List of the best Richard Lester movies: A Hard Day's Night(1964), Help!(1965), Petulia(1968), The Four Musketeers(1975), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966), The Ritz(1976), Superman II(1980), Robin and Marian(1976), The Knack, and How to Get It(1965), Royal Flash(1975), The Mouse on the Moon(1963), The Return of the Musketeers(1989) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
UK
1964
83 Minutes
Director
The Beatles Wilfrid Brambell Norman Rossington John Junkins Victor Spinetti Anna Quayle Deryck Guyler Richard Vernon Eddie Malin Robin Ray Lionel Blair
drummer director bassist teenager singer guitarist playful witty quirky stage bar television studio train england music television gambling fame photography the beatles
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live television performance.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1965
92 Minutes
Director
The Beatles Leo McKern Eleanor Bron Victor Spinetti Roy Kinnear John Bluthal Patrick Cargill
musician jeweler cult member amusing cheeky lighthearted europe airplane alps bahamas music travel rock 'n' roll performance the beatles discovery escape 1960s
Sir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1968
104 Minutes
Director
Julie Christie George C. Scott Richard Chamberlain Arthur Hill Shirley Knight Pippa Scott Kathleen Widdoes Roger Bowen Richard Dysart Lou Gilbert Nat Esformes
doctor newlywed son husband ex-wife wife cool melodramatic striking san francisco hospital charity event apartment motel starting over domestic violence adultery family romance midlife crisis
An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Adventure, Action
Spain|Panama|UK|USA
1975
108 Minutes
Director
Oliver Reed Raquel Welch Richard Chamberlain Michael York Frank Finlay Christopher Lee Faye Dunaway Jean-Pierre Cassel Geraldine Chaplin Simon Ward Charlton Heston
musketeer queen love interest villain townspeople noblewoman thrilling suspenseful witty amusing paris france castle palace town convent kidnapping royalty daunting task betrayal
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Musical, Comedy
USA|UK
1966
99 Minutes
Director
Zero Mostel Phil Silvers Jack Gilford Buster Keaton Michael Crawford Annette Andre Michael Hordern Leon Greene
slave son elderly person soldier amusing cheeky playful family home rome colosseum slavery new love wager love quest pursuit ancient rome
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Comedy, Gay & Lesbian
UK
1976
91 Minutes
Director
On his deathbed, Carmine Vespucci's mobster father tells him to "get Proclo" - Carmine's brother-in-law Gaetano. With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Canada
1980
127 Minutes
Director
Christopher Reeve Margot Kidder Gene Hackman Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Sarah Douglas Jack O'Halloran Valerie Perrine Susannah York Clifton James E.G. Marshall
superman villain henchmen reporter publisher president spirited airy metropolis washington, d.c. niagara falls, n.y. fortress of solitude newsroom hotel invasion romance daunting task superhuman abilities superheroes adventure
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Adventure
USA
1976
112 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Audrey Hepburn Robert Shaw Richard Harris Nicol Williamson Denholm Elliott Kenneth Haigh Ian Holm Ronnie Barker
robin hood richard the lion heart little john mother superior sheriff highwayman confident rousing france battlefield sherwood forest england love faith friendship idealism aging quest adventure rescue
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Comedy
UK
1965
84 Minutes
Director
Rita Tushingham Ray Brooks Michael Crawford Donal Donnelly William Dexter Charles Dyer Margot Thomas John Bluthal Wensley Pithey Helen Lennox Peter Copley
schoolteacher artist roommate country girl ladies' man madcap creative london house park seduction sex changing times competition revolution underdog temptation love growing up 1960s
A young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.
Comedy
UK
1975
98 Minutes
Director
Malcolm McDowell Alan Bates Florinda Bolkan Oliver Reed Britt Ekland Lionel Jeffries Tom Bell Alastair Sim Michael Hordern Joss Ackland Christopher Cazenove
captain count courtesan duchess politician amusing unrestrained boys school london germany battlefield church military life war seduction mistaken identity ambition adventure wretched excess 1840s
Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince.
Fantasy
UK
1963
85 Minutes
Director
Margaret Rutherford Bernard Cribbins Ron Moody David Kossoff Terry-Thomas June Ritchie John Le Mesurier John Phillips Eric Barker Roddy McMillan Tom Aldredge
prime minister scientist russian american duchess astronaut playful amusing grand fenwick castle laboratory bathroom moon space race scam cold war national security wine underdog rivalry
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
Adventure
UK|France|Spain
1989
103 Minutes
Director
Michael York Oliver Reed Frank Finlay C. Thomas Howell Kim Cattrall Richard Chamberlain Philippe Noiret Roy Kinnear Geraldine Chaplin Christopher Lee Eusebio Lazaro
musketeer d'artagnan cardinal king charles i queen duke crafty spectacular thrilling england france jail forest con game prison break redemption reunion friendship sword battles pursuit
In France in 1649, the services of the Four Musketeers are needed again, and they run into some old foes from twenty years before.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
109 Minutes
Director
Michael Crawford John Lennon Roy Kinnear Jack MacGowran Michael Hordern Lee Montague Alexander Knox Jack Hedley
british soldier nazi private general dark witty offbeat africa battlefield germany world war ii armed conflict ghosts horrors of war fall quest 1940s
An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Comedy, Western
USA
1979
111 Minutes
Director
William Katt Tom Berenger Jill Eikenberry Jeff Corey Paul Plunkett Peter Weller Noble Willingham Arthur Hill John Schuck Brian Dennehy Vincent Schiavelli
outlaw train robber friend sheriff partner crafty spirited suspenseful emotional american west wyoming saloon mountain desert train deception sundance kid partnership crime train robbery
A prequel of sorts to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) which chronicles the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the 1969 movie.
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action
UK|USA
1983
125 Minutes
Director
Christopher Reeve Richard Pryor Robert Vaughn Jackie Cooper Margot Kidder Annette O'Toole Annie Ross Pamela Stephenson Marc McClure Nancy Roberts Graham Stark
superman hacker ceo editor lois lane high-school sweetheart campy thrilling melodramatic metropolis smallville outer space atlantic ocean office building columbia world domination finance high-school reunion cyborgs supercomputer
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Adventure
1979
122 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Brooke Adams Jack Weston Héctor Elizondo Denholm Elliott Martin Balsam Chris Sarandon Alejandro Rey Lonette McKee Danny De La Paz Louisa Moritz
mercenary rebel lover plantation owner soldier brother melodramatic passionate gripping intense cuba factory cuban revolution affair revolution adventure forbidden love transformation rivalry 1950s
An anti-Castro British mercenary (Sean Connery) sees his rich ex-lover (Brooke Adams) in hot 1958 Havana.
Musical, Comedy
1962
73 Minutes
Director
Helen Shapiro Craig Douglas Felix Felton Arthur Mullard
teenager older man older woman townspeople jazz musician amusing hilarious lighthearted small town music stage festival england united kingdom jazz music generation gap british culture small town discovery growing up
Two teens (Helen Shapiro, Craig Douglas) organize a jazz festival despite objections from the mayor (Felix Felton).
Comedy
1969
90 Minutes
Director
Rita Tushingham Ralph Richardson Peter Cook Dudley Moore Spike Milligan Michael Hordern
pregnant woman mother father lover police officer government official outlandish offbeat bleak cheeky london train ruins church fallout shelter underground world war iii nuclear war post-apocalypse social standing
This series of blackout sketches involves some of the 20 scattered London survivors of the shortest war in history.
Documentary
1991
92 Minutes
Director
Paul McCartney Linda McCartney Hamish Stuart Robbie McIntosh Paul "Wix" Wickens Chris Whitten
paul mccartney filmmaker engaging the beatles adventure 1960s
Filmmaker Richard Lester spotlights Paul McCartney on his 1990 world tour and during the 1960s with the Beatles.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Spain|USA
2012
96 Minutes
John Martino Richard Lester Pedro García Oliva Tam Sempere Miro Ricardo Pastor Manuel Rodriguez Amparo Murcía Garrick Tuitt Dani Mesado Dario Gandoy
Lotus Cat Food is under new management and this time they have improved the recipe even more.