9.2/10

Director: David Elstein, Hugh Raggett

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the rise of Nazi Germany to the dramatic resc... Read more

9.2/10

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the bomb to the Nuremberg trials, 'The World... Read more

8/10

Director: Joseph L Mankiewicz

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine

Mystery tour-de-force based on Anthony Shaffer's play starring Laurence Olivier as an eccentric writer of mystery novels coercing his wife's lover Mic... Read more

9.2/10

Director: John Pett, Ted Childs

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From victory in Italy and Burma to the beginning o... Read more

9.2/10

Director: Hugh Raggett, John Pett, Martin Smith, Michael Darlow

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From Hitler's demise to MacArthur's victories, 'Th... Read more

9.2/10

Director: David Elstein

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From Russia to America, 'The World at War' present... Read more

9.2/10

Director: Hugh Raggett, Martin Smith, Ted Childs

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From the Germans' first major defeat at Stalingrad... Read more

9.2/10

Director: John Pett, Michael Darlow

Starring: Narrated by, Laurence Olivier

The definitive story of the Second World War in seven volumes and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. From D-Day to the liberation of Paris, 'The World... Read more

6/10

Director: Paul Czinner

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Elisabeth Bergner

Filmed in 1936 when Olivier was still considered a promising young actor rather than one of the finest thespians ever, this is his first filmed perfor... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney

A brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the Danish prince 'who just couldn't make up his mind'. Hauntingly photographed in Elsinore, Denmar... Read more

7.7/10

Director: William Wyler

Starring: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven

An internationally acclaimed version of Emily Bronte's classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. Laurence Olivier claimed that William Wyler taugh... Read more

8.1/10

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders

Hitchcock's first American film, based on a Du Maurier gothic romance. With Laurence Olivier and a fine performance by Joan Fontaine as a shy young wo... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Eileen Herlie, Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney

A brilliant adaptation of Shakespeare's play about the Danish prince 'who just couldn't make up his mind'. Hauntingly photographed in Elsinore, Denmar... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Alexander Korda

Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray

AKA 'Lady Hamilton'. An excellent film about Nelson's lifelong relationship with Emma Hamilton that is somewhat glamorised and stiff but generally ex... Read more

7.9/10

Director: Alvin Rakoff

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher

This is John Mortimer's warm, witty portrait of his father and the rest of the family. Filmed in the places where the events actually occurred. The sc... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike

A handsomely mounted romantic comedy of a suave European prince and a simple chorus girl who meet in London during the 1911 Coronation. Fascinating pe... Read more

8.3/10

Director: Michael Elliott

Starring: Laurence Olivier, John Hurt, Robert Lindsay, Diana Rigg

Laurence Olivier stars in and produces this adaptation of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, made exclusively for television. The ageing King Lear (Olivier... Read more

Director: William Howard, Victor Saville, Ian Dalrymple, Tim Whelan

Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Rex Harrison

Four classic Vivien Leigh films made prior to her legendary performance as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With the Wind'. In celebration of the 100th annive... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Basil Dearden

Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson

A historical epic about 'Chinese' Gordon and his famous defeat by Arab tribesmen in the 317 day siege. The cast of thousands include Charlton Heston,... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Michael Apted

Starring: Alan Bates, Helen Mirren, Laurence Olivier, Malcolm McDowell

Set in the rarefied world of West End boutique owners and fashion designers, The Collection takes as its departure point, the moment when four elegant... Read more

5.8/10

Director: Richard Fleischer

Starring: Lucie Arnaz, Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Catlin Adams

Neil Diamond, in his first film role, is a powerhouse of emotion and song in this remake of the successful sound film from the late 1920s. Laurence Ol... Read more

7/10

Director: Franklin J Schaffner

Starring: Gregory Peck, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer

Laurence Olivier stars in this high-tension political thriller as Ezra Lieberman, a Nazi-hunter who uncovers the existence of war criminal Dr. Josef M... Read more

Director: Basil Dean

Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Francis L Sullivan

Laurence Olivier plays a young Londoner implicated in a brutal murder. According to the rules of British law, he is permitted twenty-one days of compa... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Stuart Burge

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi

Shakespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring his downfall, has never been more movingly nor dramat... Read more

6.5/10

Director: John Badham

Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Sylvester McC...

Dracula returns in the 1979 retelling of the classic tale as directed by John Badham. This rendition, which was similarly adapted from the Broadway pl... Read more

6.7/10

Director: William Howard

Starring: Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Fiora Robson, Vivien Leigh, Raymond Massey

Superb British historical drama as Elizabethan England is under attack by the Spanish Armada. Flora Robson is magnificent as Queen Elizabeth, who send... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Stuart Burge

Starring: Joan Plowright, Laurence Olivier, Max Adrian, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike

The film of the highly acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Anton Chekhov's play. Chekhov's portrayal of the frustrations and disillusi... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Herbert Ross

Starring: Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier, Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave

Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna in order to place him in the care of Sigmund Freud after his abuse of cocaine starts to sp... Read more

7.5/10

Director: John Schlesinger

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Marthe Keller, Roy Scheider, William Devane

A nail-biting thriller with Dustin Hoffman as a university student who unwittingly becomes involved with the C.I.A., Nazi war criminals and the beauti... Read more

7.5/10

Director: John Schlesinger

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller

A nail-biting thriller with Dustin Hoffman as a university student who unwittingly becomes involved with the C.I.A., Nazi war criminals and the beauti... Read more

6.2/10

Director: Peter Brook

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Hugh Griffith, Athene Seyler, Dorothy Tutin

Based on the first-ever English musical, written by John Gay, this authentic, cynical satire on 18th century London life boasts glorious sets and outr... Read more

7.5/10

Director: George Roy Hill

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard

A real charmer about two lonely, gifted children who find romance and adventure on a trek through Europe. Whimsical and winning - excellent for the en... Read more

5.3/10

Director: Terence Young

Starring: Michael Caine, Susan George, Laurence Olivier, Robert Powell, Charles Gray

Cold war spy thriller in which in return for betraying his country, a former Russian agent is provided with a completely new identity. However, there... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Michael Powell

Starring: Leslie Howard, Eric Portman, Anton Walbrook, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey

A powerful and important piece of World War 2 propaganda, which controversially was filmed from the point of view of a group of German soldiers. Asked... Read more

5/10

Director: Daniel Petrie

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander

Within the Hardeman family that runs the Bethlehem Motors auto empire, Angelo Perino's (Tommy Lee Jones) an outsider. But this won't stop him from bri... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Roger Donaldson

Starring: Edward Fox, Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis

This version of the classic seafaring saga features Anthony Hopkins as the stubborn Captain Bligh and Mel Gibson as mutinous first-mate Fletcher Chris... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Robert Z Leonard

Starring: Greer Garson, Edna May Oliver, Laurence Olivier, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Boland...

An outstanding adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about five husband-hunting sisters in 19th Century England. Laurence Olivier stars as Mr Darcy (afte... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Stanley Baker, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Cedric Hardwicke, R...

Shakespeare's tragic, twisted king is brilliantly portrayed by Laurence Olivier, who also produced and directed. With Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richards... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Otto Preminger

Starring: Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Martita Hunt, Carol Lynley, The Zomb...

Director Otto Preminger's unusual psychological thriller stars Carol Lynley as an American woman living in London who drops her young daughter off at... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke...

Shakespeare's tragic, twisted king is brilliantly portrayed by Laurence Olivier, who also produced and directed. With Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richards... Read more

8.1/10

Director: George Cukor

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson, Joan Sims,...

In the prim, proper world of upper class England, an aging beauty is accused of having seduced and abandoned a man young enough to be her grandson - a... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Tony Richardson

Starring: Brenda De Banzie, Alan Bates, Shirley Anne Field, Laurence Olivier, Roger Livese...

Laurence Olivier shocked audiences accustomed to seeing him in Shakespeare or period romances when he joined forces with the two defining figures of G... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Esmond Knight, Renee Asherson, Fe...

'Henry V' is one of Shakespeare's most compelling historical plays. Laurence Olivier won a special Oscar for outstanding achievement as an actor, prod... Read more

7.9/10

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, T...

Director Stanley Kubrick directed this tale of the slave rebellion that took place in 71 B.C., led by the famous and indomitable gladiator, Spartacus,... Read more

7.9/10

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, T...

Director Stanley Kubrick directed this tale of the slave rebellion that took place in 71 B.C., led by the famous and indomitable gladiator, Spartacus,... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Esmond Knight, Renee Asherson, Fe...

'Henry V' is one of Shakespeare's most compelling historical plays. Laurence Olivier won a special Oscar for outstanding achievement as an actor, prod... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Laurence Olivier

Starring: Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Sheila Reid, Alan Ba...

In a remote little town in turn of the century Russia, three sisters - Olga (Jeanne Watts), Irina (Louise Purnell), and Masha (Joan Plowright) - and t... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Michael Anderson

Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, John G...

From Morris L. West's bestseller, this is both an urgent tale of geopolitical intrigue and a fascinating look at Vatican procedure. Anthony Quinn play... Read more

Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Ralph Thomas

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Peter Finch, John Mills, Anton Wa...

A triple feature set. 'The Battle of the River Plate' (1956) - Ten days before the outbreak of WWII, a powerful German battleship sails around the Sou... Read more

6/10

Director: Gabriel Le Bomin

Starring: Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Carre, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Mouchet, Sophie Quint...

Paris, June 1940. The de Gaulle couple is confronted with the military and political collapse of France. Charles de Gaulle joins London while Yvonne,... Read more

Director: Daniel Mann

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Ron Moody, Richard Attenborough...

'David Copperfield' (1970): Delbert Mann's adaptation of the Dickens classic stars much of the royalty of the British 20th Century stage. Framed in fl... Read more

6.1/10

Director: William Eubank

Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Laurence Fishburne, Beau Knapp, Lin Shaye, Rober...

Nic (Brenton Thwaites), his girlfriend, Haley (Olivia Cooke), and his buddy, Jonah (Beau Knapp), take an unexpected detour from an idyllic cross-count... Read more

Director: John Herzfeld

Starring: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis, Jason Flemyng, Keith Carradine, Ol...

Paul Walker is an ex-Marine with a knack for getting himself in trouble. Currently serving a stretch for assault, he manages to kill off a prison gan... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Desmond Davis

Starring: Burgess Meredith, Claire Bloom, Flora Robson, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Laurenc...

Dazzling Ray Harryhausen creatures highlight this spectacular adventure epic based on the Greek myth of the hero Perseus. Harry Hamlin stars as Perseu... Read more

5.5/10

Director: Robert Bolt

Starring: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills, Margaret Leighton, Pame...

She was the darling of English society in 1805 when she married the country's most distinguished peer. Then she rocked the gentry and threatened her h... Read more

8.5/10

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Quinn, Christopher Plummer, Claudia Cardinale, Donald Ple...

Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this mini-series brings to life all of the sweeping drama in the... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Roger Donaldson

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dexter Fletcher, Edward Fox, La...

Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) struggles to restore discipline among the crew of the HMS Bounty after the ship has an extended furlough in Tahiti. Af... Read more

8.5/10

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale,...

Franco Zeffirelli's highly acclaimed version of the life of Jesus. This epic, moving drama, filmed in Tunisia and Morocco, features a stellar internat... Read more

8.7/10

Director: Charles Sturridge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Step...

When Oxford under-graduate Charles Ryder (Jeremy Irons) meets the charismatic Sebastian Flyte (Anthony Andrews) it is the beginning of a devoted frien... Read more

6.4/10

Director: John Hindman

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Olivia Thirlby, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Kat Dennings

Though the title of his bestselling book "Me and God" might imply an intimate and reliable relationship, Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) finds himself lack... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Richard Attenborough

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack H...

Based on a 1963 stage show by Charles Chilton, lampooning World War I and war in general, and focused on the Smith family who have five sons to send o... Read more

7/10

Director: Guy Hamilton

Starring: Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard...

Featuring a stellar cast, including Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Robert Shaw and Susannah Yo... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Richard Attenborough

Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, James Caan, Edward Fo...

In September 1944, flush with the success after the Normandy invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a bold plan to drop 35... Read more

7/10

Director: Bryan Singer

Starring: Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Lucas...

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the p... Read more

7/10

Director: Bryan Singer

Starring: Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Lucas...

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the p... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Franklin J Schaffner

Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Tom Baker, Michael Bryant, Maurice...

The epic, lavish, yet ultimately tragic true story of Tsar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), a man who lost an empire because he couldn't say 'no' to his... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Cedric Klapisch

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, Francois Cluze...

Love and life pose dilemmas for a handful of friends in the City of Lights in this romantic drama with interweaving narratives. Pierre (Romain Duris)... Read more