Alec Guinness films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 19 films on Boxlist

Known for Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.

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Starring Alec Guinness

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his...
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Star Wars
1977 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to...
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The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson , the commander who...
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Great Expectations
1946 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but...
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The Ladykillers
1955 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
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Oliver Twist
1948 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful...
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The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
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Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once...
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Return of the Jedi
1983 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.
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Murder by Death
1976 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently...
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Scrooge
1970 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A new documentary that showcases the making of the epic limited series. Features never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and visits to the creature shop and props department.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Film
3.3/10 · TMDB
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day, their most important day of the year!

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