The Best Carole Lombard Movies

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List of the best Carole Lombard movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Carole Lombard's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Carole Lombard movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Carole Lombard movies will be at the top of the list. Carole Lombard has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Carole Lombard movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Carole Lombard films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Carole Lombard role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Carole Lombard performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

This list is made up of a variety of films, including Bolero and Rumba.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Carole Lombard movies?" and "What are the greatest Carole Lombard roles of all time?"

If Carole Lombard movies are your thing, then check out the greatest movies by Jean Harlow and Tyrone Power too.

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  • My Man Godfrey
    1
    William Powell, Carol Lombard, Alice Brady
    79 votes
    • Released: 1936
    • Directed by: Gregory La Cava
    Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires ...more

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  • To Be or Not to Be
    2
    Carol Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack
    61 votes
    • Released: 1942
    • Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
    Acting couple Joseph (Jack Benny) and Maria Tura (Carole Lombard) are managing a theatrical troupe when the Nazis invade Poland. Maria is having an affair with Lieutenant Sobinski (Robert Stack), who ...more

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  • Nothing Sacred
    3
    Carol Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger
    49 votes
    • Released: 1937
    • Directed by: William A. Wellman
    Certain she was dying from radium poisoning, Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is delighted to learn from her doctor that it was a false alarm. But when dapper and desperate New York City reporter Wally ...more

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  • Twentieth Century
    4
    John Barrymore, Carol Lombard, Walter Connolly
    42 votes
    • Released: 1934
    • Directed by: Howard Hawks
    When down-on-his-luck Broadway impresario Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) meets his discovery and former flame, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), on the glamorous 20th Century Limited train between Chicago ...more

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  • Made for Each Other
    5
    Carol Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn
    29 votes
    • Released: 1939
    • Directed by: John Cromwell
    Ambitious young lawyer John Mason (James Stewart) cuts short his honeymoon with new wife Jane (Carole Lombard) when his curmudgeonly boss, Judge Doolittle (Charles Coburn), demands he return to work. ...more

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  • No Man of Her Own
    6
    Clark Gable, Carol Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill
    24 votes
    • Released: 1932
    • Directed by: Wesley Ruggles
    Gambler Babe Stewart (Clark Gable) flees Manhattan when his mistress threatens to turn him in. He hides out in a small town, where he meets prim librarian Connie Randall (Carole Lombard). When Connie ...more