65 Claudette Colbert Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Ellie Andrews, a spoiled heiress elopes with the scheming fortune hunter King Westley, much against the wishes of her father. After jumping ship in Florida, Ellie meets Peter Warne, a journalist who agrees to reunite her with Westley in exchange for an exclusive story. But Peter and Ellie end up falling in love with each other. 

Eve Peabody, an unemployed American showgirl, arrives in Paris and with friendly taxi-driver Tibor Czerny searches for work in nightclubs. Realizing their mutual attraction Eve flees to enter a concert as Hungarian Baroness. Wealthy man Georges Flammarion enlists her help to break his wife’s affair with a playboy; but Tibor, who refuses to give up his quest for love, also lands there.

Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard is madly in love with a woman named Franzi. Things get complicated when King Adolf and his daughter Princess Anna from a neighboring kingdom drive by, and Anna falls for Niki. Niki has no choice but to get married to Anna. However, he continues to have an affair with Franzi, until Anna finds out. Franzi decides to help Anna win her husband’s affection.

Ever since Bea’s husband passed away, she has been going through various struggles. With the help of her daughter Jessie, she soon begins to make a living selling pancakes. Things get better when they meet Delilah Johnson, who agrees to work as their housekeeper, in exchange for a room for herself and her daughter Peola. Over some time, the business becomes quite a success, and the friendship between the two women deepens as well. However, this puts a strain on their relationships with their daughters.

A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison after she runs down a pedestrian by accident. Her life takes a turn and she learns more about life and people, whom she never thought to exist. After her release, she starts falling for the District Attorney who had prosecuted her case.

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Michael Brandon, an American multi-millionaire who marries Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. Upon learning that she is his eighth wife, Nicole decides that she doesn’t want to end up like the other women. Therefore, she tries to come up with a strategy to ‘tame’ her husband.

Gilbert and Lana are a newly married couple, who decides to take up a rural lifestyle. They try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley, but things don’t go as expected, and their quiet life is interrupted due to the American Revolutionary War.

Based on a French play of the same name, the film tells the story of Russian Prince Mikhail and his wife Tatiana, who flee from the Russian Revolution to Paris with the Czar’s fortune. They keep the money in a bank and take up jobs under false identities as butler and maid in the household of a wealthy man. 

Stenographer Marilyn David falls for Charles, unaware that he is British aristocrat Charles Gray. Her close friend, reporter Peter Dawes who loves her, is disappointed. When Charles returns home, Peter assumes that he has hurt Marilyn, and publishes a story citing her as ‘No Girl’ who rejected nobility. Marilyn becomes a celebrity, which draws Charles back to her, placing her in quandary.

Tonight is Ours is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a princess whose life is turns upside down after she falls for a handsome and young French man.

Arise, My Love is a 1940 romantic comedy that tells the story of a dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter who begin to have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe during the beginning of the Second World War. 

After endangering blue-collar worker Jim Ryan, while photographing a tunnel project, photographer, Katherine Grant, saves him but also photographs him during a fistfight. The pictures lead to Ryan getting fired and Katherine hires him as her assistant out of guilt. As the two start falling in love, their differences threaten to crush the blossoming romance. 

A wealthy classical pianist is accused of bigamy during her wedding ceremony, leading to temporary cancellation of the event. Undeterred, she along with her fiancé starts an investigation, meeting the man to whom she is supposed to be married and while they are there, a gunshot is fired in the backroom, resulting in her being held guilty of his murder. 

This French-Italian historical drama film, shows the history of the Palace of the Versailles from its founding to the present. It also portrays some of the personalities who lived in the Palace throughout the years. 

Two psychiatrists, Jane and Alex, work at the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill. Their work is threatened by the arrival of a new conservative superintendent, who doesn’t approve of Jane’s methods, and also disregards her since she is a woman.

After being presumed dead, a World War II soldier’s last words for his dog are misinterpreted as a declaration of love for his co-worker. When he eventually returns home alive, things get hilarious due to this misunderstanding.

A newspaper correspondent has convinced his publisher that he is married. He asks his friend’s wife, Mary, to play the part, and she agrees. But things get complicated, and soon they are forced to be inseparable.

Honor among Lovers is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Julia, a personal secretary working for Jerry Stafford, a Wall Street trader. She manages nearly everything for her boss.  Jerry starts falling for her, but she falls for another man named Philip, and therefore Jerry fires her from her job.

The Lady Lies is a drama film which tells the story of a wealthy widowed attorney and a beautiful salesgirl, who fall for one another, and start a relationship. However, the man's snotty children are opposed to their relationship and they try to break them apart.  

The Secret Heart is a 1946 drama film, which tells the story of Larry Adams, a brilliant pianist, who commits suicide burdened by his unpaid debts. His wife devotes her life to paying off his debts as well as raising his two children. However, Penny, who is unable to get over her father’s death, starts questioning everything concerning him. 

When his wife becomes more successful than him, a journalist gets quite jealous and also finds himself addicted to alcohol.

Parrish McLean and his mother Ellen lives on Sala Post’s tobacco plantation in Connecticut. When Ellen marries Post’s rival Judd Raike—a ruthless tobacco tycoon, who wants to destroy Post—it brings him in direct conflict with Parrish. 

In order to escape his past, Sergeant Victor joins the French Foreign Legion. He is sent to Africa and placed under the charge of a cruel officer named Major Doyle. When the woman Doyle loves, falls for Victor, Doyle decides to send the Victor on a dangerous mission in order to get him killed. 

Maid of Salem revolves around the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, who is having an affair with an adventurer. A witch hunt is going on, and the girl is sentenced as well. However, her lover comes to her rescue.  

This drama film revolves around an affair between a married man and a glamorous singer named Zaza.  

The Man from Yesterday is a romantic drama war film which tells the story of Sylvia Suffolk, a married woman, who is expecting her first baby, while her husband is still away, fighting in the First World War. Shortly after receiving word that her husband is no more, she begins to fall for her doctor, after finding solace from her grief with him. Together they plan a vacation to Switzerland, but things get complicated when it seems that her supposedly dead husband is still alive.

Make me a Star is a romantic comedy film, which revolves around Merton Gill, who longs to become a cowboy actor, and therefore, he leaves his hometown to try his luck in Hollywood. However, when his acting abilities are not appreciated, an actress starts to think that he might be a good comedian instead. 

The Bride Comes Home is a romantic comedy film which revolves around a penniless socialite, who is hired by two young men, who are planning to start a magazine. Over time, they find themselves more interested in her than their publishing venture.

Skylark is a 1941 comedy film, which revolves around Lydia, who realizes on her fifth wedding anniversary that she is neglected and treated poorly by her husband, Tony. She meets a handsome attorney, and soon, their innocent flirtation turns into something serious.

A botany professor Grant gets married to a young woman Katie, who has three children from her previous marriage. However, they are forced to bring the kids with them on their honeymoon, as Jo, Katie’s sister who had promised to take care of the kids, suffers an accident.  However, this turns their life upside down.

Miriam Halsworth is divorcing Hugh because of his addiction to gambling. Things get comically complicated when self-made millionaire, Victor Macfarland, Hugh’s rival for Miriam’s hand twenty years ago tries to win her back. As secrets are revealed, lovers are reconciled and Hugh earns Miriam’s forgiveness. 

Two men and two women escape from a plague-infested ship to land at the edge of a Malayan jungle. To reach safety, they now need to trek through the tropical forested, inhabited by a native tribe. As they start experiencing the different natural phenomena and begin to interact with the natives their personalities too begin to change. 

A presidential candidate has a stiff, dull personality. A charismatic medicine show pitchman, his look-alike,  replaces the presidential candidate as a frontman for the campaign.

Jean Oliver is planning revenge against Mrs Ramsey, for which she is posing as a medium. However, things get complicated when a journalist and another man who is a gangster falls in love with her.

Sally, a young woman masquerades as the daughter of a missionary in order to get on a ship bound for America. But things get ugly when she is assaulted by a man named Gatson. However, Captain Sam comes to her rescue, and knocks Gatson overboard. Soon, Captain Sam develops feelings for the girl, but it is put to the test when he discovers her questionable past.

Pierre Mirande, a Venice tour-guide with singing talent, and American tourist Barbara, the daughter of chewing gum tycoon Mr. Billings, fall in love, but Mr. Billings, who perceives him as an opportunist, gives him a very tough job in his New York factory. Though his innovations impress Mr. Billings, Barbara feels neglected, but he wins her over. The film includes popular hits of the era.