Orson Welles — Actor (81)
The Third Man (1949) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
The Third Man
7.9 (9 ratings) director: Carol Reed actor: Joseph Cotten / Alida Valli
other title: Il terzo uomo / Den tredje mand
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Citizen Kane (1941) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
Citizen Kane
8.2 (18 ratings) director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Joseph Cotten
other title: Quarto potere / Den Store Mand
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
The Transformers: The Movie (1986) [Movie] IMDb Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData
The Transformers: The Movie
director: Nelson Shin actor: Judd Nelson / Peter Cullen
other title: Transformers - O Filme / Transformers - Der Kampf um Cybertron
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
A Man for All Seasons (1966) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
A Man for All Seasons
director: Fred Zinnemann actor: Paul Scofield / Wendy Hiller
other title: Un uomo per tutte le stagioni / Mand til alle tider
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
History of the World: Part I (1981) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
History of the World: Part I
director: Mel Brooks actor: Mel Brooks / Dom DeLuise
other title: La pazza storia del mondo / Mel Brooks' skøre verdenshistorie
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Austerlitz (1960) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb
Austerlitz
director: 阿贝尔·冈斯 actor: Pierre Mondy / Orson Welles
other title: 拿破仑在奥斯特里兹 / 决战奥斯特里兹
1805年在创建法兰西第一帝国后,为粉碎反法联盟的进攻,拿破仑率不足八万军与近二十万俄、奥联军英勇决战于奥地利的奥斯特里茨地区,他以坚毅、果敢的指挥艺术只用了不到四小时的时间就给敌人以毁灭性的打击,树立了闻名于世的以少胜多的辉煌战绩。
Mr. Arkadin (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Mr. Arkadin
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Michael Redgrave
other title: Rapporto confidenziale / Herr Satan persönlich!
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
F for Fake (1973) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Vérités et Mensonges
director: Orson Welles actor: Orson Welles / Oja Kodar
other title: F come Falso / F wie Fälschung
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Moby Dick (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Moby Dick
director: John Huston actor: Gregory Peck / Richard Basehart
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Moby Dick (1956) [Movie] NeoDB
Moby Dick
director: John Huston actor: Gregory Peck / Richard Basehart
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Lettre à Jane (1974) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
director: Jean-Luc Godard / Jean-Pierre Gorin actor: Jane Fonda / Jean-Luc Godard
other title: Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
Touch of Evil (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban KevGa-NeoDB
Touch of Evil
director: Orson Welles actor: Charlton Heston / Janet Leigh
other title: L'infernale Quinlan / Politiets blinde øje
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
director: György Pálfi actor: Brigitte Bardot / Alain Delon
other title: Final Cut - Ladies and Gentlemen / Final Cut : Ladies And Gentlemen
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
And Then There Were None (1974) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
And Then There Were None
director: Peter Collinson actor: Oliver Reed / Elke Sommer
other title: ...e poi, non ne rimase nessuno / Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Catch-22 (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Catch-22
director: Mike Nichols actor: Alan Arkin / Martin Balsam
other title: Comma 22 / Punkt 22
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a crazy situation.
The Stranger (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Stranger
director: Orson Welles actor: Edward G. Robinson / Loretta Young
other title: Lo straniero / Den Fremmede
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Jodorowsky's Dune
director: Frank Pavich actor: Alejandro Jodorowsky / Michel Seydoux
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Magnificent Ambersons
director: Orson Welles actor: Joseph Cotten / Dolores Costello
other title: L'orgoglio degli Amberson / Familien Amberson
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.