The Best Charles Ruggles Movies

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Updated June 11, 2019
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List of the best Charles Ruggles movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Charles Ruggles'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 Charles Ruggles movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Charles Ruggles movies will be at the top of the list. Charles Ruggles has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Charles Ruggles movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Charles Ruggles films to end the squabble once and for all.

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List features films like Honor Among Lovers, The Pleasure of His Company, and many more

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  • Ruggles of Red Gap
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    Ruggles of Red Gap

    Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles
    6 votes
    • Released: 1935
    • Directed by: Leo McCarey
    In Paris at the dawn of the 20th century, the Earl of Burnstead (Roland Young) accidentally loses his faithful valet, Ruggles (Charles Laughton), to gauche American rancher Egbert Floud (Charlie ...more

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  • One Hour with You
    2

    One Hour with You

    Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Roland Young
    8 votes
    • Released: 1932
    • Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor
    One Hour With You is a 1932 American musical comedy film about a married couple who find themselves attracted to other people. It was produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch "with the assistance of" ...more
  • It Happened on Fifth Avenue
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    It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore
    7 votes
    • Released: 1947
    • Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
    It Happened on Fifth Avenue is a motion picture comedy, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Victor Moore, Ann Harding, Don DeFore, Charles Ruggles and Gale Storm. The film received a nomination for ...more
  • Bringing Up Baby
    4

    Bringing Up Baby

    Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charlie Ruggles
    9 votes
    • Released: 1938
    • Directed by: Howard Hawks
    Harried paleontologist David Huxley (Cary Grant) has to make a good impression on society matron Mrs. Random (May Robson), who is considering donating one million dollars to his museum. On the day ...more

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  • Trouble in Paradise
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    Trouble in Paradise

    Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall
    6 votes
    • Released: 1932
    • Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
    Thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) and pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet (Kay Francis), the two crooks decide ...more

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  • The Smiling Lieutenant
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    The Smiling Lieutenant

    Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins
    6 votes
    • Released: 1931
    • Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch
    A simple wink, intended by Austrian palace guard Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) for girlfriend, Franzi (Claudette Colbert), is accidentally intercepted -- and misread -- by the visiting ...more