42 Ryan O'Neal Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Based on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, the movie follows the journey of young Irishman, Barry, who turns from a likable man to a manipulative con-artist. After gambling his way around Europe, he ends up marrying the wealthy Countess of Lyndon. But his rogue ways will have more devastating consequences for himself.

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young 9-year-old, who may or may not be his daughter, after her mother passes away. He attempts to dupe her out of her money, but the plan backfires, and he is forced to take her on as a partner instead.

Along with his fiancée, Howard Bannister travels to San Francisco, to compete for a music research grant. He soon runs into a charming young girl Judy Maxwell, in the drug store, who is quite smart and knowledgeable, despite the fact that she is a college dropout. She soon brings chaos into his orderly life.

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.

A detective is obsessed with catching a criminal known as ‘The Driver’, a criminal who is quite reputed for driving getaway vehicles. Due to his exceptional talent, he has always managed to evade the police. The detective sets up a bank robbery, in order to trap him.

Considered as one of the most romantic films, it follows Harvard law student Oliver Barrett IV, heir to an upper-class family, and Jennifer Cavilleri, a working-class music student, as they fall in love. Despite Barrett Sr.’s disapproval, the two get married. Jenny works to support Oliver, who achieves a good position after graduation. However, the life has different plans in store for them. 

The Games is a sports drama film, which revolves around four marathon runners, from four different nations, who prepare to take part in the Olympic Games. 

Daryl Zero is a detective who believes himself to be the greatest. Along with his associate, he investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for a businessman named Gregory Stark. In order to trap the blackmailer, Zero sets up a sting up.  

Webster McGee becomes a jewel thief and robs businessman, Henderling, of money and steals some files. He blackmails Henderling using the files to enter high society to rob more people. He meets Laura who becomes his lover and partner in crime. When investigator Dave Reilly, develops a friendship with Webster, loyalties are tested.

Chances Are is a fantasy romantic comedy film which tells the story of Alex, a young man, who falls for a young student named Corinne. However, after he meets her mother, he starts to remember his past life. He remembers that he used to be a young lawyer, the very same man who was Corinne’s father.  

Circle of Two is a drama film which tells the story of a sixty year old artist, Ashley St. Clair, who had lost his inspiration after his muse left him years ago. But he regains it years later, after he falls for a sixteen year old girl.

Green Ice is a romantic adventure film which revolves around the story of an engineer who is going through difficult times. He gets involved in a plan, with a mysterious woman, to rob a Colombian emerald magnate.

A small-time thief, Jack Ryan, reaches Hawaii. He is hired by a district judge to take care of his properties. He teams up with Nancy, a beautiful mistress of a dishonest hotel tycoon, and plans a plot for a potential heist.

When a series of murders occur in the gay community, a heterosexual police detective, who is quite popular with the ladies, is assigned to go undercover with a homosexual police clerk, pretending to be a couple.

Rick is a successful screenwriter living in Los Angeles, California, but his life is filled with emptiness. He searches for love and for himself via a series of adventures with six different women.

Eli, who works as a PR professional, witnesses his client’s girlfriend get murdered. Soon, it seems that his client is involved in a scandal, and very powerful people are behind the murder. He feels that he might be their next target.

Man of the House is a comedy film which tells the story of a woman named Sandy, who finds love in a man named Jack, a lawyer, after going through several years of unsuccessful marriage. However, things get problematic because her son Ben dislikes him, although Jack tries his best to impress him.

Brad ‘B-rad,’ the son of wealthy politician and candidate for governor Bill Gluckman, aspires to be a rapper and behaves like he is from ‘hood.’ Worried that this will ruin his election chances, Bill arranges for two African-American actors to kidnap Brad and shock him out of his fantasies. But when Brad and the ‘thugs’ encounter real-life gangsters, Bill must rush to rescue. 

The film is a sequel to Love Story, a popular 1970 romantic drama film.  Jenny, wife of Oliver Barrett IV, has died of leukemia, leaving him mentally devastated. Trying to lose himself in his work does not help; instead it alienates him from those around him. At this juncture, he meets Marcie Bonwit, a wealthy and beautiful heiress and falls in love. But Jenny’s memory continues haunt him.