The Best Lucille Ball Movies

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

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

Items include everything from Bunker Bean to Three Little Pigskins.

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

Movie fans who love Lucille Ball have also been known to enjoy films starring Andie MacDowell and Annette Funicello.

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  • I Love Lucy
    1
    Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Desi Arnaz
    97 votes
    • Released: 1953
    • Directed by: Marc Daniels, Edward Sedgwick
    I Love Lucy, aka I Love Lucy: The Movie is a 1953 American feature film spin-off of the sitcom I Love Lucy. Except for one test screening in Bakersfield, California, the film was never theatrically ...more
  • Yours, Mine and Ours
    2
    Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson
    92 votes
    • Released: 1968
    • Directed by: Melville Shavelson
    Navy officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda) is struggling to raise his 10 children in the wake of his wife's death. Frank soon begins dating Helen North (Lucille Ball), a widowed nurse with eight ...more

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  • The Long, Long Trailer
    3
    Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
    112 votes
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
    Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) has to travel for his job as an engineer -- so his fiancée, Tacy (Lucille Ball), suggests that rather than buy a house after their wedding, they invest in a motor home ...more

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  • Mame
    4
    Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison
    56 votes
    • Released: 1974
    • Directed by: Gene Saks
    Mame is a 1974 musical film based on the 1966 Broadway musical of the same name and the 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis. It was directed by Gene Saks, written by Paul Zindel, and starred Lucille Ball in ...more

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  • Miss Grant Takes Richmond
    5
    Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter
    34 votes
    • Released: 1949
    • Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
    Ellen Grant (Lucille Ball) is the worst student at her secretarial school, yet surprisingly, she is hired by real estate agent Dick Richmond (William Holden). It turns out that Dick's real estate ...more
  • Lured
    6
    George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
    40 votes
    • Released: 1947
    • Directed by: Douglas Sirk
    Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple (Charles Coburn), ...more

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