6 Best Ruth Gordon Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 20, 2027

Comedy feel goodthought provoking

Ruth Gordon reinvented herself late in life as one of the screen’s most delightfully eccentric character actresses, capping a career as an acclaimed writer with two of cinema’s most beloved cult performances.

Every Which Way but Loose (1978) 01

Every Which Way but Loose (1978)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A bare-knuckle brawler and his orangutan companion road-trip in search of a woman who left him.

Harold and Maude (1971) 02

Harold and Maude (1971)

IMDb ★ 7.9

A death-obsessed young man forms an unlikely, life-affirming romance with a free-spirited elderly woman.

Rosemary's Baby (1968) 03

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A pregnant woman grows increasingly suspicious that her friendly elderly neighbors have sinister intentions.

Lord Love a Duck (1966) 04

Lord Love a Duck (1966)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A scheming high school student grants his obsessive friend's every materialistic wish, with chaotic results.

Inside Daisy Clover (1965) 05

Inside Daisy Clover (1965)

IMDb ★ 6.3

A rebellious teenage girl's rapid rise to Hollywood stardom exposes the industry's manipulative machinery.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) 06

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

IMDb ★ 6.7

A dramatization follows Abraham Lincoln's early legal career and personal struggles before the presidency.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.