6 Best Ernie Adams Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 23, 2026

Ernie Adams built one of Hollywood’s most prolific character careers and appeared in hundreds of films as henchmen, cabbies and small-time crooks. It Happened One Night, Young Mr. Lincoln and The Man Who Came to Dinner are the highlights, The Sea Wolf forces a shipwrecked writer aboard a brutal sealing schooner, and Freaks and All Quiet on the Western Front round out the list.

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Dudley Dickerson appears in this comedy where a famous, insufferable radio celebrity turns a small-town family's home upside down after an injury forces him to stay.

Directed by William Keighley · 1h 52m · Rated NR

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The Sea Wolf (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Alexander Knox features in this adventure about a shipwrecked writer forced aboard a brutal sealing schooner ruled by its sadistic captain.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 40m · 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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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Alice Brady features in this biopic about a young, principled Abraham Lincoln who takes on his first major murder case as a small-town lawyer.

Directed by John Ford · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, MovieMe · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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It Happened One Night (1934)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 98% Metacritic 87

A runaway heiress and a fast-talking reporter share a bus ride that turns into a real romance.

Directed by Frank Capra · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Won 5 Oscars14 wins & 2 nominations

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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Freaks (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.8

Sideshow performers exact brutal revenge on a scheming trapeze artist who exploits one of their own.

Directed by Tod Browning · 1h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Bloodstream · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A group of German schoolboys loses its patriotic enthusiasm to the reality of the trenches.

Directed by Lewis Milestone · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · 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 Ernie Adams Movies

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

The Sea Wolf (1941)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Freaks (1932)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

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