List of the best Laurence Olivier movies: Sleuth(1972), A Little Romance(1979), Richard III(1955), Bunny Lake Is Missing(1965), The Entertainer(1960), Othello(1965), Henry V(1945), Term of Trial(1962), Battle of Britain(1969), Three Sisters(1970), Clouds Over Europe(1939), Fire Over England(1937) ... ...
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1972
138 Minutes
Andrew Wyke
wealthy man adulterer businessperson writer crafty playful suspenseful england countryside city mansion competition deception infidelity murder class distinctions mystery discovery rivalry revenge
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
7.5/10
Romance
France|USA
1979
108 Minutes
Julius
Laurence Olivier Diane Lane Thelonious Bernard Arthur Hill Sally Kellerman David Dukes Andrew Duncan
teen girl teen boy pickpocket mother stepfather director moving amusing paris film set street family home racetrack first love running away filmmaking teen angst mother/daughter relationship growing up love
An American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.
7.4/10
Drama, History
UK
1955
155 Minutes
Director
Laurence Olivier Claire Bloom Cedric Hardwicke Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Mary Kerridge Pamela Brown Alec Clunes Stanley Baker Michael Gough Laurence Naismith
king richard iii king edward iv lady courtier soldier brooding somber powerful england palace battlefield ambition family palace intrigue murder deception rise fall 15th century
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1965
107 Minutes
Superintendent Newhouse
Laurence Olivier Carol Lynley Keir Dullea Noel Coward Martita Hunt Finlay Currie The Zombies
mother brother superintendent landlord retiree daughter creepy brooding dark uneasy london school scotland yard missing persons insanity siblings investigation mystery quest 1960s
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1960
97 Minutes
Archie Rice
Laurence Olivier Brenda De Banzie Albert Finney Joan Plowright Roger Livesey Alan Bates Daniel Massey Miriam Karlin Shirley Anne Field Thora Hird Tony Longridge
teacher comedian wife father fiancée soldier disheartening dark beach theater family home family fame ambition infidelity vaudeville fall quest 1950s
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1965
166 Minutes
Othello
Laurence Olivier Frank Finlay Maggie Smith Robert Lang Anthony Nicholls Roy Holder Derek Jacobi Joyce Redman Sheila Reid Harry Lomax Michael Turner
othello senator iago desdemona servant campy confident intense brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy doomed romance schemes interracial relationship revenge
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1945
137 Minutes
Director
Laurence Olivier Robert Newton Renee Asherson Leslie Banks Esmond Knight Leo Genn Felix Aylmer Ralph Truman Harcourt Williams Ivy St. Helier Ernest Thesiger
soldier king leader military officer queen creative intense england france war marriage military royalty empowerment fall rise rivalry 16th century
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1962
113 Minutes
Graham Weir
Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles Roland Culver Frank Pettingell Thora Hird Dudley Foster Norman Bird Newton Blick Allan Cuthbertson Nicholas Hannen
teacher wife student bleak somber school england household student-teacher relationship alcoholism guilt marital problems seduction revenge temptation 1960s
In Britain, a high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher but, after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
7.0/10
War, Drama, Action
UK
1969
132 Minutes
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Laurence Olivier Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Robert Shaw Susannah York Trevor Howard Curt Jurgens Ian McShane
soldier pilot prime minister dictator nazi british soldiers tense gripping london england war air raids battle bravery underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
1970
165 Minutes
Director
Laurence Olivier Joan Plowright Alan Bates Jeanne Watts Louise Purnell Derek Jacobi Sheila Reid Kenneth MacKintosh Daphne Heard Harry Lomax
sister teacher wife doctor military officer brooding emotional russia small town aspirations family marriage infidelity disillusionment love triangle discovery forbidden love growing up 1900s
Olga, Masha and Irina Prozoroff (Louise Purnell) lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who had commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1939
78 Minutes
Tony McVane
Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson Valerie Hobson George Curzon David Tree George Merritt Gus McNaughton Sandra Storme
A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
6.5/10
Drama, History
UK
1937
89 Minutes
Michael Ingolby
Laurence Olivier Flora Robson Vivien Leigh Leslie Banks Raymond Massey Tamara Desni Morton Selten Robert Newton Donald Calthrop
queen elizabeth i naval officer king philip ii engaging gripping amusing patriotic melodramatic england spain ship war romance dangerous assignment jealousy royalty adventure escape rescue quest
During the reign of Elizabeth I, a young man's fervent devotion to the crown and to his sweetheart, a lady-in-waiting, lead him to battle for England's victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
117 Minutes
Producer
Marilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier Sybil Thorndike Jeremy Spenser Richard Wattis Esmond Knight Paul Hardwick Rosamund Greenwood Aubrey Dexter Maxine Audley Jean Kent
king prince government official actress ambassador queen amusing winsome melodramatic london embassy bedroom ballroom nightclub coronation treason courtship secret performance repression
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
5.2/10
Drama
USA
1978
126 Minutes
Loren Hardeman
Laurence Olivier Robert Duvall Tommy Lee Jones Katharine Ross Jane Alexander Lesley-Anne Down Joseph Wiseman Kathleen Beller Edward Herrmann Paul Rudd
The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
2.6/10
Drama, History
South Korea|USA
1981
140 Minutes
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Laurence Olivier Jacqueline Bisset Ben Gazzara Toshirô Mifune Richard Roundtree David Janssen Gabriele Ferzetti Rex Reed Sabine Sun Dorothy James Karen Kahn
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
130 Minutes
George Fortescu Maximillian 'Maxim' de Winter
Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Judith Anderson George Sanders Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper
widower housekeeper husband wife bride dark suspenseful emotional mansion england cabin death fire obsession betrayal deception suicide transformation mystery 1940s
A British gentleman's (Laurence Olivier) innocent bride (Joan Fontaine) grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.
Romance
1943
115 Minutes
Ivan Kouznetsoff
Laurence Olivier Penelope Dudley Ward Marjorie Fielding Margaret Rutherford Felix Aylmer Edie Martin Joyce Grenfell Jack Watling Miles Malleson John Laurie Wilfrid Hyde-White
russian landlady englishman scientist inventor communist cheeky winsome england apartment building russia cross-cultural romance culture clash inventions immigration allied forces world war ii love rivalry discovery
The Russian inventor (Laurence Olivier) of a new marine propeller falls in love with a woman (Penelope Ward) in 1939 London.
7.9/10
Action, Drama, History
USA
1960
184 Minutes
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Tony Curtis Charles Laughton Peter Ustinov John Gavin Nina Foch Herbert Lom John Dall Charles McGraw
gladiator slave rebel sexy woman inspiring engaging rome rebellion freedom showdown murder hand-to-hand combat suicide escape rise revenge 1st century b.c.
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
7.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Dr. Christian Szell
Dustin Hoffman Laurence Olivier Roy Scheider William Devane Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Richard Bright Marc Lawrence Allen Joseph Tito Goya Ben Dova
college student secret agent nazi girlfriend disturbing thrilling intense new york city central park columbia university espionage family murder third reich crime nazism discovery escape mystery 1970s
A history student becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1941
107 Minutes
Johnnie
Eric Portman Laurence Olivier Anton Walbrook Leslie Howard Raymond Massey Glynis Johns Niall MacGinnis Finlay Currie
nazi soldier trapper inuit native american priest patriotic melodramatic offbeat train canada hudson bay trading post countryside world war ii nazism war politics pursuit 1940s
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
7.2/10
Drama, History
USA
1941
128 Minutes
Lord Horatio Nelson
Vivien Leigh Laurence Olivier Alan Mowbray Sara Allgood Gladys Cooper Henry Wilcoxon Heather Angel Halliwell Hobbes Gilbert Emery Miles Mander Ronald Sinclair
ambassador lady admiral captain lord king witty sultry touching melodramatic france italy england prison adultery war love loss courage adventure
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
UK
1969
144 Minutes
Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier John Gielgud Kenneth More John Clements Ian Holm Meriel Forbes Wensley Pithey Ruth Kettlewell Paul Daneman Corin Redgrave
recruiter soldier singer archduke franz ferdinand quirky profound emotional disheartening pier stage trenches united kingdom belgium brighton, england world war i family song and dance anti-war class distinctions growing up
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1968
157 Minutes
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Anthony Quinn Laurence Olivier Oskar Werner David Janssen Vittorio De Sica Leo McKern John Gielgud Barbara Jefford Rosemarie Dexter Frank Finlay Burt Kwouk
priest pope premier prisoner cardinal archbishop profound inspiring suspenseful emotional russia rome vatican labor camp peace talks airplane cold war roman catholicism doubt compassion
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War
6.9/10
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
UK|USA
1981
118 Minutes
Harry Hamlin Laurence Olivier Judi Bowker Claire Bloom Maggie Smith Ursula Andress Jack Gwillim Susan Fleetwood Pat Roach Burgess Meredith Sian Phillips
hero greek god satyr princess zeus medusa spectacular rousing campy ancient greece mount olympus island swamp sea mythology heroism battle monsters romance daunting task
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
6.8/10
Drama, History
UK
1966
134 Minutes
Charlton Heston Laurence Olivier Richard Johnson Ralph Richardson Alexander Knox Johnny Sekka Michael Hordern Zia Mohyeddin Marne Maitland Nigel Green Hugh Williams
general prophet colonel prime minister soldier brutal gritty tense sudan great britain courage battle uprising following orders death underdog rise rivalry 1880s
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
6.6/10
Comedy
UK
1938
91 Minutes
Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson Binnie Barnes Morton Selten J.H. Roberts Gertrude Musgrove Gus McNaughton Eileen Peele Hugh McDermott H.B. Hallam
lawyer guest lord judge wife cheeky charming hilarious london hotel office divorce impersonation stranded nobility romance infidelity forbidden love temptation discovery
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
6.5/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1957
117 Minutes
Producer
Marilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier Sybil Thorndike Jeremy Spenser Richard Wattis Esmond Knight Paul Hardwick Rosamund Greenwood Aubrey Dexter Maxine Audley Jean Kent
king prince government official actress ambassador queen amusing winsome melodramatic london embassy bedroom ballroom nightclub coronation treason courtship secret performance repression
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
6.1/10
Drama
UK
1939
72 Minutes
Larry Durrant
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before the trial and if the ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Musical
USA
1980
115 Minutes
Cantor Rabinovitch
Neil Diamond Laurence Olivier Lucie Arnaz Catlin Adams Franklin Ajaye Paul Nicholas Sully Boyar Mike Kellin James Booth Luther Waters Rod Gist
cantor father wife agent friend singer inspiring passionate brooklyn, n.y. los angeles synagogue nightclub recording studio bar father/son relationship rebellion music tradition jewish culture dreams
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.
5.9/10
Drama
UK
1936
75 Minutes
Captain Ivan Ignatoff
Harry Baur Laurence Olivier Penelope Dudley Ward Robert Cochran Morton Selten Athene Seyler
captain war profiteer nurse spy roommate parent sad gripping suspenseful melodramatic russia hospital courtroom war debt espionage family love triangle jealousy rivalry
During World War I, Russian Captain Ivan Ignatoff falls in love with his nurse, Natasha Kovrin. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Comedy
UK
1936
96 Minutes
Orlando
Elisabeth Bergner Laurence Olivier Sophie Stewart Henry Ainley Richard Ainley Leon Quartermaine Mackenzie Ward Felix Aylmer Aubrey Mather Austin Trevor
A Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
UK
1933
81 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Laurence Olivier John Halliday Michael Farmer Genevieve Tobin Nora Swinburne Charles Collum Peter Gawthorne Rosalinde Fuller O.B. Clarence Mary Jerrold
husband wife newlywed mistress lord lady melodramatic emotional engaging passionate amusing witty cannes, france london france newlyweds troubled marriage agreement divorce jealousy
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
5.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1984
91 Minutes
Michael Caine Laurence Olivier Susan George Robert Powell Charles Gray Michael Medwin Sabine Sun David Kelly Peter Burton
former secret agent soviet soldier spy russian spy undercover agent gory suspenseful thrilling brooding intense russia england operating room cia office plastic surgery secret documents spying mission identity adventure
An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
George Hurstwood
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.
7.3/10
Musical
USA
1988
85 Minutes
The Old Soldier
Nathaniel Parker Tilda Swinton Laurence Olivier Patricia Hayes Rohan McCullough Nigel Terry Owen Teale Sean Bean
nurse british soldier german soldier mother doctor poet disheartening dreamy profound sad battlefield tomb hospital church wilfred owen poetry horrors of war death disillusionment music
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
7.1/10
Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|New Zealand
1984
132 Minutes
Admiral Hood
Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins Laurence Olivier Edward Fox Daniel Day-Lewis Bernard Hill Liam Neeson Simon Adams
capt. william bligh fletcher christian sailor governor commander native spirited thrilling hms bounty tahiti ocean ship mutiny infatuation daunting task sailing redemption failure revenge sacrifice
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
4.8/10
Action
UK|Australia
1985
125 Minutes
Rudolf Hess
Scott Glenn Barbara Carrera Edward Fox Laurence Olivier Robert Webber Robert Freitag Kenneth Haigh
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
113 Minutes
Professor James Moriarty
Nicol Williamson Alan Arkin Robert Duvall Vanessa Redgrave Laurence Olivier Joel Grey Samantha Eggar Jeremy Kemp Charles Gray Georgia Brown Anna Quayle
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor moriarty sigmund freud amusing cheeky quirky suspenseful 221b baker street england vienna psychoanalysis detective investigation kidnapping adventure mystery temptation victorian era
Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) and Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) help Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) rescue an abducted patient.
5.6/10
Drama, History
UK|Italy
1972
123 Minutes
Duke of Wellington
Sarah Miles Jon Finch Richard Chamberlain John Mills Margaret Leighton Ralph Richardson Laurence Olivier
noblewoman nobleman couple poet lover brooding emotional passionate tense manor england loveless marriage affair forbidden love fall temptation 19th century
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.
6.0/10
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Italy
2004
107 Minutes
Dr. Totenkopf
Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Angelina Jolie Giovanni Ribisi Michael Gambon Bai Ling Omid Djalili Laurence Olivier Trevor Baxter Julian Curry
pilot reporter scientist ex-girlfriend mechanic editor spectacular campy rousing new york city nepal shangri-la airplane robots missing persons invasion fantasy world mystery pursuit 1930s
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
7.4/10
War, Drama
USA|UK
1977
179 Minutes
Doctor Spaander
Dirk Bogarde James Caan Michael Caine Sean Connery Edward Fox Elliott Gould Gene Hackman Anthony Hopkins Hardy Kruger Laurence Olivier Ryan O'Neal
military officer general soldier enemy brooding patriotic holland germany highway bridge battlefield world war ii horrors of war quest rescue 1940s
Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.
7.2/10
Drama, History
UK
1971
183 Minutes
Michael Jayston Janet Suzman Tom Baker Roderic Noble Harry Andrews Irene Worth Ania Marson Lynne Frederick Candace Glendenning Fiona Fullerton Jack Hawkins
czar nicholas ii princess daughter secret agent aristocrat rasputin emotional gripping moving russia siberia castle execution revolution mutiny family historical events exile fall escape
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
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