Omar Sharif
Actor
- Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif…
- Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif
- Omar Sharif plays the Russian doctor exiled for writing poetry during WW1, and separated from his only love. Complex, beautifully conceived epic will…
- Night of the Generals, The (1967)
- Dir. Anatole Litvak
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay…
- WWII crime thriller concerning the prolonged investigation of the murder of a Polish prostitute and German agent that implicates three generals, and…
- Mayerling (1968)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason…
- Austrian Crown–Prince Omar Sharif neglects the business of running the 19th Century Hapsburg empire, to have a secretive and ill–fated…
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif
- Barbra Streisand's bravura debut, playing real–life showbiz celeb Fanny Brice, won her an Oscar. Rates also as a well–executed musical.
- Mackenna's Gold (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif
- Sprawling Western adaptation of the best–selling Will Henry novel about an Arizona Marshal travelling to an unknown canyon of gold who gets…
- Che! (1969)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Jack Palance
- Made barely two years after his death, this Che Guevara biopic boasts the reputable acting talents of Omar Sharif and Jack Palance and picks up where…
- Last Valley, The (1971)
- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed
- Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
- Horsemen, The (1971)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance…
- An ambitious historical epic concerns the quest of an Afghani tribal horseman (Sharif) to regain his honour after losing a ritual Buzkashi…
- Juggernaut (1974)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings…
- Richard Harris leads a bomb disposal squad in a race against time to save an ocean liner and its 1200 passengers from disaster. Fine nail–biter…
- Tamarind Seed, The (1974)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle…
- Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…
- Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Burt Kwouk…
- Inspector Clouseau has finally driven his boss Chief Dreyfus over the edge, and Dreyfus sets out on a crazed attempt to destroy the world with a…
- Ashanti (1979)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Omar Sharif…
- When his wife is kidnapped by Arab slave traders, UN medic Michael Caine hops aboard a camel and goes on an adventure quest to retrieve her. Caine…
- Bloodline (1979)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason…
- Suspense–lite, Sidney Sheldon–based outing for Audrey Hepburn, with the ageless movie icon battling hostile takeovers from within a newly…
- Green Ice (1981)
- Dir. Ernest Day
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif
- Cheesy, outlandish heist romance finds Ryan O'Neal embroiled in the high–stakes world of emerald smuggling. Omar Sharif is good value as an…
- Top Secret! (1984)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Feat. Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp…
- No secret this is one of the best of the Abrahams/Zucker Bros comedies (FLYING HIGH) with Val Kilmer as a rather dim, Elvis–type singer who, in…
- Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee…
- Lavish period drama based on the epic book by novelist M.M. Kaye, centered around the romance between a young English officer and a beautiful Indian…
- Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) (1986)
- Feat. Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif…
- Emmy Award–winning mini–series about Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and his efforts to transform Russia in an "all European" country,…
- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
- Dir. Anthony Shaw
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Diana Rigg, Omar Sharif
- In this Francophilic fantasy, Angela Lansbury makes a pilgrimage to Paris to purchase an haute couture evening gown from the House of Dior. Fantastic…
- Gulliver's Travels (1995)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole…
- Epic, state–of–the–art version of Jonathan Swift's classic fairytale stars Ted Danson as the long–shipwrecked doctor who must…
- Pyramid - Beyond Imagination (2003)
- Dir. Jonathan Stamp
Feat. Omar Sharif
- Short study concerning the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the largest manmade structures on the planet. Inside the dramatic framework of one worker's…
- Hidalgo (2003)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard
- Grandly conceived, this period adventure epic has a troubled 'Pony Express' rider (Mortensen) summoned to compete in an epic 3000–mile race…
- Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
- Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger
- Set on the multicultural streets of 1960s working–class Paris, this warm–hearted tale has a Sufi grocery store owner befriend a lonely…
- Crown Prince, The (TV Mini-series) (Kronprinz Rudolf) (2006)
- Dir. Robert Dornhelm
Feat. Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Klaus Maria Brandauer…
- Sumptuous historical Austrian mini–series based on the Crown Prince's doomed love affair with a baroness, that eventually requires the pair to…
- Rock the Casbah (2013)
- Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal…
- Culturally–specific family comedy in which three women reunite in Morocco to mourn in accordance with Muslim tradition following the death of…