The best Clark Gable movies
The top 3 according to 661 votes from people: Gone with the Wind (1939) · Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) · It Happened One Night (1934). (Updated Mar 8, 2026.)
The King of Hollywood: from It Happened One Night and Gone with the Wind to Red Dust and The Misfits, Clark Gable's best films as ranked by /Film and Collider.
Top 13
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1
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Victor Fleming. Rhett Butler.
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2
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Frank Lloyd. Fletcher Christian against Captain Bligh.
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3
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra. A reporter and a runaway heiress; his Oscar.
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4
Red Dust (1932)
Victor Fleming. A rubber plantation with Jean Harlow.
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5
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Robert Wise. A submarine commander with Burt Lancaster; number one for /Film.
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6
Test Pilot (1938)
Victor Fleming. A test pilot, with Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy.
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7
The Misfits (1961)
John Huston. His last film, with Marilyn Monroe.
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8
San Francisco (1936)
W. S. Van Dyke. A saloon owner and the 1906 earthquake.
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9
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
W. S. Van Dyke. Two childhood friends, a gangster and a prosecutor.
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10
Strange Cargo (1940)
Frank Borzage. An escape from a penal colony with Joan Crawford.
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11
The Hucksters (1947)
Jack Conway. An adman back from the war.
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12
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Clarence Brown. With Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy.
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13
Boom Town (1940)
Jack Conway. Two oil wildcatters, with Spencer Tracy.
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Comments (3)
Red Dust is so much fun, Gable and Harlow had amazing chemistry
The Misfits is heartbreaking knowing it was his and Marilyn's last finished film
It Happened One Night should be #1, it basically invented the romcom