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1. Too Many Crooks (1930)
38 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
One of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted", this currently lost movie is about a man who tries to burgle his safe the same night as a group of professionals plan to do the same.
Director: George King | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd, A. Bromley Davenport, Arthur Stratton
Votes: 22
2. The Temporary Widow (1930)
84 min | Comedy, Mystery
A woman pretends her artist husband has died in a drowning accident, so that his paintings will finally find buyers.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Laurence Olivier, Athole Stewart, Gillian Dean
Votes: 36
3. Potiphar's Wife (1931)
79 min | Drama, Romance
Lady Diana attempts to seduce her young chauffeur only to later charge him with assaulting her.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Nora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier, Norman McKinnel, Guy Newall
Votes: 26
4. Friends and Lovers (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Romance, War
British Army Captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 442
5. The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Passed | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, War
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore, Laurence Olivier, Walter Byron
Votes: 267
6. Westward Passage (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel
Votes: 368
7. Perfect Understanding (1933)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Cyril Gardner | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier, John Halliday, Nigel Playfair
Votes: 753
8. No Funny Business (1933)
76 min | Comedy
A misunderstanding leads two professional co-respondents to think each one is a client seeking a divorce.
Directors: Victor Hanbury, John Stafford | Stars: Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier, Jill Esmond, Edmund Breon
Votes: 34
9. I Stand Condemned (1935)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance, War
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 »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Harry Baur, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Laurence Olivier, Athene Seyler
Votes: 101
10. As You Like It (1936)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
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 »
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier, Sophie Stewart, Henry Ainley
Votes: 857
11. The Conquest of the Air (1931)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, History
This documentary traces man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
Directors: Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor | Stars: Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor
Votes: 278
12. Fire Over England (1937)
92 min | Adventure, History, Romance
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.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey
Votes: 1,981
13. The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Divorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 1,602
14. Q Planes (1939)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
Directors: Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson, George Curzon
Votes: 1,126
15. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
Votes: 19,775 | Gross: $0.76M
16. 21 Days Together (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After Larry accidentally kills his lover Wanda's estranged blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda nervously await the verdict: if the innocent suspect is found guilty then Larry will give himself up.
Director: Basil Dean | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 1,276
17. Rebecca (1940)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson
Votes: 146,824 | Gross: $4.36M
18. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 9,225
19. That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, History, Romance
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.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood
Votes: 5,061
20. 49th Parallel (1941)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
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.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman
Votes: 7,672
21. Adventure for Two (1943)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naive about British people, and ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Marjorie Fielding, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 538
22. Henry V (1944)
Not Rated | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 7,076
23. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,409 | Gross: $7.09M
24. The Magic Box (1951)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,419
25. Carrie (1952)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert
Votes: 2,729
26. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, History, Musical
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge
Votes: 395
27. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,229
28. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne
Votes: 9,184
29. The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, History, Romance
The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.
Directors: Guy Hamilton, Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott
Votes: 2,877
30. The Moon and Sixpence (1959 TV Movie)
Drama
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 72
31. The Entertainer (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright
Votes: 3,735
32. Spartacus (1960)
PG-13 | 197 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.
Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton
Votes: 143,268 | Gross: $30.00M
33. The Power and the Glory (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A cynical Catholic priest is sent to Mexico to preach. It's the 1930s and Mexican government sees the church as competition. They send a secret agent to assassinate the priest.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Julie Harris, George C. Scott, Martin Gabel
Votes: 92
34. Term of Trial (1962)
Approved | 130 min | Drama
A British 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.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Roland Culver, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 866
35. Uncle Vanya (1963)
120 min | Drama
Retired Professor Alexander Serebryakov has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased. Her mother ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Robert Lang, Max Adrian, Lewis Casson
Votes: 194
36. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,238
37. Othello (1965)
Unrated | 165 min | Drama
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,643
38. Khartoum (1966)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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).
Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 8,274 | Gross: $6.54M
39. The Shoes of the Fisherman (I) (1968)
G | 162 min | Drama
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.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen
Votes: 4,157
40. Male of the Species (1969 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Jarrott, Anthony Page | Stars: Paul Scofield, Michael Caine, Anna Calder-Marshall, Sean Connery
Votes: 129
41. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
G | 144 min | Comedy, Musical, War
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.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Wendy Allnutt, Colin Farrell, Malcolm McFee, John Rae
Votes: 3,259 | Gross: $0.80M
42. The Dance of Death (1969)
G | 149 min | Drama
A filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Carolyn Jones, Maggie Riley
Votes: 116
43. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
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.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,526 | Gross: $4.36M
44. David Copperfield (1970 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama
The legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cyril Cusack, Edith Evans, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 599
45. Three Sisters (1970)
G | 165 min | Drama, Romance
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga, a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.
Directors: Laurence Olivier, John Sichel | Stars: Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 494
46. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
GP | 183 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson
Votes: 5,569 | Gross: $3.96M
47. Sleuth (1972)
PG | 138 min | Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, John Matthews
Votes: 50,188 | Gross: $4.08M
48. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
PG | 123 min | Drama, History, Romance
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.
Director: Robert Bolt | Stars: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills
Votes: 555
49. The Merchant of Venice (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, demands his due of a pound of flesh for a forfeited loan.
Director: John Sichel | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston
Votes: 294
50. The Rehearsal (1974)
92 min | Drama
A recreation of how the Greek military junta that started in 1967 tragically affected university students.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Rénos Mandis, Stathis Giallelis
Votes: 180
51. Love Among the Ruins (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover, and is still in love with her, although she doesn't know it. She realizes that the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson
Votes: 1,166
52. Marathon Man (1976)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After the shocking murder of his older brother, a New York history student finds himself inexplicably hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane
Votes: 70,254 | Gross: $21.71M
53. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson
Votes: 5,100
54. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The story of conflicts, power plays and secrets in a wealthy Mississippi family.
Director: Robert Moore | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Hedley, Robert Wagner
Votes: 351
55. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
TV-G | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels.
Stars: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Votes: 24,948
56. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
PG | 175 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 61,575 | Gross: $50.80M
57. Come Back, Little Sheba (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joanne Woodward, Carrie Fisher, Nicholas Campbell
Votes: 101
58. Saturday Sunday Monday (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
One Saturday evening, Rosa Priore (Dame Joan Plowright) is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon, her life and marriage are in ruins.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Joan Plowright, Maggie Wells, Frank Finlay, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 51
59. Daphne Laureola (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A young man becomes infatuated with the exotic Lady Pitts, whose much older husband is not pleased.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Arthur Lowe, Grégoire Aslan, Jan Conrad, Jane Carr
Votes: 63
60. The Betsy (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama
The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones
Votes: 1,653 | Gross: $17.69M
61. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 30,586 | Gross: $19.00M
62. A Little Romance (1979)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill
Votes: 6,431
63. Dracula (1979)
R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan
Votes: 11,114 | Gross: $20.16M
64. The Jazz Singer (1980)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
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.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams
Votes: 5,017 | Gross: $27.12M
65. Inchon (1981)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Gazzara, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 849 | Gross: $5.20M
66. Clash of the Titans (1981)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith
Votes: 47,789 | Gross: $41.09M
67. Brideshead Revisited (1981)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick, Roger Milner, Phoebe Nicholls
Votes: 8,044
68. King Lear (1983 TV Movie)
158 min | Drama
Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.
Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, Robert Lindsay, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 869
69. Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983 TV Movie)
55 min | Comedy, Drama
At the funeral of Mr. Halpern's wife he meets Mr. Johnson who confides in him that he fell in love with Mrs. Halpern even before she met her husband and has been seeing her regularly during all the years of her marriage.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jackie Gleason
Votes: 108
70. A Talent for Murder (1984 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama, Mystery, Comedy
A famed mystery writer (Dame Angela Lansbury) and her doctor ex-lover (Sir Laurence Olivier) solve her daughter-in-law's murder.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Laurence Olivier, Hildegard Neil, Charles Keating
Votes: 171
71. A Voyage Round My Father (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between ... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 232
72. The Bounty (1984)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
Votes: 30,487 | Gross: $8.60M
73. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
310 min | Action, Drama, History
The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian ... See full summary »
Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 626
74. The Jigsaw Man (1983)
PG | 94 min | Thriller
An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Robert Powell
Votes: 2,030
75. The Ebony Tower (1984 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
A young artist goes to interview an older painter who lives in the south of France with two young women. He gets caught up in the painter's Bohemian lifestyle and begins to examine his own attitudes towards life and art.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi, Toyah Willcox
Votes: 222
76. Wild Geese II (1985)
R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 1,551
77. Peter the Great (1986)
371 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
Stars: Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard
Votes: 800
78. Lost Empires (1986)
420 min | Drama
In 1913, young Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle Nick's magic act and is introduced to the enchanted world of the British music hall. Travelling from one city to the next, assisting at ... See full summary »
Stars: Colin Firth, John Castle, Gillian Bevan, Mike Edmonds
Votes: 353
79. War Requiem (1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, War
A movie with no spoken dialogue, it is set against the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" which includes poetry by World War I soldier Wilfred Owen reflecting the horrors ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Patricia Hayes
Votes: 945
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