List of the best Roy Kinnear movies: Not Now, Comrade(1976), Sparrows Can't Sing(1963), French Dressing(1964), How I Won the War(1967), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(1971), Eskimo Nell(1975), Eskimo Nell(1975), Madame Sin(1971), Help!(1965), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo(1977), The Hill(1965), The Pied Piper(1972) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1976
90 Minutes
Leslie Phillips David Croft Roy Kinnear Windsor Davies Ray Cooney Michele Dotrice Don Estelle Lewis Fiander Carol Hawkins
Russian ballet dancer decides to defect to Britain. After he leads the authorities a merry dance, he changes his mind.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
94 Minutes
Fred Gooding
James Booth Barbara Windsor Roy Kinnear Avis Bunnage Brian Murphy George Sewell Barbara Ferris Griffith Davies Murray Melvin Arthur Mullard Peggy Ann Clifford
seaman wife bus driver baby emotional melodramatic intense touching sad sea boat home returning home new love fatherhood doubt past loves adventure love forbidden love
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1964
86 Minutes
Henry Liggott
James Booth Marisa Mell Roy Kinnear Alita Naughton Bryan Pringle Norman Pitt Henry McCarthy Sandor Eles
attendant manager newspaper reporter actress mayor publicist amusing madcap lighthearted witty charming spirited seaside france film festival great britain publicity stunts reputation film festival cross-cultural relations
A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image - and increase its revenues - by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
109 Minutes
Clapper
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.
Fantasy, Kids & Family
USA|UK
1971
98 Minutes
Mr. Henry Salt
Gene Wilder Jack Albertson Peter Ostrum Roy Kinnear Julie Dawn Cole Leonard Stone Denise Nickerson Dodo Denney Paris Themmen Ursula Reit Michael Bollner
boy grandfather factory director oompa loompa spoiled girl incredible outlandish charming factory magic imagination candy wishes poverty discovery temptation growing up 1970s
A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
Comedy
1975
85 Minutes
Benny U. Murdoch
Michael Armstrong Terence Edmond Christopher Timothy Roy Kinnear Rosalind Knight Lloyd Lamble
After a seedy executive runs off with their funds, three filmmakers have to produce their picture in multiple versions to keep their backers happy.
Comedy
1975
85 Minutes
Benny U. Murdoch
Michael Armstrong Terence Edmond Christopher Timothy Roy Kinnear Rosalind Knight Lloyd Lamble
After a seedy executive runs off with their funds, three filmmakers have to produce their picture in multiple versions to keep their backers happy.
Mystery & Thriller
1971
75 Minutes
Holidaymaker
Bette Davis Robert Wagner Denholm Elliott Roy Kinnear Paul Maxwell Gordon Jackson Dudley Sutton Catherine Schell Al Mancini Charles Lloyd Pack Frank Middlemass
A criminal genius (Bette Davis) forces an ex-CIA agent (Robert Wagner) to help her steal a Polaris submarine.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1965
92 Minutes
Algernon
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.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1977
105 Minutes
Quincey
Dean Jones Julie Summers Don Knotts Jacques Marin Roy Kinnear Bernard Fox Eric Braeden François Lalande Alan Caillou Laurie Main
herbie driver mechanic pretty woman jewel thief playful amusing france monte carlo, monaco paris countryside car racing road trip romance americans abroad theft rivalry adventure pursuit
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. Unbeknownst to Herbie's driver, thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.
Drama
UK
1965
123 Minutes
Monty Bartlett
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.
Fantasy
UK|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Burgermeister Poppendick
Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt Michael Hordern Roy Kinnear Peter Vaughan Diana Dors Cathryn Harrison Keith Buckley Patsy Puttnam
gypsy guitarist burgomaster daughter alchemist baron outlandish dreamy germany hamelin town black death wedding corruption folklore revenge love 14th century
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Comedy
UK|USA
1975
91 Minutes
Moriarty's Assistant
Gene Wilder Madeline Kahn Marty Feldman Dom DeLuise Leo McKern Roy Kinnear John Le Mesurier
opera singer younger brother sherlock holmes detective professor sergeant hilarious cheeky suspenseful intricate london england theft sibling rivalry investigation teamwork government secrets mystery pursuit rivalry
The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1966
107 Minutes
Adam Scarr
James Mason Simone Signoret Maximilian Schell Harriet Andersson Harry Andrews Kenneth Haigh Roy Kinnear Corin Redgrave
secret agent inspector wife victim widow tense intricate london office household investigation murder suicide deception espionage mystery quest 1960s
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
Adventure
France|Tunisia
1986
117 Minutes
Dutch
Walter Matthau Cris Campion Charlotte Lewis Damien Thomas Richard Pearson Olu Jacobs David Kelly Roy Kinnear Bill Fraser José Santamaría Ferdinand Mayne
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Adventure
UK|France|Spain
1989
103 Minutes
Planchet
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.
Kids & Family, Adventure
UK|USA
1975
93 Minutes
Superintendent Grubbs
Peter Ustinov Helen Hayes Clive Revill Derek Nimmo Joan Sims Bernard Bresslaw Natasha Pyne Roy Kinnear Joss Ackland Deryck Guyler Andrew Dove
nanny secret service agent british woman chinese man officer lord amusing engaging lighthearted madcap offbeat winsome museum london chinese restaurant heist secret service theft unlikely allies hostages
A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.
Musical, Other
UK
1970
118 Minutes
Gentleman of Charity No. 2
Albert Finney Alec Guinness Edith Evans Kenneth More Laurence Naismith Michael Medwin David Collings Gordon Jackson Roy Kinnear Kay Walsh Richard Beaumont
clerk son ebenezer scrooge ghost cheery heartwarming lighthearted england christmas charity loss ghosts regret redemption fall transformation 1860s
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Horror
UK
1970
95 Minutes
Weller
Christopher Lee Linda Hayden Geoffrey Keen Gwen Watford Peter Sallis Isla Blair John Carson Martin Jarvis Roy Kinnear Michael Ripper
Three distinguished English gentlemen accidentally resurrect Count Dracula, killing a disciple of his in process. The Count seeks to avenge his dead servant, by making the trio die in the hands of their own children.
Comedy
USA
1977
84 Minutes
Boldini
Ann-Margret Marty Feldman Michael York Peter Ustinov James Earl Jones Trevor Howard Henry Gibson Terry-Thomas Roy Kinnear Spike Milligan Avery Schreiber
An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Comedy
UK
1963
105 Minutes
Fred Smith
Peter Sellers Roy Boulting Cecil Parker Isabel Jeans Eric Sykes Bernard Miles Ian Carmichael Irene Handl Brock Peters William Hartnell Roy Kinnear
reverend parishioner churchwarden christian homeless person widow amusing cheeky offbeat engaging england village christianity class distinctions morality socialism rivalry wretched excess 1960s
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1970
129 Minutes
Prince Regent
Barbra Streisand Yves Montand Bob Newhart Larry Blyden Simon Oakland Jack Nicholson John Richardson Pamela Brown Irene Handl Roy Kinnear Peter Crowcroft
fiancé psychiatrist heavy smoker coquette amusing creative new york city classroom office hypnosis past life regression love triangle discovery transformation 1970s
A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1978
78 Minutes
Selden the Axe Murderer
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Denholm Elliott Joan Greenwood Terry-Thomas Max Wall Irene Handl Kenneth Williams Hugh Griffith Roy Kinnear Prunella Scales
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Adventure, Action
Spain|Panama|UK|USA
1975
108 Minutes
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.