103 Eli Wallach Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Professional gunslinger Blondie forms a partnership with wanted outlaw Tuco to make profit off the bounty on Tuco's head, but eventually turn against each other following a misadventure. However, when they both acquire partial information about a hidden treasure cache, they must seek it out together, without knowing that they are being followed by a third person.

After repeated terrorizing attacks from pillaging bandits led by Calvera, farmers of an oppressed Mexican village hire seven master gunmen to defend their village. The gunslingers train the villagers and help them fight off the goons. The next time, Calvera’s men capture and drive the gunmen away. The seven men decide not to run off, but to return and confront the outlaws. 

Dave, a blue-collar worker who was abducted and sexually abused as a child 25 years earlier, is the prime suspect after the daughter of his neighborhood friend, ex-con Jimmy, is found dead. While their childhood friend Sean, now a homicide detective, investigating the crime, Jimmy takes law in his own hand by launching a separate investigation.

Charles Bonnet is a successful art forger, but he finds himself in trouble when one of his works end up in a famous museum in Paris. He is worried because if experts are able to determine that it is inauthentic, his reputation will be tarnished. However, his daughter teams up with a burglar to steal the sculpture before it is too late.  

Baby Doll is a black comedy film which tells the story of Archie, a middle aged man who is married to a 19 year old girl named Baby Doll. He has been facing financial troubles and therefore Baby Doll threatens to leave him if he doesn’t do something to fix their problems. Things get worse as Silva, Archie’s competitor, has managed to take away Archie's business, due to his newer and modern cotton gin. In order to retaliate, Archie burns down his rival's gin one night.

While going through her divorce, Roslyn, a beautiful ex-stripper, meets a cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and Guido Racanelli, a former aviator who had served in the Second World War. Both men instantly find themselves attracted to Roslyn, and on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido’s half-finished desert home.

How the West Was Won is an epic Western film which takes us to the 19th century, and covers several events such as the Gold Rush, the Civil War, as well as the building of the railroads.

In the final film in The Godfather trilogy, Michael Corleone is almost successful in legitimizing his family business and is keen to leave the underworld. However, there are numerous issues that he has to deal with, starting from his own health to a feud between Vincent Mancini and Joey Zasa and a blooming romance between Vincent Mancini and Mary.

Susan, a small time photographer, and Anne, an aspiring writer, are both roommates and close friends. Their life takes separate turn when Anne gets married and leaves while Susan continues to struggle with her career. Her first attempt at a serious relationship also proves to be a non-starter. Soon, she begins to resent Anne’s family life while Anne begins to feel jealous of her independence. 

A US Marshal is kidnapped by a bandit as the latter believes that he knows about the location of a hidden treasure. The US Marshal agrees to lead his gang to the treasure, but things get complicated because other groups are looking for it as well. Meanwhile, the Apache are trying to keep the secret location undisturbed.

A ghostwriter, The Ghost, is assigned to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, who is charged with war-crimes and human rights scandals. As he starts working, he realizes that probably his predecessor McAra had unearthed some dark secrets about Lang which had cost him his life. The Ghost goes after the truth knowing the risks to his life.

This short film provides the audience with a background on the development, writing, as well as signing of the Declaration of Independence of the US in 1776. The film also shows us the events surrounding the Constitutional Convention in 1787 as well as the inauguration of President John Adams in 1797.    

Iris, a society columnist in London, and Amanda, a movie trailer producer in Los Angeles, swap homes for two weeks to get away from their miserable personal lives. Amanda falls in love with Iris' widower brother Graham while living in her Surrey cottage; meanwhile Iris gains emotional support from legendary screenwriter Arthur and finds love with composer Miles.

Discredited American expatriate professor, Theo Wilkins, calls on his protégé and thief Paul Manson to help him pull off one last heist. The team including Melanie an exotic dancer pulls of the heist but rising tensions and unforeseen circumstances jeopardize their chances of enjoying their loot. 

The double bill features two movies. The first Dynamite Hands tells the story of Joey Popchik who becomes a famous boxer to cure his sister’s eyesight and sprouts corny dialogues. The second, Baxter's Beauties of 1933 follows dying theatrical producer, Baxter, creating a Broadway hit for his never-before-known daughter Kitty. 

The People Next Door is an American drama film which revolves around Arthur and Gerrie Mason, who learn that their seemingly innocent daughter is actually a drug addict. They are eventually forced to commit her to a mental ward.

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man is an adventure war film, which tells the story of an immature young man from Middle America. The film explores his cross-country journey as well as his military service during the First World War. 

Written and directed by Michael Landon, the film is a semi autobiographical drama about his early life. The film revolves around his early days as a young boy growing up in the 1950s in New Jersey. After he discovers his talent for javelin throwing, he is accepted into the University of South Carolina.

Ralph is a bounty hunter who has been receiving death threats from a criminal whom he had helped put away long back. Things get even worse as his pregnant girlfriend is also targeted.

This romantic comedy film tells the story of a carefree bachelor who tries to get his best friend drop his mistress and be loyal to his wife, but he finds his own life filled with romantic problems. 

In this ‘Watergate Scandal’ satire, the Abbess of wealthy Abbey of Philadelphia dies before nominating Sister Alexandra as her successor. Alexandra, with two other Sisters, uses illegal conspiracies against rival, Sister Felicity, who is romantically involved with Father Thomas. When the continuing war between the Sisters creates public scandal, Holy See rules that the Order has no official connection to Roman Catholic Church. 

The Sentinel is a supernatural horror film which tells the story of Alison Parker, a model in New York City, who has a troubled past. She decides to change her life, which makes her leave her boyfriend, and relocate to a different apartment in a building where the only other resident is a blind priest. Unknown to Alison, the building houses a sinister evil, which is why the priest is present, to keep a check on it.

The movie follows Carabinieri Colonel, Dante Matucci, investigating murders of different people in powerful positions in Italy. A drawing of a salamander is left behind at each murder scene. A sinister Fascist plot to overthrow the Italian government is revealed as the body count keeps increasing. 

Also known as Bloody Peanuts (e tanta paura in Italian), this is an Italian giallo movie, depicting a series of murder being committed against rich people and in every case, the killer leaves an illustration from a children's book entitled 'Shockheaded Peter' at the sight of the crime. Having no other clue, the police start their investigation from there.   

Crazy Joe is a crime drama film, which is a fictionalized retelling of the murder of a New York gangster named Joey Gallo, who was gunned down in April 1972, in Little Italy. 

Paul Cameron is an insurance executive who gets diagnosed with brain tumor. When he comes across news about a huge reward for information that can help arrest the murderer of a wealthy businessman, he comes up with a plan. He decides to frame himself for the murder with the hope that his wife will be able to collect the money.

This biographical comedy drama film revolves around Clifford Irving, who writes a fake biography of Howard Hughes, and tries to sell it to a publishing house, hoping it will help him rebuild his life and career.

This adventure thriller mystery film tells the story of David and Gail, who are on a vacation. When they are scuba-diving near the shipwrecks off Bermuda, they are able to recover several artifacts. However, they soon find themselves in dangerous conflict with a group of treasure hunters.

Claudia Draper is a call girl who has been charged with the murder of a client. Her mother and her stepfather wants to have her declared insane, so that she can avoid being sent to jail. However, Claudia rejects this approach, since she doesn’t want to be put in a mental institution. Eventually the attorney hired by her parents is attacked by Claudia, and therefore a public defender named Aaron Levinsky takes on her case instead, and he tries to prove that she is not insane.

Morris Mishkin is an elderly impoverished tailor living in New York City, who is unable to work anymore due to health complications. His situation gets worse, because his wife also has been seriously ill for around two years. His life takes a turn when he meets a man called Alexander Levine, who claims to be his guardian angel.

This biographical drama film revolves around the life of American playwright and theater director Moss Hart. The film shows us how he worked hard during the summer so that he had time to write plays during the winter season. Meanwhile, he is also supported and encouraged by his friend Joe Hyman.

Keeping the Faith is a romantic comedy film, which tells the story of a priest and a rabbi, who have been friends since boyhood. However, when both of them fall for the same woman, their friendship is under strain. 

Ben Harris' life is quite empty and lonely.  Due to his anger, one day, he decides to kidnap a beautiful young girl, but is disappointed when he can only find a housewife in her 40s. However, it turns out that she is also dissatisfied with her life like him, and they both develop a rapport with each other.   

Circle of Iron is a martial arts fantasy adventure film which tells the story of Cord, a young martial artist, who competes for the right to go on a quest for the Book of All Knowledge, which is held by a wizard named Zetan. Although he loses, he decides to go on the quest anyway. His journey eventually leads him to an aging blind man, who shows him the true meaning of life and martial arts.

This television film revolves around Narcotics agents who work for the UN, as they attempt to trace heroin shipments from the Afghanistan-Iran border to the main European distributor. 

New York, I Love You is a romantic comedy-drama film, which revolves around the love life of several residents living in New York, the most loved and the most hated city in the World. 

Originally titled Viva la muerte... tua!, the film follows a con artist, who learns about a village where a treasure is hidden. He then seeks out a death row Mexican bandit, who knows about the precise location. Their job becomes easy when an Irish journalist bribes to have an already dead Mexican revolutionary escape the prison and the bandit is chosen to take his place.  

After being released from prison for insider trading and securities fraud Gordon Gekko, is a successful writer with his book ‘Is Greed Good?’. He tries to reconnect with his daughter Winnie using her boyfriend Jacob Moore but ends up betraying them both and stealing Winnie’s money. 

Two jewelry robbers pull off a heist in Canada and decide to meet at the US border to divide the jewels. But one of them gets stuck at a remote motel after a car accident. The alluring motel owner falls for the robber; however, like all others at the motel, she, too, suspects him to be the jewel thief. 

Harry and Archie are two elderly gangsters, who are released from prison after serving a sentence of 30 years for trying to hijack a train. They are in for a shock upon seeing that the world is no longer the same, and many things have changed, including clothing, sexual lifestyles, clubs, advances in technology, as well as lack fo respect from the younger generations.

A businessman in Los Angeles named Julius Berman hires a private detective named JJ Gittes to help him, after he suspects his wife of adultery. Eventually, Berman kills the lover of his wife, Mark, who is also his partner in a real estate development company. When Gittes finds out about this, he convinces his old acquaintance LAPD Captain Lou Escobar that he should not be charged as an accomplice with the murder.

Laurel is a smart single woman who is trying to make it big in the Wall Street corporate world. After facing several prejudices, she learns that if she wants to find success, she will have to work for a much older man or become one.

When United States elects its first woman president, things become little awkward for everybody. The First Gentleman, mostly referred as President’s Husband, occasionally as the First Lady, is expected take up her role. Meanwhile, the new president becomes too busy for her husband and children; yet manages to smell perfume on his shirt.  

In 1905, a Russian battalion under Capt. Stoloff takes over a Polish town on the Russian border. The Jewish residents, who deal in horse-stealing under Kifke’s leadership, suddenly find their livelihood taken away when the Cossacks requisition all horses for the Russia-Japan war. Naomi, Just back from France, motivates the town to repel, in which Zanvill, who is in love with Naomi, supports her.

Night and the City is a crime drama film which tells the story of Harry Fabian, an incompetent lawyer in New York City, who gets obsessed with the idea of becoming a boxing promoter.  

After quitting his job as a cop, Jim accepts a job offer from a lawyer, He gets hired to protect Rena Westabrook who is about to go on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband. Eventually, he finds himself in the middle of a bigger conspiracy.

When a chemist is killed by a letter bomb, his wife suspects his employer, a reclusive billionaire, to be the assassinator. Eventually FBI takes up the case and a former mafia man is hired to track down the suspect in Antigua. The victim’s wife also chips in, helping the team to locate her husband’s murderer. But is revenge her only motive? 

Based on short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this film is about a vain and egotistical French military officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars. He is constantly trying to prove himself as the best soldier and the best lover.  

Too Much is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Art Dodge, a con man, who runs a scam that involves deceiving grieving widows. While working on such a scheme, he finds himself attracted to the beautiful Betty Kerner. However, when he meets Liz, her beautiful sister, he finds himself madly attracted to her as well. In order to juggle both relationships, he invents his own twin brother.

Mama’s Boy is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Jeffrey Mannu, a 29 year old slacker, who is still living with his mother Jan. However, his life turns upside down when his mother meets Mert, a motivational speaker, who moves in on Jeffrey’s territory.