47 Rex Harrison Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, believes he can teach anyone to speak high-society English perfectly, including Eliza Doolittle who has a strong cockney accent. As Eliza advances, a bond develops between her and Higgins. But the appearance of young aristocrat Freddy who is infatuated with Eliza might upset the balance. 

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a fantasy drama film which tells the story of Mrs. Lucy Muir, a widow, who moves to a village near the seaside, despite the disapproval of her in-laws. She rents a house which has a reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a seaman. However, it soon seems that not only the rumors about the ghost are true, but the ghost is quite harmless.   

The historical film is about Renaissance era’s enhancement of Sistine Chapel. Unhappy with initial work, Michelangelo, commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate Sistine Chapel, destroys and abandons his work. Later, feeling inspired, he returns and continues work, but breakdowns with exhaustion. Though he doesn’t allow Pope to see unfinished work, subsequently apologizes and urges wounded Pope to view the awe-inspiring murals.

In this black and white comedy drama, Charles Staggers, a busker in London, comes across a pickpocket Libby. He spots her potential as a dancer and takes her under his wings. Later, he falls in love with her. Libby soon bags an opportunity to work with a famous theatre composer, Harley Prentiss, and thereafter climbs the ladder of success quickly. Meanwhile, Charles is heartbroken.

This epic historical drama film chronicles the story of Queen Cleopatra, who in order to save her kingdom from the imperial ambitions of Rome, became the mistress of Julius Caesar.

When the Second World War begins, David Wilton and John Aynesworth join a group of cadets in England for military training. They are eventually sent to America, to be trained in air combat. However, they are soon separated when David is sent to Canada to attend navigator’s school, while John is sent off to Europe for combat.

Escape is a thriller film which tells the story of a convict who is sentenced to prison for three years, after he kills a detective. However, he soon manages to escape from prison, and is aided by a local girl. They fall for each other, but she eventually persuades him to surrender himself to the law.

A free-spirited English reporter working for a local newspaper clashes with a powerful politician. Meanwhile, he also starts developing feelings for the latter’s daughter.

The Foxes of Harrow is a drama film which tells the story of Stephen Fox, an Irish gambler, who buys his way into society in New Orleans, after the Civil War.  

Notorious Gentleman is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Vivian Kenway, a scoundrel and a playboy, who uses his charm not only to seduce his best friend’s wife but also his father’s secretary. However, eventually his behavior gets him expelled from Oxford University, and he is forced to serve in the British Army during the Second World War.  

Based on a novel titled A Case to Answer, this mystery crime thriller film revolves around Arthur Groome, who starts an extra marital affair with a chorus girl named Rose. One day, he visits her apartment only to discover that she has been murdered. Fearing that his wife will find out about the affair, he refuses to call the police, but he soon becomes the prime suspect for her murder.

John Edwards is a young poet who gets married to a young woman named Abby. At the beginning of their marriage, they are quite buoyant and hopeful. However, over time, as his poetry gets rejected by publishing houses again and again, John starts to get depressed. Abby urges him to turn to fiction, and he is eventually able to find success. However, this makes John quite arrogant.

Doctor Dolittle is a veterinary physician who can communicate with animals. His life takes a turn after he is put in an asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity. However, with the help of his friends, he manages to escape, and he sets out in search of the giant sea snail, a legendary but elusive creature.

Main Street to Broadway is a musical romance film which tells the story of a playwright going through bad times, who meets a country girl, who is returning home after giving up her aspirations of becoming an actress. Hoping to find inspiration from her, he decides to follow her to her small town.  

Over the Moon is a comedy film which revolves around Jane Benson, who runs a large family house in Yorkshire, although she just manages to make ends meet. She is in love with Freddie Jarvis, and she wants to get married to him. However, her life takes a turn when she finds out she has inherited eighteen million pounds.

While leading the Third Crusade, to win back the holy lands, King Richard the Lionheart has to deal with treachery in his own camp.  Things also get complicated as he finds himself attracted to an English woman.  

A French woman Gabrielle is convinced that her lawyer husband Victor is having an affair, as he doesn’t pay much attention to her physical needs. Therefore, she sets up a meeting with her husband at a bordello hotel, but her husband is completely unaware that the woman he is going to meet is his own wife.

A cunning art thief romances a wealthy duchess, in order to be able to steal a priceless painting from her collection.

Charles and Harry are an ageing gay couple, who work as hairstylists. They have been living together for more than two decades, but they can’t dream of a future without each other.

The story is based on the last section of The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, the third and final novel of the d'Artagnan series written by Alexandre Dumas. The film focuses on the palace intrigues in seventeenth century France and how a somewhat aged d'Artagnan helps the king to vanquish his enemies. 

During the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American spy is taken captive, along with his wife and his comrades from the French underground. Despite brutal interrogation, he doesn’t give out any information, and his wife is eventually murdered along with his comrades, and he is also left for dead. Rogan manages to survive, and after the war, he sets out on a mission of revenge against his captors, and decides to kill them one by one.

In this science fiction film, a superhero tries to stop the theft of a valuable mask from a Paris museum.