141 Ray Milland Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Tony Wendice, a professional tennis player, plans the murder of his socialite wife, Margot Wendice, for having an affair with writer Mark Halliday. Tony blackmails Charles Swann to commit the murder but Margot survives the murder attempt. Tony then schemes to incriminate Margot for the crime but has to contend with Inspector Hubbard. 

This American drama film revolves around the life of a chronic alcoholic who misses his train and decides to go on a four-day drinking bout. However, it may be his last.

Beau, John and Digby are three adventurous and inseparable brothers who were adopted and raised by the wealthy Lady Brandon. All three of them join the French Foreign Legion, but things get complicated when John is separated from the other two. Beau and Digby are both put under the command of Sergeant Markoff, a sadistic and ruthless officer.

Sullivan’s Travels is a romantic comedy adventure film which tells the story of a young film director named John Sullivan, who is tired of making shallow comedies. He wants his next project to focus on important social issues, although his studio boss wants him to direct another comedy instead. In order to understand the plight of the poor from a firsthand experience, he decides to travel as a tramp so that he can truly understand the sorrows of humanity.

Jack is a sailor who is always in some kind of trouble. He is infatuated with a girl named Joan. For two years, whenever he docks near London, he approaches her, but she rejects his advances and any expensive gifts that he brings her, as she doesn’t want anything to do with a sailor. However, Jack manages to trick her into marrying him, but Joan eventually finds out.

JB Ball is a wealthy financier who gets fed up with his family as they take his wealth for granted. Therefore, one day, out of frustration, he takes his wife's recently purchased expensive fur coat, and throws it off the roof. It lands on a poor but hard-working girl named Mary Smith.

Susan Applegate is a working woman in New York, who is desperate to go to her home in Iowa. However, problem is that she lacks the railway fare. Therefore, she disguises herself as a child so that she can get the ticket at a cheaper rate. She ends up in the compartment of an army Major named Philip. Believing that she is a frightened child, he decides to let her stay in his compartment until they reach his stop. Things get complicated and hilarious when his fiancée Pamela boards the train, and upon seeing Susan, she accuses Philip of having an affair.

Feeling lonely in his English country estate, an aging Don Juan decides to invite his illegitimate children to live with him, hoping to know them better. Although he is able to track down every one of them, things don’t go as expected.

After losing his hearing faculty in an accident, concert pianist, Montgomery Royle, returns home to New York. Accompanying him are his sister, Florence, fiancée, Grace, and close friend, Mildred. Feeling lost, he soon realizes that he can lip read and starts observing people, helping them secretly until he discovers that Grace loves another man; but has remained with him because of his handicap. 

Set in late nineteenth century London, the film starts with Kitty, a slum girl, trying to pick the pocket of a renowned painter. Caught in the act, she ends up sitting for him and in the process catches the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy and the Earl of Carstairs. The story then goes on to portray how she became a society lady, all the while nurturing an unrequited love for Sir Mercy.  

When trapeze artist, Polly Fisher ,suffers a 50 feet fall while performing for a visiting circus, Reverend John Hartley takes her home. Eventually the two fall in love and get married. But neither the Bishop nor the congregation is ready to accept a former trapeze player as the Minister’s wife and he loses his job. The only way she can save her husband’s job is to stage an accident and die. 

District Attorney Joseph Foster wants to become a governor to bring down the criminal underworld. One day he makes a deal with a stranger named Nick Beal and begins rising up the ranks of power, but becomes corrupted. He finally manages to escape the deal with the help of his wife Martha and his friend Thomas. 

During the Second World War, an American travels all the way to Britain, to sell an old house near London, belonging to his family. However, he gets involved in much more than a simple real estate transaction. 

King of Kings is an epic historical film which revolves around the life of Jesus of Nazareth from his birth in Bethlehem to his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. The film also focuses on significant events in his life, such as making cripples walk, making the blind see, multiplying loaves and fishes and so on.

Ministry of Fear is a mystery drama film which tells the story of Stephen Neale, who is released during the time of the Second World War, after spending two years in a psychiatric asylum. His life takes a turn when he gets his hands on a microfilm about a deadly Nazi plot. Unsure about what to do, he finds himself drawn into a mission to save his country.     

Based on a novel of the same name, this film is about an eccentric millionaire and owner of a baseball team, who makes his cat Rhubarb his sole beneficiary, as discovered after his death. Therefore, the cat inherits the baseball team, which leads to several conflicts. 

Stenographer Marilyn David falls for Charles, unaware that he is British aristocrat Charles Gray. Her close friend, reporter Peter Dawes who loves her, is disappointed. When Charles returns home, Peter assumes that he has hurt Marilyn, and publishes a story citing her as ‘No Girl’ who rejected nobility. Marilyn becomes a celebrity, which draws Charles back to her, placing her in quandary.

A man believes that his best friend, member of a terrorist group, is seeing his mistress. Therefore, he betrays him and turns him over to the authorities. However, he regrets it when he finds himself being pursued by other members of that group.

Some misunderstandings lead the press to believe that June Cameron, the author of bestsellers on women’s issues, is married to university lecturer, neurologist Dr. Timothy Sterling. They both go along the pretense and use it to their advantage. But all is not smooth sailing, because the two dislike each other, and Tim’s girlfriend Marilyn is not convinced that the marriage is fake. 

Arise, My Love is a 1940 romantic comedy that tells the story of a dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter who begin to have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe during the beginning of the Second World War. 

A bank clerk William Marble, is desperate for money, in order to clear his family bills. When his rich nephew visits him, William asks him for a loan. When the latter refuses, William murders him, out of desperation. 

Considered as one of the most romantic films, it follows Harvard law student Oliver Barrett IV, heir to an upper-class family, and Jennifer Cavilleri, a working-class music student, as they fall in love. Despite Barrett Sr.’s disapproval, the two get married. Jenny works to support Oliver, who achieves a good position after graduation. However, the life has different plans in store for them. 

Denno Noonan was the 'social secretary' for Schuyler Tatlock, a mentally incompetent orphan. Noonan was paid very well to watch over him while he was sent to Hawaii. However, Noonan got drunk and when he came back home he discovered that Schuyler had burned himself to death. Noonan chose not to communicate this to the family as he continued to get the hefty paycheck. But now he is in a fix, as he has received a message from the family to bring Schuyler home. He hires a lookalike named Tim to impersonate Schuyler. Will this work?

Bernard Goldsmith, a navy employee is fired from his work without any explanation and warning. He only learns that as in his youth he was connected to a communist organization he has to pay this price. Dubious about the explanation, he gets lawyer Joe DiMarco on board who prepares to argue his case.

A group of cunning criminals steal some top secret plans, after which they tattoo it on the back of a woman so that she can sell it to the highest bidder in Lisbon. Meanwhile, few US government agents are on a mission to prevent this bidding.

Pat Falconer, his neighbor Scott and their friend Peggy share an interest in aviation. Eventually, this obsession with airplanes leads Falconer to the Air Force, and Scott becomes an aeronautics engineer. However, they both develop feelings for Peggy, which tests their friendship.  

Just before Second World War a British spy travels to Germany to acquire a secret formula. But before he can do that he is held captive by a German. Eventually he escapes and comes across a Gypsy lady who, not only saves him, but also helps him to complete his mission and escape to Switzerland.  After the war in London, he receives a golden earring, which set him on a journey to France.  

Three Smart Girls is a romantic comedy musical film which revolves around three sisters, who try to come up with a plan to reunite their parents, before their father gets married to a woman named Donna, who is interested in their father only because of his money.

Bolero is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a 23-year old woman who recently finished her graduation, and is now looking for the perfect man to lose her virginity.  Soon she finds herself caught between a Moroccan Sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.

A musical made during WWII to entertain troops, raise funds and boost morale. Silent Era-Star, Billy Webster is now a gateman at Paramount studios. However, his Navy serviceman son, Johnny, thinks he is a studio executive. As Johnny is arriving with his shipmates, to preserve his illusion, Billy takes help of studio switchboard-operator, Polly, to put up a show with Hollywood’s mega-stars.

Next Time we Love is a romantic comedy film, which tells the story of a young married couple Christopher and Cicely. Their relationship is affected when Christopher is assigned overseas as a foreign correspondent and Cicely achieves stardom. Meanwhile, their friend Tommy, who secretly loves Cicely, tries to get close to her. 

Dulce Morado is a wealthy socialite whose friend Cassy falls for their family chauffer Dan. This leads to Cassy's furious father kicking her out of the house. Cassy and Dan are forced to live with Dulce and her husband Tony. However, due to his pride, Dan decides that he will not live with them, and along with Cassy, he heads into the city where he finds a job, and rents an apartment.   

Ebb Tide is an adventure film which tells the story of three sailors who are stranded on a tropical island in the Pacific. They soon learn that the island is being ruled by an insane religious fanatic, who thinks of himself as the local deity.

A small town young woman comes to New York City to appear in a beauty contest and loses. With no money or help, she goes to a lady fortune teller and a fake psychic, who arranges a job for her. Very soon, she also starts fortune telling and helps the other woman to fool a handsome attorney and while doing so she also falls in love with him. 

Battlestar Galactica is an action adventure science fiction film which takes us to a time where mankind has several colonies across the universe. However, after all twelve colonies are destroyed, a fleet searches for planet Earth, hoping to find chances of survival.

A poor rancher is forced to guide a murderous thief across the dessert into Mexico. The thief who is running away from the cops with stolen loot and a murder charge also happens to be the former lover of the rancher's wife who is accompanying the two men on this journey!

Susan Middlecott, who is the dean of a college, feels that there is no room in her life for romance. However, things take a turn when she meets a charming British professor of astronomy named Alec Stevenson. However, she still resists being paired with him, but things don’t go as planned. 

Moulin Rogue is a silent drama film which tells the story of the son of an aristocrat, who falls for his girlfriend’s mother, who is the star of a Paris revue.  

Irene is a 1940 musical film, which tells the story of a wealthy man named Don Marshall, who falls in love with Irene, an upholsterer’s assistant. In his attempt to win her love, he buys her a dress shop, thus insuring her a better job there.  Whether he succeeds or not forms the rest of the story. 

Close to My Heart is a drama film, which tells the story of a couple, Brad and Midge, who is unable to have a biological child. They eventually decide to adopt a baby abandoned at a police station. However, they soon find out that the baby’s father might be a murderer.

This biographical romantic film tells us the fictionalized story of Evelyn Nesbit, a beautiful showgirl who was caught in a love triangle between an elderly architect and an eccentric young millionaire. 

Dr Xavier is a scientist who invents a special eye drop which gives him the ability to see through objects. However, he learns that his invention can lead to disastrous consequences when it seems he is unable to control it anymore.

Gunfighter, Wes Steele, finds a stagecoach filled with dead bodies. The killers are corrupt banker Stanley, a hired gunner Clanton, and Joiner. Clanton soon kills Joiner. When Steele reaches the town he gets framed for the deaths by Stanley. With the help of the local Sheriff’s daughter, Nadine, Steele fights to clear his name. 

A Broadway actress develops a drinking problem, and soon joins Alcoholics Anonymous after she becomes an alcoholic. She soon starts having an affair with one of the members, but things get complicated as it turns out that he is married.

Skylark is a 1941 comedy film, which revolves around Lydia, who realizes on her fifth wedding anniversary that she is neglected and treated poorly by her husband, Tony. She meets a handsome attorney, and soon, their innocent flirtation turns into something serious.

I Wanted Wings is a war drama film, which revolves around the lives of three different men, a playboy, a mechanic and a well-known football player, who join the US Army Air Corps.

Escape to Witch Mountain is a science fiction adventure film which revolves around Tony and Tia, two orphaned siblings, having extraordinary psychic powers. Things get complicated when they attract the attention of a selfish millionaire, who decides to kidnap them and use their powers for his own gain.  

A successful English lawyer Simon Crawford is devastated when he finds out that his daughter has been killed in a hit-and-run accident. Crawford swears to find the driver of the car and have his revenge. However, shortly after, he finds himself accused of his neighbor’s death.

Lily James moves from Kansas to New York and becomes a top model even though her friend and mentor, top model Mary, commits suicide. Lily then falls in love with mine-owner, Steve Harleigh, who is married to the paraplegic Nora. As the two begin an affair, Lily experiences a change of heart after meeting Nora. 

Copper Canyon is a Western action adventure film, which revolves around a fugitive who is asked to help a few miners who are terrorized by some locals. 

Ambassador Bill is a comedy film which tells the story of an American ambassador named Bill Harper, who arrives in a small country, filled with civil unrest. He meets the young 8 year old prince, who is set to be the next king of the nation, and tries to befriend him, and prepare him for his role.    

Based on an unfinished novel of the same name by F Scott Fitzgerald, this drama film tells the story of a movie producer, who works tirelessly in a time of turmoil. However, problems arise because he neglects and disrespects the other studio executives, and they feel like they would be better off without him.

During the Gold Rush, Lieutenant Jonathan Trumbo goes AWOL to guide a train to California. En route, he is joined by Lily Bishop, earning her enmity when he accuses her of cheating at cards. Lily later opens a salon in Pharaoh City and becomes friendly with powerful Pharaoh Coffin, who is against granting of statehood to California while Trumbo holds the opposite view.   

Wealthy and spoiled socialite Doris Worthington is being courted by two princes Michael and Alexander, while having a yacht trip. When the yacht capsizes all of the rich spoiled aristocrats take refuge in a tropical island. They are forced to depend on sailor Stephen Jones who Doris dislikes but secretly loves. 

Liza Elliot is the editor of a successful magazine, but she is unable to find the man of her dreams. She also suffers from continuous daydreams and headaches, and therefore decides to seek help from a psychiatrist to find out why.  

Two parallel narratives can be seen in the movie, also known as La ragazza dal pigiama giallo. The first tells the story of retired inspector, Thomson, investigating the murder of a girl whose severely burned body is found on a Sydney beach. The second tells the story of Dutch girl Glenda who is cheating on her Italian partner. 

An adaptation of Ursula Parrott’s synonymous book, the film tells the story of Lisbeth, who believes that freedom is an essential part of love and marriage. Despite having a loyal fiancée in Steve, she enters into a steamy relationship with Alan, a journalist. But when she hears that he is married and is going abroad, she begins to react differently. 

The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a musical comedy film which revolves around a failing radio station which needs to put on a ratings winner in order to have any chance of continued operation.

Court martialed for attacking his fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, Captain Kern Shafter re-joins army regiment at Dakota, only to find the old foe Garnett as the commanding officer. Garnett assigns Shafter to risky jobs into dangerous territories, but Shafter survives. As they both fall for the same girl the bitterness worsens, and comes to a head at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. 

The Well-Groomed Bride is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Dudley Briggs, a Navy officer who sets his eyes on a bottle of French champagne, which is the only one left in San Francisco, since he needs it for christening a ship. However, problem is that it belongs to an engaged woman named Margie, who needs it for her upcoming marriage ceremony.

Gary Stuart’s wife is fed up of his womanizing ways. Therefore, in order to make him jealous, she begins an extra-marital affair of her own. When Gary finds about this, they decide to divorce.

A smuggler is hired to kidnap a wealthy man who is married to an American woman who has just arrived in Lisbon, in Portugal.

Expert safecracker Colley Dawson is sentenced to 10-year imprisonment. When WWII begins, Army Officer Adbury approaches Dawson with an offer of freedom in exchange for carrying out a dangerous mission for the army. Dawson has to break a difficult safe in Nazi-occupied chateau in Belgium to get names of German espionage operatives in England. After a commando training, Dawson is set to infiltrate the enemy-territory. 

After her fiance, Robert, disappears on the night before her wedding, Louise, a librarian starts spending the rest of her life taking care of her old and abusive father who is wheelchair-ridden. She soon sinks further and further into insanity, believing her delusions to be real.

Tony Giant is a pimp who preys on provincial women who come to London in search of work. He spots Marissa, one such girl, and offers her a job in a nightclub named the Golden Bucket. Being innocent, she doesn’t realize that the club is a front for prostitution. Upon realizing, she tries to escape from but Giani and his brother sets her up, and gets her arrested by the police. She soon meets investigative journalist Lloyd Buxton, who might be able to help her.

The film is an anthology of three cat horror tales as told by horror writer Wilbur Gray, who genuinely believe that cats are supernatural creatures, who are capable of calling the shots. While two stories depict cats taking revenge on the murder of their mistresses, the third tale relates how a little girl use witchcraft to avenge her cat.  

High Flight is a war drama film which revolves around Granite Rudge, an instructor who teaches at an RAF Training School. He is dealing with a difficult cadet named Tony Winchester, whose behavior is reckless. However, Tony reminds Rudge of his young days during the Second World War, when Tony’s father used to be his commanding officer, and it was due to his rebellious behavior, that his father had to die to protect Rudge.

The Big Game is an action drama sci-fi film which revolves around a machine invented by a wealthy American that can control people’s minds. He travels to Australia along with the machine with two mercenaries, but they are attacked by spies who intend to steal the invention.

Disguised as an Air Force colonel, a Soviet spy creeps in the U.S Embassy in Beirut to murder a Russian defector, who is taking refuge at the embassy.

A former official working for the US Justice Department is hired as a security consultant for a Swiss bank when multiple of the bank’s clients become part of a blackmail scheme. 

Blackout is an action thriller film, which takes us to New York in 1977. When an electric blackout takes place, three escaped killers begin terrorizing the residents of a dark apartment building.  

During the late 19th century, as the slave trade is dwindling, two slave traders find themselves in conflict with each other.

A master thief is on the lookout for an ancient legendary buried treasure. He is soon aided in his mission by Ginger Rogers, a woman who owns a bordello.  

A group of teenagers drive out into the desert to have a good time. However, their van breaks down, and they are forced to look for help. They soon find a group of prospectors who welcome them, and offer them a place to stay, but it soon seems that the prospectors may have ill motives.

The film is a sequel to Love Story, a popular 1970 romantic drama film.  Jenny, wife of Oliver Barrett IV, has died of leukemia, leaving him mentally devastated. Trying to lose himself in his work does not help; instead it alienates him from those around him. At this juncture, he meets Marcie Bonwit, a wealthy and beautiful heiress and falls in love. But Jenny’s memory continues haunt him. 

This horror mystery film takes us to the late 19th century. Someone has been killing the guests in the London wax museum of Claude Dupree, which is known for its collection of famous figures.  When the owner of the museum is killed, his niece decides to continue their family business, and the museum also attracts a police investigator soon. 

Game of Vultures is an action war drama film which revolves around a South African arms businessman who delivers illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia, supplied through the black market. Things take a turn when a guerilla fighter named Gideon Marunga comes to know about this.

While taking photographs of the local flora and fauna while canoeing through a swamp, wildlife photographer Picket Smith is able to notice several indictors of pollution. However, he believes that it could be due to excessive use of pesticides. After finding a snake bitten corpse, he learns that something is not right.