The Best Ronald Reagan Movies

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

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

Examples of films on this list include Law and Order and Code of the Secret Service.

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  • Kings Row
    1

    Kings Row

    Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Bob Cummings
    87 votes
    • Released: 1942
    • Directed by: Sam Wood
    In the 1890s, friends from both sides of the tracks in the village of Kings Row look for love despite the barriers of family and class. Aspiring doctor Parris Mitchell (Robert Cummings) loves the ...more

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  • Knute Rockne, All American
    2

    Knute Rockne, All American

    Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page
    87 votes
    • Released: 1940
    • Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
    Young Norwegian immigrant Knute Rockne (Pat O'Brien) enrolls at Notre Dame University and becomes the first star of its hitherto undistinguished football team, inventing the forward pass among other ...more
  • Hellcats of the Navy
    3

    Hellcats of the Navy

    Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Arthur Franz
    50 votes
    • Released: 1957
    • Directed by: Nathan Juran
    Captain Casey Abbott (Ronald Reagan) commands an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. When a perilous mission to retrieve a new Japanese mine for study goes awry, he's forced to ...more

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  • The Killers
    4

    The Killers

    Ronald Reagan, Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin
    42 votes
    • Released: 1964
    • Directed by: Don Siegel
    The Killers, released in the UK as Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers", is a 1964 crime film directed by Don Siegel, starring Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan, and released ...more
  • Desperate Journey
    5

    Desperate Journey

    Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey
    32 votes
    • Released: 1942
    • Directed by: Raoul Walsh
    A Royal Air Force bomber with a mission to destroy a rail line crash-lands in Germany after the commanding pilot is shot. The surviving crew, led by Flight Lt. Terry Forbes (Errol Flynn) and ...more
  • Santa Fe Trail
    6

    Santa Fe Trail

    Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey
    45 votes
    • Released: 1940
    • Directed by: Michael Curtiz
    After graduating from West Point, Jeb Stuart and George Custer are both stationed at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Once there, they find that the violent abolitionist John Brown has laid waste to the ...more

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