6 Best Renie Riano Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 4, 2026

Renie Riano brought a tall, angular comic presence to Hollywood and frequently played eccentric spinsters and gossiping neighbours. Ziegfeld Girl follows three women through fame and heartbreak, They Died with Their Boots On follows Custer’s rise and fall, Anchors Aweigh helps an aspiring singer, and Bad Bascomb redeems a reformed outlaw with Quaker settlers. The Shop Around the Corner and The Women round out the list.

Bad Bascomb (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Renie Riano features in this western about a reformed outlaw who finds unexpected redemption while travelling with a wagon train of Quakers.

Directed by S. Sylvan Simon · 1h 52m · Rated NR

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Anchors Aweigh (1945)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 56% Metacritic 60

Two sailors on shore leave chase romance across Hollywood, with an animated dancing mouse along for the ride.

Directed by George Sidney · 2h 23m · Rated NR

Won 1 Oscar5 wins & 4 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Charles Winninger appears in this musical about three very different women who navigate fame, romance and heartbreak after being chosen as Ziegfeld showgirls.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 2h 12m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Errol Flynn stars in a dramatisation of the career of General Custer, from West Point to Little Bighorn.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 2h 20m · 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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The Women (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Barbara Pepper features in this comedy about a wealthy socialite who navigates gossip, betrayal and divorce among her catty circle of friends.

Directed by George Cukor · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: TCM · 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 Renie Riano Movies

Bad Bascomb (1946)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Women (1939)

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