List of the best Richard Burton movies: Becket(1964), Where Eagles Dare(1969), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold(1966), The Night of the Iguana(1964), Anne of the Thousand Days(1969), Equus(1977), The Medusa Touch(1978), Look Back in Anger(1958), The Robe(1953), The Desert Rats(1953), Prince of Players(1955), Villain(1971) ... ...
7.8/10
Drama, History
UK|USA
1964
148 Minutes
Thomas à Becket
Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud Gino Cervi Paolo Stoppa Donald Wolfit David Weston Martita Hunt Pamela Brown Sian Phillips
king henry ii archbishop priest courtier brooding dark palace england royal court rome corruption alcoholism royalty salvation religion rivalry revenge 12th century
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
7.7/10
War, Adventure, Action
UK|USA
1969
158 Minutes
Maj. Jonathan Smith, MC
Richard Burton Clint Eastwood Mary Ure Patrick Wymark Michael Hordern Donald Houston Peter Barkworth Robert Beatty William Squire Derren Nesbitt Anton Diffring
commando soldier spy traitor nazi impostor suspenseful rousing gripping castle alps military base germany world war ii prison break rescue betrayal mission disguise rescue
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
1966
112 Minutes
Alec Leamas
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Oskar Werner Peter Van Eyck George Voskovec Sam Wanamaker Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Bernard Lee
spy drunk intelligence officer interrogator jew communist bleak brooding gritty suspenseful tense london east berlin courtroom betrayal espionage cold war drinking sacrifice underdog
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
7.6/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1964
125 Minutes
Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon
Richard Burton Ava Gardner Deborah Kerr Sue Lyon James Ward Grayson Hall Cyril Delevanti Mary Boylan Gladys Hill Billie Matticks Emilio Fernandes
tour guide widow artist underage girl bus driver guardian dark fiery mexico hotel bus lust seduction alcoholism breakdown religion fall temptation 1960s
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.
7.5/10
Drama, History
UK
1969
145 Minutes
King Henry VIII
Richard Burton Geneviève Bujold Irene Papas Anthony Quayle John Colicos Michael Hordern Katharine Blake Peter Jeffrey Joseph O'Conor William Squire Valerie Gearon
king queen cardinal maid pope heir dark hedonistic england royal court london king henry viii anne boleyn catherine of aragon divorce religion royalty forbidden love fall 16th century
King Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Catharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
7.2/10
Drama
UK|USA
1977
138 Minutes
Martin Dysart
Richard Burton Peter Firth Colin Blakely Joan Plowright Harry Andrews Eileen Atkins Jenny Agutter Kate Reid John Wyman Elva Mai Hoover Ken James
teenager psychiatrist mother father stableman dark emotional psychiatrist's office psychoanalysis religion repression violence discovery fall 1970s
A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
1978
110 Minutes
John Morlar
Richard Burton Lino Ventura Lee Remick Harry Andrews Alan Badel Marie-Christine Barrault Jeremy Brett Michael Hordern Gordon Jackson Derek Jacobi
detective murderer novelist frenchman psychopath bleak disturbing brutal engaging thrilling suspenseful london horror psychosis fighting murder adventure discovery escape mystery
Psychological thriller about a telekinetic novelist who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
7.0/10
Drama
UK
1958
99 Minutes
Jimmy Porter
Richard Burton Claire Bloom Edith Evans Mary Ure Gary Raymond Glen Byam Shaw Donald Pleasence
angry man wife best friend coworker father doctor dark gritty northern england club flat street hospital house class conflict english society infidelity betrayal pregnancy family
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
6.8/10
Drama, History
USA
1953
135 Minutes
Marcellus Gallio
Richard Burton Jean Simmons Victor Mature Michael Rennie Jay Robinson Dean Jagger Torin Thatcher Richard Boone Betta St. John Jeff Morrow Ernest Thesiger
jesus roman slave father disciple christian inspiring powerful rome judea galilee jerusalem crucifixion guilt religious conversion religious persecution faith transformation sacrifice quest
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
6.7/10
War
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Capt. "Tammy" MacRoberts
Richard Burton James Mason Robert Newton Robert Douglas Torin Thatcher Chips Rafferty Charles Davis Ben Wright
general captain australian soldier british soldier nazi rousing gritty north africa battlefield fort port city tobruk, libya siege of tobruk world war ii field marshal erwin rommel armed conflict camaraderie underdog quest 1940s
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Edwin Booth
Richard Burton Maggie McNamara John Derek Raymond Massey Charles Bickford Elizabeth Sellars Eva Le Gallienne Bill Walker
actor john wilkes booth alcoholic actress abolitionist wife sad emotional touching maryland san francisco new york city theater graveyard edwin booth theater production tragic death assassination historical events abraham lincoln
A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
UK
1971
98 Minutes
Richard Burton Ian McShane Nigel Davenport Donald Sinden Fiona Lewis T.P. McKenna Joss Ackland Cathleen Nesbitt Elizabeth Knight Tony Selby John Hallam
gang leader gang members pimp parliament member suspenseful thrilling london scotland yard robbery wretched excess adventure 1970s
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
6.5/10
War
Italy|France
1973
103 Minutes
Lt. Col. Herbert Kappler
Richard Burton Marcello Mastroianni Leo McKern John Steiner Delia Boccardo Renzo Montagnani Timothy Brent Robert Harris
priest nazi colonel partisan roman thrilling gripping rome resistance murder moral dilemma rescue 1940s
Rome, March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers are killed by a bomb. Lt. Col. Herbert Kappler is ordered to execute ten times that Italians.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1960
143 Minutes
Zeb Kennedy
After WW1, Zeb and Thor start a cannery business in Alaska but eventually they drift apart with Zeb becoming unscrupulous and Thor becoming involved in Alaskan politics.
6.2/10
Fantasy
USA
1967
93 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor Andreas Teuber Ian Marter Elizabeth O'Donovan David McIntosh Jeremy Eccles
scapegoat mephistopheles helen of troy lucifer pope student somber hedonistic tense germany university royal court bedroom sin knowledge time travel damnation religion arrogance wretched excess
After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.
5.8/10
Drama, History
Spain|USA
1956
141 Minutes
Alexander
Richard Burton Fredric March Claire Bloom Danielle Darrieux Barry Jones Harry Andrews
king father mother stepmother friend philosopher incredible intense ancient greece babylon palace battlefield alexander the great royalty greek empire persian empire conquest family quest rivalry
The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
5.7/10
Horror
France|USA|Italy|West Germany
1972
125 Minutes
Baron von Sepper
Richard Burton Luciano Sacripanti Raquel Welch Joey Heatherton
A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Dr. Guy Montford
Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson Angie Dickinson James Dunn Henry Jones Tom Drake Frank Conroy Carl Benton Reid Patricia Crest William Hansen
doctor young man friend sick person nurse wife emotional somber small town doctor's office hospital new england rural community friendship mortality euthanasia guilt illness affair sacrifice
A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »
5.6/10
War
USA
1971
99 Minutes
Capt. Alex Foster
Richard Burton John Colicos Clinton Greyn Wolfgang Preiss Danielle De Metz Karl Otto Alberty Christopher Cary John Orchard Brook Williams Greg Mullavey Ben Wright
captain sailor nazi prisoner of war medic soldier tense thrilling north africa tobruk, libya pow camp ship undercover operations illness dangerous mission world war ii ambush impersonation adventure rescue
In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.
5.4/10
Drama
UK
1969
100 Minutes
Harry Leeds
Richard Burton Rex Harrison Cathleen Nesbitt Beatrix Lehmann Royston Starr Jake Kavanagh Dermot Kelly
homosexual hairdresser mother hustler business partner boyfriend amusing sad witty touching london barbershop apartment nightclub relationships mother/son relationship aging homosexuality love love
Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Romance
USA|Ireland
1981
91 Minutes
King Mark of Cornwall
Richard Burton Kate Mulgrew Nicholas Clay Cyril Cusack Geraldine Fitzgerald Niall Toibin Diana Van der Vlis Niall O'Brien
The classic Arthurian tale of tragic love. In medieval times, Lord of Cornwall decides to marry an Irish princess Isolde. However, his most loyal knight Tristan becomes bewitched by her beauty and they fall hopelessly in love.
5.1/10
War
West Germany
1978
115 Minutes
Sgt. Rolf Steiner
Richard Burton Robert Mitchum Rod Steiger Curt Jurgens Helmut Griem Michael Parks Klaus Löwitsch Véronique Vendell Joachim Hansen
soldier russian general nazi brooding brutal somber shocking germany france war invasion adventure escape pursuit revenge rescue 1940s
In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.
Comedy, Drama
1971
90 Minutes
First Man
sea captain widow lover ghost cobbler postal worker cheeky emotional winsome creative wales fishing village dreams secret love regret community small-town life love 1940s
The inhabitants of the Welsh village of Llareggub offer their impressions on life's absurdities and longings.
Drama
1978
95 Minutes
Father Goddard
Richard Burton Dominic Guard David Bradley Billy Connolly Andrew Keir Willoughby Gray Preston Lockwood James Ottaway Brook Williams Jon Plowman Robin Soans
priest student melodramatic eerie boarding school boys school prank investigation downward spiral murder mystery 1970s
Two boys (Dominic Guard, Dai Bradley) try to drive a strict priest (Richard Burton) mad with their confessed sins at a boarding school in England.
War
1958
102 Minutes
Capt. Leith
Richard Burton Curt Jurgens Ruth Roman Raymond Pellegrin Anthony Bushell Alfred Burke Christopher Lee Sean Kelly Nigel Green Harry Landis
captain major guide wife soldier general tense emotional fiery gutsy libyan desert military base london airplane nightclub camp journey power struggle cowardice love triangle
A British captain (Richard Burton) goes on a raid in World War II Libya with a major (Curt Jurgens) he knows his wife (Ruth Roman) has slept with.
Drama, History
1972
103 Minutes
Leon Trotsky
Richard Burton Alain Delon Romy Schneider Valentina Cortesa Enrico Maria Salerno Luigi Vannucchi Jean Desailly Simone Valere Duilio Del Prete Peter Chatel
A Stalinist assassin (Alain Delon) tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky (Richard Burton) to Mexico in 1940.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1966
129 Minutes
George
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton George Segal Sandy Dennis Agnes Flanagan Frank Flanagan
professor wife teacher alcoholic bleak brash disturbing new england family home college nightclub abuse alcoholism marriage infidelity parenthood rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
7.1/10
Sci-Fi
UK
1984
115 Minutes
John Hurt Richard Burton Suzanna Hamilton Cyril Cusack Gregor Fisher James Walker Andrew Wilde David Trevena David Cann Anthony Benson Peter Frye
political boss hostage girlfriend victim government official killer somber tense powerful fictional country government offices apartment political repression corruption government secrets exploitation lie historical events fall underdog
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
7.1/10
Comedy
Italy|USA
1967
126 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Cyril Cusack Michael Hordern Alfred Lynch Alan Webb Victor Spinetti Roy Holder Mark Dignam Bice Valori Natasha Pyne
wanderer beautiful woman sister suitor tutor father witty charming padua, italy mansion battle of sexes love-hate relationship opposites attract marrying for money love rivalry quest 16th century
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.
7.0/10
Drama, History
Switzerland|UK|USA
1963
243 Minutes
Marc Antony
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Rex Harrison Pamela Brown George Cole Hume Cronyn Cesare Danova Kenneth Haigh Andrew Keir Martin Landau Roddy McDowall
julius caesar mark antony cleopatra soldier military officer passionate powerful spectacular ancient egypt royal court jealousy love triangle politics assassination quest love ancient egypt
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
6.3/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
119 Minutes
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.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1965
116 Minutes
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.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Lana Turner Richard Burton Fred MacMurray Joan Caulfield Michael Rennie Eugenie Leontovich Gladys Hurlbut Madge Kennedy Carlo Rizzo Beatrice Kraft
lady husband doctor former lover maharani thrilling melodramatic passionate india small town earthquakes flooding unhappy marriage seduction affair forbidden love adventure rescue sacrifice 1950s
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
5.7/10
Romance
UK
1957
82 Minutes
Joan Collins Richard Burton Basil Sydney Cy Grant Ronald Squire Harold Goodwin Gibb McLaughlin Roddy Hughes Lloyd Lamble Ronald Adam Nicholas Hannen
nun officer seaman racist melodramatic emotional ship ocean island london hospital survival love bigotry cooperation love adventure escape rescue 1940s
In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a ... See full summary »
3.8/10
Horror
USA|UK
1977
117 Minutes
Linda Blair Richard Burton Louise Fletcher Max von Sydow Kitty Winn Paul Henreid James Earl Jones Ned Beatty Belinda Beatty Rose Portillo Barbara Cason
cardinal priest psychiatrist scientist teen girl dark creepy new york city psychiatrist's office africa washington, d.c. georgetown demonic possession catholic church exorcism supernatural phenomenon discovery quest 1970s
A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.
Drama
1973
95 Minutes
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.
Drama, Romance
1972
148 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Carrie Nye Barry Foster Gabriele Ferzetti Daniela Surina Rudolph Walker Mark Colleano
The dissolution of an 18-year marriage is seen through the eyes of both the husband (Richard Burton) and wife (Elizabeth Taylor).
Drama
1968
113 Minutes
wealthy woman poet friend servant nurse emotional tense island mansion terminal illness death wealth denial class distinctions poetry fall wretched excess 1960s
A dying millionaire sings her swan song to the Angel of Death who comes to her island hideaway as a down-and-out poet.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
98 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland Richard Burton Audrey Dalton John Sutton Ronald Squire George Dolenz Tudor Owen J.M. Kerrigan Margaret Brewster Argentina Brunetti Mario Siletti
wife man cousin wealthy man brooding dark mansion funeral england murder inheritance love mystery forbidden love temptation victorian era
5.3/10
Comedy
Italy|France|USA
1968
123 Minutes
MacPhisto
Ewa Aulin Marlon Brando Richard Burton Charles Aznavour James Coburn John Huston Walter Matthau Ringo Starr John Astin Elsa Martinelli Sugar Ray Robinson
Candy Christian, an innocent high-schooler, encounters numerous colorful characters and humorous sexual situations while attempting to find meaning in life.
Drama
1949
95 Minutes
Gareth
Edith Evans Emlyn Williams Richard Burton Anthony James Alan Aynesworth Barbara Couper Andrea Lea Hugh Griffith
An impoverished village becomes the site of a bitter power struggle between a callous developer and a stubborn dowager.
7.8/10
War, Drama, History
USA
1962
180 Minutes
Flying Officer David Campbell
Andrew Marton John Wayne Robert Mitchum Henry Fonda Rod Steiger Robert Ryan Peter Lawford Richard Burton Richard Beymer Jeffrey Hunter
soldiers sailor general parachutist powerful rousing patriotic spectacular france germany england world war ii adolf hitler armed conflict d-day quest sacrifice rivalry 1940s
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
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