45 Sidney Sheldon Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Don Hewes is a Broadway star who tells his dancing partner Nadine that he is going solo. He claims that he can turn any dancer into a hit performer, and therefore he hires a naïve chorus girl as his new partner, hoping that this will make Nadine, his former partner jealous.

This romantic comedy film tells the story of Susan, a seventeen year old girl, who is studying in high school. She begins to fall for Richard, a handsome and sophisticated artist. Her uncle believes that it is just an infatuation, and he tells Richard to play along, until her infatuation with him burns out.

In 1948, Buster Lane, a popular senior in his small town high school, is exasperated with his fiancée Margie Hooks because she refuses to have sex with him. As other students often visit ill-reputed underprivileged girl, Billie-Jo Truluck, Buster also starts meeting her; but soon the two find true love in each other and make together public appearances which irks Buster’s friends. 

A theater producer hires Nancy to star in his show, but doesn’t inform her superstar mother Frances, that she has been replaced. Unknown to each other, both mother and daughter head south for the same role.  

Remains to be Seen is a musical crime comedy film which tells the story of a girl named Jody, who is a singer. Her life takes a dangerous turn when she is the prime suspect when her uncle is murdered.

Tony Ryder inherits his uncle’s media empire after his uncle dies while on  avacation. Tony learns that his uncle was with a mysterious woman on the night he died. She is identified as Katie Robbins, a researcher working for their publication. Tony tries to get to know her and find out what she wants. But complications ensue as one thing leads to another.

This comedy film tells the story about Mark MacLene who owes a lot of money to the banks, the IRS and others. He owes a total of $ 2 million but the problem is that his trust makes $ 1 million a year, and on top of that, his expenses every month are $ 150,000.  

Broadway headliners and partners, Bill Benson and Ted Adams, travel separately to Paris to find a leading lady for their upcoming show. While Bill chooses Patsy Blair, Ted chooses Gaby Duval. Unfortunately, with only one role, the two friends must sort out this mess and find the leading lady on their cruise back to USA. 

Marcy Lewis, a small town girl turned airline stewardess, is romantically pursued by three Mikes, who are poles apart from each other though they shared the same name – scientist Mike Lawrence, business executive Mike Tracy, and airline pilot Mike Jamison. As the three men learn about each other, it is time for Marcy to make up her mind about whom she really loves.

A wealthy Texas rancher, Jim, takes his daughter, Elizabeth Rogers to Paris. Elizabeth falls head over heals with a young Frenchman, Andre Milan. While her father tries to keep her away from the Frenchman, her Parisian mother, whom she thought is dead, gets to know about Elizabeth's arrival and plans to meet her.

Based on Sidney Sheldon’s novel, the film follows a gentle psychiatrist, Judd Stevens, as he becomes the prime suspect in the killing of one of his patients and later his secretary. The cops conduct an investigation, but when the killings continue, Stevens decides to take things in his own hands. Aided by a private investigator, he begins his search for the real culprits to prove his own innocence.

The Birds and the Bees is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a cunning girl who, along with her father, cheats a naïve man out of his money, while on a cruise. However, things take an interesting turn when the girl starts to fall in love with the man.    

Caligula is a historical drama film, which revolves around the tragic story of Gaius Germanicus Caligula, Rome’s most infamous Caesar. The film depicts how he rises to power and how he eventually meets his downfall.

Stepping out of family vaudeville act, Buster Keaton starts with bit roles in films, and soon gains popularity with his own films. Casting director Gloria Brent falls for him, but he adores film-star Peggy Courtney, whose rejection drives him to drinking. His career suffers with advent of talkies, worsening his alcoholism. Now only Gloria’s love can bring him back to his comedy.