The best Ernest Borgnine’s thriller movies

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

24/01/1917- 08/07/2012
We present our ranking of the best Ernest Borgnine’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Ernest Borgnine.
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Gattaca

Gattaca
7.7/10
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

RED

RED
7/10
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure
7.1/10
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

Emperor of the North Pole

Emperor of the North Pole
7.2/10
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra
6.6/10
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock
7.7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 13/01/1955
  • Character: Coley Trimble
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

Hustle

Hustle
6.2/10
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.

When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...
4.5/10
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Laser Mission

Laser Mission
3.5/10
A CIA agent is sent to get Professor Braun before the KGB can seize him as the Prof's knowledge, together with a recently stolen diamond, could be used to make a laser cannon.

The Mob

The Mob
7.1/10
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.

The Ghost of Flight 401

The Ghost of Flight 401
5.7/10
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed, salvageable parts from the plane are used to repair other aircraft. Soon passengers and crew on those aircraft report seeing what they believe to be the ghost of the wrecked airplane's flight engineer.

High Risk

High Risk
5.6/10
Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American drug lord's compound.

Sunday in the Country

Sunday in the Country
6.3/10
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them into into his cellar and torture them a little before the police arrive.

Shoot

Shoot
5.8/10
When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five combat veterans also hunting in the Canadian hills, it is expected a police investigation will follow, but when the veterans discover the incident has not been reported, the leader of the team, Major Rex (Cliff Robertson) suspects the other party maybe plotting revenge. Convinced that he, his party, and their families will be targets themselves he decides to beat his suspected assailants at their own game, grouping together more army comrades and stocking up an arsenal of weapons for the forthcoming battle.

Skeleton Coast

Skeleton Coast
4.4/10
A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith (Ernest Borgnine) and a group of mercenaries head to war-torn Angola's Skeleton Coast, where they must infiltrate an armed compound run by a sadistic East German officer before Smith's son is tortured to death. Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed and Herbert Lom costar.

The Boxer

The Boxer
5.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 02/02/1972
  • Character: Captain Perkins
Boxer Teddy Wilcox (Robert Blake) leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die.

La cura del gorilla

La cura del gorilla
6.1/10
A bodyguard with split personality is hired to protect an elderly American actor sent to Italy to promote a western video game. They get on each other's nerves but eventually form a bond. He also meets a pretty social worker with problems.

Moving Target

Moving Target
4.9/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/01/1988
  • Character: Captain Morrison
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