The best Bob Hope’s drama movies

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

29/05/1903- 27/07/2003
We present our ranking of the best Bob Hope’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Bob Hope.

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth
6.5/10
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

The Oscar

The Oscar
5.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/03/1966
  • Character: Bob Hope
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe

Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 13/07/1945
  • Character: Himself (voice)
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States.

Beau James

Beau James
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/06/1957
  • Character: Mayor James J. 'Jimmy' Walker
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life
6.3/10
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break things off, only to grow closer. A holiday together will finally settle whether they should end their marriages.

The Seven Little Foys

The Seven Little Foys
6.7/10
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone

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