List of the best Charles Bronson movies: Death Hunt(1981), The Mechanic(1972), Rider on the Rain(1970), Mr. Majestyk(1974), Breakheart Pass(1976), Telefon(1977), The Valachi Papers(1972), Showdown at Boot Hill(1958), St. Ives(1976), 10 to Midnight(1983), The Stone Killer(1973), The White Buffalo(1977) ... ...
Action
Hong Kong|USA
1981
97 Minutes
Albert Johnson
Charles Bronson Lee Marvin Angie Dickinson Andrew Stevens Carl Weathers Ed Lauter Scott Hylands Henry Beckman William Sanderson John Cedar James O'Connell
fur trapper mountie sergeant mistress deputy dog owner tense thrilling gutsy yukon cabin mountain wilderness wrongfully accused shoot-out manhunt isolation survival honor pursuit
In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Charles Bronson Jan-Michael Vincent Keenan Wynn Jill Ireland Linda Ridgeway Frank de Kova Lindsay Crosby Takayuki Kubota Martin Gordon James Davidson Steve Cory
hit man apprentice father figure mobster girlfriend gritty cool confident naples, italy hotel hollywood hills mansion boat organized crime assassination student-teacher relationship double-cross secret depression transformation
An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Col. Harry Dobbs
Charles Bronson Marlène Jobert Jill Ireland Jean Gaven Annie Cordy Gabriele Tinti Jean Piat Corinne Marchand
colonel rapist victim dark suspenseful tense france seaside small town secret rape murder isolation investigation mystery pursuit 1970s
A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.
Action
USA
1974
104 Minutes
Vince Majestyk
Charles Bronson Al Lettieri Linda Cristal Lee Purcell Paul Koslo Taylor Lacher Frank Maxwell Alejandro Rey Jordan Rhodes Vern Porter Bert Santos
vietnam vet lawyer mobster migrant worker police detective criminal gritty rousing suspenseful colorado farm prison justice organized crime rivalry prison pursuit revenge adventure 1970s
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
Mystery & Thriller, Western
USA
1976
95 Minutes
Deakin
Charles Bronson Ben Johnson Jill Ireland Richard Crenna Charles Durning Ed Lauter David Huddleston Roy Jenson
outlaw marshal governor mistress federal agent soldier thrilling gutsy train utah fort humboldt train travel diptheria gun running conspiracy american indian wars mystery adventure 1870s
John Deakin is being transported, as a prisoner, on a train with supplies and medicine to Fort Humboldt, Nevada.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1977
103 Minutes
Charles Bronson Lee Remick Donald Pleasence Tyne Daly Alan Badel Patrick Magee Sheree North Frank Marth Helen Page Camp Roy Jenson Jacqueline Scott
kgb agent double agent intelligence officer romantic interest soviet soldier intense suspenseful engaging soviet union united states military base house brainwashing cold war secret mission dangerous assignment international conflict espionage pursuit discovery
A Russian officer is sent to the U.S. to try and stop sleeper agents who will mindlessly attack government entities when they hear certain coded words.
Crime, Drama
Italy|France
1972
125 Minutes
Joe Valachi
Charles Bronson Lino Ventura Jill Ireland Michael Callan Walter Chiari Joseph Wiseman Gerald S. O'Loughlin Amedeo Nazzari Fausto Tozzi Pupella Maggio Angelo Infanti
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Western
USA
1958
72 Minutes
Luke Welsh - Deputy US Marshal
Charles Bronson Robert Hutton John Carradine Carole Mathews Fintan Meyler Paul Maxey Thomas B. Henry William Stevens Martin Smith Joe McGuinn George Douglas
A deputy marshal kills a murderer in a town that loved him, and when no one is willing to identify him, he can't collect any reward.
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Raymond St Ives
Charles Bronson John Houseman Jacqueline Bisset Harry Guardino Maximilian Schell Harris Yulin
A crime novelist is hired by a shady character to negotiate the return of stolen confidential documents.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1983
101 Minutes
Leo Kessler
Charles Bronson Andrew Stevens Lisa Eilbacher Eugene M. Davis Wilford Brimley Geoffrey Lewis Ola Ray Bert Williams
detective serial killer tense rousing shocking gritty engaging los angeles investigation pursuit 1980s
An LAPD detective and his rookie partner are on the trail of a psychopathic young man who is murdering young women.
Crime, Drama
Italy|USA
1973
95 Minutes
Charles Bronson Martin Balsam Norman Fell David Sheiner Ralph Waite Eddie Firestone Walter Burke David Moody Charles Tyner Paul Koslo Stuart Margolin
ex-cop gangster henchman resident local mobster thrilling intense suspenseful office metro city new york city street crime scene big city race against time serendipity dangerous job suspicion dysfunction
A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Western
USA
1977
97 Minutes
Charles Bronson Jack Warden Will Sampson Kim Novak Clint Walker Stuart Whitman Slim Pickens John Carradine Cara Williams Shay Duffin Douglas Fowley
hunter american indian warrior old flame soldier crazy horse wild bill hickok gritty thrilling offbeat dense cheyenne, wyo. south dakota plains camp saloon native americans obsession hunting unlikely allies nightmares
At the closing of 1874 a haunted, dying Wild Bill Hickok teams up with a grieving Crazy Horse to hunt a murderous albino buffalo.
Western
Italy|Spain|France|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Vincent Van Patten Marcel Bozzuffi Melissa Chimenti Fausto Tozzi Ettore Manni Adolfo Thous Florencio Amarilla Corrado Gaipa Diana Lorys
A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.
Mystery & Thriller
France|UK
1971
97 Minutes
Charles Bronson Anthony Perkins Jill Ireland Henri Garcin Adriano Magistretti Agathe Natanson
A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA|Canada
1985
90 Minutes
Charles Bronson Deborah Raffin Ed Lauter Martin Balsam Gavan O'Herlihy Kirk Taylor Alex Winter Tony Spiridakis John Gabriel Marina Sirtis
architect friend gang leader gang member police chief public defender rousing suspenseful thrilling new york city apartment police station hospital car street murder gangs police work corruption crime
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Western
USA
1964
79 Minutes
Linc Murdock
Charles Bronson Kurt Russell Susan Oliver Jan Merlin John Fiedler Douglas Fowley Rayford Barnes Robert Carricart Ron Hagerthy Russ Conway Byron Foulger
Wagon train scout Linc Murdock reminisces about his old feud with rancher Rance Macklin over pretty Maria during the time when Linc worked for the Macklin ranch.
Drama
USA
1958
78 Minutes
Steve Boland
Charles Bronson Violet Rensing Richard Jaeckel Arvid Nelson Robert Easton Dennis McCarthy
racketeer nazi hero suspenseful hell war zone hiding conspiracy released from prison pursuit
In 1945, a GI falls in-love with a German woman while elite German troops, in U.S.uniforms, carry out sabotage and assassinations behind American lines.
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1988
90 Minutes
Garret Smith
Charles Bronson Trish Van Devere Laurence Luckinbill Jeff Corey Marilyn Hassett John Ireland Daniel Benzali Charles Dierkop
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
98 Minutes
Lieutenant Crowe
Charles Bronson Perry Lopez Juan Fernandez Peggy Lipton James Pax Sy Richardson Marion Yue Bill McKinney
A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1980
87 Minutes
Gifford Hoyt
Charles Bronson Dominique Sanda Jason Robards Fernando Rey Simon MacCorkindale Camilla Sparv Denny Miller Gilbert Roland
In 1948, an assortment of shady characters are searching for Nazi loot, sunken off the coast of Peru.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1987
99 Minutes
Paul Kersey
Charles Bronson Kay Lenz John P. Ryan Perry Lopez George Dickerson Soon-Teck Oh Dana Barron Jesse Dabson
architect girlfriend father thug kingpin vigilante dark brutal los angeles mansion household party police station vigilantism murder violence drugs impersonation double-cross revenge
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
Action
USA
1987
88 Minutes
Jay Killion
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Michael Ansara Stephen Elliott Jan Gan Boyd Randy Brooks James Staley Kathryn Leigh Scott Erik Stern
bodyguard president first lady wife assassin woman charming playful thrilling suspenseful intense shocking united states washington, d.c. white house assassination crime investigation relationships fake marriage
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.
Action, Crime, Drama
Canada|USA
1994
95 Minutes
Charles Bronson Lesley-Anne Down Michael Parks Saul Rubinek Kenneth Welsh Chuck Shamata Robert Joy Erica Lancaster
vigilante mobster hit man girlfriend ex-husband daughter brutal fiery gripping new york city restaurant restroom police station hospital assault intimidation testimonies mob violence tragic death vendetta
Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters.
Crime, Drama
1979
103 Minutes
Charlie Congers
Charles Bronson Rod Steiger Jill Ireland Strother Martin Bradford Dillman Henry Silva Paul Koslo Sam Chew Michael V. Gazzo Val Avery Billy Gray
The FBI sends a loner (Charles Bronson) to kidnap a mobster's (Rod Steiger) mistress (Jill Ireland) in Switzerland.
Crime, Drama
1980
97 Minutes
Charles Bronson Bruno Kirby Ed Harris Bert Remsen Michael Lerner Kenneth McMillan Karmin Murcelo Enrique Castillo Wilford Brimley Norman Alden James Victor
A U.S. Border Patrol officer (Charles Bronson) poses as an illegal alien to catch a killer (Ed Harris) smuggling laborers from Mexico.
Comedy, Western
1976
99 Minutes
Graham
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Douglas Fowley Stan Haze Damon Douglas Héctor Morales Bert Williams William Lanteau Hoke Howell Howard Brunner Don "Red" Barry
outlaw widow con artist landlady author sheriff amusing witty endearing offbeat american west small town bank jail one-night stand assumed identity bank robbery fame swindling old west myths
A frontier widow (Jill Ireland) makes a pulp-novel legend out of her three-hour affair with a third-rate outlaw (Charles Bronson).
Western
1972
112 Minutes
Link Stuart
Charles Bronson Ursula Andress Toshirô Mifune Alain Delon Capucine Tetsu Nakamura Bart Barry Guido Lollobrigida
bandit outlaw samurai prostitute sheriff ambassador rousing lighthearted arizona train desert field brothel double-cross robbery hostage situation gold honor pursuit transformation
An outlaw (Charles Bronson) and a samurai (Toshirô Mifune) team up to recover loot and a stolen ceremonial sword in the Old West.
Crime, Drama
1971
94 Minutes
Joe Martin
Charles Bronson Liv Ullmann James Mason Jill Ireland Michel Constantin Luigi Pistilli Yannick Delulle Nathalie Varallo Remo Mosconi
criminal crime boss man wife stepdaughter intense brutal suspenseful thrilling brooding gory france criminal underworld extortion criminal past drug cartel kidnapping danger deal adventure
An American expatriate's (Charles Bronson) wife (Liv Ullmann) and daughter are kidnapped in France by a drug smuggler (James Mason) from his past.
Action
1975
96 Minutes
Nick Colton
Charles Bronson Robert Duvall Jill Ireland John Huston Randy Quaid Sheree North Alejandro Rey Paul Mantee Roy Jenson Alan Vint Jorge Moreno
prisoner wife pilot wrongly accused accomplice agent tense suspenseful intense engaging spirited striking mexico texas prison break frame-up incarceration chase false identity suspicion
A woman (Jill Ireland) hires a bush pilot (Charles Bronson) to free her husband (Robert Duvall), framed for a murder, from a Mexican prison.
Crime, Drama
1958
80 Minutes
bank robber moll gangster goon wealthy girl mother-in-law cool gritty tense frenetic oklahoma bank hideout car memphis, tenn. machine gun kelly bank robbery kidnapping fame prohibition
A bootlegger sets his sights on fame and fortune in Roger Corman's sensationalized account of the gun-toting gangster.
Crime, Drama
1999
97 Minutes
Paul Fein
Charles Bronson Joe Penny Sebastian Spence Barbara Williams Nicole De Boer Kim Weeks Cynthia Belliveau Jan Filips Torri Higginson Sabrina Grdevich Heather Gordon
An inspector (Charles Bronson) aspires to be chief of police while investigating related murders and grappling with family strife.
Drama
1986
94 Minutes
Charles Bronson Ellen Burstyn Wilford Brimley Hoyt Axton Robert Schenkkan Ellen Barkin Keanu Reeves
Joseph "Jock" Yablonski (Charles Bronson) opposes United Mine Workers president Tony Boyle (Wilford Brimley) and winds up dead in 1969.
Adventure
USA
1993
100 Minutes
Charles Bronson Christopher Reeve Catherine Mary Stewart Marc Singer Len Cariou Clive Revill
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk and... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1961
107 Minutes
Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
David McLean Charles Bronson Ralph Taeger Brad Dexter James Gregory Lisabeth Hush Mary Tyler Moore Patricia Owens Kenneth Tobey Stanley Livingston Lauren Gilbert
During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F.and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.
Western
Italy|USA
1969
165 Minutes
Harmonica
Henry Fonda Claudia Cardinale Charles Bronson Jason Robards Frank Wolff Gabriele Ferzetti Keenan Wynn Paolo Stoppa Marco Zuanelli Lionel Stander Jack Elam
gunslinger mercenary tycoon wife thrilling brutal gutsy boomtown farm railway wild west railroad vengeance expansionism american west revenge quest underdog 1880s
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1967
149 Minutes
Joseph T. Wladislaw
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson Jim Brown John Cassavetes Richard Jaeckel George Kennedy Trini Lopez Ralph Meeker Robert Ryan Telly Savalas
colonel prisoner murderer nazi rapist major brash spirited gory england france revenge world war ii special ops retribution adventure revenge pursuit 1940s
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
Drama
USA
1966
110 Minutes
J.J. Nichols
Natalie Wood Robert Redford Charles Bronson Kate Reid Mary Badham Robert Blake Alan Baxter Dabney Coleman Jon Provost
southern belle mother businessman lover wealthy man melodramatic solemn mississippi new orleans small town mother/daughter relationship love triangle betrayal big business reputation railroad forbidden love rivalry temptation revenge
The dramatic love story of small-town Mississippi girl Alva Starr and railroad official Owen Legate, set during the Great Depression.
Western
France|Italy|Mexico|USA
1968
111 Minutes
Teclo
Anthony Quinn Anjanette Comer Charles Bronson Sam Jaffe Silvia Pinal Jorge Martinez De Hoyos
outlaw priest townsperson indian gripping brooding spirited mexico village mountain redemption frontier justice culture clash unlikely hero underdog rescue 1740s
In 1743, outlaw Leon Alastray is hunted by the Spanish army but is given sanctuary by a priest in a village terrorized by marauding Yaqui Indians.
Western
USA
1968
125 Minutes
Yul Brynner Robert Mitchum Charles Bronson Grazia Buccella Robert Viharo Frank Wolff Herbert Lom Alexander Knox Diana Lorys Robert Carricart Fernando Rey
texan gunrunner pilot pancho villa nemesis friend rebel airy amusing thrilling melodramatic patriotic mexico mexican revolution banditry bandits battle womanizing betrayal rebellion
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa lead a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisonned in Mexico.
Other, Drama
1991
100 Minutes
Francis Church
Holiday hardship in 1897 prompts an Irish immigrant's (Richard Thomas) daughter to ask the New York Sun a question.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Flight Lt. Danny Velinski 'The Tunnel King'
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Western
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Hondo
Burt Lancaster Jean Peters John McIntire Charles Bronson John Dehner Paul Guilfoyle Ian MacDonald Walter Sande Morris Ankrum Monte Blue
native american warrior squaw scout army officer gripping gutsy powerful train american west escape journey oppression native americans betrayal escape pursuit 1880s
Refusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.
Drama
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Cos Erickson
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Eva Marie Saint Charles Bronson Robert Webber James Edwards Torin Thatcher Tom Drake Douglas Henderson Morgan Mason Dusty Cadis
artist illegitimate son minister headmaster teacher wife brooding melodramatic powerful passionate monterey, calif. boarding school church beach house guilt single mothers love triangle doomed romance infidelity mother/son relationship
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.
Drama
1977
150 Minutes
Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
Peter Finch Martin Balsam Horst Buchholz Charles Bronson John Saxon Jack Warden Sylvia Sidney Yaphet Kotto Robert Loggia James Woods Dinah Manoff
commando hostage terrorist government official yitzhak rabin passenger intense suspenseful airplane airport uganda israel terrorism stand-off hijacking commando assault israeli-palestinian conflict quest rescue 1970s
Israeli commandos raid Uganda's airport in 1976 to free hostages from Palestinian-terrorist hijackers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
74 Minutes
Ben Hastings
Sterling Hayden Gene Nelson Phyllis Kirk Ted de Corsia Charles Bronson Jay Novello Nedrick Young James Bell Dub Taylor Gayle Kellogg Mack Chandler
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
Musical
USA
1962
95 Minutes
Lew Nyack
Elvis Presley Gig Young Lola Albright Joan Blackman Charles Bronson Ned Glass
veteran boxer trainer gym owner mobster charming thrilling uplifting boxing ring catskills gym boxing romance gambling mobsters new life underdog rise love 1960s
After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing.
Western
USA
1961
97 Minutes
Trooper Hanna
Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy James Douglas Tammy Marihugh Carol Wells Slim Pickens
captain lieutenant beautiful woman soldier native american warrior rookie melodramatic tense wild west desert fort battle romance love triangle native americans military life competition transformation love rivalry
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Comedy, Western
1963
124 Minutes
Matson
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg Ursula Andress Charles Bronson Victor Buono Richard Jaeckel Mike Mazurki Jack Elam The Three Stooges Yaphet Kotto
businessman rival beautiful woman outlaw banker townsperson madcap amusing spirited unrestrained galveston, texas desert stagecoach riverboat casino wilderness gambling teamwork scam robbery
Con men (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin) and their girlfriends fight, then unite, over a floating casino in 1870 Galveston.
Western
USA
1954
75 Minutes
Pinto
Randolph Scott Wayne Morris Joan Weldon Joe Sawyer James Millican Charles Bronson James Bell Fritz Feld Richard Garrick Victor Perrin John Baer
guard gang leader bandit deputy son sister suspenseful rousing tense gritty small town american west stagecoach saloon casino murder false accusations on the run robbery siblings
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
Western
USA
1954
111 Minutes
Kintpuash, aka Captain Jack
Alan Ladd Audrey Dalton Marisa Pavan Robert Keith Rodolfo Acosta Charles Bronson Warner Anderson Elisha Cook Jr. Anthony Caruso Richard Gaines Hayden Rorke
cowboy native american warrior daughter driver ulysses s. grant army officer thrilling gutsy melodramatic california oregon fort mountain river ambush native americans revenge negotiation honor war
In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.