The best William Powell’s comedy movies on YouTube
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best William Powell’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about William Powell.
The Thin Man
7.9/10
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
How to Marry a Millionaire
6.8/10
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
My Man Godfrey
7.9/10
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Libeled Lady
7.8/10
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Mister Roberts
7.6/10
Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Shadow of the Thin Man
7.2/10
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
After the Thin Man
7.6/10
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Another Thin Man
7.3/10
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Song of the Thin Man
6.9/10
Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Ziegfeld Follies
6.4/10
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Love Crazy
7.4/10
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Double Wedding
6.9/10
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
Reckless
6.4/10
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Fashions of 1934
6.6/10
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
I Love You Again
7.4/10
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Jewel Robbery
7.2/10
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.
Star of Midnight
6.7/10
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
