51 John Banner Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

When a very ill wealthy man expresses his wish to meet his son’s fiancée, the son hastily requests a hatcheck girl to pose as his betrothed, as his real fiancée is unavailable. The father takes a liking to the girl, his health improves tremendously, and he plans their actual engagement. By then, the real fiancée is also back, complicating the matters further. 

This action war drama film revolves around the lives of three soldiers fighting in the Second World War. One of them is Noah, a Jewish American man who has to deal with anti-Semitism after enlisting in the Army.

The Yellow Canary is a drama thriller film which tells the story of Andy Paxton, an arrogant and obnoxious pop idol who is about to be divorced by Lissa, his wife. His life takes a turn when finds that Bobby, his infant son, has been kidnapped. He receives a message soon after, that demands a ransom of $200,000. He raises the money and goes to an isolated beach, but surprisingly nobody comes to meet him.

This is a docudrama film, detailing the development of the atomic bomb in World War II. It starts with Roosevelt authorizing up to two billion dollars for the project and then goes on to detail the research, development and deployment of the bomb, finally ending with the bombing of Hiroshima. 

During WWII, when the German Nazis occupy a small Norwegian town, the town’s Mayor and the Nazi commandant try to maintain civil conduct. Nazi Col. Lanser, who is instructed to manage the administration of occupied town, tries to turn the people around with persuasion. Though some people comply, others take to armed resistance to the invaders with surreptitious support from Mayor Orden.

King Solomon’s Mines is an action adventure film which revolves around a rescue party that is sent out after an explorer disappears during a treasure hunt. The party makes its way to the the fabled lost diamond mines of Solomon, which are known to be a source of immense wealth. However, their road is filled with dangers, including wild animals and cannibals.

During the World War II, the fiancée of a Nazi officer helps an American soldier to escape. However, a bomb destroys her home shortly after, killing her father and turning her homeless.  

When injured Sergeant Kelly shoots himself while patrolling in the African desert during World War II, it falls on unassertive Corporal, Colin Spence, to lead the survivors to safety.  Daydreaming about his girlfriend, he soon learns to assert himself, going against his men to lead a victorious attack against the Germans. It not only earns him a medal, but also affects his personal life. 

This Western drama film tells us the story of two smart marketing executives who hire a cowboy to impersonate a fading star for public appearances. However, things get quite messy when the real star shows up as well. 

The Fighting Guerillas is a war drama film which takes us to the time of the Second World War. German troops invade Yugoslavia on April 1941, and eventually their government is forced to surrender. However, a Serbian Army colonel decides to lead a group of guerillas to fight for the freedom of their country. They eventually launch a strong resistance movement against the Axis forces.

Nocturne is a mystery crime drama film which revolves around a police detective, who investigates the murder of a womanizing composer named Keith Vincent. Although all evidence points to suicide, he smells foul play, and begins to track one suspect after another.

The Juggler is a war drama film, which tells the life of a Jewish refugee who fights to overcome the psychological effects he suffered during the Second World War as an inmate in a concentration camp.  

An American doctor gets married to an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit, after which she is presumed dead. Years later, he runs into his former wife, but when she sees him, she runs in shock and gets struck by a car. 

The Interns is a drama film which revolves around the lives and conflicts of the medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.

Operation Eichmann is a drama film which is a highly fictionalized account of the life of the Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who is known as one of the main architects behind the Holocaust.

The Blue Angel is a musical drama film which revolves around an elderly professor who starts developing strong feelings for a nightclub singer. Eventually, he resigns from his position so that he can get married to her. However, his married life turns out to be far more difficult than he had imagined.

The Power and the Prize is a drama film which tells the story of Cliff Barton, an American business executive working in England, who wants to marry Miriam, an Austrian refugee. However, he faces disapproval not just from his boss, but also from his social and business circles.

Stuck in a loveless marriage, British aristocrat, Lord Esketh, and his wife, Lady Edwina, arrive in Ranchipur, India to purchase some horses. When Esketh announces his intention to divorce her on returning to England, Edwina tries to seduce physician Dr. Rama Safti. Eventually the two fall in true love, but fate has other plans for them. 

When United States elects its first woman president, things become little awkward for everybody. The First Gentleman, mostly referred as President’s Husband, occasionally as the First Lady, is expected take up her role. Meanwhile, the new president becomes too busy for her husband and children; yet manages to smell perfume on his shirt.  

East German athlete Paula Schultz, preparing for Olympics, pole-vaults over Berlin Wall to West to escape lecherous Propaganda minister Klaus. A black-marketeer, Bill Mason helps her hide in a CIA agent’s apartment; but he is prepared to trade her to East or CIA for money. Disheartened, Paula decides to return with Klaus. Realizing his love for her, Bill tries to make amends. 

A Hungarian woman meets a gypsy fortune teller at a fair, who tells her that she is going to meet someone important soon, and that she is destined for a happy marriage. She soon begins working as an assistant for a baker, when she meets a good-looking army drummer, who is aspiring to become a composer and conductor. Despite the fact that creating music is forbidden for an army man, she decides to help him achieve his dreams.

This American political comedy film is about an executive working for Coca Cola who is also given the task of taking care of his boss’s daughter, who is a socialite. When she falls for a German communist having anti capitalistic views, he is tasked with preventing her from getting married to him.

They Came to Blow Up America is a war drama film which tells the story of an FBI agent, who infiltrates a Nazi hate group in Germany, where young men are trained for strategic destruction inside the American borders. Over some time, he manages to become a trusted member of the group. However, things get complicated when he falls for Helga, one of the members.

Tangier is an adventure drama film which tells the story of Paul Kenyon, a disgraced war correspondent, who teams up with a dancer named Rita, and Pepe, a local entrepreneur, to go against Adolpho Fernandez, a Nazi diamond smuggler.