The best Robert Ryan’s drama movies

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

11/11/1909- 11/07/1973
Today we present the best Robert Ryan’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Robert Ryan’s movies.
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King of Kings

King of Kings
7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 11/10/1961
  • Character: John the Baptist
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock
7.7/10
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.

The Set-Up

The Set-Up
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 29/03/1949
  • Character: Stoker
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge
6.8/10
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

The Boy with Green Hair

The Boy with Green Hair
6.7/10
An American war orphan finds himself a safe haven in a small-town... until the day his hair turns green. Then the townsfolk turn against him, frightened by the change they cannot understand. A call for tolerance, an inspiring statement that "different" doesn't mean "threatening".

Berlin Express

Berlin Express
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/05/1948
  • Character: Robert Lindley
Robert Ryan leads a group of Allied agents fighting an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.

The Outfit

The Outfit
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/10/1973
  • Character: Mailer
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

The Racket

The Racket
6.7/10
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.

Billy Budd

Billy Budd
7.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 12/11/1962
  • Character: John Claggart, Master of Arms
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 28/08/1951
  • Character: Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Clash by Night

Clash by Night
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/05/1952
  • Character: Earl Pfeiffer
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.

Crossfire

Crossfire
7.3/10
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/09/1950
  • Character: Nick Bradley
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground
7.2/10
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

Anzio

Anzio
6/10
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. A battle-hardened war correspondent borrows a jeep and drives to Rome and back without meeting any German forces, but his report on this absence of the enemy is discounted. By the time it is finally decided to make a move the Germans have arrived in strength and a prolonged ...

The Naked Spur

The Naked Spur
7.3/10
Howard Kemp has been tracking killer Ben Vandergroat for a long time. In the Colorado Rockies, he teams up with prospector Jesse Tate and former Union soldier Roy Anderson. Thinking Kemp is a sheriff, they agree to help for a small fee. When they catch Vandergroat, he tells them Kemp is pursuing a $5,000 bounty. After demanding equal shares, the uneasy alliance heads for Kansas as Vandergroat tries to turn them against each other.

Act of Violence

Act of Violence
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/12/1948
  • Character: Joe Parkson
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police
6.4/10
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow
7.4/10
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

Bombardier

Bombardier
6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/05/1943
  • Character: Joe Connors
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.

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