6 Best Charles Arnt Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 4, 2026

Charles Arnt brought fussy, nervous energy to Hollywood’s golden age and was often cast as a clerk, shopkeeper or anxious bureaucrat. The Shop Around the Corner has feuding coworkers falling in love by letter, This Gun for Hire hunts a hitman betrayed with counterfeit money, Somewhere in the Night searches for an amnesiac veteran’s past, and Sweet Bird of Youth returns a drifter to his hometown. Remember the Night and After the Thin Man round out the list.

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Charles Arnt appears in this Tennessee Williams adaptation about a washed-up drifter who returns to his hometown with an ageing star, hoping to reclaim his lost love.

Directed by Richard Brooks · 2h 00m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: TCM · 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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Somewhere in the Night (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.7

An amnesiac war veteran searches for clues to his forgotten past, uncovering dangerous secrets.

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1h 50m · Rated NR

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This Gun for Hire (1942)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Alan Ladd plays a professional hitman who seeks revenge after being betrayed and paid with counterfeit money.

Directed by Frank Tuttle · 1h 21m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 99% Metacritic 96

Two bickering coworkers are secretly, unknowingly falling in love as anonymous pen pals.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 39m · Rated NR

7 wins

Where to watch

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

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Remember the Night (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A prosecutor falls for the shoplifter he's set to convict after inviting her home for Christmas.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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After the Thin Man (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A wisecracking detective couple investigates a murder tangled up in a rich family's scandalous secrets.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 52m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Artiflix · 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 Charles Arnt Movies

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

After the Thin Man (1936)

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