Oliver! (1968)
Drama | Family | Musical
After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Hugh Griffith, Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Harry Secombe
Director: Carol Reed
Treasure Island (1990)
Action | Adventure | Crime
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate Captain Long John Silver.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson, Julian Glover
Director: Fraser C. Heston
Jeremiah / The Bible: Jeremiah (1998)
Biography | Drama | History
Jeremiah tells the story of the prophet who abandons his family and the woman he loves in order to relay God's message in Jerusalem, starring Patrick Dempsey and Oliver Reed.
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Oliver Reed, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Vincent Regan, Leonor Varela, Andrea Occhipinti
Director: Harry Winer
The Ransom / Maniac! / Assault in Paradise / The Town That Cried Terror (1977)
Crime | Thriller
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Deborah Raffin, James Mitchum, Stuart Whitman, John Ireland, Paul Koslo
Director: Richard Compton
The Brood (1979)
Horror | Sci-Fi
A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric and unconventional psychologist who uses innovative and theatrical techniques to breach the psychological blocks in his patients. When their daughter comes back from a visit with her mother and is covered with bruises and welts, the father attempts to bar his wife from seeing the daughter but faces resistance from the secretive psychologist. Meanwhile, the wife's mother and father are attacked by strangely deformed children, and the man begins to suspect a connection with the psychologist's methods…
Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nicholas Campbell, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald
Director: David Cronenberg
The Assassination Bureau / The Assassination Bureau Limited (1969)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg head an impeccable cast in The Assassination Bureau, a spirited caper inspired by a book co-written by Jack London. Reed plays Ivan, the self-confident chief of an association of hitmen for hire, who will refuse no well-paid offer –especially the lucrative challenge of an aspiring reporter (Rigg). Reasoning that a running cat-and-mouse duel with his henchmen will rid the organization of incompetents, Ivan agrees to become the object of a nonstop hunt. The game is afoot…and Europe is the playground!
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell
Director: Basil Dearden
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Horror
In the quest to save souls, the Spanish inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker's wife named María is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the Inquisition and the Cardinal. Torquemada is enchanted by María's beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio to heinous tortures hoping to prove that his own desires for her are a result of her magic, and that she has "bewitched him". With the help of Esmeralda, María's cellmate and confessed witch, María must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada's ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp pendulum poised over the inescapable pit of hell.
Starring: Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, Oliver Reed
Director: Stuart Gordon
The Sting II / The Sting 2 (1983)
Comedy | Crime
Get ready for the next Sting! Those incredible con men are at it again and setting their next scheme in motion. The Depression is over and everybody wants an even bigger piece of the action. It's twist after twist as Gondorff (Jackie Gleason), Hooker (Mac Davis) and Countess Veronique (Teri Garr) try to out sting both Doyle Lonnegan (Oliver Reed), the notorious gangster previously stung by this group and now out for revenge and profit, and Macalinski (Karl Malden), a local racketeer. It's the con to outdo all cons, and someone's finally going to get stung… but who?
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Bert Remsen
Director: Jeremy Kagan
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen / Le avventure del Barone di Munchausen (1988)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
An extraordinary, fantasy filled masterpiece, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen highlights the amazing journeys of Baron Munchausen, who sets sail in a hot air balloon in search of his old comrades-at-arms. In his travels, the Baron journeys to the moon, visits Venus and Vulcan, and lands in the belly of a giant sea monster and that's just the beginning!
Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Jonathan Pryce, Uma Thurman, Oliver Reed
Director: Terry Gilliam
Gladiator (2000)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History
In the final days of Marcus Aurelius' reign, the aging emperor angers his son Commodus by making it known that he wants Maximus, a fearsome and respected Roman general, to be his successor. Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and orders the death of Maximus. But the latter flees, only to discover that his wife and child have been murdered by Commodus. Captured, Maximus is forced into slavery, where he is sold to Proximo, a former gladiator who serves as both mentor and slavemaster. Maximus trains as a gladiator in the arena, where his fame grows. He goes to Rome, intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor Commodus. Maximus has learned that the one power stronger than that of the emperor is the will of the people, and he knows he can only attain his revenge by becoming the greatest hero in all the empire.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Director: Ridley Scott
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Biography | Drama | War
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWI. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger
Director: Moustapha Akkad
The Four Musketeers (1974)
Action | Adventure | Romance
D'Artagnan has become a Musketeer. Protestants hold La Rochelle, and the Queen loves Buckingham, who'll soon send ships to support the rebels. Richelieu enlists Rochefort to kidnap Constance, the Queen's go-between and D'Artagnan's love. The Cardinal uses the wily, amoral Milady de Winter to distract D'Artagnan. But soon, she is D'Artagnan's sworn enemy, and she has an unfortunate history with Athos as well. Milady goes to England to dispatch Buckingham; the Musketeers fight the rebels. Milady, with Rochefort's help, then turns to her personal agenda. Can D'Artagnan save Constance, defeat Rochefort, slip de Winter's ire, and stay free of the Cardinal? All for one, one for all.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston
Director: Richard Lester
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston
Director: Richard Lester
