7 Best Lionel Barrymore Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 12, 2027

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Lionel Barrymore anchored dozens of golden-age Hollywood productions with a gruff, commanding screen presence, becoming an indispensable character actor across five decades.

Key Largo (1948) 01

Key Largo (1948)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A veteran and a hotel owner are held hostage by a returning gangster during a violent Florida storm.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 02

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

IMDb ★ 8.6

A despairing man is shown what his community would look like had he never been born.

Duel in the Sun (1946) 03

Duel in the Sun (1946)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A mixed-race woman taken in by a wealthy ranching family becomes caught between two very different brothers.

David Copperfield (1935) 04

David Copperfield (1935)

IMDb ★ 7.5

An orphaned boy navigates a colorful cast of relatives and guardians on his path to adulthood.

Dinner at Eight (1933) 05

Dinner at Eight (1933)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A society hostess's elaborate dinner party reveals the hidden crises of each of her invited guests.

Grand Hotel (1932) 06

Grand Hotel (1932)

IMDb ★ 7.4

The intersecting lives of guests at a luxurious Berlin hotel unfold over one eventful stay.

A Free Soul (1931) 07

A Free Soul (1931)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A hard-drinking defense attorney's free-spirited daughter falls for the gangster client he just acquitted.

Vlad Zakh

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