List of the best Ernest Borgnine movies: Marty(1955), Frozen Stupid(2006), The Double McGuffin(1979), Sunday in the Country(1974), The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez(2012), Another Harvest Moon(2009), A Bullet for Sandoval(1969), Young Warriors(1983), Moving Target(1990), Skeleton Coast(1988), The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island(1999), Black City(1961) ... ...
Drama
USA
1955
91 Minutes
Marty Pilletti
Ernest Borgnine Betsy Blair Joe Mantell Esther Minciotti Augusta Ciolli Karen Steele Jerry Paris Frank Sutton Walter Kelley Robin Morse
butcher teacher mother bachelor charming heartwarming endearing new york city household love disillusionment dating love discovery 1950s
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Comedy
Germany|USA
2006
102 Minutes
Frank Norgard
Ernest Borgnine Joey Albright Kimberly Guerrero Michelle Mountain Randall Godwin Will David Young Guy Sanville Phil Powers Jim Porterfield Wayne David Parker Grant Krause
A scientific and social exploration of the future of human reproductive technology.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1979
101 Minutes
Firat
Ernest Borgnine George Kennedy Elke Sommer Rod Browning Dion Pride Lisa Whelchel Jeff Nicholson Michael Hagerty Vincent Spano Greg Hodges
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuse to believe... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|UK
1974
90 Minutes
Adam Smith
Ernest Borgnine Michael J. Pollard Hollis McLaren Louis Zorich Cecil Linder Vladimír Valenta Al Waxman Tim Henry Murray Westgate Ralph Endersby Sue Petrie
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
99 Minutes
Rex
Ernest Borgnine Carla Ortiz Dale Dickey Tony Plana Barry Corbin Arturo Del Puerto Audrey P. Scott June Squibb Reynaldo Pacheco Ashley Holliday Nathalie Kelley
Ernest Borgnine plays Rex Page, an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nursing home ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2009
89 Minutes
Frank
Ernest Borgnine Piper Laurie Anne Meara Doris Roberts Richard Schiff Cybill Shepherd Sunkrish Bala Amber Benson Clay Bravo Cameron Monaghan Dale Waddington Horowitz
old man dying person bleak emotional endearing inspiring incredible melancholy moving raw profound uneasy nursing home united states death memory loss life lessons suicide discovery quest
An elderly dementia patient must decide whether to leave this world under his own conditions, before he loses his dignity, or give in to his loving family and nursing home roommates' appeals to fight on and risk losing it.
Western
Spain|Italy
1969
91 Minutes
Don Pedro Sandoval
Ernest Borgnine George Hilton Alberto De Mendozo Annabella Incontrera Antonio Pica Leo Anchóriz Gustavo Rojo Manuel Miranda Andrea Aureli
confederate soldier father farmer lover baby friend cool dark mexican-american border texas farm countryside vengeance race relations desertion illness fatherhood cholera outbreak revenge pursuit
A Confederate deserter, whose Mexican girlfriend dies during childbirth, starts a feud with her Mexican family, becomes an outlaw and vows revenge on all who wronged him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
103 Minutes
Lt. Bob Carrigan
Ernest Borgnine Richard Roundtree James Van Patten Lynda Day George Anne Lockhart Tom Reilly Ed De Stefane Mike Norris
college student sister thug cop father frat boy dark brooding uneasy college street helicopter household fraternity house violence rape vigilantism fraternity murder investigation gang war
A young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, ... See full summary »
Action
Italy
1990
83 Minutes
Captain Morrison
Ernest Borgnine Linda Blair Janine Linde
Hot girlfriend witnesses mobsters killing her boyfriend. She goes on the run with mob and cops on her tail.
Action
South Africa|USA
1988
98 Minutes
Ernest Borgnine Robert Vaughn Oliver Reed Herbert Lom Daniel Greene Leon Isaac Kennedy Simon Sabela Nancy Mulford
During the Angola Civil War, CIA agent Michael Smith is captured by the Communists, prompting a rescue mission organized by his father aided by hired mercenaries.
Adventure
USA
1999
92 Minutes
Ben Quinn
Ernest Borgnine Seth Bernard Logan Lipton Brennan Hesser Mike Kelly Guy Sanville Randall Godwin Ashley Bowers
Young man assembles a small offbeat crew to find the mythical pirate treasure that's supposedly on the bottom of Lake Michigan and save his family from bankruptcy.
Drama
1961
113 Minutes
Peppino Navarra
Ernest Borgnine Keenan Wynn Max Cartier Cristina Gaioni Carlo Pisacane Rosita Pisano Yvonne Sanson Guido Celano Ermelinda De Felice Maria Angela Giordano
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector.
Other, Comedy, Drama
2007
85 Minutes
Bert O'Riley
Ernest Borgnine Juliette Goglia Katherine Helmond Richard Libertini Tracy Nelson Jamie Farr Quinn Redeker Justine Rose Dorsey
The estranged grandfather (Ernest Borgnine) of a 9-year-old quickly forms a bond with the child when, suddenly, they must take care of each other.
Drama
1959
72 Minutes
Eddie Colt
A family-man draftsman (Ernest Borgnine) finally stands up to his boss (David Brian), because of rabbits and a day off.
Comedy, Drama
1959
93 Minutes
Roo
Ernest Borgnine Anne Baxter John Mills Angela Lansbury Ethel Gabriel Vincent Ball Janette Craig
girlfriend widow farmer worker husband melodramatic emotional australia farm sydney love triangle vacation unemployment affair long-distance relationship maturing growing up love 1950s
Two laid-off Australian sugar-cane cutters (Ernest Borgnine, John Mills) spend their 17th summer with their girlfriends in Sydney.
Drama, Western
2008
96 Minutes
Thurmond Prescott
Ernest Borgnine Casper Van Dien Bruce Boxleitner Jeff Kober Jake Thomas Kanin Howell Jack Noseworthy Deirdre Quinn Rodney Scott
A landowner (Ernest Borgnine) and his allies make a stand when thugs who work for the railroad want his property.
Fantasy
1996
92 Minutes
Grandfather
Ernest Borgnine George Milan Bunny Summers John Terrence Patricia Sansone Bob Mendlesohn
Adults remain unconvinced when the famous wizard appears in the 20th century to dazzle a modern-day audience.
Western
USA
1969
142 Minutes
William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan Edmond O'Brien Warren Oates Jaime Sanchez Ben Johnson Emilio Fernández Strother Martin L.Q. Jones Albert Van Dekker
outlaw gunslinger traitor bounty hunter brutal fiery gutsy texas small town wilderness wild west robbery showdown armed conflict betrayal aging quest pursuit revenge rivalry
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1967
149 Minutes
Maj. Gen. Worden
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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
93 Minutes
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Debbie Reynolds Barry Fitzgerald Rod Taylor Robert F. Simon Madge Kennedy Dorothy Stickney Carol Veazie Joan Camden Ray Stricklyn
mother daughter fiancé father uncle endearing spirited melodramatic new york city family home wedding family feud mother/daughter relationship working class discovery sacrifice 1950s
When Jane tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran, her mother Agnes, starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it.
Adventure
USA
1973
118 Minutes
Shack
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Keith Carradine Charles Tyner Harry Caesar Malcolm Atterbury Simon Oakland Matt Clark Elisha Cook Jr.
hobo conductor police officer tense spirited railway railyard west coast train travel railroad showdown homelessness great depression rivalry pursuit underdog 1930s
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1981
100 Minutes
Kurt Russell Ernest Borgnine Adrienne Barbeau Lee Van Cleef Donald Pleasence Isaac Hayes Season Hubley Harry Dean Stanton Tom Atkins Charles Cyphers
mercenary president prisoners bleak thrilling new york city prison cold war terrorism hostages rescue nuclear safety rescue escape 20th century
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
148 Minutes
Boris Vaslov
Rock Hudson Ernest Borgnine Patrick McGoohan Jim Brown Tony Bill Lloyd Nolan Alf Kjellin Gerald S. O'Loughlin Ted Hartley Murray Rose Ron Masak
commander admiral spy russian intelligence officer colonel confident crafty gripping arctic submarine espionage mission international conflict search adventure quest rivalry discovery cold war
USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
Western
USA
1958
85 Minutes
Alan Ladd Ernest Borgnine Katy Jurado Claire Kelly Kent Smith Nehemiah Persoff Robert Ernhardt Anthony Caruso Adam Williams Ford Rainey John Day
ex-convict robber deputy prostitute miner explosives expert rousing confident arizona mine prison gold heist bigotry revenge betrayal revenge adventure 1890s
Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.
Sci-Fi
Italy|Spain|USA
1981
94 Minutes
Terence Hill Ernest Borgnine Joanne Dru Marc Lawrence Julie Gordon Lee Sandman Sal Borgese Woody Woodbury
police detective police officer superhuman american indian friend co-worker amusing hilarious engaging witty police station supernatural super powers accident fighting comedy adventure discovery mystery transformation
Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
103 Minutes
Carroll O'Connor Ernest Borgnine Ann Wedgeworth Anita Dangler Leslie Ackerman Karen Black Jack Kehoe David Spielberg Joe Ragno
In the crime-ridden 70's New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands only to realize too late that they're in over their heads.
Western
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Sgt. Otto Hahnsbach
Rod Taylor Ernest Borgnine John Mills Luciana Paluzzi James Whitmore Angela Dorian Louis Hayward Michael Cole Hugh Reilly Barry O'Hara Joe Sirola
gunslinger aristocrat niece colonel native american sergeant fiery rousing spectacular fort united states military redemption battle reunion siege violence love transformation 1870s
While Indians besiege a U.S. Army fort in 1876, residents of the fort, a gunfighter, a stagecoach driver, two Mexican women, and a motley company of soldiers, try to come to terms with their pasts.
Horror
USA
1971
95 Minutes
Bruce Davison Ernest Borgnine Elsa Lanchester Sondra Locke Michael Dante Jody Gilbert William Hansen John Myhers Joan Shawlee Almira Sessions
A social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors.
Comedy
USA
1988
101 Minutes
Sasha Mitchell Ernest Borgnine Anne De Salvo Sylvia Miles Geraldine Smith Maria Pitillo Talisa Soto Rick Aviles Antonia Rey
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob... See full summary »
Biography
UK|USA
1977
101 Minutes
Ernest Borgnine John Marley Robert Duvall James Earl Jones Roger E. Mosley Ben Johnson Paul Winfield Lloyd Haynes Dina Merrill David Clennon
Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this dramatized version of his life story up to the late 1970s. It includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1981
102 Minutes
Isaiah Schmidt
Maren Jensen Ernest Borgnine Susan Buckner Sharon Stone Jeff East Lisa Hartman Lois Nettleton Coleen Riley Douglas Barr Michael Berryman Kevin Cooney
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Drama
USA
2010
138 Minutes
Carl Taylor
C. Thomas Howell Logan Bartholomew Ernest Borgnine Louise Fletcher Fred Dalton Thompson Lance Henriksen Rance Howard Ben Murphy Catherine Hicks Susan Blakely Rich Franklin
A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their spiritual faith and scientific studies.
Action
Italy|USA
1984
92 Minutes
Ethan Wayne Ernest Borgnine Bo Svenson Henry Silva Raimund Harmstorf Terry Lynch Thomas Rallis Don Taylor
A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. ... See full summary »
War
1979
156 Minutes
Richard Thomas Ernest Borgnine Patricia Neal Ian Holm Donald Pleasence Mark Drewry Mark Elliott David Bradley Matthew Evans George Winter Dominic Jephcott
soldier corporal bleak somber sad war zone germany france world war i disillusionment fall growing up 1910s
A young German soldier (Richard Thomas) and his comrades are followed through the horrors of World War I.
Action
1976
98 Minutes
Lou
Cliff Robertson Ernest Borgnine Henry Silva James Blendick Larry Reynolds Leslie Carlson Kate Reid Helen Shaver
A group of businessmen find themselves in the midst of a life-and-death battle during a weekend hunting trip.
Comedy
1971
92 Minutes
Bette Davis Ernest Borgnine Jack Cassidy Joan Delaney Jay Robinson John Astin Reva Rose Robert Foulk J. Rob Jordan Brayden Linden Karen Mae Johnson
widow thief police officer criminologist middle-aged man middle-aged woman amusing playful family home bank robbery foreclosure blackmail disguise motorcycles friendship adventure transformation underdog 1970s
An elderly woman (Bette Davis) and a plumbing scavenger (Ernest Borgnine) pose as motorcycle hippies to rob the bank that evicted her.
War
1988
95 Minutes
Telly Savalas Ernest Borgnine Heather Thomas Hunt Block Matthew Burton Jeff Conaway Alex Cord Erik Estrada Ernie Hudson James Carroll Jordan
A female officer (Heather Thomas) joins a major (Telly Savalas) and GI convicts for a desert raid on the Nazis.
Comedy
2002
90 Minutes
Godfather Mariano
Tyley Ross Ernest Borgnine Dan Lalande Lorraine Ansell
Drama
1956
88 Minutes
Ray Milland Ernest Borgnine Frank Lovejoy Nina Foch Dean Jagger Virginia Christine Edward Andrews Frank Faylen Diane Jergens Warren Berlinger Andrew Duggan
government official lawyer judge naval officer wife suspect emotional solemn melodramatic courtroom house naval base suburbia cold war paranoia communism trial navy redemption underdog
A lawyer (Ray Milland) represents a Navy worker (Ernest Borgnine) who has been unjustly fired as a security risk.
Drama
2004
98 Minutes
Kimberly Guerrero Ernest Borgnine Wayne David Parker Julie Kavner Suzi Regan Jim Porterfield Guy Sanville Randall Godwin
With the help of an American Indian (Kimberly Norris Guerrero), a farmer (Ernest Borgnine) tries to save his homestead from land developers.
Action
1989
83 Minutes
Prof. Braun
Brandon Lee Ernest Borgnine Debi A. Monahan Werner Pochat Graeme Clarke Pierre Knoessen Maureen Lahoud
A scientist's (Ernest Borgnine) daughter (Debi Monahan) helps a CIA agent (Brandon Lee) find her father, kidnapped by the KGB to make a laser.
War
1987
96 Minutes
Telly Savalas Ernest Borgnine Vince Edwards Bo Svenson Vincent Van Patten James Van Patten Randall Cobb Gary Graham
A general (Ernest Borgnine) forces a major (Telly Savalas) to take GI convicts and rescue six scientists from Nazis in a French monastery.
Western
USA
2001
87 Minutes
Lucas Moat
Randy Travis Eric Roberts Ernest Borgnine Paul Tinder Sam Dolan Jerry Doyle Garry Marshall Alec Medlock Stella Stevens
A down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddy.
Drama
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Bernie Browne
Tony Curtis Pat Crowley Ernest Borgnine Paul Kelly Jim Backus Leigh Snowden John Day David Janssen John Marley Barney Phillips Joseph Vitale
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con ... See full summary »
Action, Drama
USA
1978
110 Minutes
Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace
Kris Kristofferson Ali MacGraw Ernest Borgnine Burt Young Madge Sinclair Franklin Ajaye Cassie Yates Brian Davies
truck driver photographer sheriff friend husband reporter thrilling engaging spirited gutsy highway truck american southwest prison desert convoy truck driving police corruption protest camaraderie
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Western
Mexico|USA
1972
112 Minutes
Hoop
William Holden Susan Hayward Ernest Borgnine Woody Strode Roger Hanin Reinhard Kolldehoff Jorge Luke Arthur Hunnicutt Warren Vanders Larry Pennell John Kelly
rancher outlaw convict gripping moving thrilling wild west ranch rural community posse vigilantism cowboys ranching escape pursuit quest 19th century
When a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers.
Musical
USA
1956
104 Minutes
Lew Brown
Gordon MacRae Dan Dailey Ernest Borgnine Sheree North Tommy Noonan Murvyn Vye Phyllis Avery Larry Keating Tony Galento Norman Brooks Jacques d'Amboise
Ray joins Buddy and Lew to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. Soon, they've got several hits on Broadway, but Buddy's ambition leads to friction among the group, as the other 2 feel increasingly left out.
Western
1971
85 Minutes
Emmett Clemens
Raquel Welch Robert Culp Ernest Borgnine Strother Martin Jack Elam Christopher Lee Diana Dors Stephen Boyd
widow bounty hunter gunsmith bank robber thug brother dark thrilling amusing tense american west mexico house bank desert rape gunfight unlikely friendship training murder
A frontier woman (Raquel Welch) learns from a bounty hunter (Robert Culp) how to shoot the outlaws who have made her a widow.
Comedy, Drama
1970
113 Minutes
Sheriff Harve
Brian Keith Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine Suzanne Pleshette Ivan Dixon Bradford Dillman Tom Ewell Don Ameche Arthur O'Connell John Fiedler
officer sergeant colonel sheriff bartender playful amusing american south small town military base jail military life small-town life feud public relations rivalry 1970s
An Army sergeant's (Brian Keith) buddies rescue him with a tank after a Southern sheriff (Ernest Borgnine) puts him in jail.
Mystery & Thriller
1968
130 Minutes
Barney Sheean
Kim Novak Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Milton Selzer Rossella Falk Gabriele Tinti Valentina Cortesa Jean Carroll Michael Murphy Lee Meriwether James Lanphier
actress beautiful woman celebrity director ex-husband producer emotional eerie hollywood, calif. film set acting romance filmmaking doppelganger reincarnation love discovery 1960s
A filmmaker manipulates a starlet into the image of his late wife, a celebrated actress who met a tragic death.