32 Movies Starring Sean Connery

Dr. No

Dr. No

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-05-08

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (106351 Reviews)

Director:

Terence Young

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Johanna Harwood (screenplay)

Berkely Mather (screenplay)

Ian Fleming (novel)

Fullplot:

James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, "fire breathing dragons" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-05-27

Languages:

English, Russian, Turkish, Romany

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (79828 Reviews)

Director:

Terence Young

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Johanna Harwood (adaptation)

Fullplot:

James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as Lektor. Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil SPECTRE organization discovers it first. Whilst being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, whilst each SPECTRE agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald 'Red' Grant and ex-KGB agent Rosa Klebb who knows all the tricks in the books and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe!

Goldfinger

Goldfinger

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-01-09

Languages:

English, Chinese, Spanish

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (128247 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Paul Dehn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bond is back and his next mission takes him to Fort Knox, where Auric Goldfinger and his henchman are planning to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. To save the world once again, Bond will need to become friends with Goldfinger, dodge killer hats and avoid Goldfinger's personal pilot, the sexy Pussy Galore. She might not have feelings for Bond, but will 007 help her change her mind?

Marnie

Marnie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-07-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (31582 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Winston Graham (from the novel by)

Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.

The Hill

The Hill

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-06-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (8797 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Ray Rigby (screenplay)

Ray Rigby (play)

R.S. Allen (play)

Fullplot:

WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassionate guard, but the chief, S.M. Wilson, refuses to disown his subordinate Williams. One day, five new prisoners arrive. Each of them will deal in a different way with the authority and Williams' ferocity.

Thunderball

Thunderball

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-12-22

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(74753 Reviews)

Director:

Terence Young

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

John Hopkins (screenplay)

Jack Whittingham (original screenplay)

Kevin McClory (original story)

Jack Whittingham (original story)

Ian Fleming (original story)

Fullplot:

James Bond continues on his fourth mission, with his aim to recover two stolen warheads. They have been taken by the evil SPECTRE organization. The world is held hostage and Bond heads to Nassau. Here, he meets the beautiful Domino and is forced into a thrilling confrontation with SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo, on board his boat, the Disco Volante. Will 007 prevent the killing of millions of innocent victims?

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-06-13

Languages:

English, Japanese, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (68016 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material)

Roald Dahl (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-12-17

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (67334 Reviews)

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Tom Mankiewicz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James Bond's mission is to find out who has been smuggling diamonds, which are not re-appearing. He adopts another identity in the form of Peter Franks. He joins up with Tiffany Case, and acts as if he is smuggling the diamonds, but everyone is hungry for these diamonds. He also has to avoid Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, the dangerous couple who does not leave anyone in their way. Ernst Stavro Blofeld isn't out of the question. He may have changed his looks, but is he linked with the heist? And if he is, can Bond finally defeat his ultimate enemy.

The Red Tent

The Red Tent

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-12-23

Languages:

Russian, Italian, English

Countries:

Soviet Union, Italy

Runtime:

158 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1206 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Richard DeLong Adams

Ennio De Concini

Mikhail Kalatozov

Yuriy Nagibin (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added by the ever beautiful C.C. playing Malmgren's girlfriend.

Zardoz

Zardoz

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-02-06

Languages:

English, Italian, Swedish, Latin, German, French, Irish

Countries:

Ireland

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (13576 Reviews)

Director:

John Boorman

Fullplot:

In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group, after which its members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Zed, one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is threatened.

The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-12-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (34023 Reviews)

Director:

John Huston

Genres:

Adventure

Cast:

Writer:

John Huston (screenplay)

Gladys Hill (screenplay)

Rudyard Kipling (based on the story by)

Fullplot:

This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale.

The Wind and the Lion

The Wind and the Lion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-10-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(5868 Reviews)

Director:

John Milius

Fullplot:

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

The Next Man

The Next Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (482 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Morton S. Fine (screenplay)

Alan Trustman (screenplay)

David M. Wolf (screenplay)

Richard C. Sarafian (screenplay)

Alan Trustman (story)

David M. Wolf (story)

Fullplot:

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-02-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(10895 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Crichton (screenplay)

Michael Crichton (novel)

Fullplot:

Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off.

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-11-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(42798 Reviews)

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Fullplot:

A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Outland

Outland

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-05-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (20092 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Hyams

Fullplot:

Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him...

Wrong Is Right

Wrong Is Right

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-04-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (1256 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Cast:

Writer:

Charles McCarry (novel)

Richard Brooks (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons, and their sale to a terrorist group, leads TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track them down, and uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.

Never Say Never Again

Never Say Never Again

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-10-07

Languages:

English, French, Spanish, Arabic

Countries:

UK, USA, West Germany

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (44976 Reviews)

Director:

Irvin Kershner

Cast:

Writer:

Kevin McClory (based on an original story by)

Jack Whittingham (based on an original story by)

Ian Fleming (based on an original story by)

Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld infiltrate a US air force base situated in the UK and steal two Tomahawk cruise missiles. When NATO is held to ransom, the British reactive their "00" agents and send James Bond to recapture the warheads and kill Blofeld.

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-09-24

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

Italy, West Germany, France

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (76271 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Umberto Eco (novel)

Andrew Birkin (screenplay)

Gèrard Brach (screenplay)

Howard Franklin (screenplay)

Alain Godard (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Untouchables

The Untouchables

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-06-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(204181 Reviews)

Director:

Brian De Palma

Cast:

Writer:

Oscar Fraley (suggested by book)

Eliot Ness (suggested by book)

David Mamet

Fullplot:

Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-05-24

Languages:

English, German, Greek

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (458883 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jeffrey Boam (screenplay)

George Lucas (story)

Menno Meyjes (story)

George Lucas (characters)

Philip Kaufman (characters)

Fullplot:

Indiana Jones, famed adventurer and archaeologist acquires a diary that holds clues and a map with no names to find the mysterious Holy Grail- which was sent from his father, Dr. Henry Jones, in Italy. Upon hearing from a private collector, Walter Donavan, that the mission for the Holy Grail went astray with the disappearance of his father, Indiana Jones and museum curator Marcus Brody venture to Italy in search of Indy's father. However, upon retrieving Dr. Henry Jones in Nazi territory, the rescue mission turns into a race to find the Holy Grail before the Nazis do- who plan to use it for complete world domination for their super-race. With the diary as a vital key and the map with no names as a guide, Indiana Jones once again finds himself in another death defying adventure of pure excitement.

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-03-02

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (133661 Reviews)

Director:

John McTiernan

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Clancy (novel)

Larry Ferguson (screenplay)

Donald Stewart (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Soviets create a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. Russian sub captain defects, goal of taking it to the U.S.A. to prevent the Russians from using the sub to wreak nuclear (missile) war against the U.S. Lots of plot turns and twists in this high-tech thriller.

The Russia House

The Russia House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-12-21

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (10695 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Schepisi

Cast:

Writer:

John le Carrè (novel)

Tom Stoppard (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russia and Russians. Barley, an unconventional character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks.

Medicine Man

Medicine Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-02-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (16615 Reviews)

Director:

John McTiernan

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Schulman (story)

Tom Schulman (screenplay)

Sally Robinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a "mere woman," he rejects her help. Meanwhile the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin falling in love.

Rising Sun

Rising Sun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-07-30

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (32760 Reviews)

Director:

Philip Kaufman

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Crichton (novel)

Philip Kaufman (screenplay)

Michael Crichton (screenplay)

Michael Backes (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up John Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on.

Just Cause

Just Cause

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-02-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (18440 Reviews)

Director:

Arne Glimcher

Cast:

Writer:

John Katzenbach (novel)

Jeb Stuart (screenplay)

Peter Stone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

The Rock

The Rock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (243746 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Bay

Cast:

Writer:

David Weisberg (story)

Douglas Cook (story)

David Weisberg (screenplay)

Douglas Cook (screenplay)

Mark Rosner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancèe Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British intelligence agent John Patrick Mason, who has been in prison for the past 30 years without a trial because he was accused of stealing the private files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1962, John became the only inmate ever to escape from Alcatraz, and he stayed out of Alcatraz long enough to father a daughter named Jade Angelou. Despite his extreme hatred of the FBI, John agrees to help Stanley. When John and Stanley are sent into Alcatraz with a Navy SEAL team, General Hummel's men kill the entire SEAL team, leaving Stanley and John to work on their own to rescue the hostages.

The Avengers

The Avengers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

3.7 (34077 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sydney Newman (television series The Avengers)

Don MacPherson

Fullplot:

British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.

Entrapment

Entrapment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, Germany

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (81674 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Amiel

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Bass (story)

Michael Hertzberg (story)

Ronald Bass (screenplay)

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together--stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting. Only, who's playing with whom?

Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-06

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (15911 Reviews)

Director:

Willard Carroll

Fullplot:

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge.

Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-01-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (69971 Reviews)

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Because of scoring exceptionally high on a statewide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. The friendship leads William to overcome his reclusiveness and for Jamal to overcome the racial prejudices and pursue his true dream - writing.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-07-11

Languages:

English, German, Italian

Countries:

USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (132898 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alan Moore (comic books)

Kevin O'Neill (comic books)

James Robinson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.

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