List of the best Ian Bannen movies: Waking Ned Devine(1998), Doomwatch(1972), A Pin for the Butterfly(1994), Original Sin(1996), Penelope(1966), The Driver's Seat(1974), The Hill(1965), To Walk With Lions(1999), Too Late the Hero(1970), Fright(1971), Crossing the Line(1990), Jane Eyre(1971) ... ...
Comedy
UK|Ireland|France|USA
1998
91 Minutes
Ian Bannen David Kelly Fionnula Flanagan Susan Lynch James Nesbitt Maura O'Malley Robert Hickey Paddy Ward James Ryland Fintan McKeown Matthew Devitt
lottery winner best friend wife villager farmer claim inspector quirky amusing ireland village household church pub lottery deception death blackmail friendship teamwork quest
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
Sci-Fi
1972
89 Minutes
Dr. Shaw
Ian Bannen Judy Geeson George Sanders John Paul Simon Oates Jean Trend Joby Blanshard Percy Herbert
medical researcher military officer islander british man scientist researcher suspenseful thrilling profound brooding disturbing gory island cornwall london laboratory mutants horror mysterious past missing persons
A British researcher (Ian Bannen) and a military man (George Sanders) face islanders indirectly mutated by dumped chemicals.
Drama
Czech Republic|UK
1994
113 Minutes
Joan Plowright Ian Bannen Hugh Laurie Imogen Stubbs Ian Hogg Florence Hoath
young girl mother uncle grandmother grandfather disheartening emotional czechoslovakia parade apartment building kitchen school factory communism totalitarianism acting family poetry political unrest escape
7-year-old Marushka grows up in 1950s Prague, raised more by her relatives than her society-building mother.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
120 Minutes
Roy Marsden Ian Bannen Cathryn Harrison Amanda Root Sylvia Syms Tim Dutton Lizzy McInnerny Jonathan Coy Carolyn Pickles Raymond Gerome David de Keyser
A weekend in a summer house, where six late twenties friends have reunited. A series of life crises force them to confront their relationships and lives, leading them to discover what it really means to grow up.
Comedy
1966
97 Minutes
James B. Elcott
Natalie Wood Ian Bannen Dick Shawn Peter Falk Jonathan Winters Lila Kedrova Lou Jacobi Norma Crane Arthur Malet Jerome Cowan Arlene Golonka
wife husband psychiatrist police detective con artist charming witty madcap new york city bank robbery boredom unusual romance marriage kleptomania adventure love 1960s
A woman (Natalie Wood) disguised as a little old lady robs her husband's (Ian Bannen) bank, then tells her analyst (Dick Shawn).
Drama
1974
101 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Ian Bannen Mona Washbourne Guido Mannari Maxence Mailfort Andy Warhol
Drama
UK
1965
123 Minutes
Harris
Sean Connery Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Alfred Lynch Ossie Davis Roy Kinnear Jack Watson Ian Hendry Michael Redgrave Norman Bird Neil McCallum
prisoner sergeant guard british soldiers bleak brutal intense prison camp africa libya desert following orders humiliation morality military prison rivalry discovery underdog fall
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Drama
Canada|UK|Kenya
1999
108 Minutes
Terence Adamson
Richard Harris John Michie Ian Bannen Kerry Fox Hugh Quarshie Honor Blackman Geraldine Chaplin David Mulwa Steenie Njoroge Tirus Gathwe Ng'ang'a Kirumburu
conservationist assistant brother wife poacher soldier touching spirited engaging gutsy kenya kora national park camp savanna safari george adamson lions estrangement conservationism political corruption
George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.
War
USA
1970
133 Minutes
Pvt. Jock Thornton
Michael Caine Cliff Robertson Ian Bannen Henry Fonda Harry Andrews Denholm Elliott Ronald Fraser Lance Percival Percy Herbert
interpreter soldier lieutenant commanding officer private tense gripping gutsy island japan war zone military base world war ii heroism death military dangerous mission fear sacrifice quest
A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
Horror
UK
1971
87 Minutes
Brian
Susan George Honor Blackman Ian Bannen John Gregson George Cole Dennis Waterman Tara Collinson Maurice Kaufman Michael Brennan Roger Lloyd-Pack
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1990
93 Minutes
Matt Mason
Liam Neeson Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Ian Bannen Billy Connolly Maurice Roeves Hugh Grant Carla Cann Juliet Cadzow Rab Affleck Tom Watson Julie Graham
boxer miner ex-convict wife gangster opponent fiery thrilling raw scotland boxing ring car household boxing unemployment desperation family crime quest transformation
Unemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Drama
1971
100 Minutes
St. John Rivers
George C. Scott Susannah York Ian Bannen Jack Hawkins Nyree Dawn Porter Rachel Kempson Kenneth Griffith Peter Copley Michele Dotrice
orphan governess lord wife ward brooding emotional eerie england manor boarding school doomed romance tragic love secret marriage insanity hidden past jane eyre love mystery discovery
Charlotte Bronte's gothic heroine (Susannah York) loves her moody employer (George C. Scott), who keeps a dark secret hidden from her.
Mystery & Thriller
1975
74 Minutes
Doonan
An American fugitive (Bradford Dillman) hides in a British coastal village, where a woman (Suzan Farmer) wants him to commit murder.
Horror
1973
99 Minutes
Christopher Lowe
Peter Cushing Margaret Leighton Ian Bannen David Warner Wendy Allnutt Rosalind Ayres Marcel Steiner Donald Pleasence Diana Dors Angela Pleasence Ian Carmichael
The sinister owner (Peter Cushing) of a London antiques shop leads customers into four tales of terror.
Drama
1973
95 Minutes
Antonio Braggi
Sophia Loren Richard Burton Ian Bannen Barbara Pilavin Renato Pinciroli Daniele Vargas Sergio Bruni Ettore Geri Isabelle Marchall Riccardo Mangano Annabella Incontrera
husband widow brother father love interest doctor spectacular melodramatic gondola family home venice, italy sicily car accident disapproval terminal illness mourning love triangle marriage proposal forbidden love rivalry
A woman (Sophia Loren) loves one man (Richard Burton) but marries his brother (Ian Bannen) in circa-1900 Sicily.
War, Action
1978
93 Minutes
Col. Charles Thomas Buckner
Bo Svenson Fred Williamson Ian Bannen Peter Hooten Jackie Basehart Michel Constantin Debra Berger Raimund Harmstorf Michael Pergolani
soldier deserter thief assassin prisoner lieutenant intense confident gutsy thrilling dark patriotic france world war ii prison break dangerous mission captivity nazism friendship adventure
Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
Drama
UK|USA
1973
112 Minutes
Kenneth Baxter
Sean Connery Trevor Howard Vivien Merchant Ian Bannen Derek Newark John Hallam Peter Bowles Ronald Radd Anthony Sagar Howard Goorney Richard Moore
sergeant suspect wife lieutenant victim dark shocking england forest police station police brutality police work rape interrogation fall mystery 1970s
A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
Crime, Drama
UK
1977
97 Minutes
Baker
John Thaw Dennis Waterman Barry Foster Ian Bannen Colin Welland Diane Keen Michael Coles Joe Melia Brian Glover Lynda Bellingham Morris Perry
Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend. Framed on a drunk-drive charge ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1983
128 Minutes
Iamskoy
William Hurt Lee Marvin Brian Dennehy Ian Bannen Joanna Pacula Michael Elphick Richard Griffiths Rikki Fulton Alexander Knox Alexei Sayle Ian McDiarmid
detective kgb agent businessman girlfriend chilling tense moscow amusement park murder corruption conspiracy cover-up mystery discovery wretched excess underdog 1980s
A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1985
96 Minutes
Dennis Markham
Gabriel Byrne Greta Scacchi Denholm Elliott Ian Bannen Fulton Mackay Bill Paterson David Calder Frederick Treves Robbie Coltrane Annabel Leventon Prentis Hancock
reporter secretary politician tense suspenseful england military base espionage cold war nuclear safety discovery mystery 1980s
After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.
Comedy, Drama, History
Italy
1988
108 Minutes
Father of Francesco
Matthew Modine Faye Dunaway Jennifer Beals Ian Bannen Corinne Clery Vernon Wells Federica Moro Ana Obregón Feodor Chaliapin Gianfranco Barra Karina Huff
A young man joins a feisty runaway as he flees from the noblewoman who won him in a wager.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1990
84 Minutes
Sir Edith Moser
Bill Cosby Kimberly Russell Denise Nicholas Ian Bannen Salim Grant Brooke Fontaine Dana Ashbrook Omar Gooding Christine Ebersole
ghost single father child widower scientist older sister campy spirited lighthearted uplifting household taxi laboratory office father/child relationship responsibility unfinished business death of father haunting work vs. family
A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.
Comedy
1959
88 Minutes
Young King Loris
Terry-Thomas Jeffrey Dell Peter Sellers Luciana Paluzzi Ian Bannen Thorley Walters Raymond Huntley
diplomat prime minister consul soldier princess government official spirited hilarious witty island palace international conflict foreign relations invasion romance death ineptitude forbidden love rivalry adventure
A nitwit British diplomat (Terry-Thomas) oversees a tiny island's prime minister (Peter Sellers), princess (Luciana Paoluzzi) and rich mineral deposits.
Drama
1964
94 Minutes
Paul
Curt Jurgens Patricia Neal Samantha Eggar Ian Bannen Elspeth March Beatrix Lehmann Sandra Leo Shelley Crowhurst
blind person husband sister friend dark gripping melodramatic london family home country house adultery psychosomatic illness memory love triangle family dysfunction blindness discovery forbidden love transformation 1960s
An industrialist's (Curt Jurgens) wife (Patricia Neal) tries to remember the shocking sight that made her blind.
Adventure
USA
1965
147 Minutes
Crow
James Stewart Richard Attenborough Peter Finch Ernest Borgnine Ian Bannen Ronald Fraser Christian Marquand Dan Duryea George Kennedy Gabriele Tinti Alex Montoya
survivor captain pilot navigator worker soldier tense suspenseful desert sahara airplane plane crash survival death engineering quest 1960s
After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says he's an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage.
Western
USA
1975
131 Minutes
Norfolk
Gene Hackman Candice Bergen James Coburn Ben Johnson Ian Bannen Jan-Michael Vincent Mario Arteaga Robert Donner Robert F. Hoy Jean Willes John McLiam
cowboy woman old man englishman mexican rousing inspiring wild west horse racing respect competition culture clash gender bias quest rivalry 1900s
A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Slade
Paul Newman Dominique Sanda James Mason Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Michael Hordern Nigel Patrick Peter Vaughan Roland Culver Percy Herbert Robert Lang
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Drama
1983
109 Minutes
Riley Wyndham
John Hammond Hope Lange John Cullum Morgan Brittany Ian Bannen Joey Travolta Arliss Howard Sarah Rush Gerry Gibson Johanna Briens Lee Adams
The return of an estranged son inspires a troubled family to turn to God for the strength to heal old wounds.
Western
Italy|Yugoslavia|USA
1971
99 Minutes
Cpt. Crawford
Bekim Fehmiu John Huston Richard Crenna Chuck Connors Ricardo Montalban Ian Bannen Brandon de Wilde Slim Pickens Woody Strode Albert Salmi
deserter general colonel engineer wife scout gritty gripping arizona fort mexico hill desert mission battle native americans massacre desertion redemption quest
Army deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
Fantasy
USA|UK
1980
84 Minutes
John Keller
Bette Davis Lynn-Holly Johnson Carroll Baker David McCallum Kyle Richards Ian Bannen Richard Pasco Frances Cuka Benedict Taylor Eleanor Summerfield Georgina Hale
When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1987
111 Minutes
Grandfather George
Sebastian Rice Edwards Sarah Miles David Hayman Derrick O'Connor Susan Wooldridge Sammi Davis Ian Bannen Jean-Marc Barr Annie Leon
son sister brother father mother soldier inspiring endearing emotional london suburbia family childhood war world war ii growing up adventure 1930s
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Drama, History
UK
1958
117 Minutes
Gabelle
Dirk Bogarde Dorothy Tutin Cecil Parker Stephen Murray Athene Seyler Paul Guers Marie Versini Ian Bannen Alfie Bass Ernest Clark Rosalie Crutchley
aristocrat soldier duchess marquis doctor attorney chilling melodramatic france paris french revolution poverty power struggle french history redemption forbidden love fall wretched excess sacrifice 1790s
During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay, who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
Drama
UK|USA|West Germany
1981
106 Minutes
Josef Keller
John Hurt Jane Alexander Beau Bridges Doug McKeon Keith McKeon Glynnis O'Connor Geoffrey Liesik Michael Liesik Ian Bannen Anne Stallybrass Günter Meisner
family thrilling suspenseful spirited rousing positive inspiring germany hot air balloon east/west clash overcoming the odds escape adventure pursuit underdog 1960s
True tale about two men planing to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.