Jerry Lewis Movies
by BaxterCallow | created - 14 Jun 2017 | updated - 14 Jun 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Bellboy (1960)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy
Mute bellboy Stanley works at the luxurious Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. In spite of being a serviceable and friendly employee, the clumsy Stanley gets successively into trouble with his mistakes.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Alex Gerry, Bob Clayton, Sonnie Sands
Votes: 4,795
Jerry at his rawest and most creative.
2. The Ladies Man (1961)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
A clueless, recently-single graduate unwittingly takes a job as a servant in a mansion inhabited by dozens of young women.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Pat Stanley, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 4,546
In the end, the movie exalts the modest pleasures of everyday people, but, along the way, Lewis reveals the madder music within that they whistle while they work.
3. The Errand Boy (1961)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Family
A goofy paperhanger is hired to root out a financial inefficiency on a Hollywood studio lot, wreaking havoc as he goes.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson
Votes: 2,151
Jerry Lewis screwball comedy is tedious, lacks kid appeal.
4. The Nutty Professor (1963)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman
Votes: 19,391 | Gross: $7.63M
Demonstrates that Jerry Lewis is the absolute master of screen space: There's not a single indifferent shot in the film.
5. The Patsy (1964)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Ina Balin, Everett Sloane, Phil Harris
Votes: 2,562
Jerry follows along the comedy lines of Chaplin, but with far less good results.
6. The Family Jewels (1965)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy
A young heiress must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Sebastian Cabot, Neil Hamilton, Jay Adler
Votes: 2,499
Lewis makes the camera a prism to break out the divergent, and even conflicting, strands of his own character.
7. Three on a Couch (1966)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley, Gila Golan
Votes: 1,200 | Gross: $2.80M
The only thing funny about this pic is Jerry's stilted performance.
8. The Big Mouth (1967)
107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson fishes out of the water a look-alike frog man who gives him a map to a stash of stolen-diamonds coveted by several crime syndicates.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay Nimoy, Buddy Lester
Votes: 1,302
It's at least bearable.
9. One More Time (1970)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
Two night club owners find themselves in trouble with the law. One of them goes to his English Lord brother for help, and the Lord is later murdered. He swaps places with his dead brother to solve the murder.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, John Wood, Dudley Sutton
Votes: 531
A vanity project gone hopelessly, irredeemably awry.
10. Which Way to the Front? (1970)
G | 96 min | Comedy, War
Brendan Byers III is a wealthy playboy who wants to serve his country as a soldier, but he has been classified as 4-F (registrant not acceptable for military service). He recruits ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood, Steve Franken
Votes: 1,424 | Gross: $0.40M
11. The Day the Clown Cried (1972)
90 min | Drama
A circus clown is imprisoned by the Nazis and goes with Jewish children to their deaths.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Peter Ahlm, Lars Amble, Harriet Andersson
12. That's Life (1979)
Comedy
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Roger C. Carmel, James Darren, Vincent Gardenia, Ruth Gordon
13. Hardly Working (1980)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
In Jerry Lewis's first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can't seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief montage of clips from past Lewis ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Roger C. Carmel, Deanna Lund
Votes: 936
I was absolutely stunned by the vast stupidity of this film.
14. Cracking Up (1983)
PG | 89 min | Comedy
Suicidal nerd seeks help from psychiatrist, runs into various nutty characters.
Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Herb Edelman
Votes: 1,034
Lives up to its title in ways that seem painfully intentional.
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