Movies by Actor - Don Ameche (72 [Missing: 15]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Ladies in LoveThree working girls in Budapest pool their resources to get a better apartment and impress their dates. One dates a nobleman and, learning of her rejection by him, considers poison. Another drinks the poison by mistake and lands a ph | 1936 | Edward H. Griffith | Comedy,Romance | 6.3 (453 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Once in a MillionAmerican theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden. | 1936 | Sidney Lanfield | Comedy,Family,Music | 6.0 (325 votes) | 95 | 20231001 |
RamonaHalf-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household. | 1936 | Henry King | Drama,Romance | 6.0 (327 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Sins of ManAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing. | 1936 | Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff | Drama | 6.4 (33 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Sins of ManAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing. | 1936 | Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff | Drama | 6.4 (33 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Fifty Roads to TownA man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the sheriff and his men. | 1937 | Norman Taurog | Comedy | 6.2 (76 votes) | 80 | 20220414 |
In Old ChicagoThe O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire. | 1938 | Henry King | Action,Drama,Musical | 6.8 (2.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Love is NewsA financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement. | 1937 | Tay Garnett | Comedy,Romance | 7.0 (672 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Love Under FireDuring the Spanish Civil War, a detective from Scotland Yard falls in love with a woman he had believed to be a jewel thief. | 1937 | George Marshall | Crime,Drama,Romance | 5.8 (80 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
You Can't Have EverythingStarving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and e | 1937 | Norman Taurog | Comedy,Music,Mystery | 6.4 (236 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Alexander's Ragtime BandThis send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music. | 1938 | Henry King | Drama,Music,Musical | 6.9 (2.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
GatewayIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island. | 1938 | Alfred L. Werker | Drama,Romance | 6.1 (81 votes) | 75 | 20240622 |
Happy LandingBandleader (Romero and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America. | 1938 | Roy Del Ruth | Comedy,Music,Romance | 6.3 (167 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
JosetteTwo young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love. | 1938 | Allan Dwan | Comedy,Music,Romance | 6.4 (101 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Hollywood CavalcadeStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to | 1939 | Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Comedy,Drama,History | 6.5 (404 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
MidnightA chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver. | 1939 | Mitchell Leisen | Comedy,Romance | 7.9 (4.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Story of Alexander Graham Bell, TheThe story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. | 1939 | Irving Cummings | Biography,Drama,History | 6.9 (1.1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Swanee RiverMore fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. | 1939 | Sidney Lanfield | Biography,Drama,Musical | 6.4 (180 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Three Musketeers, TheD'Artagnan sings and fronts for slapstick cowardly Ritz brothers posing as musketeers. | 1939 | Allan Dwan | Action,Adventure,Comedy | 6.0 (593 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Down Argentine WayAn American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner. | 1940 | Irving Cummings | Comedy,Drama,Musical | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Four SonsWhen the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family follow different paths: Czech patriot, Nazi supporter, artist in America, and heroic German soldier. | 1940 | Archie Mayo | Drama,History,War | 6.2 (113 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
Lillian RussellLife story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore. | 1940 | Irving Cummings | Biography,Drama,History | 6.6 (503 votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
Confirm or DenyNewsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love. | 1941 | Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Drama,War | 6.4 (259 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
Feminine Touch, TheJohn Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. He leaves college to go to New York to have his manuscript on jealousy published. John and Julie go to Elliott Morgan Pub | 1941 | W.S. Van Dyke | Comedy | 6.4 (884 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Kiss the Boys GoodbyeBroadway director Lloyd Lloyd (Don Ameche) and composer Dick Rayburn (Oscar Levant) search for talent down South and discover singer Cindy Lou Bethany (Mary Martin) who surprises them with her voice and striptease. | 1941 | Victor Schertzinger | Comedy | 6.4 (55 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Moon Over MiamiSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands. | 1941 | Walter Lang | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
That Night in RioAn entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue. | 1941 | Irving Cummings | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.8 (839 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
That Night in RioAn entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue. | 1941 | Irving Cummings | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.8 (839 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Girl TroubleA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid. | 1942 | Harold D. Schuster | Comedy,Romance | 6.7 (117 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Magnificent Dope, TheDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and thre | 1942 | Walter Lang | Comedy,Romance | 6.9 (415 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Happy LandIn a typical American Midwestern city, Hartfield, Iowa, Lew Marsh (Don Ameche) is the owner of a drugstore. Everyone knows Lew and knew his grandfather, old "Gramp" Marsh (Harry Carey), who had passed on. One evening, Lew and his wif | 1943 | Irving Pichel | Drama,Romance,War | 6.6 (345 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Heaven Can WaitAn old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld. | 1943 | Ernst Lubitsch | Comedy,Drama,Fantasy | 7.4 (10.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Something to Shout AboutFollowing three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Sams | 1943 | Gregory Ratoff | Comedy | 5.5 (100 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Greenwich VillageIn 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue. | 1944 | Walter Lang | Comedy,Drama,Music | 6.2 (412 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Wing and a PrayerIn WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces. | 1944 | Henry Hathaway | Action,Drama,War | 6.6 (1.4K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Guest WifeA newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride. | 1945 | Sam Wood | Comedy,Romance | 6.6 (406 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
It's in the BagThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in. | 1945 | Richard Wallace | Comedy | 6.8 (486 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
So Goes My LoveCountry girl Jane Budden goes to the big city determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Hiram Maxim, a struggling inventor. After their marriage, his inventions become successful. Their happiness is c | 1946 | Frank Ryan | Biography,Comedy,Drama | 6.6 (414 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
That's My ManA poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before. | 1947 | Frank Borzage | Drama,Romance,Sport | 6.6 (114 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Sleep, My LoveChronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination. | 1948 | Douglas Sirk | Drama,Film-Noir,Mystery | 6.8 (1.7K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Slightly FrenchA cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer. | 1949 | Douglas Sirk | Comedy,Musical,Romance | 6.4 (318 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Fire OneNA | 1954 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Phantom CaravanNA | 1954 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Fever in the Blood, AThe murder of a socialite leads to a sensational trial, with a close governor's race hanging on its outcome. | 1961 | Vincent Sherman | Drama | 6.4 (228 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
Picture Mommy DeadTeenage Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined after the shock she suffered from her glamorous socialite mother Jessica's fiery death. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money Jess | 1966 | Bert I. Gordon | Horror,Thriller | 5.3 (641 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
Rings Around the WorldNA | 1966 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
Rings Around the WorldNA | 1966 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
Shadow Over ElveronA corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what | 1968 | James Goldstone | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 6.7 (65 votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Boatniks, TheNewly assigned to duty in the coast guard at Newport Beach, a young ensign finds himself involved in romantic complications, as well as with jewel thieves, whose antics contribute to moments of hysteria and hilarity. | 1970 | Norman Tokar | Comedy,Family | 5.5 (768 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody CameTensions grow between the small army base and people from the nearby town. Despite well intentions of people from both sides it all escalates after the big dance in town. | 1970 | Hy Averback | Comedy,Drama | 5.5 (410 votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Gidget Gets MarriedGidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company. | 1972 | E.W. Swackhamer | Comedy,Romance | 4.8 (121 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
Trading PlacesA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. | 1983 | John Landis | Comedy | 7.5 (147.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
CocoonWhen a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. | 1985 | Ron Howard | Comedy,Drama,Sci-Fi | 6.7 (61.7K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
A Masterpiece of MurderNA | 1986 | | Comedy,Mystery | | | Not Available |
Harry And The HendersonsThe Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret. | 1987 | William Dear | Comedy,Family,Fantasy | 6.0 (35.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
PalsTwo long time friends, Jack Stobbs (George C. Scott) and Art Riddle (Don Ameche), have a fun and laughable adventure trying to spend the rest of their days fishing. | 1987 | Lou Antonio | Adventure,Comedy,Drama | 5.3 (132 votes) | 90 | 20240622 |
Cocoon - The ReturnThe seniors return to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to stay back on Earth? | 1988 | Daniel Petrie | Adventure,Comedy,Mystery | 5.4 (16.2K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Things ChangeShoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember. | 1988 | David Mamet | Comedy,Crime,Drama | 7.0 (3.7K votes) | 100 | 20220414 |
Oddball HallNA | 1990 | | Comedy,Crime | | | Not Available |
OscarA gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight". | 1991 | John Landis | Comedy,Crime | 6.5 (31.3K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Our Shining MomentNA | 1991 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Folks!A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after. | 1992 | Ted Kotcheff | Comedy,Drama | 5.7 (2.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
SunstrokeNA | 1992 | | Mystery,Thriller | | | Not Available |
Many Happy Returns [Kyôso tanjô]A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners. | 1993 | Duwayne Dunham | Adventure,Comedy,Drama | 7.0 (45.2K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Corrina, CorrinaIn 1959, a widower hires a kindly housekeeper/nanny to care for his seven-year-old daughter. | 1994 | Jessie Nelson | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.6 (14.2K votes) | 115 | 20240622 |
Shepherd's FlockNA | 1971 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
The Chinese TypewriterNA | 1979 | | Action,Adventure | | | Not Available |
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8NA | 1939 | | Documentary,Short,Sport | | | Not Available |
The BickersonsNA | 1967 | | Animation,Short | | | Not Available |
Not in Front of the KidsNA | 1984 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
A Welcome Guest in the HouseNA | 1957 | | Documentary,Family,Short | | | Not Available |
209 Hamilton DriveNA | 1991 | | \N | | | Not Available |