74 Laurence Olivier Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

A naive young woman falls in love with and marries the aristocratic widower Maxim de Winter, and upon reaching his estate, Manderley, realizes that he still loves his first wife, Rebecca, while the domineering housekeeper Mrs. Danvers is also obsessed with her. Just as she becomes consumed by inferiority complex, a sudden crisis changes the dynamics between the characters.

Slueth is a mystery thriller film, which tells the story of Andrew, who wants to divorce his wife without having to pay her any alimony. He, therefore, joins hands with her ex-lover, Milo, to plan a robbery. But their personal differences are the only obstacles in their plan. 

Arrogant Thracian slave Spartacus, who is trained in a gladiatorial school, rises in arms against his captors following repeated humiliations and incites a violent revolt involving thousands of slaves. As the group travels south to board ships to other lands, two opposing senators attempt to use the slave revolt to seize control of the decadent Roman Republic.

Based on the famous play by William Shakespeare, this Oscar winning British film tells the story of Prince Hamlet, who is seeking revenge against Claudius, the man responsible for the death of his father. Although he loses his loved ones, he is adamant, and wants revenge at any cost.

Based on a novel of the same name, this romantic drama film is about Heathcliff, an orphaned boy who is found on the streets by Mr Earnshaw.  He brings him home to live with his own children Cathy and Hindley. Over the years, Cathy and Heathcliff develop feelings for one another, although Hindley despises Heathcliff. However, their neighbor Edgar also falls for Cathy, and proposes to her. Heathcliff decides to disappear from her life forever.

Thomas Levy, a history student and long-distance runner, is unaware of the fact that his older brother is a government agent chasing down a Nazi war criminal, until the latter is murdered, and Thomas finds himself in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving stolen jewels, Nazis and government spies. 

It is based on the events of ‘Operation Market Garden’ of September, 1944. In order to bring a quick end to the WWII, the allied forces decide to drop thousands of paratroopers to secure strategic bridges in Netherlands to obtain access into Germany. The main bridge was the one to Arnhem. But tough German resistance and faulty allied intelligence led to failure.

Mrs. Bennet is looking for wealthy men for her daughters, so that they can settle down. Her happiness seems to know no bounds, when a young bachelor starts to live near them.

Daniel is a thirteen year old French boy, who fall in love with Lauren, a thirteen year old American girl at school. However, things get complicated as Lauren’s mother doesn’t approve of their relationship. Soon, they befriend a kind elderly man named Julius, who tells them stories of his life, and eventually he decides to help them elope.

Bunny Lake Is Missing is a psychological thriller mystery film which tells the story of a woman named Ann Lake, who is settled in England with her daughter Bunny. After Bunny’s first day at school, she goes missing, and therefore Ann goes to the police to file a complaint, but soon her own sanity is questioned when it seems that there is no evidence of her daughter ever existing. When her brother appears and backs up the suspicions of the police, it seems that Ann may really be a mentally disturbed individual.

Graham Weir is a schoolteacher who is facing several problems in his career for his refusal to fight during the Second World War. Things get even worse, when Shirley, a student, asks him to sleep with her, but he refuses. Therefore, she accuses him of violating her, which leads Graham into serious trouble.

This biographical drama captures the life of British inventor, William Friese-Greene, as he tirelessly works to successfully project moving images to create the world's first motion picture camera. His obsession with his work bankrupts him, damages his health, and ruins his personal relationships, while greedy businessmen of the film industry fail to recognize the novelty of his creation.

Veteran Nazi-hunter Ezra Lieberman receives information about a group of former Nazis, led by infamous Dr. Josef Mengele, hatching some sinister plan in South America. Dr. Mengele, who has cloned Hitler 95 times, is raising them in Brazil to create the Fourth Reich. Determined to thwart the dreadful plan, Lieberman tracks down Mengele to confront him in the presence of a Hitler clone.

The Bounty is an adventure action drama film which tells us the story of Captain William Bligh, whose crew is fed up of his harsh discipline. This leads to a mutiny between them. Later, eventually the Captain faces a court martial, to explain the events that led to this.

Adapted from the well-known play by William Shakespeare, this Oscar winning film takes us to the life of Henry V, who had proven himself to be a purposeful monarch. However, when war breaks out, he has no other option but to unite the dissident factions in the English Army, so that they can join forces to crush the French armies. When a peace treaty is arranged with the French court, he is offered the hand of Princess Katherine, daughter of Charles VI of France, as a part of the peace agreement.    

The story centers on Perseus—the son of the Greek god Zeus—who grows up in a deserted village until he is relocated to an abandoned amphitheater in Joppa by the revengeful sea goddess Thetis. There he learns about Princess Andromeda, who cannot marry until her suitor answers a riddle invented by Calbos.  Perseus decides to take up the challenge.   

In 1940, German Luftwaffe begins a series of concentrated aerial attacks to establish air superiority over England. The dedicated pilots of Britain’s RAF face terrible odds, yet repeatedly take to the skies in a desperate battle to stop the outnumbering German Luftwaffe from taking over English skies. Finally, the aggressive counter-attack by the determined RAF succeeds in fending off the Nazi invasion of England.

During the mid 1880s, Egyptian forces lead by the British General Charles Gordon, defends Khartoum against an army being led by a religious fanatic named Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi.

When a thick London fog forces young socialite, Leslie Steele, to seek refuge in a hotel suite occupied by lawyer Everard Logan, she charms him into giving up his room and his heart. What follows is a comedy of errors when Leslie is mistaken as Lord Mere’s wife, one of Logan’s clients. 

Dracula is a horror drama film which takes us to the year 1913. After surviving a shipwreck, Count Dracula comes ashore and begins his search for an immortal bride.

During Queen Elizabeth I’s tenure, when navy officer Richard Ingolby is killed in Spanish war, his son Michael offers to infiltrate Spanish court disguised as one of the conspirators. He then finds their plan to send an armada to destroy the British navy. The ageing Elizabeth is taken in by Michael’s valor but is jealous of pretty lady-in-waiting, Cynthia, who has won Michael’s love.

Marya Kalish finds herself in a predicament. She needs to travel to St. Petersburg to visit her dying father, but to travel, she needs a yellow ticket, something which is required for a single woman to travel alone, but the ticket also suggests that she might be a sex worker. When a British reporter finds out about her plight, he decides to write about it, but it gets him in trouble with the police.  

Based on a play by Anton Chekhov, this drama film tells the story of three sisters who wish to escape their small Russian town and return to Moscow, the place where they grew up.

Larry Durrant loves Wanda, whose long-missing husband Henry returns to blackmail them and accidently gets killed in a fight with Larry. An innocent man, John Evans, gets arrested for the murder and is to be tried in 3 weeks. Larry and Wanda have 21 days to be together, before Larry turns himself in to save the innocent. So, what happens after 21 days? 

Highwayman Captain MacHeath, who is romancing two pretty maids, incurs wrath of their powerful fathers. Together, both fathers hatch a plot resulting in MacHeath’s imprisonment and a death sentence. A musical beggar, who has created an opera with MacHeath as hero, entertains him with his opera while the highwayman awaits his sentence.

Judy and Nicholas have got married under the condition that they will have perfect understanding. But their agreement is soon put to test when alone and drunk in Cannes, Nicholas ends up sleeping with his former mistress and quickly returns home to confess his transgression to Judy. 

Lady Caroline Lamb is an epic historical romantic drama film, which tells the story of Caroline Ponsonby, who is quite bored of her loveless marriage with her husband. She eventually falls in love with Lord Byron, who is also a poet, and the two begin a scandalous affair. 

Victor Sangrito uses his wife Alva to lure men into romances, after which he blackmails them. His latest victim is Captain Geoff Roberts, who had fallen in love with Alva. However, he is forced to pay the blackmail and leave for India. He befriends Ned Nichols, a lieutenant, who had also the same experience with Alva.

Based on the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War of 1950, this is dramatized version of the battle. In September 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of the UN forces, led an amphibious invasion with 200 UN ships and 70,000 military men on the pre-decided beaches. This war also had its repercussions on the relationship of Major Hallsworth and his wife, Barbara. 

Based on the famous play by William Shakespeare, this Oscar winning British film tells the story of Prince Hamlet, who is seeking revenge against Claudius, the man responsible for the death of his father. Although he loses his loved ones, he is adamant, and wants revenge at any cost.

Adapted from the well-known play by William Shakespeare, this Oscar winning film takes us to the life of Henry V, who had proven himself to be a purposeful monarch. However, when war breaks out, he has no other option but to unite the dissident factions in the English Army, so that they can join forces to crush the French armies. When a peace treaty is arranged with the French court, he is offered the hand of Princess Katherine, daughter of Charles VI of France, as a part of the peace agreement.    

Based on a play by Anton Chekhov, this drama film tells the story of three sisters who wish to escape their small Russian town and return to Moscow, the place where they grew up.

Based on the well-known play of the same name by William Shakespeare, this Oscar-winning film tells the story of Romeo Montague, a handsome young man, who falls in love with the beautiful and young Juliet Capulet. Although the two want to be with each other, their relationship creates a lot of tension due to the feud between their families.