Search results for "Orson Welles"
The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva
IMDb: 6.9
145

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for the…

Genre: Drama, History, War
A Safe Place

A Safe Place

A Safe Place
IMDb: 6.6
94

A young woman named Noah lives alone in New York. She is a disturbed flower child, who retreats into her past, yearning for lost innocence. She recalls her childhood, searching…

Compulsion

Compulsion

Compulsion
IMDb: 7.5
103

Two close friends, arrogantly and without remorse, kidnap and murder a young boy. They are caught and put to trial where their larger-than-life defense lawyer blames the Establishment for their…

The Third Man

The Third Man

The Third Man
IMDb: 8.2
105

Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, “The Third Man” stars Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, who arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry…

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons
IMDb: 7.9
120

A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his…

Necromancy

Necromancy

Necromancy
IMDb: 4.6
83

Orson Welles plays the head of a witches’ coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead.

Genre: Horror
Othello

Othello

Othello
IMDb: 7.7
90

When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona , the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with…

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil
IMDb: 8.1
95

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When…

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre
IMDb: 7.6
97

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai
IMDb: 7.7
87

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Casino Royale
IMDb: 5.2
131

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan – that every agent will be named…

F for Fake

F for Fake

F for Fake
IMDb: 7.8
89

Orson Welles’ final film documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name…

Genre: Documentary
Black Magic

Black Magic

Black Magic
IMDb: 6.5
105

Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV’s court.

Waterloo

Waterloo

Waterloo
IMDb: 7.3
128

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from…

The Long Hot Summer

The Long Hot Summer

The Long Hot Summer
IMDb: 7.5
115

Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman’s Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman’s Bend…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes
IMDb: 7.1
107

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister (widowed by poison) to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission…

Embers & Dust

Embers & Dust

Embers & Dust
IMDb: 6.7
11

Embers and Dust focuses on the perspective of a young farm boy and his family, and how the night of Orson Welles’ dramatic broadcast of War of The Worlds unfolded…

Genre: Fantasy, Short
The Stranger

The Stranger

The Stranger
IMDb: 7.4
96

Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler’s former comrade Meinike and follows him to…

Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin

Mr. Arkadin
IMDb: 7.6
93

Orson Welles’s “Mr. Arkadin” tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past. Welles missed the editing deadline, so the producer handed over…

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
IMDb: 7.3
98

A documentary focused on Orson Welles’ fifteen years spent trying to finish his final film, The Other Side of the Wind.

Genre: Documentary
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
IMDb: 6.1
92

Combining extensive filmmaker interviews and rare archival footage, Chuck Workman’s documentary takes us through the life of one of cinema’s greatest masters: Orson Welles.

Genre: Documentary
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow
IMDb: 5.7
80

In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil’s henchmen go a little too far and beat…

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons
IMDb: 7.7
88

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Tomorrow Is Forever

Tomorrow Is Forever

Tomorrow Is Forever
IMDb: 7.4
105

A soldier, reported dead in the war, returns home 20 years later. Wounded and with a new face and identity, the crippled man discovers that he has a grown son…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Macbeth

Macbeth

Macbeth
IMDb: 7.7
107

A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.

Genre: Drama