32 Greta Garbo Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

A Russian woman is sent to Paris on official purpose. She soon comes across a man who has all the qualities that she dislikes; however, she can’t help herself being attracted to him.

Queen Christina is a biographical romantic drama film which tells the story of Queen Christina of Sweden, who became the monarch of her kingdom at the early age of six in 1632. Over the years, she not only grew to be a powerful and influential leader, but she also remained devoted to her country. During the Thirty Years’ War, she is expected to marry a suitable person of royal blood. Things get complicated when she falls for a visiting Spanish envoy, but she is forbidden to marry him, because he is a Roman Catholic. Now she must choose between her duty and love.

This film revolves around the stories of a few individuals who are completely different from each other. The only thing common about them is that they are staying at the same hotel in Berlin.

Marguerite Gautier is a well-known courtesan living in 19th century Paris. When she is looking for her new client Baron de Varville, she mistakes another man named Armand to be the Baron. Although she finds him quite charming, she later accepts the Baron without hesitation. She begins living a lavish life, but over time, her health continues to decline, and she finds herself trying to choose between Armand and the wealthy baron.

Anna Karenina is married to a Czarist officer, but she meets and falls for a charming Count named Vronsky. This affair leads to a lot of complications, and eventually, she is not even allowed to meet her own son.

Twenty year old Anna arrives in New York, to live with her father Chris, who had abandoned her when she was still a kid. She was raised by cruel and abusive relatives, and she was even forced to work in a brothel due to her financial conditions. One night, her father rescues a sailor named Matt, and shortly after Matt and Anna fall for one another. However, Anna is not sure how she should reveal her past to Matt.

Manuel Robledo falls in love with the mysterious Elena at a masquerade ball and gives her a ring, but finds out the next day that she is married to his friend Marques De Torre Bianca. Heartbroken, he leaves but fate brings the three together again with tragic consequences, in Argentina. 

Mata Hari is a drama film which takes us to the time of the First World War, and revolves around a German spy in Paris named Mata Hari. She seduces a Russian general named Rubin, and is now after Lieutenant Rosanov, a young officer, hoping to get her hands on certain secret documents in his possession. However, the secret police is looking for her as well, and only waiting for enough evidence for an arrest.

Napoleon Bonaparte meets Marie Walewska at a ball in Warsaw. Although Napoleon takes an immediate liking to her, she doesn’t show much interest. However, at the urging of Polish leaders, she eventually becomes his mistress. Her real intention is to influence Napoleon to make Poland independent. When Napoleon divorces childless Empress Josephine, Marie finds out that she is pregnant. Before she could tell Napeleon about the baby, he tells her that he is going to marry Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

Based on W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, the movie follows Katrin Koerber who has married Dr. Walter Fane, in spite of not being in love with him and moved to Hong Kong in search of an exciting life. Things take a complicated turn when she falls in love with Jack Townsend. 

While running away from an abusive home and forced marriage, Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger and begins to live with him in a nearby cabin. Caught once the stranger leaves, she flees again to become a dancer at a circus, eventually climbing the ladder to become a much sought after mistress. But what happens to her love?   The stranger she has met in the rented cabin? 

Zara is an amnesiac bar entertainer who had lost her memory during the World War I. A strange man enters her life who tries to convince her that she is actually his long-lost lover.