Top 20 Peter O’Toole Films

by muybueno16 | created - 15 Oct 2018 | updated - 30 Apr 2019 | Public

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1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

100 Metascore

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

Votes: 314,273 | Gross: $44.82M

2. The Lion in Winter (1968)

PG | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle

Votes: 34,205 | Gross: $22.28M

3. Becket (1964)

PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, History

68 Metascore

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.

Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi

Votes: 15,837

4. The Ruling Class (1972)

PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens

Votes: 6,802

5. Murphy's War (1971)

GP | 107 min | Drama, War

A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson

Votes: 3,941 | Gross: $0.21M

6. The Stunt Man (1980)

R | 131 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

75 Metascore

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.

Director: Richard Rush | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Garfield

Votes: 10,451 | Gross: $7.06M

7. Man Friday (1975)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

During the 17th century, shipwrecked English seaman Robinson Crusoe, after years of solitude, spots natives on his deserted Pacific island and befriends one who he names Friday.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier, Christopher Cabot

Votes: 1,082

8. Power Play (1978)

Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller, Drama

In an unnamed country rife with internal troubles, Narriman, a loyal army colonel, has his conscience pricked into planning a coup d'etat, under the influence of a dissident intellectual.

Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence, Barry Morse

Votes: 432

9. Rosebud (1975)

PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Renowned producer-director Otto Preminger captures international terrorism in this film about five teenage girls who are kidnapped from a yacht by the P.L.O. Stars Peter O'Toole and Richard Attenborough.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman, Claude Dauphin

Votes: 1,010 | Gross: $0.55M

10. The Night of the Generals (1967)

Not Rated | 148 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 8,770

11. The Rainbow Thief (1990)

R | 87 min | Fantasy, Drama

A petty crook in search of the clichéd pot of gold at the end of the rainbow hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee, Jude Alderson

Votes: 1,517

12. Dean Spanley (2008)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.

Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole

Votes: 3,823

13. The Final Curtain (2002)

R | 85 min | Drama

A rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer.

Director: Patrick Harkins | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Adrian Lester, Peter O'Toole, Iain Rogerson

Votes: 599

14. Wings of Fame (1990)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an ... See full summary »

Director: Otakar Votocek | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol

Votes: 1,022

15. The Last Emperor (1987)

PG-13 | 163 min | Biography, Drama, History

76 Metascore

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning dramatisation of the life story of China's last emperor, Pu Yi.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying

Votes: 111,483 | Gross: $43.98M

16. Creator (1985)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano, Virginia Madsen

Votes: 3,510 | Gross: $5.35M

17. My Favorite Year (1982)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

62 Metascore

An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna

Votes: 10,486 | Gross: $20.12M

18. How to Steal a Million (1966)

Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 29,854

19. Lord Jim (1965)

Not Rated | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach

Votes: 4,262

20. Kidnapped (1960)

Approved | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, John Laurie

Votes: 1,609



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