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F for Fake (1973)

7.8/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles

Orson Welles used discarded documentary footage to put together a delightful look at deception of all sorts. The question of 'what is real?' is posed... Read more

Casino Royale (1967)

5.2/10
Director: John Huston, Ken Hughes, Robert Parrish, Val Guest
Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles

Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Ursula Andress star in the film based on the first Fleming 007 novel: the farce begins when Bon... Read more

Citizen Kane (1941)

8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane

Generally regarded as the greatest and most influential films of all time; Orson Welles directorial debut (he was only 25!) is the story of newspaper... Read more

Othello (Welles) (1952)

6.9/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Michael Macliammoir, Robert Coote

Shot entirely out of sequence over four years because of budget difficulties, this would be one of the most fascinating attempts at Shakespeare ever f... Read more

The Immortal Story (1968)

7.1/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Roger Coggio, Jeanne Moreau

'Immortal Story' was directed by Orson Welles, who also stars as a fabulously wealthy, but bitter and dictatorial, European merchant. Soured on life,... Read more

Confidential Report ( aka Mr Arkadin ) (1955)

7.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Mischa Auer, Michael Redgrave

Orson Welles directed and starred in this film version of his own novel. Powerful financier Mr Arkadin (Welles) claims to be suffering from amnesia, a... Read more

Macbeth (Welles) (1948)

6.6/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy

This adaptation of the Bard was shot in 23 days on a western backlot at Republic Studios and is pure cinema: moodily magnificent photography reinforce... Read more

Waterloo (1970)

7.3/10
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles

An epic historical film centering around Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Tremendous action and superb cinematography. Stars Rod Steiger, Christopher Pl... Read more

Genocide (Simon Wiesenthal Collection) (1982)

7.1/10
Director: Arnold Schwartzman
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Narrated by, Orson Welles

Giving an overview of anti-Semitism from Biblical times through to the 20th Century, this moving documentary shows the history of a persecuted people... Read more

Jane Eyre (1944)

7.4/10
Director: Robert Stevens, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien

A very effective, atmospheric adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. Joan Fontaine plays the spinsterish governess who takes a position on a... Read more

Waterloo (Blu-ray) (1970)

7.3/10
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Rod Steiger

An epic historical film centering around Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Tremendous action and superb cinematography. Stars Rod Steiger, Christopher Pl... Read more

The Stranger (1946)

7.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Loretta Young, Edward G Robinson

Orson Welles followed his productions of 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Magnificent Ambersons" with this thriller, in which he stars as an escaped Nazi war c... Read more

The Trial (1962)

7.8/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles

An unnamed country. Joseph K. (Anthony Perkins) is awakened one morning by a man who tells him he is under arrest. Accused by everyone of a crime that... Read more

The Third Man ( Blu-ray ) (1949)

8.2/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard

Joseph Cotten is pulp fiction writer Holly Matins, who arrives in Vienna to work for his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to be told that Lime h... Read more

House Of Cards (Blu-ray) (1968)

5.8/10
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles, Keith Michell

In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order. Read more

The Third Man (1949)

8.2/10
Director: Carol Reed
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard

Joseph Cotten is pulp fiction writer Holly Matins, who arrives in Vienna to work for his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to be told that Lime h... Read more

Prince of Foxes (1949)

7.1/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Everett Sloane, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Wanda Hendrix

Tyrone Power stars as Orsini, an ambassador to the despotic Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles) who grows weary of serving as a political pawn to the powerfu... Read more

Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight) (1965)

8.6/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, John Gielgud, Margaret Rutherford, Orson Welles, Norman Rodway

Henry IV (John Gielgud) usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion... Read more

The Lady from Shanghai / Miss Sadie Thompson (1948)

Director: Curtis Bernhardt, Orson Welles
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray

"The Lady from Shanghai" (1948) - Orson Welles, and wife Rita Hayworth, combine for a classic 'Film Noir' tale of a roguish sailor who signs on for a... Read more

The Black Rose (1950)

6.4/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Michael Rennie, Orson Welles, Robert Blake, Tyrone Power

After orchestrating an unsuccessful rebellion against the Normans, a 13th-century Saxon nobleman (Tyrone Power) must flee his homeland. His journey le... Read more

The Biggest Battle (1978)

4.8/10
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Starring: Samantha Eggar, Henry Fonda, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Orson Welles

A.k.a. 'The Greatest Battle'. A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fath... Read more

Treasure Island (1972)

6/10
Director: John Hough
Starring: Orson Welles, Walter Slezak, Lionel Stander, Maria Rohm, Kim Burfield, Paul Mull...

Orson Welles is Long John Silver in this 1972 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale. Young Jim Hawkins comes into possession of... Read more

Black Magic (1949)

6.6/10
Director: Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Raymond Burr, Frank Latimore, Valentin...

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge of his mother's death against King Louis XV's court. Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas. Read more

The Long Hot Summer (1958)

7.5/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Anthony Franciosa, Joanne Woodward, Lee Remick, Orson Welles, P...

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward first met while making this adaptation of several William Faulkner stories. Newman is the wanderer who takes a job on... Read more

Orson Welles Collection: The Stranger / King Lear / David and Goliath / The Trial / The Herb Shriner Show (1956)

Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Edward G Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau,...

A collection of 4 classic films from acclaimed director/actor Orson Welles including: 'The Stranger' (1946) - A suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller wit... Read more

Compulsion (1959)

7.5/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell, E G Marshall, Martin Milner, Orson Welles, Dia...

In 1924, the world was shocked by the infamous Leopold/Loeb case: two teenagers conspired to commit the perfect crime to show their intellectual super... Read more

Moonlighting: Season 1 & 2 (1985)

7.6/10
Director: Robert Butler
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, James Karen, Dennis Lipscomb, Jim...

Golden Globe Award-winners Cybill Shephard and Bruce Willis welcome you to the Blue Moon Detective Agency, where danger is their businessâ?| as long a... Read more

Touch of Evil (1958)

8.1/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, Marle...

This twisting cinematic masterpiece of style and suspense, based on the Whit Masterson novel, features Orson Welles as a corrupt cane-wielding officia... Read more

Transformers: The Movie (1986)

7.3/10
Director: Nelson Shin
Starring: Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Voices Of, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander,...

Animated feature in which a monster planet that devours everything in its path is headed for the small planet of Cybertron, where a unique race of tra... Read more

Classic Adventure Collection: North West Frontier (1959) / Ferry To Hong Kong (1959) / King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Director: J Lee Thompson, Lewis Gilbert, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Orson Welles, Curt Jurgens, Sylvia Sym...

'North West Frontier' - It's got good guys and bad guys, Indians and a wild frontier, but this is no cowboy flick. Moslems have attacked a British co... Read more

Moby Dick (1956)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson Welles, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice,...

Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more

Citizen Kane ( Blu-ray ) (1941)

8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ruth...

Even people who have never seen Citizen Kane know it's the greatest film of all time. Orson Welles' debut has become an undisputed cultural benchmark... Read more

Moby Dick ( Blu-ray ) (1956)

7.4/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Bernard Miles, Gregory Peck, Harry Andrews, James Robertson Justice, Mervyn John...

Herman Melville's sea classic is brought to the screen with intensity by director John Huston. Starring Gregory Peck as Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishm... Read more

A Man for All Seasons ( Blu-ray ) (1966)

7.9/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Corin Redgrave, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Nigel Davenport, Orson Welles, Paul Scofi...

Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage ro... Read more

Edge of Outside: The Story of the Independent Filmmaking Movement (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

7.9/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Wendy Hiller, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Orson Welles, S...

Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, this is a literate, penetrating treatment of the conflict between Thomas More... Read more

Catch-22 (1970)

7.2/10
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Buck H...

Joseph Heller's modern-classic novel about the absurdity of war for the common man draws heavily on his own experiences as a WWII bombadier. The titl... Read more

Finding Dory ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

7.3/10
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Starring: Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Ellen DeGeneres, Ty Burrell, Kaitlin Ol...

It all begins when Dory, after a blow to the head, recovers a long-lost memory of her parents (Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy) and her childhood home of... Read more

Commando ( Blu-ray ) (1985)

6.7/10
Director: Mark L Lester
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Dan Hedaya, David Patrick Kelly...

John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a former Special Forces colonel who attempts to rescue his kidnapped daughter (Alyssa Milano) from South Americ... Read more

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

6.5/10
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Faye Dunaway, James Mason, Jose Ferrer, Julie Harris, Katharine Ros...

Emotional, based-on-fact drama follows a group of German Jewish refugees bound for Havana on an ocean liner in 1939. Denied entry into Cuba, and with... Read more

Finding Dory (2016)

7.3/10
Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Starring: Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Ellen DeGeneres, Ty Burrell, Kaitlin Ol...

It all begins when Dory, after a blow to the head, recovers a long-lost memory of her parents (Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy) and her childhood home of... Read more