The Best Michael York Movies

Updated October 3, 2020 1.6k votes 142 voters 14.5k views

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List of the best Michael York movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Michael York'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 York movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Michael York movies will be at the top of the list. Michael York has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Michael York movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Michael York films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Michael York role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Michael York performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

Examples of films on this list: Gospa, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and many more.

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Romeo and Juliet
Laurence Olivier, Michael York
Released: 1968
Released: 1968
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romance film based on the tragic play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard... more
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The Four Musketeers
Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee
Released: 1974
Released: 1974
Directed by: Richard Lester
Directed by: Richard Lester
The Four Musketeers is a 1974 Richard Lester film that is a sequel to The Three Musketeers, and covers the second half of Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers. Fifteen years later, the cast and crew... more
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The Return of the Musketeers
Christopher Lee, Kim Cattrall
Released: 1989
Released: 1989
Directed by: Richard Lester
Directed by: Richard Lester
The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film adaptation loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester, following 1973's... more
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Elizabeth Hurley, Will Ferrell
Released: 1997
Released: 1997
Directed by: Jay Roach
Directed by: Jay Roach
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a 1997 American action comedy film and the first installment of the Austin Powers series. It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers, who... more
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Great Expectations
Michael York, Sarah Miles
Released: 1974
Released: 1974
Directed by: Joseph Hardy
Directed by: Joseph Hardy
Great Expectations is a 1974 film made for television based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. It was directed by Joseph Hardy, with screenwriter Sherman Yellen and music by Maurice... more
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Conduct Unbecoming
Christopher Plummer, Richard Attenborough
Released: 1975
Released: 1975
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Conduct Unbecoming is a 1975 British drama film, an adaptation of the Barry England play Conduct Unbecoming first staged in 1969. It was directed by Michael Anderson and starred an ensemble cast of... more
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Logan's Run
Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov
Released: 1976
Released: 1976
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Logan's Run is a 1976 American science fiction film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett and Peter Ustinov. The... more
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For Those I Loved
Michael York, Brigitte Fossey
Released: 1983
Released: 1983
Directed by: Robert Enrico
Directed by: Robert Enrico
For Those I Loved is a drama film from 1983 with Michael York, about a Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the USA in 1946. It was directed by Robert Enrico for the Les Productions... more
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Ann-Margret, James Earl Jones
Released: 1977
Released: 1977
Directed by: Marty Feldman
Directed by: Marty Feldman
The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film. It starred and was also directed and co-written by Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a... more
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The Riddle of the Sands
Jenny Agutter, Michael York
Released: 1979
Released: 1979
Directed by: Tony Maylam
Directed by: Tony Maylam
The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British spy thriller based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Childers. Set in 1901, and starring Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale, it concerns the efforts... more

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Alfred the Great
Ian McKellen, Michael York
Released: 1969
Released: 1969
Directed by: Clive Donner
Directed by: Clive Donner
Alfred the Great is a 1969 epic film which portrayed Alfred the Great's struggle to rid Wessex of the invading Danes, in the 870s AD. It starred David Hemmings in the title role.... more
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Zeppelin
Elke Sommer, Michael York
Released: 1971
Released: 1971
Directed by: Étienne Périer
Directed by: Étienne Périer
Zeppelin is a 1971 British World War I action-drama directed by Étienne Périer. The film stars Michael York, Elke Sommer and Anton Diffring. Zeppelin depicts a fictitious German attempt to raid on... more
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Austin Powers: Goldmember
Britney Spears, Beyoncé Knowles
Released: 2002
Released: 2002
Directed by: Jay Roach
Directed by: Jay Roach
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Seven Nights in Japan
Michael York, Charles Gray
Released: 1977
Released: 1977
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Seven Nights in Japan is a 1976 drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. It stars Michael York, Charles Gray, and Hidemi Aoki.... more
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Justine
Dirk Bogarde, Anna Karina
Released: 1969
Released: 1969
Directed by: Joseph Strick, George Cukor
Directed by: Joseph Strick, George Cukor
Justine is a drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. It was written by Lawrence B. Marcus and Andrew Sarris, based on the 1957 novel Justine by Lawrence Durrell.... more
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The Taming of the Shrew
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Released: 1967
Released: 1967
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
The Taming of the Shrew is a 1967 film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and... more
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Puss in Boots
Michael York, Judge Reinhold
Released: 1999
Released: 1999
Directed by: Phil Nibbelink
Directed by: Phil Nibbelink
Puss in Boots is an animated direct-to-video movie, created in 1999 by Phil Nibbelink. It is based on the story Puss in Boots. It featured the voices of Judge Reinhold, Dan Haggerty, Michael York,... more
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Wrongfully Accused
Kelly LeBrock, Leslie Nielsen
Released: 1998
Released: 1998
Directed by: Pat Proft
Directed by: Pat Proft
Wrongfully Accused is a 1998 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as a man who has been framed and desperately attempts to expose the true culprits.... more
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The Three Musketeers
Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee
Released: 1973
Released: 1973
Directed by: Richard Lester
Directed by: Richard Lester
The Three Musketeers is a 1973 film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Richard Lester and written by George MacDonald Fraser. It was originally proposed in the 1960s as a... more
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Lost Horizon
John Gielgud, George Kennedy
Released: 1973
Released: 1973
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Lost Horizon is a 1973 American musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey,... more

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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Chad Michael Murray, R. Lee Ermey
Released: 2001
Released: 2001
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 is a 2001, biblically based film. It portrays, in part, the backstory of Stone Alexander from the movie The Omega Code. However, apocalyptic events portrayed in Megiddo are... more
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54
Salma Hayek, Heidi Klum
Released: 1998
Released: 1998
Directed by: Mark Christopher
Directed by: Mark Christopher
54 is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher, about Studio 54, a world-famous New York City disco club, the main setting of the film. It stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek... more
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The Guru
Michael York, Madhur Jaffrey
Released: 1969
Released: 1969
Directed by: James Ivory
Directed by: James Ivory
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The Omega Code
Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside
Released: 1999
Released: 1999
Directed by: Robert Marcarelli
Directed by: Robert Marcarelli
The Omega Code is a 1999 thriller film directed by Robert Marcarelli, starring Casper Van Dien as the protagonist, Dr. Gillen Lane, and Michael York as the antagonist. It has a premillennialist plot... more
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England Made Me
Michael York, Peter Finch
Released: 1973
Released: 1973
Directed by: Peter Duffell
Directed by: Peter Duffell
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