6 Best Ivan Lebedeff Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 29, 2026

Ivan Lebedeff brought suave, continental charm to Hollywood and frequently played smooth foreign counts and gigolos across silent and sound-era films. Bombshell escapes a movie star’s exploitative world, Love on the Run helps a runaway heiress flee across Europe, Angel threatens a diplomat’s wife’s reputation, and The War of the Worlds targets a small California town first. Street Girl and The Sorrows of Satan round out the list.

The War of the Worlds (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.8

The original Martian invasion adaptation, still the template for the alien-invasion disaster film.

Directed by Byron Haskin · 1h 25m · Rated G

Where to watch

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

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Angel (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Ernest Cossart features in this Lubitsch drama about a neglected wife's secret affair that threatens to unravel when her husband unknowingly meets her lover.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 31m

Where to watch

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

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Love on the Run (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Ivan Lebedeff is in this comedy about a pair of bickering reporters who help a runaway heiress evade her domineering family across Europe.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Bombshell (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Ethel Griffies features in this comedy about a glamorous but exhausted movie star who tries desperately to escape her chaotic Hollywood life.

Directed by Victor Fleming · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Street Girl (1929)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Ivan Lebedeff appears in this early talkie about a homeless young violinist who joins a struggling dance band and helps transform their fortunes.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles · 1h 27m

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The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Ivan Lebedeff is in this Griffith silent where the Devil offers a struggling writer sudden wealth and success, testing the strength of his moral character.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 1h 29m

Where to watch

Stream: Bloodstream

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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 Ivan Lebedeff Movies

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Angel (1937)

Love on the Run (1936)

Bombshell (1933)

Street Girl (1929)

The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

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