74 Lucille Ball Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

I Love Lucy is an American comedy film, which revolves around the lives of Lucy Ricardo, and her bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo.   

Terry Randall is a woman from a very rich and influential family, who decides to see if she can break into the Broadway theatre on her own merit, without taking any help from her family. She moves into the theatrical boarding house, and is disappointed to see the kind of life the aspirants live.  

The three stooges are hired to dress up as football players and promote a professional team. They are soon mistaken for three famed professional players, known as the ‘The Three Horsemen’ and are recruited to play for a football team. With no idea how to play football, the three soon find themselves in a world of trouble. 

Things get complicated when a widower with ten children falls for a widowed mother with eight kids. They decide to get married, but due to the problem of forming a huge and unconventional family, their dream seems far from reality.

Seaman Baker and Sherry used to be dance partners, but they got separated when Baker had to enlist in the Navy. Now Sherry is working in a ballroom in San Francisco. When Baker visits the ballroom after a long time, he tries to rekindle his relationship with her. Meanwhile, his friend Bilge finds himself attracted to Sherry’s sister Connie. Problems arise between them because Connie wants to get married, but Bilge is not ready to settle down.

On its way to Panama City from New York, due to a fierce nighttime storm, a plane crashes in a jungle that is inhabited by cannibals. Weeks go by, and they eventually manage to get the airplane repaired, but things get complicated because it can now carry only five passengers.

This comedy drama film tells the story of a gambler who leaves his little daughter with Sorrowful Jones as a marker for his bet. However, when her father doesn’t return, things turn complicated for Sorrowful. 

Dick Richmond, a bookie who uses phony realty business as a front, hires not-too-bright Ellen Grant as his secretary to cover-up his betting operations. Inadvertently, she involves the ‘realtor’ Richmond into a low-cost housing scheme when her friends are in need. Then, there is Peggy, Richmond’s ex-girlfriend, who is trying to get him back. Can Ellen help him out of this problem?

In order to pay for the house she and her fiancé Humphrey wish for, bumbling Sally Elliot takes up door-to-door sales job with Fuller Brush Cosmetics; but unintentionally gets caught in a murder case. Afraid that she will be the first suspect, Sally with Humphrey tries to track the real culprit. The chase leads them to an ocean-going ship with hilarious consequences. 

The Marx Brothers are about to be evicted after their landlord discovers that they have run out of money. Therefore, to confuse their landlord, they pretend that the author of the play has contracted a terrible disease, and therefore, he can’t be moved. Meanwhile, they also try to find someone to back their new play.

Effie Floud unwittingly hires a struggling American actor, Arthur Tyler, to be the butler at her American home, after mistaking him for an aristocratic British butler named Humphrey. Humphrey is further assumed to be the future husband of the family’s tomboyish daughter Agatha, creating even more humorous situations. 

Shy busboy, Little Pinks, is in an unrequited love with haughty and selfish singer Gloria Lyons, the girlfriend of gangster and nightclub owner Case Ables. Gloria becomes paralyzed after being knocked down by Case, following which Pinks selflessly takes care of her and even takes her from Manhattan to Florida to reunite her with a former lover.

Three pairs of neighbors plan yearly vacations together, but when Kitty Weaver and Larry Gilbert are stuck together in the absence of their spouses, they fall in love. Once the vacation is over and they cannot shake off their feelings for each other, they must decide whether to end their respective marriages and start over.

Ace Connors is a con-man who is about to go to prison for the theft of half-a-million dollar worth of bonds. He arranges a deal to reduce his sentence by testifying against his former partner in crime. Shortly after, he feels that a con-woman, a cop, and his former crime-partner are after his hidden bonds. 

Successful Broadway star, Maggie Garret, finds herself in debt thanks to extravagant spendings by her mooching parents and relatives. When an admirer Dan latches on to her, she gets him arrested and is later appointed his probation officer. Eventually, she falls in love with the free-spirited Dan and finally escapes the clutches of her family.  

This 1949 American drama film tells the story of Pete Wilson, the highest paid professional footballer in his league. Though he wishes to retire due to his age, his wife doesn’t want him to, due to which he has to risk his health. 

Coatroom attendant, Louis Blore, adores the nightclub's star singer, May Daly, who is in love with poor dancer Alec Howe but wants to marry an arrogant patron for money. When Louis wins a huge sum in sweepstakes, he immediately wants to marry May, but after having a spiked drink, slips into a dream that changes his perspective.

Private Eddie Marsh has recently joined the army but possesses an entertainer’s spirit. On his way to arranging a grand show for his fellow soldiers, he falls in love with Colonel Bill Jones’ daughter Kathryn. Now he must put on the greatest show to impress the Colonel and get his blessings. 

Married for five years, chemical engineer, Lorenzo Xavier Vega, has been neglecting his wife, Susan, because he is too busy inventing a new insecticide. When Susan’s guardian angel appears and advises her to support her husband, she decides to accompany her husband on a camping trip. Unfortunately, everything starts going wrong. 

To prevent a libel case against his newspaper, an editor hires a male escort to compromise the reputation of the woman who is suing his newspaper. 

After doing his last performance of the season, Edgar Bergen hosts an engagement party for his assistant Julie and his business partner Jerry. He soon sets off on an aircraft on a vacation, but gets lost.   

Bored with her life, office girl Teddy goes off to a mountain camp for rest and solitude. On the way, she meets Chick, a law student intending to work as a waiter. Shortly, they fall in love and on their last day at the camp, Chick admits that he cannot marry her immediately, but they can become lovers, an idea that infatuates Teddy.   

Johnny Grey is a soldier who is engaged to a singer named Mapy. However, he soon comes to know that he is the heir to a $ 100,000 from his great-grandfather but to claim it, he must marry another woman named Terry Havelock-Allen. He tries to figure out a temporary marriage-of-convenience with her.

Major Manning wins a mine in New Mexico, which he believes to be worthless. Along with some of his associates, he schemes to use it to con New Yorkers. He meets his old partner Steve Dorsey, and together they convince Nancy, Dorsey’s wealthy socialite wife to invest most of her money into their mining project. However, things take a turn when it seems that the mine is actually profitable.   

Jerry and Connie are the best reporters in the field, but they work for rival newspapers. When they take a liking to one another, and plan to get married, both of their employers and co-workers try every trick in the book to keep the two apart.

This 1963 comedy drama film revolves around a theatre critic who gets into trouble with his wife for giving a negative review to her poorly-written play. 

I Dream Too Much is a musical romantic comedy film, which revolves around Jonathan, a struggling composer who gets married to a woman named Annette. She tries to help him get his music published, but instead in the process, she becomes a star as an opera singer. Frustrated with this, Jonathan decides to leave her. 

An insipid bank teller wrongly accused of robbery is chased by the police and even his own wife.

Ramoth is a prince whose father, the Caliph, is murdered along with his mother, by an usurper named Ali. He is raised by his uncle and after he grows up, he decides to fight Ali and his minions, with the help of a magic carpet.

Top Hat is a musical romantic film which tells the story of Jerry Travers, a tap dancer who comes to London to star in a show that is being produced by Horace Hardwick. He soon meets the model Dale Tremont, and tries to impress her to win her affection.

John Kent is a former football star at Harvard, who goes to Paris with his friend Huck Haines, and Huck’s dance band named 'The Wabash Indianians'. However, the band is not allowed to perform, when the one who booked them finds out that they are not Indians, but merely from Indiana. Joe decides to pay a visit to his aunt, who owns a fashion house run by Stephanie, her assistant. There, he meets a singer Scharwenka, who tries to get the band a job.

While returning back home after attending partner Algy’s wedding, British detective Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond wanders into an old mansion in search of a telephone, where he finds a corpse. But the body disappears as Drummond calls the police. With friend Algy and the dead man’s daughter, Lola, Drummond uncovers Achmed’s evil plot to get illicit cargo in London. But the annoyed Achmed resolves to hunt down Drummond.

This comedy film revolves around two friends Chuck and Steve, who like to find new ways to insult, prank and outdo one another. When both of them fall for a lovely girl named Lucy, their games turn more serious. 

Bill Bailey is a corrupt bail bondsman who falls for Elaine Talbart, a wild and wealthy young socialite. However, Elaine is herself infatuated with a bank robber. Regardless, Bailey pursues Elaine, but he is soon lost in a maze of violence, racketeering and betrayal.

Broadway Bill is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a man and his love for his thoroughbred horse, which he wants to race. He is aided in his mission by a runaway heiress.

Young history enthusiast Eddie, a simple-minded delivery boy in West Rome, Oklahoma, is banished from the town by dishonest politicians. He collides with a cart and in an unconscious state, dreams of being a slave in Ancient Rome. There, too, he faces troubles with corruption similar to his home town, and gets embroiled in a plot against the life of the Emperor. 

A poor Brooklyn boy inherits $77 million from his biological father; but to get it he must travel to Egypt. Traveling in the same ship is his father’s common-law wife and her rogue boyfriend, intending to lay claim on the booty and so is his sponsor, who is also expecting a share.  Then there is a local sheikh who is unwilling to give up the money. 

Susan Middlecott, who is the dean of a college, feels that there is no room in her life for romance. However, things take a turn when she meets a charming British professor of astronomy named Alec Stevenson. However, she still resists being paired with him, but things don’t go as planned. 

Jack Ellery, who is staging opening night of Earl Carroll’s latest musical show, calls police-detective Bill Murdock when leading lady Ann Ware’s life is suspected to be in danger. As Bill investigates backstage, two ladies are found murdered. While the musical numbers continue, Bill has to find the murderer before the revue ends, else the killer can escape with exiting crowds.

Broadway Through a Keyhole is a musical film which tells the story of Frank Rocci, a racketeer who finds himself attracted to a dancer named Joan, working at a Broadway night spot.  He is uses his influence to help her get a significant role in the show, hoping that it will make her fall for him. She eventually accepts his marriage proposal, although it is more out of gratitude than love.

Moulin Rouge is a musical comedy film which tells the story of a singer named Helen who gets married to famous composer named Douglas. Although she wishes to get back on the stage, her husband doesn’t allow her. Therefore, she tries to come up with a plan.

This film tells the story of a young man named Mio Romagna, who is quite sure that his father, Bartolomeo. was innocent, and was executed due to a wrongful conviction. More than a decade later, he tries to uncover the truth.

Renaissance artist-goldsmith Benevenuto Cellini of Florence, who is commissioned to do artwork for the Palace of Medici, sets his sight on the duchess of Florence, who reciprocates his feelings. Although the wavering, unintelligent duke Alessandro is smitten with Cellini’s model Angela, he orders Cellini to be hanged. But a series of ensuing twists and turns work out in favor of Cellini. 

Nana, a Paris streetwalker, is noticed by theater producer Gaston Greiner who makes her a part of his latest musical. Soon Nana turns a theater star, but the stardom brings on suitors making Greiner jealous and furious. When two brothers, Lt. George Muffat and Col. Andre Muffat, fall for Nana’s charms, it creates a bitter rivalry between them, ending in a tragedy. 

Doug Tyler is a young man who is an aspiring Broadway producer. After taking a liking to a singer named Pat Thatcher, he decides to invest his ancestral property into a show starring her. However, he is not aware about her cunning father’s schemes.  

A private detective and former police officer is hired by a wealthy aristocrat whose dog was shot. Eventually, this simple case gets more complicated leading to kidnapping, assault, police abuse and ransom.

The Three Musketeers is an action romantic adventure film which tells the story of a young man Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, with the aim to join the King’s Musketeers. Eventually, he is taken under the wings of three respected Musketeers named Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. They together fight to protect France as well as save the honor of a lady from the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Wanda is an actress from Canada, who wins a contest to go to Hollywood. She falls for the promises of two con men Smoothie and Limey. They make up a story that Wanda is the daughter of a British lord, and she is eventually noticed by a cynical and drunken director named Hal.

Old Man Rhythm is a comedy musical film which tells the story of Roberts, a business tycoon, who learns that his son Johnny is spending a lot more time with girls in college, instead of his studies. When he learns that his son is dating a gold digger, he joins the college as a freshman, in order to break up the relationship.