6 Best Cecil Cunningham Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 6, 2026

Cecil Cunningham brought a husky-voiced, worldly presence to Hollywood and frequently played sharp-tongued aunts and society women. The Awful Truth has a divorcing couple sabotaging each other’s new romances, Come and Get It splits a timber baron from his son, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town navigates greed in the city, and If I Had a Million gives strangers from a phone book a fortune. Love Me Tonight and Mata Hari round out the list.

The Awful Truth (1937)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Al Bridge appears as a divorcing couple's attempts to move on with new partners keep sabotaging each other.

Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Come and Get It (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.7

An ambitious lumber baron's ruthless pursuit of wealth costs him the woman he truly loves.

Directed by William Wyler & Howard Hawks · 1h 39m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A small-town poet who inherits a vast fortune clashes with the greedy city society that wants it.

Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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If I Had a Million (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Cecil Cunningham is in this anthology comedy where a dying tycoon randomly selects strangers from a phone book to each receive a million dollars.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch & Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 28m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Love Me Tonight (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A Parisian tailor poses as a nobleman to woo a lonely princess at a countryside chateau.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian · 1h 29m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Mata Hari (1931)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A seductive exotic dancer serves as a spy during the First World War while falling for a Russian pilot.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice · 1h 29m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: TCM · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Cecil Cunningham Movies

The Awful Truth (1937)

Come and Get It (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

If I Had a Million (1932)

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Mata Hari (1931)

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