The Best Robert Powell Movies

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

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

List films include The First Circle, Jesus of Nazareth and many more.

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  • Jesus of Nazareth
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    Jesus of Nazareth

    James Earl Jones, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer
    18 votes
    • Released: 1977
    • Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
    Tracing the life of Christ, from the wedding of Mary and Joseph through the Resurrection.

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  • Asylum
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    Asylum

    Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom
    9 votes
    • Released: 1972
    • Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
    When Dr. Martin (Robert Powell) goes on a job interview at a British insane asylum, he learns that he must interview the asylum's inmates in order to be considered for the position. Dr. Rutherford (Patrick Magee), who is wheelchair-bound because of an assault by an inmate, tells Dr. Martin that he will consider him for the position if he can discover which of the inmates is Dr. Starr, a former head doctor at the asylum who suffered a nervous breakdown.

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  • Mahler
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    Mahler

    Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Richard Morant
    9 votes
    • Released: 1974
    • Directed by: Ken Russell
    After time away spent conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) is returning to Austria by train with his wife, Alma (Georgina Hale). Over the course of the journey, he has occasion to reflect upon the significant moments of his life. Among others, Mahler dwells on memories of his overbearing father, of his once buoyant but now failing relationship with Alma and of the anti-Semitism that dogged him so much that he converted to Catholicism.

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  • The Four Feathers
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    The Four Feathers

    Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward
    6 votes
    • Released: 1978
    • Directed by: Don Sharp
    Raised by an overbearing military father (Harry Andrews), Harry Faversham (Beau Bridges) is expected to fight patriotically for king and country. But when Harry gets engaged to Miss Eustace (Simon Ward), he deliberately intercepts and burns telegrams directing him and his officer friends to the front in Egypt. When he's found out, his fellow officers send him white feathers, which are symbolic of cowardice, and Harry trails after them to Egypt in order to redeem himself.

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  • Tommy
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    Tommy

    Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, Oliver Reed
    6 votes
    • Released: 1975
    • Directed by: Ken Russell
    After seeing his stepfather murder his father during an argument over his mother, young Tommy goes into shock, suddenly becoming psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind. As a teenager, Tommy stumbles upon a pinball machine and discovers he is a natural prodigy at the game. Fame and fortune follow for Tommy, as he becomes a pinball champion and later the messiah of a religious cult, which views his pinball skills as a miraculous sign of divine intervention.

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  • The Thirty Nine Steps
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    The Thirty Nine Steps

    Robert Powell, David Warner, Karen Dotrice
    6 votes
    • Released: 1978
    • Directed by: Don Sharp
    A South African engineer visiting London, Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) gets caught up in an intricate spy plot when a British secret agent takes shelter in his accommodations. When the spy is killed by a secret organization, Hannay becomes its next target, and must flee to Scotland, where he may be able to uncover the mystery by locating a black book. Aided by the lovely Alex Mackenzie (Karen Dotrice), Hannay figures out the organization's sinister scheme and attempts to halt it.

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