Trumbo (
2015) | IMDb:
7.4
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (
2004) | IMDb:
6.1
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Wild Geese II (
1985) | IMDb:
4.8
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Starring:
Scott Glenn
,
Barbara Carrera
,
Edward Fox
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Robert Webber
,
Robert Freitag
Directed by:
Peter R. Hunt
The Bounty (
1984) | IMDb:
7
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Starring:
Mel Gibson
,
Anthony Hopkins
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Edward Fox
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
,
Bernard Hill
Clash of the Titans (
1981) | IMDb:
6.9
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.
Starring:
Harry Hamlin
,
Judi Bowker
,
Burgess Meredith
,
Maggie Smith
,
Ursula Andress
,
Claire Bloom
Inchon (
1981) | IMDb:
2.8
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
Starring:
Laurence Olivier
,
Jacqueline Bisset
,
Ben Gazzara
,
Toshirō Mifune
,
Richard Roundtree
,
David Janssen
The Jazz Singer (
1980) | IMDb:
5.9
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Starring:
Neil Diamond
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Lucie Arnaz
,
Catlin Adams
,
Franklyn Ajaye
,
Paul Nicholas
The Boys from Brazil (
1978) | IMDb:
7
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Laurence Olivier
,
James Mason
,
Lilli Palmer
,
Uta Hagen
,
Steve Guttenberg
A Bridge Too Far (
1977) | IMDb:
7.4
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (
1976) | IMDb:
6.6
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
Starring:
Alan Arkin
,
Vanessa Redgrave
,
Robert Duvall
,
Nicol Williamson
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Joel Grey
Marathon Man (
1976) | IMDb:
7.4
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Roy Scheider
,
William Devane
,
Marthe Keller
,
Fritz Weaver
Directed by:
John Schlesinger
Sleuth (
1972) | IMDb:
8
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.
Starring:
Laurence Olivier
,
Michael Caine
,
Alec Cawthorne
,
John Matthews
,
Eve Channing
,
Teddy Martin
Battle of Britain (
1969) | IMDb:
6.9
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Starring:
Michael Caine
,
Trevor Howard
,
Harry Andrews
,
Curd Jürgens
,
Ian McShane
,
Laurence Olivier
The Shoes of the Fisherman (
1968) | IMDb:
7
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
Starring:
Anthony Quinn
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Oskar Werner
,
David Janssen
,
Vittorio De Sica
,
Leo McKern