TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Greta Garbo.

Greta Garbo
Birthdate: September 18, 1905
Death date: April 15, 1990

Greta Garbo

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
2.5143
15
total ranking of 2.5143
1930s
3.4604
13
total ranking of 3.4604
1940s
1.9007
1
total ranking of 1.9007
1950s
No Reviews
0
1960s
No Reviews
0
1970s
No Reviews
0
1980s
0.3495
1
total ranking of 0.3495
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Greta Garbo is ranked overall as 2.8220 of of 4 stars2.8220

Greta Garbo Movie Rankings

1
Greta Garbo starring in Grand Hotel
Greta Garbo scores a combined 3.1183 out of 4 stars for Grand Hotel3.1183
Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens.". ...more about Grand Hotel
2
Greta Garbo starring in Camille
Greta Garbo scores a combined 3.0077 out of 4 stars for Camille3.0077
Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. ...more about Camille
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
3
Greta Garbo starring in Queen Christina
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.9755 out of 4 stars for Queen Christina2.9755
Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a dominant European power at the end of the Thirty Years War. ...more about Queen Christina
4
Ninotchka (1939)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.9633 out of 4 stars for Ninotchka2.9633
Only the royal suite at the grandest hotel in Paris has a safe large enough for the jewels of the Grand Duchess Swana. ...more about Ninotchka
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
5
Anna Christie (1930)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.8553 out of 4 stars for Anna Christie2.8553
It has been 15 years since Chris has sent 5 year old Anna to live with relatives in St. Paul, and now she is coming back. Anna needs rest and a place to stay so Chris moves Marthy off his barge. ...more about Anna Christie
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
6
Anna Karenina (1935)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.7461 out of 4 stars for Anna Karenina2.7461
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. ...more about Anna Karenina
Actor Awards
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
7
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.7314 out of 4 stars for Flesh and the Devil2.7314
Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station. Awed by her beauty, they meet again at the ball and quietly leave together. ...more about Flesh and the Devil
8
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.6734 out of 4 stars for Two-Faced Woman2.6734
While at a ski lodge, Larry sees instructor Borg and decides to sign up for private lessons. The next thing he knows, she is Mrs. Blake. When he decides that he is going back to work on his magazine in New York the next day, Karin refuses to go with him. ...more about Two-Faced Woman
  • Not Available on DVD
9
Mata Hari (1931)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.6422 out of 4 stars for Mata Hari2.6422
Mata Hari is a German spy, working in Paris. She has already seduced the Russian general Shubin, and has now set her eyes on lieutenant Rosanov, a a young up-and-coming officer. ...more about Mata Hari
10
Painted Veil, The (1934)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.5387 out of 4 stars for Painted Veil2.5387
In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. ...more about Painted Veil
  • Not Available on DVD
11
As You Desire Me (1932)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.5326 out of 4 stars for As You Desire Me2.5326
Budapest bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. A strange man(Tony)shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno. ...more about As You Desire Me
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Woman of Affairs, A (1928)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.5022 out of 4 stars for Woman of Affairs2.5022
Even when Diana, Neville and David played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. But Morton, Nevs' father, did not like any Merrick. ...more about Woman of Affairs
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Kiss, The (1929)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.4360 out of 4 stars for Kiss2.4360
Irene (Greta Garbo) is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. He doesn't want to add to her unhappiness by ruining her marriage; she is terrified of her husband's jealousy and anger. ...more about Kiss
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Mysterious Lady, The (1928)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.3454 out of 4 stars for Mysterious Lady2.3454
Austrian Captain Karl von Raden attends the opera one evening, and meets Tania. After the performance, he takes her home, and the two of them spend the next day on a romantic outing. That evening, Karl must deliver some important plans to Berlin. ...more about Mysterious Lady
15
Conquest (1937)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.3332 out of 4 stars for Conquest2.3332
After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. ...more about Conquest
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Single Standard, The (1929)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.1734 out of 4 stars for Single Standard2.1734
In the Roaring Twenties, the double standard is alive and well: wives stay home playing bridge, husbands party with flappers and then lie about where they've been. Arden Stuart wants something else: freedom, equality, and honesty in love. ...more about Single Standard
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 2.0912 out of 4 stars for Susan Lenox2.0912
Susan, an orphan, lives the life of Cinderella with rustic relatives. She escapes one stormy night when the fiance her relatives chose tries to force his attentions. ...more about Susan Lenox
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Wild Orchids (1929)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 1.8173 out of 4 stars for Wild Orchids1.8173
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. On the ship, she witnesses Javanese Prince De Gace mercilessly whipping a servant and shrinks in horror from the sight. ...more about Wild Orchids
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Temptress, The (1926)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 1.5981 out of 4 stars for Temptress1.5981
In a masked ball in Paris, Manuel Robledo, a young Argentinian architect, meets Elena, the Marquess of Torre Blanca. Later, the young woman is rightly accused causing the misfortune and loss of wealth of Fontenoy, a man who fell for her charms. ...more about Temptress
21
Kiss, The (1988)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 1.4732 out of 4 stars for Kiss1.4732
Ceci est l`histoire d`une jeune fille (Amy) dont la vie est perturbée par l`arrivée d`une tante mystérieuse. Il semblerait que cette dernière pratiquerait la magie noire et s`en servirait pour gagner une place dans sa famille. ...more about Kiss
22
Torrent (1926)
Greta Garbo scores a combined 1.1643 out of 4 stars for Torrent1.1643
Leonora is a Spanish peasant girl who falls in love with her landlord's son Don Rafael Bull. To prevent his son from marrying beneath his station, Don Rafael's father banishes Leonora. ...more about Torrent
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Divine Woman, The (1928)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Inspiration (1931)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Kärlekens ögon (1922)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Love (1927/I)
No Reviews Available
In Czarist Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become Vronsky's mistress. Tragedy ensues when Vronsky chooses his military career over Anna. ...more about Love
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Luffarpetter (1922)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Lyckoriddare, En (1921)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Man's Man, A (1929)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Romance (1930)
No Reviews Available
Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. ...more about Romance
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Not Available on DVD