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Connery's 25 Best Films (Plus Five Guilty Pleasures)

posted 4 years ago by christomacin (4658)
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Connery's 25 Best Films

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1958) d. Robert Stevenson
Dr. No (1962) d. Terence Young
From Russia With Love (1963) d. Terence Young
Goldfinger (1964) d. Guy Hamilton
Marnie (1964) d. Alfred Hitchcock
Thunderball (1965) d. Terence Young
The Hill (1965) d. Sidney Lumet
You Only Live Twice (1967) d. Lewis Gilbert
The Red Tent (1969) d. Mikhail Kalatozov
The Molly Maguires (1970) d. Martin Ritt
The Anderson Tapes (1971) d. Sidney Lumet
The Offence (1973) d. Sidney Lumet
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) d. Sidney Lumet
The Man Who Would Be King (1975) d. John Huston
The Wind and the Lion (1975) John Milius
Robin and Marion (1976) d. Richard Lester
The Great Train Robbery (1978) d. Michael Crichton
Outland (1981) d. Peter Hyams
Time Bandits (1981) d. Terry Gilliam
The Name of the Rose (1986) d. Jean-Jacques Annaud
The Untouchables (1987) d. Brian De Palma
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) d. Steven Spielberg
Hunt for the Red October (1990) d. John McTiernan
The Russia House (1990) Fred Schepisi

(Five Guilty Pleasures):

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) d. Guy Hamilton
Zardoz (1974) d. John Boorman
Meteor (1979) d. Ronald Neame
Never Say Never Again (1983) d. Irvin Kershner
Entrapment (1999) d. Jon Amiel

[–] Kowalski (75745) 4 years ago

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING IS MY FAVORITE OFF YOUR LIST.

[–] christomacin (4658) 4 years ago

It's a marvelous film, as is The Hill. He worked with some amazing directors (Hitchcock, Attenborough, Lumet, Boorman, Huston, De Palma, Spielberg), but with an even more amazing list of composers (John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Ennio Morricone, John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Maurice Jarre, James Horner, Basil Poledouris, Toru Takemitsu, Harrison Birtwistle, John Addison, Richard Rodney Bennet, and Quincy Jones)

[–] MikeCable (1855) 4 years ago

Glad you put Outland on there. It tends to get a bad rap but is a good one.

Meteor sure belongs in the "guilty pleasure" bin but Never Say Never Again - I thought this is a lot better than some other Bond films.

[–] christomacin (4658) 4 years ago

The editing on Outland perhaps could have been tightened up a bit (particularly the climax), but the set design, music, acting and overall story are first rate.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

Is your list in order?

[–] christomacin (4658) 4 years ago

Ha ha... No, that would mean Darry O'Gill is Sean Connery's greatest film.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

Since I live in Vegas and I've seen it change over 40 years "Diamonds Are Forever" reminds me of how it used to be here. I like it I have it on Disc.

The Anderson Tapes (1971) is a good movie. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid.