List of the best Orson Welles movies: Citizen Kane(1941), The Third Man(1949), Touch of Evil(1958), The Magnificent Ambersons(1942), The Lady From Shanghai(1948), Compulsion(1959), The Other Side of the Wind(2018), The Witching(1972), Someone to Love(1987), Trouble in the Glen(1954), David and Goliath(1960), The Hearts of Age(1934) ... ...
8.3/10
Drama
USA
1941
119 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Ruth Warrick Everett Sloane Agnes Moorehead Dorothy Comingore Ray Collins George Coulouris William Alland Paul Stewart Erskine Sanford
news reporter billionaire journalist singer intricate profound gripping dark new york city boarding school college opera house office mansion newspapers investigative journalism recluses wealth quest rise
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.
8.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
104 Minutes
The Third Man
Orson Welles Joseph Cotten Trevor Howard Alida Valli Paul Hoerbiger Ernst Deutsch Erich Ponto Siegfried Breuer Bernard Lee Hedwig Bleibtreu Wilfrid Hyde-White
writer friend actress love interest thief suspenseful dark vienna cemetery hospital nightclub household accident investigation murder love triangle mistaken identity betrayal mystery pursuit
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1958
95 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Orson Welles Janet Leigh Joseph Calleia Akim Tamiroff Valentin de Vargas Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Joanna Moore Mort Mills Marlene Dietrich
drug enforcement agent police officer criminal wife chilling mexico police station motel country road border crime crooked cops smuggling murder mystery pursuit 1950s
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Tim Holt Dolores Costello Anne Baxter Agnes Moorehead Richard Bennett Erskine Sanford J. Louis Johnson Don Dillaway Charles R. Phipps Dorothy Vaughan
wife mother son father carmaker aunt fascinating dense intense indiana mansion europe small town indianapolis family wealth aging love jealousy unrequited love
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Producer
Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Glenn Anders Ted de Corsia Erskine Sanford Gus Schilling Carl Frank Louis Merrill Evelyn Ellis Harry Shannon
seaman wife attorney investigator cop femme fatale dark engaging suspenseful new york city yacht san francisco courtroom theater fun house murder deception betrayal love mystery
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
7.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Jonathan Wilk
Orson Welles Dean Stockwell Bradford Dillman Diane Varsi E.G. Marshall Martin Milner Richard Anderson Robert F. Simon
college student lawyer judge police officer witness juror fiery tense courtroom murder trial capital punishment class distinctions mystery quest 1950s
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
France|Iran|USA
2018
122 Minutes
Director
John Huston Susan Strasberg Lilli Palmer Peter Bogdanovich Oja Kodar Robert Random Edmond O'Brien
A Hollywood director emerges from semi-exile with plans to complete work on an innovative motion picture.
5.8/10
Horror
USA
1972
82 Minutes
Orson Welles Pamela Franklin Michael Ontkean Lee Purcell Harvey Jason Lisa James Susan Bernard Terry Quinn
A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1987
111 Minutes
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.
5.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1954
91 Minutes
Sanin Cejador y Mengues
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed ... See full summary »
4.9/10
Drama, History
Italy
1960
95 Minutes
King Saul
Orson Welles Richard Pottier Ivo Payer Edward Hilton Massimo Serato Eleonora Rossi Drago Giulia Rubini Peter Cross Furio Meniconi Dante Maggio Kronos
young man goliath prophet king daughter disciple passionate israel palace countryside biblical events daunting task prophecy rise to power david quest rise ancient times
King Saul of the Israelites is visited in Jerusalem by the Prophet Samuel who foretells him that a war with The Philistines is inevitable and the shepherd David will become king.
4.9/10
Drama
USA
1934
8 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Virginia Nicholson William Vance
An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.
Documentary
1973
88 Minutes
Director
Oja Kodar Joseph Cotten Francois Reichenbach Richard Wilson Paul Stewart Alexander Welles Gary Graver Andrés Vicente Gómez Christian Odasso
writer howard hughes artist forger crafty france italy los angeles forgery deception crime art wretched excess temptation fall 1960s
Truth and deception in art and life are explored by the filmmaker, including the work of art forger Elmyr de Hory.
Drama, History
1965
115 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Jeanne Moreau John Gielgud Margaret Rutherford Marina Vlady Keith Baxter Norman Rodway
friend girlfriend prince henry iv hostess wife brash cheeky amusing sad england battlefield castle pub inn royal life father/son relationship friendship loyalty war
Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.
Drama
1952
92 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Micheál MacLiammóir Suzanne Cloutier Robert Coote Hilton Edwards Michael Lawrence Fay Compton Nicholas Bruce Jean Davis Joan Fontaine Joseph Cotten
othello senator iago desdemona servant wastrel chilling intense powerful brooding venice, italy street castle cyprus bedroom race relations jealousy schemes doomed romance interracial relationship
Shakespeare's Iago (Micheál MacLiammóir) tells the jealous Moor of Venice (Orson Welles) that his wife, Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier), has been unfaithful.
Comedy, Drama
1967
99 Minutes
Jonathan Lute
Orson Welles Oliver Reed Carol White Harry Andrews Michael Hordern Marianne Faithfull Peter Graves Frank Finlay Edward Fox
advertising executive writer boss amusing brash campy confident hedonistic madcap london swinging london success career mistresses adventure escape wretched excess 1960s
A British tycoon (Orson Welles) wants back a lusty TV-ad genius (Oliver Reed) who has escaped to a literary magazine.
Drama
1955
99 Minutes
Director
Orson Welles Michael Redgrave Robert Arden Paola Mori Patricia Medina Akim Tamiroff Mischa Auer Katina Paxinou Jack Watling Gregoire Aslan Peter Van Eyck
wealthy man ex-convict murderer smuggler gangster daughter creative dark dense copenhagen, denmark mexico amsterdam railyard street amnesia investigation deception mystery transformation adventure
A shady financier (Orson Welles) pays a man (Robert Arden) to research his past, in order to erase it with murder.
Drama
1962
120 Minutes
The "Director"
Orson Welles Roberto Rossellini Ugo Tognazzi Rosanna Schiaffino
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1958
95 Minutes
Director
Charlton Heston Orson Welles Janet Leigh Joseph Calleia Akim Tamiroff Valentin de Vargas Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Joanna Moore Mort Mills Marlene Dietrich
drug enforcement agent police officer criminal wife chilling mexico police station motel country road border crime crooked cops smuggling murder mystery pursuit 1950s
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Producer
Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Glenn Anders Ted de Corsia Erskine Sanford Gus Schilling Carl Frank Louis Merrill Evelyn Ellis Harry Shannon
seaman wife attorney investigator cop femme fatale dark engaging suspenseful new york city yacht san francisco courtroom theater fun house murder deception betrayal love mystery
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
7.1/10
Adventure
USA
1949
107 Minutes
Cesare Borgia
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Wanda Hendrix Marina Berti Everett Sloane Katina Paxinou Felix Aylmer Leslie Bradley
ambassador nobleman count wife sister thrilling italy provincial town venice, italy power struggle corruption revolution torture love metamorphosis rescue rise renaissance
An unscrupulous agent for the Borgias suffers a change of heart when asked to betray a noble count and his much younger, very beautiful wife.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Jeff Chandler Orson Welles Colleen Miller Ben Alexander Barbara Lawrence John Larch James Gleason Royal Dano Paul Fix Leo Gordon Martin Garralaga
Virgil Renchler owns most of the town providing a thriving economy. When his men go too far and kill one of his migrant workmen, the sheriff goes after him even if it means his job and everyone else's.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
1968
97 Minutes
Christopher Plummer Orson Welles Lilli Palmer Richard Johnson Cyril Cusack Roger Livesey Donald Sutherland Alexis Mantheakis Dimos Starenios Friedrich Ledebur Oenone Luke
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Orson Welles Dolores del Río Ruth Warrick Agnes Moorehead Everett Sloane Jack Moss Hans Conried
engineer wife nazi passenger dancer colonel thrilling tense hotel ship nightclub istanbul survival assassination investigation quest pursuit 1940s
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
6.3/10
Adventure
USA|UK
1950
120 Minutes
Tyrone Power Orson Welles Cecile Aubry Jack Hawkins Michael Rennie Finlay Currie Herbert Lom Mary Clare Robert Blake Alfonso Bedoya Gibb McLaughlin
nobleman best friend mysterious woman warlord enemy striking melodramatic england europe china countryside war father/son relationship illegitimate child crusade adventure escape 13th century
A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
5.6/10
Adventure
UK
1959
103 Minutes
Captain Hart
Curt Jurgens Orson Welles Sylvia Syms Jeremy Spenser Roy Chiao Shelley Shen
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain ... See full summary »
Horror
1953
100 Minutes
Alan Badel David Eady Orson Welles Emrys Jones Hugh Pryse Elizabeth Sellars Jack Lambert Eddie Byrne Helen Cherry Peter Burton
friend love interest guard painter lord politician dark creative creepy eerie museum house restaurant hall murder magic dream vs. reality friendship jealousy nightmares
A trilogy of strange tales features too-real art, a crime of passion and a man who seeks revenge through deadly dreams.
Drama, History
1961
83 Minutes
Victor Mature Orson Welles Liana Orfei Arnoldo Foa Luciano Marin
viking leader brother daughter wife warrior sultry thrilling fiery melodramatic russia steppe battlefield palace torture chamber war kidnapping hostages invasion feud
A Viking chieftain (Victor Mature) and a Tartar chieftain (Orson Welles) fight over women hostages in medieval Russia.
Drama
1946
105 Minutes
John Andrew MacDonald, Erik Kessler
Claudette Colbert Orson Welles George Brent Lucile Watson Richard Long Natalie Wood
secretary husband boss son aunt ward emotional engaging patriotic tense baltimore hospital office house cottage train station horrors of war family impersonation war injury
A woman's (Claudette Colbert) husband (Orson Welles), listed dead in World War I, goes to work for her second husband (George Brent) during World War II.
Romance
1970
95 Minutes
Maurice Markau
Sharon Tate Orson Welles Vittorio Gassman Vittorio De Sica Terry-Thomas Gregoire Aslan Mylène Demongeot John Steiner
young man beautiful woman stranger heir love interest amusing madcap london antique shop new york city rome paris search inheritance road trip romance money adventure quest love
Interested parties search London, Paris and Rome for an antique chair, one of a set, stuffed with a family fortune.
7.7/10
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
Cardinal Wolsey
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
5.5/10
Comedy
USA
1972
91 Minutes
Mr. Delasandro
A young business executive hates the direction his life is taking, and decides to make some changes. He becomes a struggling (but happy) tap-dancing magician. His old boss is financially ruined, but finds a way to bounce back by commercialising his career change.
5.4/10
Adventure
UK|France
1969
104 Minutes
Plankett
George Segal Ursula Andress Orson Welles Ian Hendry Johnny Sekka Michel Constantin Georges Geret Charles Lamb Guy Delorme Harry Andrews
In 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
5.2/10
Fantasy
USA
1971
94 Minutes
The Magician
A strange young woman lives in a fantasy world where she can never grow up.
4.7/10
Drama
USA
1981
107 Minutes
Judge Rauch
In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
90 Minutes
Sigsbee Manderson
Michael Wilding Margaret Lockwood Orson Welles John McCallum Miles Malleson Hugh McDermott
An English newsman (Michael Wilding) figures a tycoon's (Orson Welles) suicide was murder and that the widow's (Margaret Lockwood) lover did it.
Biography, Drama
1980
115 Minutes
J.P. Morgan
Petar Bozovic Strother Martin Orson Welles Dennis Patrick Oja Kodar Boris Buzancic
Based on the life of the Yugoslavian electrical engineer who introduced the concept of alternating current.
5.1/10
Comedy
UK|USA
1967
131 Minutes
Le Chiffre
Robert Parrish Peter Sellers Ken Hughes Ursula Andress David Niven Orson Welles Joanna Pettet Woody Allen Deborah Kerr
james bond secret agent spy femme fatale villain madcap playful england scotland casino espionage assassination deception showdown adventure quest pursuit 1960s
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
7.2/10
War
Yugoslavia|Italy|West Germany|USA
1969
102 Minutes
Senator
Yul Brynner Hardy Kruger Franco Nero Sylva Koscina Orson Welles Sergei Bondarchuk Curt Jurgens Anthony Dawson
World war two drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.
6.5/10
War, Drama
UK|USA
1976
158 Minutes
José Estedes
Faye Dunaway Max von Sydow Oskar Werner Malcolm McDowell Orson Welles James Mason Lee Grant Ben Gazzara Katharine Ross Luther Adler Paul Koslo
nazi captain jew sailor refugee brutal bleak disturbing boat cuba germany world war ii emigration death escape pursuit 1940s
The tragic 1939 voyage of SS St. Louis carrying hundreds of German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that seemingly no nation is willing to save from certain doom.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
119 Minutes
Max Buda
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Louis Jourdan Elsa Martinelli Margaret Rutherford Maggie Smith Rod Taylor Orson Welles Linda Christian Dennis Price
wife husband millionaire producer actress duchess engaging intense passionate intricate airport london hotel wealth social standing airports financial crisis affair marriage transformation
As fog delays departure for a group of travellers bound for New York City, they wait at the lounge of London's Heathrow airport, with each passenger at a moment of crisis in his or her life.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1970
121 Minutes
Alan Arkin Martin Balsam Richard Benjamin Art Garfunkel Jack Gilford Bob Newhart Anthony Perkins Paula Prentiss Martin Sheen Jon Voight Orson Welles
captain pilot soldier lieutenant doctor witty amusing profound island mediterranean sea war zone horrors of war bombing aviation disillusionment insanity world war ii escape discovery 1940s
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
Mystery & Thriller
1975
98 Minutes
Oliver Reed Elke Sommer Richard Attenborough Gert Froebe Teresa Gimpera Alberto de Mendoza Stéphane Audran Adolfo Celi Herbert Lom Maria Rohm Charles Aznavour
stranger killer murder suspect thrilling intricate hotel desert iran murder plot murderous rampage murder investigation killer among us mystery 1970s
A killer lurks among dinner-party guests (Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough) at a desert hotel in Iran.
6.9/10
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Leslie Caron Jean-Pierre Cassel George Chakiris Bruno Cremer Claude Dauphin Alain Delon Kirk Douglas Glenn Ford Gert Froebe
adolf hitler general dietrich von choltitz soldier resistance leader german soldier nazi brooding intense uneasy occupied france office apartment paris world war ii occupied france freedom history resistance military discovery
The departure of the German Army from Paris in 1944.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1970
113 Minutes
Bibi Andersson Richard Boone Nigel Green Dean Jagger Lila Kedrova Micheál MacLiammóir Patrick O'Neal Barbara Parkins Ronald Radd George Sanders Raf Vallone
naval officer drag queen safecracker police chief double agent diplomat intricate suspenseful cool paris los angeles new york city moscow apartment cold war espionage impersonation political intrigue violence rescue
During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.
7.6/10
Comedy, Kids & Family
UK|USA
1979
94 Minutes
Charles Durning Austin Pendleton Steve Martin Mel Brooks Milton Berle James Coburn Dom DeLuise Elliott Gould Bob Hope Madeline Kahn Carol Kane
kermit the frog fozzie bear businessman producer miss piggy gonzo cheery uplifting creative playful endearing florida hollywood, calif. car swamp friendship road trip movies hollywood song and dance
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
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