Nineteen Eighty-Four / 1984 (1984)
Drama | Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker
Director: Michael Radford
Bitter Victory / Amère victoire (1957)
Drama | War
A commander receives a citation for an attack on Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved as the commander is unfit for his job. On top of that, unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.
Starring: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Anthony Bushell, Alfred Burke
Director: Nicholas Ray
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Drama
Martha and her professor husband, George, invite a younger couple for drinks after a faculty party.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis, Frank Flanagan
Director: Mike Nichols
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Horror | Sci-Fi
London police are called to the apartment of murder victim John Morlar. As they investigate his death, they learn about a man who claimed to be responsible for numerous deaths and disasters due to supernatural powers — and somehow he's still alive.
Starring: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault
Director: Jack Gold
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Drama | History
Anne of the Thousand Days concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. After holding out for marriage rather than an illegitimate union, Anne marries Henry after he sheds himself of Katherine of Aragon, thus causing a rift between the Crown and the Catholic Church. Anne's inability to produce a male heir leads Henry to look about for other suitable mates. Henry's sinister right-hand man Cromwell arranges for Anne to be condemned on a charge of adultery,after which she is beheaded, while Henry disconsolately sits in Windsor Castle, regretting this callous example of political expediency.
Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Burton, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos
Director: Charles Jarrott
The Wild Geese (1978)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
A group of aged mercenaries are hired by a British millionaire to rescue an African President being held by a vicious Central African dictator. Even though the mission succeeds, the mercenaries are betrayed by the millionaire who's financing the operation as he cares only about his own business interests, and are forced to fight the dictator's troops in order to survive and escape.
Starring: Roger Moore, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, John Kani
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Drama | Thriller
Richard Burton stars as Alec Leamas, a bitter, world-weary secret agent who is taken out of his everyday field operations after a mission goes wrong, and after a bleak spell on Civvy Street finds himself going undercover into East Germany. Subterfuge and double-crossings ensue as Leamas battles to discover the truth behind his mission. Based on the novel by John Le Carre.
Starring: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Sam Wanamaker, George Voskovec, Rupert Davies
Director: Martin Ritt
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
Starring: Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Michael Rennie, Joan Caulfield
Director: Jean Negulesco
The V.I.P.s / International Hotel (1963)
Drama
Awaiting at London Airport for a flight to New York, Frances Andros, seen off by her tycoon husband, Paul Andros, plans to leave her spouse for the arms of an aging international playboy, Marc Champselle. Les Mangrum, a self-made Australian businessman traveling with his loyal secretary, Miss Mead, must be in New York the following day to arrange the loan that will help him repel a hostile takeover of his tractor company. Max Buba, a film mogul traveling with starlet Gloria Gritti, must get out of England immediately or face ruinous British income tax. The Duchess of Brighton has taken a job as a hostess at an American holiday resort, thinking she will be able to keep her family estate on her new income. Fog descends and blurs the future for them all, forced now to wait in the airport hotel for morning and fair weather.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cleopatra (1963)
Biography | Drama | History
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck
The Robe (1953)
Drama | History
One of the best Biblical epics of all time, based on a best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. It tells the story of a Roman, played by Burton, who was in charge of the Crucifixion of Christ and who later is converted to Christianity. The first movie to be filmed in CinemaScope.
Four Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor–Richard Burton. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Costume Design, Best (Color) Art Direction-Set Decoration.
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger
Director: Henry Koster
