List of the best Alec Guinness movies: Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949), The Ladykillers(1955), The Lavender Hill Mob(1951), Tunes of Glory(1960), Last Holiday(1950), The Man in the White Suit(1951), Our Man in Havana(1960), Damn the Defiant!(1962), The Promoter(1952), The Scapegoat(1959), All at Sea(1957), The Detective(1954) ... ...
8.0/10
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
1949
104 Minutes
Alec Guinness Dennis Price Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Miles Malleson Hugh Griffith Jeremy Spenser Arthur Lowe
murderer wealthy man girlfriend admiral minister lady cheeky madcap england castle prison death family ambition class distinctions revenge fall 1900s
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
7.7/10
Comedy
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Alec Guinness Katie Johnson Cecil Parker Herbert Lom Peter Sellers Danny Green Frankie Howerd
widow musician gangster police officer amusing quirky hilarious outlandish king's cross station london household crime heist murder botched murder escape rivalry 1950s
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
7.6/10
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Henry Holland
Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway Sidney James Alfie Bass Marjorie Fielding John Gregson Edie Martin Clive Morton Ronald Adam Sydney Tafler Meredith Edwards
bank robbers police officer schoolgirl artist inspector petty criminal witty cheeky charming london paris bank robbery scams adventure pursuit underdog 1950s
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
7.5/10
Drama
UK
1960
106 Minutes
Alec Guinness John Mills Susannah York Dennis Price John Fraser Allan Cuthbertson Kay Walsh Gordon Jackson Duncan Macrae Keith Faulkner Peter McEnery
commanding officer officer soldier rival daughter girlfriend gripping emotional tense scotland barracks battalion class conflict military authority suicide rivalry forbidden love 1940s
After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1950
89 Minutes
George Bird
Alec Guinness Beatrice Campbell Kay Walsh Bernard Lee Wilfrid Hyde-White Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
salesman socialite society matron maid gambler doctor winsome charming resort brighton, england beach doctor's office fatal illness vacation friendship social standing mortality transformation 1950s
When a lonely, unappreciated farm equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
7.3/10
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker Michael Gough Ernest Thesiger Vida Hope George Benson Edie Martin
scientist inventor researcher amusing cheeky engaging madcap factory england inventions big business capitalism obsession unrequited love clothing industry discovery escape 1950s
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
7.2/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
107 Minutes
Jim Wormold
Alec Guinness Burl Ives Maureen O'Hara Ernie Kovacs Noel Coward Ralph Richardson Jo Morrow Paul Rogers Gregoire Aslan Jose Prieto Duncan Macrae
expatriate secret agent double agent director secretary salesman cool amusing suspenseful havana, cuba london city apartment government offices store city espionage communism father/daughter relationship patriotism deception
Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.
7.1/10
Drama, History
UK
1962
101 Minutes
Captain Crawford
Alec Guinness Dirk Bogarde Maurice Denham Nigel Stock Richard Carpenter Peter Gill David Robinson Robin Stewart Ray Brooks Peter Greenspan Anthony Quayle
captain lieutenant cabin boy sailor tense thrilling ship ocean naval warfare mutiny napoleonic wars leadership adventure rivalry 1800s
On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.
7.1/10
Comedy
UK
1952
89 Minutes
Edward Henry `'Denry'` Machin
Alec Guinness Glynis Johns Valerie Hobson Petula Clark Edward Chapman Veronica Turleigh George Devine Joan Hickson Frank Pettingell Gibb McLaughlin
promoter mother countess dance instructor girl employer witty cheeky playful staffordshire, england school office dance hall car government building ambition class distinctions manipulation money schemes
In Edwardian Staffordshire, charming rogue Edward "Denry" Machin (Alec Guinness), the son of a washerwoman, believes he must give destiny a hand to rise in the world.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
92 Minutes
John Barratt, Jacques De Gue
Alec Guinness Bette Davis Nicole Maurey Irene Worth Pamela Brown Annabel Bartlett Geoffrey Keen Noel Howlett Peter Bull Leslie French Alan Webb
teacher nobleman mistress mother wife daughter suspenseful fascinating striking france hotel chateau foundry village cottage deception impersonation frame-up murder drug addiction
An English schoolteacher meets his lookalike, a French count; and unwillingly swaps identities with him.
6.8/10
Comedy
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Alec Guinness Irene Browne Percy Herbert Maurice Denham Victor Maddern Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goodwin Lionel Jeffries Harry Locke
sea captain reporter teen boy city official sailor superintendent cheeky crafty playful england ship sea pier dance hall france business gambling ghosts competition deception
A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1954
91 Minutes
Father Brown
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Peter Finch Cecil Parker Bernard Lee Sidney James Ernest Thesiger
priest detective thief hilarious thrilling lighthearted playful london rome church museum crime investigation religion theft search pursuit quest rivalry mystery
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
6.5/10
Drama, History
UK|Italy
1973
106 Minutes
Adolf Hitler
Alec Guinness Simon Ward Adolfo Celi Diane Cilento Gabriele Ferzetti Eric Porter Doris Kunstmann Joss Ackland John Barron John Bennett Sheila Gish
A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.
6.3/10
Comedy
UK
1966
100 Minutes
Benedict Boniface
Alec Guinness Gina Lollobrigida Robert Morley Peggy Mount Akim Tamiroff Marie Bell Derek Fowlds Robertson Hare Ann Beach Leonard Rossiter David Battley
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris, Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA|West Germany
1965
97 Minutes
Wilhelm Frick
Alec Guinness Michael Connors Robert Redford Anita Hoefer Mady Rahl Paul Dahlke Paul Wolff John Briley Elisabeth Von Molo Carola Regnier
pilot german american soldier clerk prisoner of war amusing witty charming small town germany bomb shelter cellar airplane loneliness friendship schemes world war ii capture behind enemy lines
During WW2, a lonely German air-raid warden captures two downed American airmen and keeps them prisoner in his basement way past the end of the war.
5.5/10
Romance
UK
1955
78 Minutes
Col. Sir Edgar Fraser
Alec Guinness Odile Versois Vernon Gray Elina Labourdette Jacques François Austin Trevor Jacques B. Brunius Claude Romain Maureen Davis Mollie Hartley Milburn
father son young woman woman hilarious frenetic heartwarming family home paris street hotel elevator tree father/son relationship love triangle courtship vacation life lessons may-december romance growing up
A middle-aged widower takes his son on a trip to Paris, where they try to find wives for each other.
Drama
1988
177 Minutes
William Dorrit
Alec Guinness Derek Jacobi Sarah Pickering Joan Greenwood Max Wall Patricia Hayes Luke Duckett Cyril Cusack
english gentleman seamstress father mother debt collector uncle engaging bleak witty emotional london debtors prison household father/daughter relationship dark secrets blackmail unrequited love poverty mother/son relationship fall
Dickens' tale of a girl (Sarah Pickering), her debtor father (Alec Guinness) and their benefactor (Derek Jacobi) is seen through the benefactor's eyes.
8.3/10
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Prince Feisal
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
8.1/10
War, Drama
UK|USA
1957
161 Minutes
Colonel Nicholson
William Holden Alec Guinness Sessue Hayakawa Jack Hawkins James Donald Geoffrey Horne Andre Morrell Peter Williams John Boxer Percy Herbert Harold Goodwin
soldier captain rival prisoner of war captor gritty military base bridge burma world war ii munitions construction military battle bombing rivalry quest revenge 1940s
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, not knowing that the allied forces are planning to destroy it.
7.5/10
Musical, Other
UK
1970
118 Minutes
Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Gordon Jackson Roy Kinnear Kay Walsh Richard Beaumont
clerk son ebenezer scrooge ghost cheery heartwarming lighthearted england christmas charity loss ghosts regret redemption fall transformation 1860s
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|USA
1951
99 Minutes
Benjamin Disraeli
Irene Dunne Alec Guinness Andrew Ray Finlay Currie Beatrice Campbell Anthony Steel Raymond Lovell Marjorie Fielding Ronan O'Casey Edward Rigby
In 1875 London, young Wheeler (who lives by scavenging) finds a cameo of Queen Victoria, which he thinks so beautiful, he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, ... See full summary »
6.9/10
History, Drama, Biography
UK|USA
1970
145 Minutes
King Charles I
Richard Harris Alec Guinness Robert Morley Dorothy Tutin Frank Finlay Timothy Dalton Patrick Wymark Patrick Magee Nigel Stock Charles Gray Michael Jayston
king charles i earl queen prince general patriotic powerful dense rousing england battlefield palace parliament oliver cromwell civil wars english history power struggle parliament patriotism rise
Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
153 Minutes
Koichi Asano
Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness Ray Danton Madlyn Rhue Mae Questel
mother daughter son-in-law widower neighbor emotional melodramatic ship family home japan friendship marriage family mother/child relationship grief racism love transformation 1960s
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness.
6.7/10
Drama, History
USA
1964
153 Minutes
Sophia Loren Alec Guinness Stephen Boyd James Mason Christopher Plummer Anthony Quayle John Ireland Mel Ferrer Omar Sharif Eric Porter
soldier emperor heir daughter senator barbarian thrilling tense brooding rome battlefield frontier palace roman empire corruption decadence power play rebellion showdown fall
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.
6.6/10
Comedy
UK
1949
83 Minutes
Donald Houston Alec Guinness Meredith Edwards Moira Lister Hugh Griffith Joyce Grenfell
brother con artist news reporter amusing madcap england london wales small town pub city vs. country deception money culture clash adventure discovery 1940s
Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1966
105 Minutes
Pol
George Segal Alec Guinness Max von Sydow Senta Berger George Sanders Robert Helpmann Robert Flemyng Peter Carsten Ernst Walder Edith Schneider
spy neo-nazi secret agent teacher thug boss confident rousing sultry berlin pub headquarters gangs cold war murder nazism espionage adventure discovery pursuit
In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.
Drama
1948
105 Minutes
Fagin
Robert Newton Alec Guinness John Howard Davies Kay Walsh Francis L. Sullivan Anthony Newley Henry Stephenson Mary Clare Josephine Stuart Ralph Truman
orphan pickpocket criminal kidnapper wealthy man girlfriend dense gripping melodramatic london orphanage street hideout child abuse crime class distinctions kidnapping growing up escape pursuit
Dickens' London waif (John Howard Davies) is pressed into Fagin's (Alec Guinness) street gang led by bully Bill Sikes (Robert Newton) and the Artful Dodger.
7.2/10
Biography
UK|Italy
1973
121 Minutes
Pope Innocent III
Graham Faulkner Judi Bowker Alec Guinness Leigh Lawson Kenneth Cranham Valentina Cortesa Michael Feast John Sharp
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
5.2/10
Romance
USA
1983
95 Minutes
Sigmund Freud
Dudley Moore Elizabeth McGovern Alec Guinness Christine Baranski Gene Saks Renee Taylor Kent Broadhurst Lester Rawlins Wallace Shawn Suzanne Barrie Anne Kerry
A psychiatrist, who falls in love with a patient, is visited by the spirit of Sigmund Freud, who gives him advice on how to handle it.
8.6/10
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK
1977
121 Minutes
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Alec Guinness Peter Cushing Anthony Daniels Kenny Baker Peter Mayhew David Prowse Phil Brown Shelagh Fraser
princess robot mentor hero captain villain thrilling intense creative spectacular amusing powerful outer space restaurant military base far far away spacecraft fantasy world abduction kidnapping
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
8.0/10
Romance, War, Drama, History
Italy|UK|USA
1965
197 Minutes
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Omar Sharif Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Tom Courtenay Alec Guinness Rod Steiger Siobhan McKenna Ralph Richardson Rita Tushingham Adrienne Corri Geoffrey Keen
doctor brother niece wife politician mistress passionate emotional tender russia moscow siberia world war i russian revolution doomed romance politics marriage poetry forbidden love discovery
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
7.3/10
Drama
UK|USA
1984
163 Minutes
Godbole
Judy Davis Peggy Ashcroft Victor Banerjee James Fox Alec Guinness Nigel Havers Richard Wilson Antonia Pemberton Michael Culver Art Malik Saeed Jaffrey
tourist doctor fiancé friend lawyer emotional solemn india cave courtroom court battles lawsuit class distinctions culture clash imperialism social change quest discovery underdog 1920s
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
5.0/10
Adventure
UK|USA
1980
114 Minutes
John Bigalow
Jason Robards Richard Jordan David Selby Anne Archer Alec Guinness J.D. Cannon Bo Brundin M. Emmet Walsh Robert Broyles Norman Bartold Elya Baskin
ship captain explorer engaging gripping ocean under the sea boat titanic rescue challenge discovery pursuit quest 1980s
They said nothing could sink her--then, that no one could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by Admiral James Sandecker, is assigned the job of finding the doomed ship in her North Atlantic grave.
7.4/10
Comedy
USA
1976
94 Minutes
Jamesir Bensonmum
Peter Falk Peter Sellers Truman Capote Eileen Brennan James Coco Alec Guinness Elsa Lanchester David Niven Maggie Smith Nancy Walker Estelle Winwood
private investigator wealthy man butler maid cook nurse hysterical madcap intricate amusing outlandish castle united states living space dining room crime scene hallway crime scam reward
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
1988
118 Minutes
Mr. Todd
James Wilby Kristin Scott Thomas Rupert Graves Judi Dench Anjelica Huston Alec Guinness Pip Torrens Cathryn Harrison
aristocrat englishman wife son friend socialite engaging dark emotional south america england london estate english countryside bedroom infidelity greed class distinctions divorce travel
The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
Russia|Germany
1995
98 Minutes
The Reaper
Mary Sudina Fay Ripley Evan Richards Oleg Yankovsky Igor Volkow Sergei Karlenkov Alec Guinness
mute person makeup artist director sister police officer crime boss chilling tense dark shocking moscow movie studio police station witnessing murder snuff films sign language filmmaking mafia cover-up escape
A mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
Russia|Germany
1995
98 Minutes
The Reaper
Mary Sudina Fay Ripley Evan Richards Oleg Yankovsky Igor Volkow Sergei Karlenkov Alec Guinness
mute person makeup artist director sister police officer crime boss chilling tense dark shocking moscow movie studio police station witnessing murder snuff films sign language filmmaking mafia cover-up escape
A mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
1980
124 Minutes
Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels David Prowse Peter Mayhew Kenny Baker Alec Guinness Julian Glover John Ratzenberger
knight princess mentor robot nemesis rebel thrilling dark rousing powerful far far away outer space spacecraft rescue confrontation space travel violence rebellion torture rivalry
Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to be a Jedi knight, and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) woos Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), as Darth Vader returns to threaten the rebel forces trying to save the galaxy.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
1983
133 Minutes
Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Billy Dee Williams Anthony Daniels Peter Mayhew Sebastian Shaw Ian McDiarmid David Prowse Alec Guinness Kenny Baker
jedi knight princess monster hero robot emperor thrilling powerful charming outer space fantasy world war battle love friendship rebellion self-discovery quest adventure love
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), now an experienced Jedi knight, tries to discover Darth Vader's identity.
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