Sean Connery
Actor
- Timelock (1957)
- Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Sean Connery, Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson
- Tense thriller based on a play by Arthur Hailey (AIRPORT), in which a young boy is locked in a bank vault by accident, which can only be opened…
- Hell Drivers (Hard Drivers) (1957)
- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Sir Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom…
- Stanley Baker plays a hard–nosed trucker forced to take on a dangerous long haul, through which a bitter rivalry develops with a fellow driver…
- Another Time, Another Place (1958)
- Dir. Lewis Allen
Feat. Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns…
- Though a vehicle for Lana Turner, this enjoyable romantic melodrama is remembered for introducing Sean Connery to a wider audience, as a married BBC…
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Jack MacGowran…
- Sharpe plays an Irish caretaker who befriends the King of the Leprechauns. This live–action classic from Uncle Walt, mixes whimsy, humour and…
- Frightened City, The (1961)
- Dir. John Lemont
Feat. Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, John Gregson
- London becomes terrorised by protection racketeers who intend to amalgamate into one vast crime syndicate.
- Dr. No (1962)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress…
- First James Bond film has a wet behind the ears but dashing Sean Connery investigating strange occurrences in Jamaica, where he encounters…
- Terence Rattigan Collection, The (1962-1994)
- Feat. Kenneth More, Ralph Richardson, Geraldine McEwan…
- A boxed compendium of Terence Rattigan's finest work, a British playwright reknowned for his profound understanding of the human heart and his…
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya…
- Connery deals to the Russians in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine. Featuring one of the longest chase scenes of the series, as well…
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
- The third Bond film, and the first to really fire the public's imagination.
Connery develops his charismatic appeal as he fights the evil genius…
- Marnie (1964)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren, Martin Gabel…
- Rich businessman Sean Connery blackmails kleptomaniac secretary Tippi Hedren into marrying him, thence free to try out his own brand of experimental…
- Thunderball (1965)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
- Connery's Bond goes below the call of duty to the shark–infested depths of the ocean to battle crime organisation Spectre headed by a…
- Hill, The (1965)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, Roy Kinnear
- Intense military stockade drama, with Sean Connery doing gruelling punishment in the Sahara.
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba
- The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
- Shalako (1968)
- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Stephen Boyd…
- Silver screen vamp Brigitte Bardot teams up with Sean Connery in this "damsel in distress" western, where a hunting party who've wandered onto the…
- Molly Maguires, The (1970)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar…
- An ambitious drama set in the squalor of the 1870s Pennsylvania coalmine towns, and the underground group of Irish saboteurs 'The Molly Maguires' who…
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
- A slightly jaded Sean Connery returns as Agent 007, on the trail of a powerful diamond smuggling syndicate. Bond is joined by Tiffany Case as he…
- Anderson Tapes, The (1971)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam…
- An inventive, if over–ambitious thriller in which a master–thief (Connery) recently released from prison plans a difficult heist, without…
- Offence, The (1973)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant…
- One of the better Lumet films. Sean Connery – in a rare impressive performance – as a British cop who loses control while interrogating a…
- Zardoz (1974)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling
- Sean Connery stars in this enigmatic, garish space odyssey about a group of eternally young intellectuals in the year 2293. The bizarre visual…
- Murder On the Orient Express (1974)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam…
- Extravagent production of Agatha Christie's mystery with Albert Finney as Poirot rounding up an all–star cast of suspects.
- Terrorists, The (Ransom) (1974)
- Dir. Caspar Wrede
Feat. Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Jeffry Wickham
- Improbable thriller with Connery as a Norwegian colonel charged with liberating a plane full of hostages in the "country" of Scandinavia.
- Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen
- Connery plays a Moroccan sheik who kidnaps American Bergin, angering the US government. Old fashioned epic based loosely on fact.
- Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sean Connery, Michael Caine
- Conmen Sean Connery and Michael Caine have grand old–fashioned adventures in remote India.
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw…
- Hearty adventurism envisions Robin Hood as an aging 40–something, who upon returning from the Crusades, rekindles his rivalry with the Sheriff…
- Bridge Too Far, A (1977)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Robert Redford, Sean Connery…
- Perhaps a battle–scene too far for some, but for afficiandos this epic account of an abortive Allied invasion of Holland is sure to provide…
- Great Train Robbery, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
- Smooth–running recreation of purportedly the first train robbery ever, of a load of gold bullion in 19th century Ireland. Sean Connery…
- Cuba (1979)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Sean Connery
- Political adventure set at the end of the Batista regime concerning a mercenary mixing business with pleasure in the revolution–torn state.
- Meteor (1979)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden…
- Clumsy disaster movie with the USA and the USSR forming an unlikely alliance during the Cold War to prevent a giant asteroid from destroying the…
- Time Bandits (1980)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
- John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall and others star in this breathlessly inventive fantasy in which a young boy journeys through history to…
- Outland (1981)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen…
- Enjoyable outer–space remake of High Noon with Sean Connery as an ass–kicking 21st Century marshall determined to rid the planet of…
- Wrong is Right (1982)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad…
- Patchy media satire with Connery as a newsman on the trail of two nuclear weapons that have fallen into terrorist hands. Some fine supporting turns…
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera
- Connery returns to role he made famous after a twelve year absence. He's lost none of his earlier style and charm or gorgeous women for that matter.…
- Sword of the Valiant (The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) (1984)
- Dir. Stephen Weeks
Feat. Miles O'Keefe, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson…
- Cannon Films fantasy fodder from the 1980's starring a hilariously coiffured Miles O'Keefe as Sir Gawain and Sean Connery as the Green Knight,…
- Highlander, The (1986)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown…
- Visually splendid action–fantasy with Christopher Lambert as a 16th Century immortal, destined to battle his arch enemy through the ages. This…
- Name of the Rose, The (1986)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater…
- A haunting medieval chiller with Sean Connery as a monk who discovers a series of bizarre deaths are not the work of evil spirits, as commonly…
- Untouchables, The (1987)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
- Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott…
- When Sean Connery turns up as Indy's feisty dad, the pair embark on an adventure–laden search for a mystical Holy Grail. You'll have fun…
- Family Business (1989)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick
- Star–studded caper film that follows a family of criminals and their struggles when attachment clashes with business. Adapted by Vincent…
- Russia House, The (1990)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this cat–and–mouse drama involving Western intelligence's use of a publisher to liaise with an…
- Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Adam Baldwin, Scott Glenn…
- Sean Connery plays a renegade Soviet captain of a high–tech submarine who deviates into Western waters. Is he hostile or is he trying to…
- Medicine Man (1991)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco
- Sean Connery plays a crotchety mad scientist whose tinkerings in the Amazon rainforest result in a cure for cancer – but then he just as soon…
- Highlander 2 (1991)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside…
- Sequel to the video blockbuster of the 80's sees the back–story of the original film ditched and Scottish immortal MacLeod now in fact an alien…
- Rising Sun (1993)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Sean Connery, Harvey Keitel
- Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery are buddy–cops with a murder–mystery on their hands in Tokyo. A glitzy, unsubtle working of Michael…
- First Knight (1995)
- Dir. Jerry Zucker
Feat. Sean Connery, Julia Ormond, Richard Gere
- Pared–down retelling of the Arthurian legend of Camelot is, while no great shakes, at least as good as most other efforts that have been made…
- Just Cause (1995)
- Dir. Arne Glimcher
Feat. Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris…
- Power–attorney Sean Connery defends a death row prisoner despite the evidence against him, and butts heads with Larry Fishburne, the cop…
- Rock, The (1996)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris
- Amateur commando Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery square–up against a granite–faced Ed Harris, holding San Francisco to ransom with…
- Dragonheart (1996)
- Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis…
- Medieval fantasy hokum highlighted by Sean Connery in drag! Drag–on, that is – the large lizard of legend variety. The sublime CGI…
- Avengers, The (1998)
- Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery
- Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes indulge hip nostalgia in this critically–savaged update on the classic 60s TV series. Replicating the…
- Entrapment (1999)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Veteran cat burglar Sean Connery meets his match in insurance investigator Catherine Zeta–Jones in this glossy fusion of international heist…
- Playing by Heart (1999)
- Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…
- Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
- Finding Forrester (2000)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin…
- Dir. Van Sant reprises the outlines of his own GOOD WILL HUNTING, with Sean Connery nurturing the wayward talent of basketballing teenager Rob Brown.
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003)
- Dir. Stephen Norrington
Feat. Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Jason Flemyng…
- A swanky action–adventure in Victorian period dress that’s enticing premise teams up heroes and villains from classic fiction – Allan…
- Sir Billi (2012)
- Dir. Sascha Hartmann
Feat. Sean Connery, Alan Cumming, Patrick Doyle
- Sean Connery voices an aging, skateboarding veterinarian caught up in a chaotic land–sea adventure in this action packed animation set in the…