6 Best Sig Ruman Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 13, 2026

Sig Ruman brought booming, blustery comic energy to Hollywood and often played exasperated authority figures and befuddled foreign officials. A Night at the Opera and Ninotchka are early highlights, To Be or Not to Be outwits Nazis with Polish actors, Stalag 17 suspects an informer among POWs, A Farewell to Arms falls an ambulance driver for a nurse in the First World War, and One, Two, Three scrambles a Coca-Cola executive in Berlin.

One, Two, Three (1961)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A Coca-Cola executive in divided Berlin scrambles to hide his boss's daughter's marriage to a communist.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 1h 49m · Rated NR

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A Farewell to Arms (1957)

TMDB ★ 6.2

An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love amid the chaos of Italy in the First World War.

Directed by Charles Vidor · 2h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Stalag 17 (1953)

TMDB ★ 8.0

POWs suspect one of their own is feeding information to their German captors.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 2h 00m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Philo · 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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To Be or Not to Be (1942)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Carole Lombard features in this comedy about a troupe of Polish actors who use their theatrical skills to outwit occupying Nazis.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Ninotchka (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A stern Soviet envoy sent to Paris is unexpectedly charmed by capitalism and a debonair count.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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A Night at the Opera (1935)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Three chaotic brothers help two young singers break into the world of grand opera.

Directed by Sam Wood · 1h 31m · 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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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 Sig Ruman Movies

One, Two, Three (1961)

A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Stalag 17 (1953)

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Ninotchka (1939)

A Night at the Opera (1935)

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