6 Best Jean Harlow Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 26, 2026

Jean Harlow became one of the biggest sex symbols and comic talents of early Hollywood, her platinum-blonde glamour matched by genuine comic timing before her tragically early death. Dinner at Eight, Bombshell and Libeled Lady show the comedy, China Seas complicates a captain’s pirate-infested voyage with two rival women, and Red Dust and Red-Headed Woman round out the list.

Libeled Lady (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A newspaper editor concocts an elaborate scheme to prevent a wealthy heiress from suing his paper.

Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 38m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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China Seas (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Bobby Watson is in this adventure where a ship's captain navigates piracy, romance and danger while transporting a valuable cargo.

Directed by Tay Garnett · 1h 27m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Bombshell (1933)

TMDB ★ 7.2

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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Dinner at Eight (1933)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A society hostess's glamorous dinner party masks the private crises of each of her guests.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 51m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Red Dust (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Forrester Harvey appears in this Gable and Harlow drama about a rough rubber plantation owner whose life is complicated by the arrival of two very different women.

Directed by Victor Fleming · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Red-Headed Woman (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.3

An ambitious secretary ruthlessly seduces her way up the social ladder through a string of wealthy men.

Directed by Jack Conway · 1h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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 Jean Harlow Movies

Libeled Lady (1936)

China Seas (1935)

Bombshell (1933)

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Red Dust (1932)

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

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