The Best Laurence Olivier Movies

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List of the best Laurence Olivier movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Laurence Olivier's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Laurence Olivier movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Laurence Olivier movies will be at the top of the list. Laurence Olivier has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Laurence Olivier movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Laurence Olivier films to end the squabble once and for all.

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List ranges from A Little Romance to The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and more.

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Laurence Olivier was no stranger to working with popular directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Michael Powell. If Laurence Olivier movies are your thing, then check out the greatest movies by Peter O'Toole and Rod Steiger too.

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  • Henry V
    1
    Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Renée Asherson
    76 votes
    • Released: 1945
    • Directed by: Laurence Olivier
    Olivier's masterful, sweeping rendition of Shakespeare, filmed in rich color and ingeniously including a typical performance at the Globe Theatre as it might have been seen 400 years ago. The film ...more

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  • Hamlet
    2
    Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Basil Sydney
    90 votes
    • Released: 1948
    • Directed by: Laurence Olivier
    Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare's beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his ...more

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  • Wuthering Heights
    3
    Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven
    92 votes
    • Released: 1939
    • Directed by: William Wyler
    In this adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte novel set in 19th-century England, wealthy young Cathy Earnshaw (Merle Oberon) shares a loving bond with Heathcliff (Laurence Olivier), a poor childhood ...more

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  • Spartacus
    4
    Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
    84 votes
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
    The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the ...more

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  • Rebecca
    5
    Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson
    97 votes
    • Released: 1940
    • Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
    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 ...more
  • The Entertainer
    6
    Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Albert Finney
    61 votes
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: Tony Richardson
    London schoolteacher Jean Rice (Joan Plowright) returns to her seaside resort hometown at a time of personal crisis. Her father, Archie (Laurence Olivier), is a star on the music hall circuit, but, ...more

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