Oliver Reed

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.

Dir. David Cronenberg · With Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle

A charismatic 17th-century French priest becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Dir. Ken Russell · With Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley

Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.

Dir. Moustapha Akkad · With Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Irene Papas

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

Dir. Dan Curtis · With Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.

Dir. Terence Fisher · With Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Dir. Richard Lester · With Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain

An American tourist and a troubled young woman are chased by her gang leader brother to a top secret British government facility that conducts experiments on children.

Dir. Joseph Losey · With Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.

Dir. Carol Reed · With Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed

After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.

Dir. Terence Fisher · With Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.

Dir. Fraser Clarke Heston · With Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

Dir. Richard Lester · With Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain

It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms.

Dir. Richard Lester · With Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay

Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.

Dir. Nicolas Roeg · With Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Georgina Hale

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.

Dir. Ken Russell · With Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Dir. Ken Russell · With Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey

God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.

Dir. John Herzfeld · With John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning

Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, to life to battle the evil Krokov.

Dir. Charles Jarrott · With Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.

Dir. Michael Winner · With Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone

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?

Dir. Peter Collinson · With Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough