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List of Mae West Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. My Little Chickadee (1940)
27
2
My Little Chickadee
27
2
Role:
Flower Belle Lee
Starring:
W. C. Fields, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Dick Foran
Directed By:
Edward F. Cline
2. I'm No Angel (1933)
25
2
I'm No Angel
25
2

Tira is a circus performer who agrees to put her head inside a lion’s mouth, which is a very risky stunt. However, due to this performance, the circus makes it to New York, and Tira is able to pursue rich men, flirt with them and accept various kinds of presents from them. When she eventually meets the man of her dreams and decides to get married, her boss is not pleased to hear the news, and he decides to break off the engagement.

Role:
Tira
Starring:
Cary Grant, Hattie McDaniel, Edward Arnold, Gregory Ratoff, Ralf Harolde
Directed By:
Wesley Ruggles
3. Night After Night (1932)
18
2
Night After Night
18
2

Night after Night is a romantic drama film, which tells the story of Joe Anton, who falls in love with Miss Healy, a wealthy socialite. Therefore, he eventually starts taking grooming lessons in order to please her. However, when his ex-girlfriends appear in his life, several complications arise

Starring:
Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, George Raft, Constance Cummings
Directed By:
Archie Mayo
4. Goin' to Town (1935)
19
2
Goin' to Town
19
2

Cleo Borden, an ambitious dance-hall girl, acquires wealth when her fiancé Buck gets killed. She falls for an upper-class British oil expert, Edward Carrington, and decides to turn into a lady to win him. She socializes with the elite horseracing crowd, performs in an opera and marries Fletcher Colton, though she doesn’t love him. But by then Carrington has become an Earl.

Role:
Cleo Borden
Starring:
Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral
Directed By:
Alexander Hall
5. Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
18
2
Every Day's a Holiday
18
2

Peaches, a con artist, finds herself in trouble with the law as she had attempted to sell the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. However, Jim McCarey, the police captain, takes a liking to her, and says that he will let her go if she promises to leave town.  

Role:
Peaches O'Day
Starring:
Edmund Lowe, Charles Winninger, Walter Catlett, Charles Butterworth
Directed By:
A. Edward Sutherland
6. Go West Young Man (1936)
17
2
Go West Young Man
17
2

Movie star, Marvis Arden, gets romantically involved with a  politician and plans to meet him at her next tour stop. However, when her car breaks down, she is left stranded in the middle of a rural town. Her manager arranges for her to stay at a local boarding house, but when the young mechanic arrives to fix her car, she develops a liking towards him. 

Starring:
Alice Brady, Elizabeth Patterson, Warren William, Randolph Scott
Directed By:
Henry Hathaway
7. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
22
2
She Done Him Wrong
22
2

She Done Him Wrong is a romantic comedy drama musical film which tells the story of Lady Lou, New York singer and nightclub owner who is quite popular among men. However, one of the men in love with her is a dangerous criminal who has just escaped from prison and is on his way to see her. He is unaware of the fact that she hasn’t been faithful.     

Role:
Lady Lou
Starring:
Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Owen Moore
Directed By:
Lowell Sherman
8. Klondike Annie (1936)
17
2
Klondike Annie
17
2

Rose Carlton aka Frisco Doll kills her keeper in self-defense and flees to Alaska on a steamer where the captain falls for her. She meets missionary Sister Annie Alden on steamer and the two form a bond. When Sister Annie dies during journey, Rose takes on her identity to complete Annie’s mission. Later, she turns herself in to set the records straight.

Role:
The Frisco Doll / Rose Carlton / Sister Annie Alden
Starring:
Victor McLaglen, Helen Jerome Eddy, Harry Beresford, Phillip Reed
Directed By:
Raoul Walsh
9. Belle of the Nineties (1934)
17
2
Belle of the Nineties
17
2

A popular cabaret entertainer named Ruby Carter, shifts her operations from St Louis to New Orleans. Within a short time, she manages to become extremely popular with the local men. 

Role:
Ruby Carter
Starring:
John Miljan, Johnny Mack Brown, Roger Pryor, Katherine DeMille
Directed By:
Leo McCarey
10. The Heat's On (1943)
13
4
The Heat's On
13
4

When his biggest star joins the show of his rival, a Broadway producer thinks of a scheme to get her back.

Role:
Fay Lawrence
Starring:
Lloyd Bridges, Victor Moore, William Gaxton, Alan Dinehart
Directed By:
Gregory Ratoff
11. Myra Breckinridge (1970)
8
3
Myra Breckinridge
R
8
3
Role:
Leticia Van Allen
Starring:
Raquel Welch, John Carradine, John Huston, Farrah Fawcett, Tom Selleck, Roger C. Carmel
Directed By:
Michael Sarne
12. Sextette (1978)
10
4
Sextette
PG
10
4
Role:
Marlo Manners
Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Tony Curtis, Dom DeLuise, Ringo Starr, Tony Curtis
Directed By:
Ken Hughes

TV Shows and Videos

Mister Ed (1958)
Mister Ed
TV-G
Starring:
Sharon Tate, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Burns, John Banner, Alan Young, Mister Ed, Allan Lane
Directed By:
Arthur Lubin, Ira Stewart, Alan Young, Jus Addiss, Rod Amateau