TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Yul Brynner.

Yul Brynner
Birthdate: July 11, 1915
Death date: October 10, 1985

Yul Brynner

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1940s
1.1172
1
total ranking of 1.1172
1950s
2.8236
8
total ranking of 2.8236
1960s
2.3231
18
total ranking of 2.3231
1970s
1.8681
10
total ranking of 1.8681
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Yul Brynner is ranked overall as 2.5578 of of 4 stars2.5578

Yul Brynner Movie Rankings

1
Yul Brynner starring in King and I
Yul Brynner scores a combined 3.4000 out of 4 stars for King and I3.4000
Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the house she had been promised is not available, but falls in love with the children. ...more about King and I
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
2
Yul Brynner starring in Ten Commandments
Yul Brynner scores a combined 3.2877 out of 4 stars for Ten Commandments3.2877
The story of Moses, a Hebrew boy that was raised as an Egyptian prince. Upon learning of his lineage he left his privileged life with the Pharaohs. ...more about Ten Commandments
Actor Awards
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
3
Yul Brynner starring in Magnificent Seven
Yul Brynner scores a combined 3.2520 out of 4 stars for Magnificent Seven3.2520
Seven men come to a small Mexican village to help repel the bandits that terrorize the villagers every year. ...more about Magnificent Seven
Actor Awards
  • Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
4
Westworld (1973)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 3.0378 out of 4 stars for Westworld3.0378
Two Chicago businessmen visit an expensive fantasy resort where robots and computers simulate various adventures. The men decide to spend their time in 'Westworld' but it seems the artificial intelligence has taken over the park and its visitors are at the mercy of androids. ...more about Westworld
5
Anastasia (1956)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.7500 out of 4 stars for Anastasia2.7500
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her he comes to believe she is really Anastasia. ...more about Anastasia
Actor Awards
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
6
Brothers Karamazov, The (1958)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.6871 out of 4 stars for Brothers Karamazov2.6871
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. ...more about Brothers Karamazov
  • Not Available on DVD
7
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.2546 out of 4 stars for Invitation to a Gunfighter2.2546
When Confederate soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, he finds that his home has been sold by town boss Sam Brewster. ...more about Invitation to a Gunfighter
8
Morituri (1965)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.2295 out of 4 stars for Morituri2.2295
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. ...more about Morituri
10
Return of the Seven (1966)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.1290 out of 4 stars for Return of the Seven2.1290
Chico one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. ...more about Return of the Seven
11
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.0959 out of 4 stars for Solomon and Sheba2.0959
Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah is unhappy and vows to attain the throne. ...more about Solomon and Sheba
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Madwoman of Chaillot, The (1969)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.0682 out of 4 stars for Madwoman of Chaillot2.0682
  • Not Available on DVD
13
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 2.0590 out of 4 stars for Cast a Giant Shadow2.0590
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. ...more about Cast a Giant Shadow
14
Long Duel, The (1967)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.9007 out of 4 stars for Long Duel1.9007
  • Not Available on DVD
15
Buccaneer, The (1958)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.8433 out of 4 stars for Buccaneer1.8433
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. ...more about Buccaneer
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Journey, The (1959)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.7702 out of 4 stars for Journey1.7702
Budapest 1956. A group of Westerners try to leave the city when the the Soviets occupys the country. But the airport is closed down and they have to take a bus to the border. At the border they are stopped by red tape - and Major Surov. ...more about Journey
  • Not Available on DVD
17
Villa Rides (1968)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.7135 out of 4 stars for Villa Rides1.7135
  • Not Available on DVD
18
Ultimate Warrior, The (1975)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.7085 out of 4 stars for Ultimate Warrior1.7085
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organised in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other. ...more about Ultimate Warrior
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Catlow (1971)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.5944 out of 4 stars for Catlow1.5944
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Triple Cross (1966)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.2980 out of 4 stars for Triple Cross1.2980
Loosely based on a true story, Christopher Plummer plays British bank robber Eddie Chapman who finds himself caught between the waring parties in WW2, the British and the Germans. ...more about Triple Cross
  • Not Available on DVD
22
Fuzz (1972)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.0465 out of 4 stars for Fuzz1.0465
Detectives Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, and Bert Kling are part of the 87th Precinct's team investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man. ...more about Fuzz
23
Futureworld (1976)
Yul Brynner scores a combined 1.0191 out of 4 stars for Futureworld1.0191
Two reporters, Tracz and Chuck, get a message from a third one who discovered something about "Futureworld" and becomes killed before he could tell anyone about it. They visit Futureworld to find out what he knew. ...more about Futureworld
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Death Rage (1976)
No Reviews Available
25
Double Man, The (1967)
No Reviews Available
Following the death of his son, in a skiing accident in the Austrian Alps, the cold and emotion-less Dan Slater ('Yul Brynner' (qv)) travels to Austria for the funeral. ...more about Double Man
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
27
File of the Golden Goose, The (1969)
No Reviews Available
Policemen Novak & Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. Standard cross and double-cross crime story with plenty of London location work. ...more about File of the Golden Goose
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Kings of the Sun (1963)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Light at the Edge of the World, The (1971)
No Reviews Available
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. ...more about Light at the Edge of the World
31
Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)
No Reviews Available
In an attempt to stem the heroin trade from Iran, a group of narcotics agents working for the UN inject a radioactive compound into a seized shipment of opium, in the hopes that it will lead them to the main heroin distributor in Europe. ...more about Poppies Are Also Flowers
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Night Flight from Moscow (1973)
No Reviews Available
Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a Soviet spy. In France, Vlassov defects. He is whisked to the U.S.A., where Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) takes over the case. ...more about Night Flight from Moscow
35
Sound and the Fury, The (1959)
No Reviews Available
Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons: a once-proud Southern family now just barely scraping by both financially and emotionally. ...more about Sound and the Fury
  • Not Available on DVD
36
Surprise Package (1960)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Taras Bulba (1962)
No Reviews Available
A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in 18th c. Ukraine. Taras (Yul Brenner) has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures and swashbuckling with his cossack companions. ...more about Taras Bulba
  • Not Available on DVD