Laurence Olivier
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Filmography
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Richard III
(1955)Olivier’s performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges Richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother Edward’s crown through a murderous set of machinations.

Henry V
(1944)In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

Hamlet
(1948)Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not to kill his treacherous uncle in this acclaimed adaptation starring and directed by Sir Laurence Olivier.

Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)Oh! What a Lovely War features a stellar cast, and by fusing the surreal with the factual, and juxtaposing savagely funny satire with quiet sorrow, Richard Attenborough has created the oddest and most outstanding film ever made about the “game” that became World War One.

Carrie
(1952)As Carrie, the smalltown girl come to Chicago, Jennifer Jones "seems to have stepped out of the pages of the book" (Time). And Laurence Olivier gives one of his finest portrayals as love-doomed Hurstwood.

As You Like It
(1936)A top-tier cast renders J.M. Barrie’s take on Shakespeare’s classic, where true love struggles to thrive in a world of trickery and power struggles.

Spartacus
(1960)Stanley Kubrick directs Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in this Academy Award-winning classic story of a bold gladiator slave who takes on Imperial Rome.

Marathon Man
(1976)An innocent graduate student encounters a fugitive Nazi war criminal searching for a hidden caché of diamonds.

49th Parallel
(1941)Stranded in Canada, a German WW2 U-boat crew with a fanatical Nazi captain aims to avoid capture by reaching the border to enter the still-neutral US.

Pride and Prejudice
(1940)The socially conscious Mrs. Bennet (Mary Boland), with the begrudging help of her husband (Edmund Gwenn), sets out to find suitable--and suitably rich--husbands for her five daughters. The already difficult project becomes even more complicated when Mrs. Bennet's strongest-willed daughter, Elizabeth (Garson), decides to pursue rich and handsome, but cynical and boorish, Mr. Darcy (Olivier).

The Boys from Brazil
(1978)A Nazi-hunter chases infamous Dr. Josef Mengele, who has escaped to Paraguay to revive the Third Reich

Wuthering Heights
(1939)A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

Khartoum
(1966)In the 1880s, a British-commanded Egyptian army is tasked with defending the capital of Sudan from an invading army comprised of Muslim zealots.

Dracula
(1979)When a mysterious count pursues a young woman, her family and friends must find a way to vanquish the sinister force that threatens her.

The Prince and the Showgirl
(1957)The combination of Marilyn Monroe's light comic skills and Sir Laurence Olivier's magnificent dramatic talent make for a delightful and enchanting period romance. A saucy American showgirl in London is wooed by a roving-eyed Duke, but his estranged son, the young King, interrupts their late supper with politics and angry accusations.
War Requiem
(1989)A film version of Benjamin Britten's oratorio.

Fire Over England
(1937)During the reign of England's Queen Elizabeth I, a young naval officer (Laurence Olivier) spies on the Spanish and discovers their plans to send the Armada against England. This wins him the love of the Queen's lady-in-waiting (Vivien Leigh) as he takes the British fleet into battle.

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
(2023)Noel Coward's rise from a shabby suburb of London to becoming the greatest multi-talented artist of all time, told in his own words, music, and extraordinary home movies. Coward left school when he was only nine years old. He was queer in a very straight world. And yet by the age of 30, he was the highest paid writer in the world.

The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)Based on the best-selling book by Morris L. West, this sweeping epic follows Anthony Quinn as a Russian political prisoner who becomes Pope and tries to prevent an atomic war.

Battle of Britain
(1969)The British Royal Air Force takes to the skies to fend off Nazi invaders in this film inspired by the true events of the greatest air battle of WWII.