Movie Database

Movies by Actor - Laurence Olivier (78 [Missing: 18])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
The Temporary WidowNA1930 Comedy,Mystery Not Available
Too Many CrooksNA1930 Comedy,Crime,Short Not Available
Friends and LoversBritish 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 lure men into romance with her, then blackmail1931Victor SchertzingerDrama,Romance,War5.5 (368 votes)6820211228
Potiphar's WifeNA1931 Drama,Romance Not Available
Yellow Ticket, TheA 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.1931Raoul WalshAdventure,Drama,War6.3 (210 votes)8820211228
Westward PassageNA1932 Drama,Romance Not Available
No Funny BusinessNA1933 Comedy Not Available
Perfect UnderstandingA 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.1933Cyril GardnerComedy,Drama,Romance5.6 (691 votes)8020220414
As You Like itA 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 in love with Orlando, but he has his own tyra1936Paul CzinnerComedy,Drama,Romance5.9 (761 votes)9620211228
I Stand Condemned [Moscow Nights]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 industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjus1935Anthony AsquithDrama,Romance,War5.9 (85 votes)7620211228
Fire Over EnglandDuring 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 1588.1937William K. HowardAdventure,History,Romance6.5 (1.8K votes)9220211228
Divorce of Lady X, TheDivorce lawyer Everard Logan thinks the woman who spent the night in his hotel room is the erring wife of his new client.1938Tim WhelanComedy,Drama,Romance6.6 (1.4K votes)9120211228
Clouds Over Europe [Q Planes]A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.1939Tim Whelan, Arthur B. WoodsComedy,Drama,Mystery6.5 (869 votes)8220211228
Wuthering HeightsA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.1939William WylerDrama,Romance7.6 (17.7K votes)10420211228
21 DaysAfter Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before the trial and if the man is found guilty then Larry will give hims1940Basil DeanCrime,Drama,Romance6.1 (1K votes)7220211228
Conquest of the Air, TheThis documentary traces man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.1931Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald TaylorDrama,History6.3 (261 votes)7120211228
Pride and PrejudiceThe 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.1940Robert Z. LeonardComedy,Drama,Romance7.4 (8.1K votes)11820211228
RebeccaA 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.1940Alfred HitchcockDrama,Mystery,Romance8.1 (133.3K votes)13020211228
49th ParallelA 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.1941Michael PowellDrama,Thriller,War7.3 (6.5K votes)12320211228
That Hamilton WomanThe 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.1941Alexander KordaDrama,History,Romance7.2 (4.4K votes)12520211228
Words for BattlePoetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence Olivier, illuminate documentary footage of England during its defense against the Na1941Humphrey JenningsDocumentary,Short,War6.7 (248 votes)820211228
Words for BattleNA1941 Not Available
Malta G.C.NA1942 Documentary,Short Not Available
Adventure for Two [The Demi-Paradise]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 convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and1943Anthony AsquithComedy,Drama,Romance6.2 (510 votes)11420220414
Henry VIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.1944Laurence OlivierBiography,Drama,History7.1 (6.3K votes)13720211228
Henry VNA1944 Not Available
HamletPrince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.1948Laurence OlivierDrama7.6 (16.5K votes)15420211228
CarrieA young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love.1952William WylerDrama,Romance7.3 (2.4K votes)11820211228
Beggar's Opera, TheWhen 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.1953Peter BrookCrime,History,Musical6.1 (368 votes)9420211228
Richard IIIShakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.1955Laurence OlivierBiography,Drama,History7.4 (4.5K votes)16120211228
Prince and the Showgirl, TheAn American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.1957Laurence OlivierComedy,Romance6.5 (8.1K votes)11520211228
Devil's Disciple, TheThe black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.1959Guy Hamilton, Alexander MackendrickComedy,History,Romance7.1 (2.4K votes)8320211228
Moon and Sixpence, TheA staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.1959Robert MulliganDrama7.2 (68 votes)020240127
Entertainer, TheArchie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.1960Tony RichardsonDrama7.1 (3.3K votes)9620211228
SpartacusThe 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.1960Stanley KubrickAdventure,Biography,Drama7.9 (131.8K votes)19720211228
Power and the Glory, TheA 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.1961Marc DanielsDrama7.2 (94 votes)9020240625
Term of TrialA 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.1962Peter GlenvilleDrama7.1 (680 votes)13020211228
Uncle VanyaRetired 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 and brother still live there and manage the 1963Stuart BurgeDrama6.8 (172 votes)12020211228
Bunny Lake is MissingA woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.1965Otto PremingerDrama,Mystery,Thriller7.3 (8.9K votes)10720211228
OthelloGeneral Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.1965Stuart BurgeDrama7.1 (1.5K votes)16520211228
KhartoumNA1966 Action,Adventure,Drama Not Available
Dance of Death, TheA filmed record of Laurence Olivier's farewell theatrical performance as the canny, psychotic captain of the August Strindberg play.1969David GilesDrama7.2 (103 votes)14920211228
Shoes of the Fisherman, TheAfter 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 War1968Michael AndersonDrama7.0 (3.6K votes)16220211228
Battle of BritainIn 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.1969Guy HamiltonAction,Drama,History7.0 (22.1K votes)13220211228
David CopperfieldThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.1970Delbert MannDrama5.8 (540 votes)12020211228
Lady Caroline LambA noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.1972Robert BoltDrama,History,Romance5.5 (492 votes)12320211228
SleuthA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.1972Joseph L. MankiewiczMystery,Thriller8.0 (47K votes)13820211228
Merchant of Venice, TheShylock, a Jewish moneylender, demands his due of a pound of flesh for a forfeited loan.1973John SichelDrama7.3 (256 votes)12020211228
The Gentleman TrampNA1975 Biography,Documentary Not Available
Love Among the RuinsAn 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 only way to win this case and protect her ass1975George CukorComedy,Drama,Romance7.8 (1K votes)10020211228
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofNA1976 Drama Not Available
Marathon ManAfter 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.1976John SchlesingerCrime,Drama,Thriller7.4 (61.9K votes)12520211228
Seven-Per-Cent Solution, TheTo treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.1976Herbert RossAdventure,Comedy,Crime6.7 (4.5K votes)11320211228
Jesus of NazarethBeginning 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.1977Franco ZeffirelliBiography,Drama,History8.5 (21.5K votes)020211228
Bridge Too Far, AOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.1977Richard AttenboroughDrama,History,War7.4 (60.1K votes)17520231101
Come Back, Little ShebaNA1977 Drama Not Available
Betsy, TheThe aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.1978Daniel PetrieDrama5.2 (1.5K votes)12520220806
Boys From Brazil, TheA Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.1978Franklin J. SchaffnerDrama,Mystery,Sci-Fi7.0 (27.4K votes)12520211228
DraculaIn 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.1979John BadhamDrama,Fantasy,Horror6.5 (9.8K votes)10920211228
Little Romance, AAn American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.1979George Roy HillAdventure,Comedy,Romance7.5 (5.7K votes)11020211228
Jazz Singer, TheThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.1980Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. FurieDrama,Music,Romance5.9 (4.3K votes)11520211228
Clash of the TitansPerseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.1981Desmond DavisAction,Adventure,Family6.9 (43.4K votes)11820211228
InchonDuring the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.1981Terence YoungDrama,History,War2.7 (770 votes)14020211228
Voyage Round My Father, ABefore 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 father and son in mid twentieth century Brita1982Alvin RakoffDrama7.3 (216 votes)12020211228
WagnerA huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Richard Wagner's radical mu1983Tony PalmerBiography,Drama,History7.8 (554 votes)020211228
Jigsaw Man, TheAn MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the K.G.B. and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.1983Terence YoungThriller5.1 (1.7K votes)9420211228
Mr. Halpern and Mr. JohnsonNA1983 Comedy,Drama Not Available
Bounty, TheFed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.1984Roger DonaldsonAdventure,Drama,History7.1 (26.5K votes)13220211228
Ebony Tower, TheA 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 examining his own attitudes towards life and art.1984Robert KnightsDrama6.4 (167 votes)8020211228
King LearAging King Lear invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.1983Michael ElliottDrama7.7 (799 votes)15820211228
Wild Geese IIA group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.1985Peter R. HuntAction,Adventure,Thriller4.8 (1.3K votes)12520211228
Peter the GreatBiopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.1986Marvin J. Chomsky, Lawrence SchillerBiography,Drama,History7.8 (793 votes)020231013
Talent for Murder, AA famed mystery writer (Dame Angela Lansbury) and her doctor ex-lover (Sir Laurence Olivier) solve her daughter-in-law's murder.1984Alvin RakoffComedy,Drama,Mystery6.2 (167 votes)8020240316
War RequiemA 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 of war. There is no linear story or dialogue1989Derek JarmanDrama,War6.6 (817 votes)9220211228
Male of the SpeciesNA1969 Drama Not Available
Saturday Sunday MondayOne 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.1978Alan BridgesDrama7.2 (40 votes)9820211228
A New Germany, 1933-1939NA1980 Documentary Not Available
Korda InterviewsNA1956 Documentary Not Available
Tree of LifeNA1971 Documentary,Short Not Available
Uncle VanyaNA1967 Drama Not Available