ginger movie cracked the overall Top 5. I do not think The Groom Wore Spurs is a good movie but I do not think it is her worst movie it does have a few funny moments. Once again thanks for doing this page and one that I will return to many many times.

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    1. Hey Timlin33….you are welcome….sorry it took so long….I thought about listed when the requests came…but I think it would be depressing to see just how long it takes to do some of these requests. Week-end at the Waldorf was a huge hit for her…it was actually one of the biggest hits of the entire 1940s…..and that is when movies were at their peak! I think the fact that her Top 10 is not filled with Fred and Ginger movies goes to show that her career after Fred was pretty stout. If you look at my Fred Astaire page…..you will see that only one Fred/Ginger movie made his Top 5 as well. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/fred-astaire-movies/

      As for The Groom Wore Spurs…it did not do well in any of the categories used in my scoring system…it got the 53rd best reviews…..it was her 53rd biggest hit…..out of 54 movies….and it did not get any award recognition….put all of that together and you end up with a movie that has a pretty low UMR rating. Glad you will be returning for repeat visits.

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        1. Thanks…..but I will try and improve the time between when a request comes in and when a request is completed.

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  4. I saw Ginger Rogers when I was about 8 when she was in the play Hello Dolly. Her performance blew me away. It was years later that I realized she was famous before her Hello Dolly performance. Wonderful wonderful look at the career of one of my all time favourites.

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    1. Hey Vivacious Lady….I read about her Hello Dolly performances….so I think it is very cool that you actually got to see that in person….and even cooler is the fact that it turned you into a Ginger Rogers fan. Thanks for checking out my Rogers movie page…it is greatly appreciated.

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  5. I have seen a few of the above movies but seen so many scenes where she and Fred Astaire are dancing. She was a good dancer and they made a good team. Interesting that she was married five times and no children. I believe that Kitty Foyle was a drama if I am remembering correctly and I enjoyed her in that film – a love story. TCM has a lot of good old movies though sometimes they are really old – in fact they had a short of a silent film on tonight – I watched for about 30 seconds…Thanks for another great feature about a good movie star. I wonder if your oldest daughter even knows who she is. THANK YOU.

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    1. Hey BERN1960…..thanks for such a quick response to my latest movie page. I think scenes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are seen all the time. From movies link The Green Mile to commericals to documentaries. Kitty Foyle was a very serious drama…and won her the Oscar for Best Actress…..the one and only time that she got an Oscar nomination. Five failed marriages….that had to be more than a little depressing for her. I doubt Katie knows who Ginger Rogers is….but I am sure she will see the Facebook and Twitter and feeds out there….so just maybe so of it will register with her. Thanks as always for the comment and the visit.

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