Orson Welles Movie Rankings
1
4.0000
Newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, speaking a single word: "Rosebud". A reporter tries to piece together the puzzle of Kane's life by contacting old acquaintances and find the meaning of his dying word. ... more about Citizen Kane
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
2
3.7191
Novelist Holly Martins goes to post-war Vienna on the invite of his friend, Harry Lime, who promises him a job. When Martins arrives, he discovers his friend is dead. Slowly Martins learns his friend was a thief, liar and murderer; and may still be alive. ... more about Third Man
3
3.6232
After a murder is committed in a small town right on the Us-Mexico border a rogue American cop tries to frame his Mexican counterpart for it. ... more about Touch of Evil
4
3.3504
The last documentary film by Orson Welles called “F for Fake” is about the trickery, fraud and lies of the famous art forger Elmyr de Hory and his biographer Clifford Irving, who also wrote a fake biography of Howard Hughes. ... more about F for Fake
5
3.3247
Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen entertaining millions, Kermit the Frog decides to head to Hollywood to become a star. ... more about Muppet Movie
6
3.1537
When Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, is unable to produce an heir to the throne, he uses that as a pretext for the pope to grant him a divorce, so he can marry his newest conquest,... ... more about Man for All Seasons
7
2.9527
Michael O'Hara, against his better judgement, hires on as a crew member of Arthur Bannister's yacht, sailing to San Francisco. They pick up Grisby, Bannister's law partner, en route. ... more about Lady from Shanghai
8
2.8963
Based very closely on the Loeb-Leopold murder case, the second half of the movie is primarily taken from defense attorney Clarence Darrow's actual courtroom presentation. ... more about Compulsion
9
2.8918
Guy Stratten gets the order from Mr. Arkadin, to find out everything about his past, because he lost his memory. ... more about Mr. Arkadin
10
2.8624
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a "military mentality" and of a bureaucratic society in general. ... more about Catch-22
11
2.8368
Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. ... more about Stranger
12
2.7836
Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. ... more about Long
13
2.7711
When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chevez goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. ... more about Duel in the Sun
14
2.7546
Durante il periodo delle Repubbliche Marinare, in Italia, Otello, detto "il moro di Venezia", viene inviato dal doge a difendere la roccaforte di Cipro dai musulmani, dopo il suo matrimonio con la bella e nobile Desdemona. ... more about Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
15
2.6323
A US Navy engineer, returning to the US with his wife from a conference, finds himself pursued by Nazi agents, who are out to kill him. ... more about Journey Into Fear
Not Available on DVD
16
2.6186
Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. ... more about Jane Eyre
17
2.5920
In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. ... more about Macbeth
Not Available on DVD
18
2.5486
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. ... more about Moby Dick
19
2.4792
Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. Second, when two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. ... more about Three Cases of Murder
Not Available on DVD
20
2.4473
Sir James Bond, a spy from the old school (a good spy is a pure spy) is called back to service by the death of "M" and the imminent collapse of civilization. ... more about Casino Royale
21
2.1913
937 Jewish Germans are offered safe haven in Havana, Cuba, in 1939. They depart Hamburg in high spirits, looking forward to their new life. ... more about Voyage of the Damned
22
2.0064
A young businessman (Tom Smothers) goes to a magic expert (Orson Welles) to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. ... more about Get to Know Your Rabbit
Not Available on DVD
23
1.9845
The Portuguese colony of Macao in the 19th century. Mr. Clay is a very rich merchant and the subject of town gossip. He has spent many years in China and is now quite old. ... more about Immortal Story
Not Available on DVD
24
1.9634
Elizabeth and John say good-bye as John leaves to go to war. When the war ends, Elizabeth receives a telegram that her husband has been killed in action. She finds comfort in Harry and they marry. ... more about Tomorrow Is Forever
Not Available on DVD
25
1.9368
In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil's henchmen go a little too far and beat a "bracero" ranch hand to death. ... more about Man in the Shadow
Not Available on DVD
26
1.7940
An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. ... more about Start the Revolution Without Me
27
1.7806
Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians. ... more about The Battle of Austerlitz
Not Available on DVD
28
1.7085
In the time of the crusades, a Saxon youth is forced to run away from England. He goes with his loyal retainer who brings along a British long bow. The two go all the way to China where they become involved in intrigues in the court of Kubla Kahn. ... more about Black Rose
29
1.5979
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. ... more about I'll Never Forget What's'isname
30
1.5292
Orson Welles plays the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead. ... more about Necromancy
Not Available on DVD
31
1.5141
A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness. ... more about Someone to Love
32
1.4319
Orson Welles, as judge Rauch, holds a lengthy trial against Jess Tyler, a caretaker deserted by his wife ten years before, who's accused of improper relations with his daughter Kady. ... more about Butterfly
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role
Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
Not Available on DVD
33
34
1.3557
Noah vive da sola a New York e ricorda la sua infanzia e le persone che ha conosciuto durante la sua vita, mentre cercava il proprio "safe place". ... more about Safe Place
Not Available on DVD
35
36
37
1.0909
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. ... more about Kremlin Letter
Not Available on DVD
38
0.9995
"Il vero cineasta colui che sa dominare le catastrofi !". Partendo da questa affermazione, Orson Welles spiega le ragioni, i tempi ed i modi della realizzazione di uno dei suoi capolavori, l'OTHELLO, appunto. ... more about Filming 'Othello'
Not Available on DVD
39
0.0001
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. ... more about 12 + 1
Not Available on DVD
40
41
42
0.0001
Giuseppe Balsamo detto Cagliostro (Orson Welles), zingaro e mago, vuole vendicarsi del visconte di Montagne, che ha torturato, in passato, lui e la sua famiglia. Usando i suoi poteri ipnotici, Cagliostro spinge il visconte al suicidio. ... more about Black Magic
Not Available on DVD
43
0.0001
Three performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. ... more about Crack in the Mirror
Not Available on DVD
44
45
0.0001
Orson Welles plays the role of Akerman, a venetian savant, in this all star production of Marco Polo's adventures. Young Marco travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder. ... more about Marco the Magnificent
Not Available on DVD
46
0.0001
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. ... more about Ferry to Hong Kong
Not Available on DVD
47
48
0.0001
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the ... more about Follow the Boys
Not Available on DVD
49
0.0001
Uno strano personaggio, con il volto che sembra una maschera, scende una scalinata pi e pi volte, con un sorriso beffardo: la morte che sta andando incontro ad una vecchia signora che si dondola su di una campana. ... more about Hearts of Age
50
0.0001
Leschenhaut and Morillon are trying to organize a plot to overthrow the French government and set up a new fascist organization. ... more about House of Cards
51
52
0.0001
Cethegus, capo della nobilt romana, viaggia verso Bisanzio per raggiungere Giustiniano, in attesa di marciare contro i Goti, guidati da Narses. ... more about Kampf um Rom I
Not Available on DVD
53
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
54
55
56
0.0001
Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis ... more about Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Not Available on DVD
57
0.0001
Eight directors and eighteen former Wampas stars act as judges in choosing 1941's crop of future stars, several of whom were never seen again. Reviewers at the time agreed that Joan Leslie was the most promising of the lot. ... more about Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars
Not Available on DVD
58
0.0001
Orson Welles Hudson Lowe in questa mega produzione cinematografica che racconta scorci ed episodi della vita di Napoleone. ... more about Napoleon
59
60
0.0001
This classic (Greek) tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father (deliberately) and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods. ... more about Oedipus the King
Not Available on DVD
61
0.0001
In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions to regain control of Paris near the end of World War II. ... more about Is Paris Burning?
62
0.0001
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister (widowed by poison) to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. ... more about Prince of Foxes
63
0.0001
Orson Welles, taking a break from the filming of "Othello", is driving in the Irish countryside one night when he offers a ride to a man with car trouble. The man relates a strange event that happened to him at the same location. ... more about Return to Glennascaul
Not Available on DVD
64
0.0001
In Fort Lamy, French Equitorial Africa, idealist Morel (Trevor Howard)launches a one-man campaign to preserve the African elephant from extinction, which he sees as the last remaining "roots of Heaven. ... more about Roots of Heaven
Not Available on DVD
65
0.0001
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes to be intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching a sailor known many years before. ... more about Sailor from Gibraltar
Not Available on DVD
66
67
0.0001
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which ... more about Affairs in Versailles
Not Available on DVD
68
0.0001
Plankett (Orson Welles) coinvolto nella ricerca di un indigeno africano che lavora nella miniera di diamanti di propriet di Kramer e che accusato di aver rubato un diamante di grande valore. ... more about Southern Star
Not Available on DVD
69
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
70
0.0001
Burundai, comandante dei Tartari, prende il posto del fratello Togrul, ucciso durante la battaglia contro gli Slavi, a causa del rifiuto del comandante vichingo Oleg di unirsi a loro. ... more about Tartari
Not Available on DVD
71
72
0.0001
Based upon the story by R. L. Stevenson, the film shows Orson Welles as Long John Silver, pirate chief, who would like to find hidden treasure. ... more about Treasure Island
Not Available on DVD
73
0.0001
Il detective Philip Trent chiamato ad indagare sulla morte del miliardario Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles), partendo dal verdetto di presunto suicidio. ... more about Trent's Last Case
Not Available on DVD
74
0.0001
Major Jim "Lance" Lansing (Forrest Tucker), an American ex-pilot of the U.S. ... more about Trouble in the Glen
Not Available on DVD
75
76
0.0001
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. ... more about Waterloo
Not Available on DVD
77
78
79
del.icio.us
Digg
StumbleUpon
Yahoo! My Web
Facebook
Google Bookmarks
ma.gnolia
Newsvine
reddit
Windows Live
