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Peter O'Toole has 25 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Lawrence of Arabia.
Recurring themes

The Legend of Billie Jean
1985
Action · Comedy

High Road to China
1983
Adventure · Drama

Charlie Wilson's War
2007
Comedy · Drama

Shakespeare in Love
1998
Romance · History

Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Comedy · Drama

Misbehaviour
2020
Drama · History

Tom Jones
1963
Comedy · Romance

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Comedy · Drama

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included

Ratatouille
2007 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Disney+ · Included

The Last Emperor
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Max · Included

The Lion in Winter
1968 · Movie · Actor
Top 20%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Becket
1964 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Prime Video · Included

The Stunt Man
1980 · Movie · Actor
Top 34%Prime Video · Included

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Dir. David Lean · With Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif

Remy, a rat, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He dreams of becoming a chef, one who creates rather than scavenges. When fate deposits him in the sewers beneath one of Paris’s most famous restaurants, he finds himself ideally placed to fulfill his dream. Forming an unusual alliance with a hapless young kitchen worker, Remy begins a daring culinary double life. As Remy pursues his vision, he must navigate the suspicions of the calculating Head Chef Skinner, the disapproval of Remy’s own colony, and the foreboding presence of renowned food critic Anton Ego, who strikes fear in the hearts of chefs all throughout France.
Dir. Brad Bird · With Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Dir. William Wyler · With Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci · With John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole

as The Three Angels
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Dir. John Huston · With Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
Dir. Wolfgang Petersen · With Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana

Christmas 1183, Angevin Empire: King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Jockeying for the crown, though, is complex. Henry has three sons and wants his boy Prince John to take over. Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor, believes their son Prince Richard should be king. As family and various schemers gather for the holiday, each tries to make the indecisive king choose their option.
Dir. Anthony Harvey · With Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.
Dir. Peter Glenville · With Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
Dir. Richard Rush · With Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.
Dir. Roger Michell · With Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Dir. Richard Benjamin · With Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Dir. Dean Wright · With Eva Longoria, Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Dir. Charles Sturridge · With Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Dir. Charles Sturridge · With Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Dir. Douglas Hickox · With Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills

A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
Dir. Clive Donner · With Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider
In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Dir. Joe Chappelle · With Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan

This biopic profiles history's most spectacular madman, tracing his journey from humble roots to complete mastery of Germany.
Dir. Peter Sussman, John Ryan, Ed Gernon · With Robert Carlyle, Zoe Telford, Justin Salinger

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Dir. Neil Jordan · With Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
Dir. Harold Ramis · With Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis

Dr. Gulliver has returned from his journey to his family after a long absence - and tells them the story of his travels.
Dir. Jonathan Swift · With Peter O'Toole, Ted Danson, James Fox
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Dir. David S. Ward · With John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
Dir. Tinto Brass · With Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
Dir. Jeannot Szwarc · With Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole
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