49 Fred Astaire Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The Band Wagon is a romantic comedy musical film which tells the story of Tony Hunter, a musical movie star who fears that his career may be dying. Things change when two of his friends come up with a Broadway project in order to revive his career. But things get complicated when the egotistical director decides to hire a ballerina named Gaby Gerard as the leading lady.   

Top Hat is a musical romantic film which tells the story of Jerry Travers, a tap dancer who comes to London to star in a show that is being produced by Horace Hardwick. He soon meets the model Dale Tremont, and tries to impress her to win her affection.

An aspiring dancer travels to New York to prove his mettle to his fiancée. However, as luck would have it, he falls for his dancing partner.

Mimi is a married woman who seeks a divorce from Cyril, her absentee husband. Her aunt encourages her to set up a fake date, so that she can get caught in an ‘adulterous relationship’, which would make it easier for her to get a divorce.

Pete, a ballet star, and Linda, a showgirl, decide to fake a marriage for publicity. However, over time, they find themselves attracted to one another.

Don Hewes is a Broadway star who tells his dancing partner Nadine that he is going solo. He claims that he can turn any dancer into a hit performer, and therefore he hires a naïve chorus girl as his new partner, hoping that this will make Nadine, his former partner jealous.

Holiday Inn is a romantic comedy drama musical film which tells the story of Jim, who is left by his girlfriend Lila, so that she can be with her dance partner Ted. Jim is heartbroken and he decides to leave the town. He starts a holiday inn along with another woman named Linda. However, Ted arrives at the inn, after learning that Lila is leaving him too, for a millionaire. Soon, he attempts to steal away Linda from Jim.

Seaman Baker and Sherry used to be dance partners, but they got separated when Baker had to enlist in the Navy. Now Sherry is working in a ballroom in San Francisco. When Baker visits the ballroom after a long time, he tries to rekindle his relationship with her. Meanwhile, his friend Bilge finds himself attracted to Sherry’s sister Connie. Problems arise between them because Connie wants to get married, but Bilge is not ready to settle down.

On the Beach is a science fiction film which takes us to 1964, where a third World War has caused total destruction of the World’s Northern Hemisphere, where nuclear fallout has eliminated the life of all humans. Meanwhile, survivors in Australia detect a signal coming from the West Cost of the US.  

Stephen proposes to Amanda, but she is unable to make a decision. Therefore, he decides to take her to his friend Tony, who is his psychiatrist. Things get complicated when Tony and Amanda find themselves attracted to one another. 

A fashion photographer is struck by the beauty of Jo, a shy bookstore employee, whom he had photographed by accident. He soon convinces her that she has the potential to become a great model, and asks her to go with him to France. Soon, they find themselves falling for each other, but there are several hurdles coming as well.

John Kent is a former football star at Harvard, who goes to Paris with his friend Huck Haines, and Huck’s dance band named 'The Wabash Indianians'. However, the band is not allowed to perform, when the one who booked them finds out that they are not Indians, but merely from Indiana. Joe decides to pay a visit to his aunt, who owns a fashion house run by Stephanie, her assistant. There, he meets a singer Scharwenka, who tries to get the band a job.

When it is time for the lovely Lady Alyce Marshmorton to get married, everyone on staff at Tottney Castle begins to place bets on who the lucky man is going to be.

A massive fire breaks out during the opening ceremony of the world’s biggest skyscraper, and it threatens to destroy not only the tower but also everyone inside. The city’s rescue teams try their best to fight the fire and save the people trapped inside. 

Due to his flirtatious behavior, band leader Roger Bond’s group keeps getting fired again and again. Things take a turn when he falls for a Brazilian beauty named Belinha, but problem is that she is engaged to another man. Despite this, he tries to make a move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She is also unable to decide between Roger and Julio, her fiancé.

Raised by her mother, San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, meets her father after many years when he comes to attend her wedding. Forever charming, he wins his daughter’s heart, makes peace with his ex wife and charms her prized cook, Toy. Only people not impressed by him are Jessica’s stepfather and her fiancée. Why does he have two return tickets? 

Four elderly gentlemen get together every week in order to share ghost stories with one another. Things soon get frightening when they all start experiencing strange events in their lives. They begin to feel haunted by the ghost of a woman whom they had drowned accidentally fifty years ago.  

Dancing Lady is a musical romantic comedy film which tells the story of a rich playboy Tod who helps Janie, a young dancer to get a job in a Broadway musical which is being directed by Patch. While Patch thinks that Janie is using her charms rather than her skills in order to advance her career, Tod feels that he can use Janie however he wants.

Much to the dismay of his guardian aunt Lettie, New York playboy, Charles, has a tendency dumping his brides-to-be at the altar. When he genuinely falls in love with charity worker, Angela, his feet magically leave the ground. A series of misunderstandings later, he redeems himself. Angela too falls in love and the couple floats away together.  

When his beautiful wife Sue is out at work, Alan Street, an artist is forced to fend off the advances of his female neighbors, who seem to be quite attracted to him.  

Set in a fictional Latin-American country Patria, the film follows confidence-trickster, Johnny Riggs, who comes across naïve heiress Yolanda, and convinces her that he is her guardian angel. After that it is easy for Johnny to help himself to her riches. But he doesn’t anticipate falling in love with Yolanda, which creates a dilemma - whether to opt for wealth or love? 

The Amazing Dobermans is a crime comedy film, which tells the story of an ex con man Daniel, who along with his trained Dobermans help an undercover agent of the Treasury department in nabbing a crook.