Film Titles with the Word: Lion
by christophershobris | created - 20 Mar 2015 | updated - 13 Jun 2016 | PublicThere are surprisingly a lot of films that have the word lion. And a lot have nothing to do with lions. So here are the films with the world lion. Enjoy!
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1. Lion (III) (2015)
143 min | Action, Drama
A man wakes up from coma and finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy hatched by the corrupt Chief Minister of the state.
Director: Satya Deva | Stars: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Trisha Krishnan, Radhika Apte, Prakash Raj
Votes: 464
2. Lions for Lambs (2007)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña
Votes: 52,689 | Gross: $15.00M
3. Secondhand Lions (2003)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Fourteen-year-old Walter Caldwell's irresponsible mother Mae sends him to live with his bachelor uncles, Hub and Garth, so that she can go on yet another husband-hunting trip.
Director: Tim McCanlies | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick
Votes: 61,725 | Gross: $41.41M
4. 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: 34,201 | Gross: $22.28M
5. The Lion King (1994)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.
Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 1,141,643 | Gross: $422.78M
6. The Last Lions (2011)
PG | 88 min | Documentary, Family
Fifty years ago there were close to half-a-million lions in Africa. Today there are around 20,000. To make matters worse, lions, unlike elephants, which are far more numerous, have ... See full summary »
Director: Dereck Joubert | Star: Jeremy Irons
Votes: 4,373 | Gross: $0.64M
7. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson
Votes: 1,027
8. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998 Video)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Simba's daughter is the key to a resolution of a bitter feud between Simba's pride and the outcast pride led by the mate of Scar.
Directors: Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Andy Dick, Robert Guillaume
Votes: 75,391
9. The Lion King 1½ (2004 Video)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog retell the story of The Lion King (1994) from their own perspective.
Director: Bradley Raymond | Stars: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Julie Kavner, Jerry Stiller
Votes: 45,943
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
While playing, Lucy and her siblings find a wardrobe that lands them in a mystical place called Narnia. Here they realize that it was fated and they must now unite with Aslan to defeat an evil queen.
Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes
Votes: 427,868 | Gross: $291.71M
11. Four Lions (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Four incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror.
Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Will Adamsdale, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar, Kayvan Novak
Votes: 85,268 | Gross: $0.30M
12. Between the Lions (2011)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A passionate young man, doomed to a long-distance relationship, tries to keep himself busy between these precious encounters with his girl.
Director: Lewis Martin Soucy | Stars: Lucien Guignard, Christel Bontemps, Nell Oursel-Bontemps, Pauline Monzat
Votes: 7
13. Pride of Lions (2014)
TV-14 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Four retired ex-military personnel and another retiree attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission to rescue their grandchildren.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Margot Kidder, Seymour Cassel, Cedric Smith
Votes: 367
14. The Young Lions (1958)
Approved | 167 min | Action, Drama, War
The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange
Votes: 8,776 | Gross: $9.96M
15. Leonera (2008)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
An incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Martina Gusmán, Guadalupe Rébora, Francisco Marquez, Roberto Maciel
Votes: 3,311 | Gross: $0.01M
16. The African Lion (1955)
G | 75 min | Family, Documentary
Experience the thrill of the hunt and the heartwarming fun of a mother lion caring for her playful cubs as wildlife experts Elma Milotte and Alfred Milotte spend three years on the plains of Africa studying the king of beasts.
Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 590
17. Roar: Lions of the Kalahari (2005)
40 min | Short, Documentary, Family
It's survival of the fittest, the fastest and the fiercest in this striking IMAX wildlife adventure about a young rogue nomadic lion who invades the domain of an elder established king of ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Liversedge
Votes: 63
18. The Lion (1962)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tina's American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 757
19. The White Lioness (1996)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a world where international terrorism knows no national borders, Wallander and his South African colleagues must prevent a crime that would change the face of history.
Director: Pelle Berglund | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Charlotte Sieling, Cecilia Zwick-Nash, Ernst Günther
Votes: 631
20. Den of Lions (2003)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.
Director: James Bruce | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Laura Fraser, Ian Hart
Votes: 730
21. Heart of a Lion (2013)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Peter Franzén, Laura Birn, Jasper Pääkkönen, Yusufa Sidibeh
Votes: 4,165
22. Son of a Lion (2007)
92 min | Drama, War
11 year old Niaz's father has been a Pashtun on jihad in Afghanistan. Back in Darra in NWFP of Pakistan, where guns and hashish are common, he wants Niaz to learn to shoot and work in his gun workshop, while Niaz wants to go to school.
Director: Benjamin Gilmour | Stars: Niaz Khan Shinwari, Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad, Baktiyar Ahmed Afridi, Anousha Vasif Shinwari
Votes: 240
23. Lion of the Desert (1980)
PG | 173 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, Irene Papas
Votes: 17,365 | Gross: $3.27M
24.
Big Cat Week (2012– )
Episode:
Game of Lions
(2013)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
National Geographic follows the lives of young male lions and their potential to be king.
Star: Jeremy Irons
Votes: 38
25. To Walk with Lions (1999)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
George Adamson fights to save Kenya's wildlife. Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and "Kora", from dangerous poachers.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen
Votes: 929
26. Lionheart (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An Ex-French Soldier begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan
Votes: 39,766 | Gross: $24.08M
27. Lionheart (1987)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama
A young knight intent on joining King Richard's crusaders pledges to lead a group of orphans to safety and to protect them from a notorious slaver.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Dexter Fletcher
Votes: 984
28. Let the Lion Roar (2014)
65 min | Documentary, History
Uncover one of the greatest and darkest deceptions of our time - the conspiracy to cover up the Church's true identity.
Director: Vanessa Frank | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Jason Burkey, Eric Roberts, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 252
29. Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1951)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A mix-up by Mr. Stork finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep. But when a hungry wolf begins to stalk the herd, will Lambert find the courage to protect his mama?
Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Sterling Holloway, June Foray, Stan Freberg, James MacDonald
Votes: 2,603
30. Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A veterinarian living in Africa with his daughter take care of a cross-eyed lion, make friends with other animals, and learn about local wildlife.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Betsy Drake, Richard Haydn, Cheryl Miller
Votes: 734
31. The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
106 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Brothers Jonatan and Skorpan lead a revolution against the tyrant Tengil in the magical afterlife land of Nangijala.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Allan Edwall, Gunn Wållgren
Votes: 7,084
32. The Lion (1962)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tina's American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 757
33. Lions (2012)
82 min | Drama
Five young people are involved in a serious car accident that leaves four of them dead. Isabel, the youngest, is the only survivor and helps her four friends realize they have passed on.
Director: Jazmín López | Stars: Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro, Diego Vegezzi
Votes: 301
35. The White Lions (2011)
90 min | Comedy
The film is about the workers unpaid for six years who decide to lay down the driveway in front of their factory. Oki is an unemployed factory worker and union leader. His son Gruja is a ... See full summary »
Director: Lazar Ristovski | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Gordan Kicic, Hristina Popovic, Vuk Kostic
Votes: 699
36. The Lion of Judah (2011)
PG | 87 min | Animation
Follow the adventures of a bold lamb (Judah) and his stable friends as they try to avoid the sacrificial alter the week preceding the crucifixion of Christ. It is a heart-warming account of... See full summary »
Directors: Deryck Broom, Roger Hawkins | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Anupam Kher, Sandi Patty, Michael Madsen
Votes: 700
37. The Wind and the Lion (1975)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston
Votes: 10,145 | Gross: $0.75M
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