Michael Lonsdale films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 13 films on Boxlist

Known for The Remains of the Day, The Day of the Jackal and Munich.

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Starring Michael Lonsdale

The Remains of the Day
1993 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties...
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The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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Munich
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track...
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Chariots of Fire
1981 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his...
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Stolen Kisses
1968 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which...
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The Trial
1962 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
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The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without...
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The Bride Wore Black
1968 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
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Ronin
1998 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the...
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Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to...
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The Name of the Rose
1986 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's...
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Agora
2009 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of...
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Moonraker
1979 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead...
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