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The Best Michael Rennie Movies
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List of the best Michael Rennie movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Michael Rennie'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 Michael Rennie movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Michael Rennie movies will be at the top of the list. Michael Rennie has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Michael Rennie movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Michael Rennie films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Michael Rennie role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Michael Rennie performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
Examples of films on this list include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Third Man on the Mountain.
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1Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Robert Wise
When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era ...more
2James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Known as "Cicero" to his Nazi handlers, mercenary spy Ulysses Diello (James Mason) poses as valet to Sir Frederic (Walter Hampden), the British ambassador to Turkey. Learning that widowed Countess ...more![Les Misérables]()
3Elsa Lanchester, Sylvia Sidney, Debra Paget- Released: 1952
- Directed by: Lewis Milestone
Les Misérables is a 1952 American film adapted from the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, and featured Michael Rennie as Jean Valjean, Robert Newton as Javert, ...more![The Robe]()
4Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Henry Koster
In this biblical epic, a drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his ...more![Sailor of the King]()
5Wendy Hiller, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie- Released: 1953
- Directed by: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Single-Handed is a 1953 war film based on the novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester and filmed in the Mediterranean Sea. Jeffrey Hunter stars as a Canadian sailor serving on a British warship ...more![Demetrius and the Gladiators]()
6Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Delmer Daves
In this sequel to "The Robe," the corrupt emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) believes that the sacred robe of Christ has magical powers, and will stop at nothing to obtain it. When Demetrius (Victor ...more![The Lost World]()
7Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, Claude Rains- Released: 1960
- Directed by: Irwin Allen
Anthropology professor George Challenger (Claude Rains), explorer Lord John Roxton (Michael Rennie) and an assorted team of thrill seekers and experts trek through a Venezuelan rainforest that they ...more![Dangerous Crossing]()
8Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Carl Betz- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Joseph M. Newman
A recently married heiress, Ruth Stanton (Jeanne Crain), embarks on a honeymoon cruise with her new husband, John Bowman (Carl Betz). However, shortly after getting on board, John disappears. None of ...more![The 13th Letter]()
9Charles Boyer, Linda Darnell, Michael Rennie- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Otto Preminger
When Dr. Pearson (Michael Rennie) comes to a quiet Quebec town to set up his medical practice, he attracts the notice of Cora (Constance Smith), whose husband, Paul (Charles Boyer), is the town's ...more![Third Man on the Mountain]()
10James MacArthur, Michael Rennie, Janet Munro- Released: 1959
- Directed by: Ken Annakin
Adapted from the novel "Banner in the Sky," this film follows Rudi Matt (James MacArthur), a young man on a mission to honor his father. In the golden age of Alpinism, his father ascended the highest ...more![Désirée]()
11Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Henry Koster
Desiree Clary (Jean Simmons) has met the love of her life, and his name is Napoleon Bonaparte (Marlon Brando). But their love is a difficult one, as Napoleon's rise through the military ranks takes ...more![The Wicked Lady]()
12Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc- Released: 1946
- Directed by: Leslie Arliss
In 17th-century England, Barbara Worth (Margaret Lockwood) lives a privileged yet humdrum life as the wife of well-heeled landowner Sir Ralph Skelton (Griffith Jones). To stave off boredom, Barbara ...more![The Rains of Ranchipur]()
13Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray- Released: 1955
- Directed by: Jean Negulesco
Lady Edwina (Lana Turner) and Lord Albert Esketh (Michael Rennie) share a passionless and unhappy marriage. When they travel to India to purchase horses, Esketh declares his intention to divorce ...more![Island in the Sun]()
14Harry Belafonte, James Mason, Joan Fontaine- Released: 1957
- Directed by: Robert Rossen
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury (James Mason), is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur (Harry Belafonte). As if the contentious election ...more![Trio]()
15James Hayter, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Ken Annakin, Harold French
Consisting of three adaptations of W. Somerset Maugham short stories, this film follows the tales of a verger, a jewelry dealer, and the patients of a sanatorium. In the first tale, a verger is ...more![Omar Khayyam]()
16Debra Paget, Raymond Massey, John Derek- Released: 1957
- Directed by: William Dieterle
Omar Khayyam is an American movie directed by William Dieterle, filmed in 1956 and released in 1957. It starred Cornel Wilde as Omar Khayyám, the eponymous Persian poet, Michael Rennie as Hasani ...more![The Black Rose]()
17Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Cecile Aubry- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Following the 13th-century death of his nobleman father, Walter of Gurnie (Tyrone Power) and his confidant, Tristram (Jack Hawkins), join a caravan led by the North African Bayan (Orson Welles) en ...more![Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]()
18Cedric Hardwicke, Michael Rennie, King Baggot- Released: 1913
- Directed by: Herbert Brenon
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1913 horror film, directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle, written by Brenon and produced by Laemmle. The picture is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story The ...more![Hotel]()
19Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Richard Quine
Warren Trent (Melvyn Douglas) may own a hotel that's the epitome of luxury, but the accounting books tell a different story. The St. Gregory Hotel is pretty much flat broke. To prevent a corporate ...more![Prince Valiant]()
20James Mason, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Henry Hathaway
After the evil King Sligon exiles his family from Scandia, Prince Valiant (Robert Wagner) vows to become a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table in order to return his father to the ...more![Cyborg 2087]()
21Michael Rennie, Wendell Corey, Warren Stevens- Released: 1966
- Directed by: Franklin Adreon
Cyborg 2087 is a 1966 science fiction film starring Michael Rennie, Karen Steele, Wendell Corey and Warren Stevens.![The Battle of El Alamein]()
22Michael Rennie, Robert Hossein, Sal Borgese- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Giorgio Ferroni
The Battle of El Alamein is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Giorgio Ferroni. It was a co-production between Italy and France. The film depicts the Second Battle of El Alamein.![Battle of the V-1]()
23Christopher Lee, Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina- Released: 1958
- Directed by: Vernon Sewell
Battle of the V-1 is a British war film from 1958, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight and Christopher Lee. It is based on the novel They Saved London, by Bernard ...more![Mambo]()
24Shelley Winters, Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie- Released: 1954
- Directed by: Robert Rossen
Mambo is a film written and directed from 1952 to 1953 by Robert Rossen and released in 1955. A mambo craze spread through the USA in the 1950s, and Rossen aimed to repair his finances after almost ...more![Seven Cities of Gold]()
25Richard Egan, Anthony Quinn, Michael Rennie- Released: 1955
- Directed by: Robert D. Webb
On an expedition from Mexico to California in 1769, Father Junipero Serra (Michael Rennie) joins a group of soldiers, led by Capt. Gaspar de Portola (Anthony Quinn), on a quest to find the seven ...more
