35 Jean Harlow Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

A Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl and utilizes his occasional friendship with a wealthy alcoholic man to help her with her eye operation, but ends up in jail following an unfortunate mix-up. After being released, he finds out that the girl, now with eyesight restored, waits eagerly for her presumably wealthy and handsome benefactor.

When wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage, she decides to sue the New York Evening Star for libel for $ 5 million. Unsure of what to do, Warren Haggerty, the managing editor, turns to former reporter Bill Chandler, hoping that he can help him. He tries to come up with a story to frame her, and make the false story seem true.

The happiness of Millicent Jordan knows no bounds when she receives word that Lord and Lady Ferncliffe, the richest couple in England, have accepted an invitation to their dinner party. However, meanwhile, her husband Oliver is struggling with his health, and he is also worried because someone is trying to buy up the stock in his shipping business. He decides to get help from Dan Packard, a businessman, and asks his wife to invite him to the party as well, against her wishes.

An ambitious but insane and violent gangster manages to climb the ladder of success in the mob, while also trying to protect his sister from his life of crime.

Red Dust is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Carson, owner of a rubber plantation. He finds himself attracted to a woman named Barbara, who is married to one of his employees. He becomes so infatuated that he even abandons his informal relationship with Vantine, a prostitute, in order to pursue Barbara.

Monte and Roy are two brothers studying at Oxford, who decide to join the Royal Flying Corps when the Second World War breaks out. Roy is in love with a woman named Helen, but she ends up having an affair with Monte, a womanizer. Despite this, Roy, who has a strong moral fibre, tries to keep his brother in line.  The two soon find themselves in a very dangerous situation, and Roy tries his best to protect his brother.  

The Public Enemy is a crime drama film which tells the story of a street criminal, who manages to make it big in the criminal underworld, and becomes a powerful gangster.

Lola Burns is a movie star, who decides to rebel against EJ Hanlon, her studio publicist, as he feeds the press with provocative stories regarding her. She wants to have the image of a proper lady, instead of being viewed as a sex symbol. She is also unaware of the fact that Hanlon is secretly in love with her.

Red-Headed Woman is a romantic comedy which tells the story of Lillian, a woman who is too obsessed with attaining fame in life. In order to achieve this goal, she tries to seduce a married man.

A young girl who is crazy about dancing manages to win prizes in several contests. She eventually falls for the son of the man who owns the store she works at. However, he doesn’t realize what kind of girl she is, and therefore he decides to put her to a test.

Van Stanhope is a hard-working executive who is happily married to a beautiful woman named Linda. However, Linda’s friends warn her that her husband may be having an affair with Whitey, his secretary, who is extremely good-looking. Even Van’s mother is worried, as his father was unfaithful to her. During a trip to Havana, Linda begins to feel that the rumors might be actually true.

Platinum Blonde is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a heartless young woman from a rich family who gets married to a reporter impulsively. Complications arise in their marriage as both feel that it is the other who needs to change.

After Eddie, a conman, accidentally kills a man during a blackmail scheme, it is his lover Ruby, who is caught and sent to a reformatory. When she learns that she is pregnant, she is devastated fearing that Eddie has abandoned her. However, when Eddie learns about this, he becomes determined to marry her, because he doesn’t want his child to grow up fatherless.

Jim Fitzpatrick, an upright and honest police chief, is striving to clean his city of gangsters, especially the gang of Sam Belmonte. Jim’s police-detective brother, Ed, gets involved with Daisy, a Belmonte gang mole. As he needs money to continue this relationship, Ed conspires with the gangsters resulting in deaths and corrupt practices, which forces Jim to turn into a vigilante. 

Carol is the young daughter of a horse breeder. She is engaged to Martley Madison, but complications arise because her father owes a lot of money to a crooked gambler named Duke Bradley, who takes a liking to her.

Musical on-stage star, Mona Leslie. marries Bob Harrison Jr., the president of S.A.M.L. or the Society for the Admiration of Mona Leslie, and gets embroiled in scandal after Bob’s suicide. Mona’s friend Ned Riley who is in love with her stands by her through everything. 

Eadie Chapman leaves Missouri to find a wealthy man to marry. Later she garners the attention of Frank Cousins and he offers her expensive gifts. Frank commits suicide due to bankruptcy and Eadie, a suspect is rescued by T.R. When T.R.’s son falls in love with Eadie, T.R. turns on Eadie. 

American showgirl Suzanne Trent, looking to bait a wealthy man in London, falls in love with and marries hard-pressed inventor Terry Moore. When he is killed by a German spy, she escapes the scene fearing to be framed for the crime and eventually marries aristocratic French pilot Andre Charville, unaware that her first husband did not die.

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie, and quits his job to become the union leader; but a failed union strike leaves him jobless. Ashamed of his poverty, his pride makes him abandon Hattie, who then joins cannery boss Nick. As her love for Dutch never dies, she steals for him and gets a prison-term. Dutch, a changed person, waits for her return.  

The Saturday Night is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of two sisters Mayme and Janie, who work as salesgirls in a Departmental Store. Although Mayme is attracted to Bill, the clerk of the store, Janie tries to steal him.

Jill is a chorus girl married to an alcoholic composer named Fred. She decides to leave Fred when he is discovered with another chorus girl Ruthie. However, a gambler soon starts pursuing her, and eventually forces himself on her. Prividi, the producer of the musical show in which she is working, shoots him, after which he is arrested.

Bootlegger Louie Scorpio slowly becomes the head of the criminal organization he is working for by eliminating his competition. He soon gains the attention of six masked vigilantes who are being helped by reporters Carl Luckner and Hank Rogers. They start working together to bring Louie down. 

After finding Bill’s address book, Spike uses it to date women. When Bill and Spike eventually meet, they become friends. Things get interesting when they meet a woman named Goldie.