William H. O'Brien films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 28 films on Boxlist

Known for Citizen Kane, All About Eve and Some Like It Hot.

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Starring William H. O'Brien

Citizen Kane
1941 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way...
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All About Eve
1950 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even...
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Some Like It Hot
1959 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a...
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The Big Sleep
1946 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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Rebecca
1940 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
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...
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare. Captain Fred Derry is...
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High Noon
1952 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his...
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of...
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The Thin Man
1934 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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Dial M for Murder
1954 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway. When things go wrong, he improvises a new plan—to frame her for murder...
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Scarface
1932 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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A Star Is Born
1954 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A movie star helps a young singer/actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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The Graduate
1967 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
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Ace in the Hole
1951 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control media circus.
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A Night at the Opera
1935 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a...
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning...
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Monkey Business
1931 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
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Father of the Bride
1950 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time...
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The Woman in Green
1945 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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The Children's Hour
1961 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student, Mary Tilford, accuses the two young women who run the school of having a lesbian relationship.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster (Eglantine Price). The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Airport
1970 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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