64 Richard Attenborough Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Dr Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler are amongst the group of expert invited by John Hammond to visit his theme park where cloned dinosaurs are the highlight. However, the tour goes wrong when a storms sets in and an employee shuts down the power leaving the man eating dinosaurs to roam around freely. Alan has to ensure a safe return for himself and Hammond’s two grandchildren.

Frustrated with escape attempts, the German army moves a large group of Allied prisoners of war to a high-security POW camp. The film portrays a fictional account of how over 200 prisoners, led by RAF Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett, dug a deep, long tunnel to execute an even greater mass escape plan to further harass the enemy.

Peter is an aircraft pilot serving in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. After his plane crashes, he appeals to the divine to give a second chance at life, so that he doesn’t have to leave the love of his life behind.

An adaptation of the well-known play by William Shakespeare, this drama film tells the story of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, who returns home to find his father murdered. Meanwhile his mother is getting married to his uncle, the very man responsible for his father’s death.  

The Sand Pebbles is a war adventure film which revolves around Jake Holman, an American naval engineer in a war-torn China, whose life turns upside down when he is framed for the murder of a friend. He needs to not only prove his innocence, but also save the lives of a few American missionaries.

This crime drama film tells the story of Myra Savage, a housewife who is also a medium. Her psychic abilities come mostly from her relationship with the spirit of her deceased son Arthur, who had passed away at birth. However, she does not have much credibility as a psyche. In order to get rid of this problem, she decides to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy family, so that she can ‘help’ the police find the missing girl.

The Flight of the Phoenix is a survival drama film which is based on a novel of the same name. It revolves around a small group of men who try to survive, after their aircraft is forced to land in the Sahara Desert. Things take a turn when one of the survivors says that he can build a new airplane from the wreckage.

Tim and Beryl Evans move into a new place for rent in West London, along with their infant daughter Geraldine. However, they are not aware of the fact that John Christie, the owner, is a serial killer. When Beryl is pregnant again, it causes an argument between her and Tim. Christie breaks up the argument, and offers to help Beryl terminate the pregnancy, pretending to be an expert. The couple agrees, and Christie eventually kills Beryl after sexually assaulting her. He informs Tim that she died from complications that resulted from the procedure.

After the death of Catholic Queen Mary, in 1558, her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth becomes the Queen of England. But the country is in debt, under attack from Mary of Guise, and her court is full of treacherous novels. Elizabeth must rise to become ‘the virgin Queen’ with the help of Francis Walsingham. 

Factory worker Tom Curtis burdened by financial stress, refuses to take part in an unnecessary factory strike organized by activist Travers and masterminded by shop steward Bert Connolly. Because of this, his life is changed forever as he is named a scab and faces reprisals from many parties. 

Hyde is a former military officer who makes up his mind to rob a bank. For this plan, he recruits several ex-army men. Although he has planned the robbery extremely well, he is not entirely sure he will be able to carry it out.

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.

Morning Departure is a historical war drama film which takes us to the time of end of the Second World War. The film revolves around a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol, which detonates a mine, leading to an explosion, which sinks the submarine. Most of the crew is killed, but the remaining ones try their best to stay alive.

Set against the backdrop of the aftermath of the Second World War, The Guinea Pig is about a teenager who finds it difficult to adjust to the English public school system. After winning a scholarship to Saintbury, he attempts to bring boys from different social classes together. The film was released as The Outsider in the U.S. 

Danger Within is a war drama film, which takes us to 1943, during the time of the Second World War. It tells the story of a Prisoner-of-War camp, where a lot of failed escape attempts are made. Eventually a few British officers plan a dramatic mass escape.  

John Lewis is a frustrated librarian and dreams of having affairs with glamorous women in spite of being married to his long-suffering wife Jean. When the glamorous Liz, wife of a local councilor expresses her interest in him, the two plan on starting an affair. However, fate has other humorous plans for them.

A research team comprising Dr Ian Malcolm and Sarah Harding arrives at Isla Sorna to study the dinosaurs in their natural environment. There is another team from InGen that wants to take dinosaurs to mainland San Diego. When the dinosaurs wreak havoc and the situation becomes dangerous, the two team are forced to work together to survive.

Undergraduate British student Stanley Windrush is called up to the British army during World War II. Although he struggles through training and fails his officer exam, he becomes a prized Japanese interpreter. But then he unwittingly becomes part of a plan by his uncle, Brigadier Tracepurcel, and Private Cox to steal looted treasure from Nazis. 

Set in around 1890, the story focuses on Lt. Drake and Lt. Millington arriving in India to join a British regiment. When at a mess dance, a respected widow accuses a drunken Millington of attacking her Drake becomes his defending officer.  Although pressured to plead guilty by his superiors, Drake does not believe Millington to be the culprit. 

This American drama film revolves around the apparent suicide of a prominent psychologist in London. This causes huge disbelief among his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe that it was suicide, since it would go against all the principles her father stood for. Therefore, she begins her own investigation. 

Dorey Walker, who is Cole’s Department Store’s special events director, decides to fire Tony Falacchi from being their Santa Claus after he gets drunk before taking part in the Thanksgiving Parade. He soon spots an elderly man whom he thinks will be a perfect Santa.

Ernest loses his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He manages to track down the person responsible for the case, and boards the same flight, from London to New York. He plants a bomb in order to kill the man, although it will not just result in the death of the man but also the crew, the passengers, and himself.

After the end of the Second World War, two soldiers Ted and Peters return to their home in Britain. While Ted becomes a taxi driver, Dave gets involved with the mob. When Dave gets in a fight with his boss over money, he is shot and killed. When Ted finds his body, he decides to take revenge for his friend’s death, and expose the criminal group and their leader.

Brothers in Law is a British comedy drama film, which tells the story of Roger Thursby, who is just beginning his career as a barrister. He is full of ideals as well. However, his first important case involves defending a swindler.

When the Second World War begins, David Wilton and John Aynesworth join a group of cadets in England for military training. They are eventually sent to America, to be trained in air combat. However, they are soon separated when David is sent to Canada to attend navigator’s school, while John is sent off to Europe for combat.

Eight years after his court martial, a Naval officer returns to the Royal Navy to fight for England during the Second World War. When he is put in command of a Royal Navy destroyer, he finds himself clashing with his new officers and the men. However, as they prepare for battle, they eventually forge a bond. 

An ageing barrister, Wilfred Morgenhall, is happy when he is briefed to defend murder-accused Herbert Fowle, a quiet merchant. Fowle wishes to plead guilty of murdering his annoying wife, but Morgenhall tries to boost his will to fight the case. Nevertheless, his inept handling spoils everything and Fowle is convicted. Later, Fowle is acquitted for inadequate defense, and thanks Morgenhall for his ‘technique.’

A seaplane develops a problem and is forced to make an emergency water-landing near a Pacific island. The plane’s desperate passengers brave the waters to reach the deserted island. As they find tethered farm-animals, and a lead-lined bunker with measuring instruments and cameras set for filming, the passengers realize that they are at the site of a nuclear bomb testing, to be detonated soon. 

The adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel ‘The Human Factor’, follows mid-level MI6 bureaucrat Maurice Castle, who unwittingly becomes a mole leaking information to the Soviets, while trying to get his African wife out of apartheid South Africa. Castle will be tested with the MI6 out to find and kill the mole. 

A young teen is arrested for driving the getaway car in a robbery. He is sentenced for three years in a reformatory, which is run by a sympathetic governor. However, he soon finds himself in a more complicated situation after he knocks out a man with a lamp.

Doctor Dolittle is a veterinary physician who can communicate with animals. His life takes a turn after he is put in an asylum for freeing a lovesick seal from captivity. However, with the help of his friends, he manages to escape, and he sets out in search of the giant sea snail, a legendary but elusive creature.

Brannigan is an action comedy crime film which tells the story of Jim Brannigan, a Chicago Police Lieutenant, who is sent to the UK, to bring back an American mobster, who is being held for extradition. However, the mobster’s hired guns are waiting for Brannigan, preparing an ambush.  

A book by the name ‘Hell Is Sold Out’ is sent to publishers under the names of ‘Danges’, a well-known writer who has been presumed dead for a long time. The novel turns out to be a best-seller. Things get complicated when Dominic Danges, the real author, who is still alive, shows up.                                       

The wife of a workaholic bra manufacturer seduces one of his employees after which she is forced to hide him in the attic. Though his plan was to sneak out at night, the employee is enchanted by his boss’s wife, and plans to settle in permanently.  

A sailor is tasked with taking care of an infant, but keeping it a secret from the other officers becomes difficult as well as tricky.

Hal, and his boyfriend, Denis, rob a bank and hide the loot in the coffin of Hal’s recently deceased mother, kept in his father’s hotel prior to final burial. Meanwhile, his mother’s nurse is planning to step into her shoe and is aggressively courting the widower. A stupid priest and a crooked cop enter the scene at this point, making it spicier. 

In London upper-class, wealthy wine-merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon’s wife, Antonia, is in love with Martin’s best friend, psychiatrist Palmer Anderson, but both wish to continue being friends with Martin, who has a secret mistress, Georgie. Aware of this affair, Palmer’s sister Honor reveals it to Palmer and Antonia, while introducing Georgie to Martin’s brother Alexander. But it’s not the end of the relationships. 

Reporter, Larry Martin, working undercover for the CIA is tasked with the rescue of five kidnapped wealthy girls from the yacht Rosebud. The girls have been kidnapped by the anti-Israel Palestinian Liberation Army. Meanwhile, Sloat, the extremist head of Black September is also heading the same way but with different intent. 

Based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the movie begins in South Africa when a young Gandhi is thrown out of the train for travelling in the first class compartment despite having tickets for it. He begins a nonviolent protest campaign and later uses it in India’s fight for independence. 

It is the biopic of master of comedy, the genius filmmaker Charles Chaplin. The ageing legend talks to the editor of his autobiography about his life, starting from his modest childhood days in South London to his rise in the world of cinema. The film re-creates his tempestuous personal life, issues with authorities, exile from the US, and finally, an Oscar tribute. 

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.

Shadowlands is a biographical romantic drama film which chronicles the life of a world-renowned writer and Christian theologian CS Lewis. The film shows how his passionless life is changed after he meets Joy Davidman, an American poet.  

A South African journalist attempts to investigate the death in custody of his friend, an activist. However, this eventually forces him to flee the country.  

Corky is a failed magician who is preparing for a new ventriloquist act on a TV show with a dummy named Fats. Fearing that he won’t pass the required mental exam, he decides to run away to his hometown, where he meets a former high school sweetheart Peggy. Peggy is trapped in a loveless marriage, and Corky tries to convince her to leave her husband. However, Fats, who seems to have developed a mind of his own, doesn’t approve of their relationship.

Several aspirants take part in an audition hoping to become part of a musical. Meanwhile, the bitter director Zach judges dozens of dancers, as well as their performances. Eventually, sixteen of them remain, after the rest are all eliminated. But things get complicated because one of them is Cassie, a woman who once had a relationship with Zach.

In Love and War is a biographical war romantic drama film which tells the story of a young man Ernest Hemingway, who is working as an ambulance driver during the First World War in Italy. When he gets seriously wounded, he ends up in a hospital, where he meets a nurse named Agnes. The two soon develop an attraction for one another.

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.