The best Laurence Olivier’s thriller movies

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

22/05/1907- 11/07/1989
We present our ranking of the best Laurence Olivier’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 Laurence Olivier.
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Marathon Man

Marathon Man
7.4/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 08/10/1976
  • Character: Christian Szell
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Rebecca

Rebecca
8.1/10
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
6.1/10
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman
7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 14/11/1968
  • Character: Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.

The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil
7/10
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

49th Parallel

49th Parallel
7.3/10
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
6.6/10
  • Genre: MysteryThriller
  • Release: 24/10/1976
  • Character: Professor James Moriarty
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

Sleuth

Sleuth
8/10
A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.3/10
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

The Jigsaw Man

The Jigsaw Man
5.1/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 24/08/1984
  • Character: Adm. Sir Gerald Scaith
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.

Q Planes

Q Planes
6.5/10
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.

Wild Geese II

Wild Geese II
4.8/10
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

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