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Alec Guinness

Actor · 60 credits · 37 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Frequent collaborators: Jack Hawkins, Mark Hamill, Omar Sharif, William Holden, Joan Greenwood

Best Alec Guinness movies by genre

Movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Empire Strikes Back

    1980 · ★ 8.4 (18,744 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

    1

  2. Star Wars

    1977 · ★ 8.2 (22,732 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

    2

  3. Lawrence of Arabia

    1962 · ★ 8.0 (3,536 votes)

    Adventure, History, War

    3

  4. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957 · ★ 7.8 (2,428 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    4

  5. Doctor Zhivago

    1965 · ★ 7.6 (1,294 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    5

  6. Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949 · ★ 7.6 (624 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    6

  7. Oliver Twist

    1948 · ★ 7.5 (262 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, Crime

    7

  8. Great Expectations

    1946 · ★ 7.3 (383 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. The Ladykillers

    1955 · ★ 7.3 (568 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    9

  10. Murder by Death

    1976 · ★ 7.2 (907 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Mystery

    10

  11. The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951 · ★ 7.2 (293 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    11

  12. The Man in the White Suit

    1951 · ★ 6.9 (212 votes)

    Comedy, Science Fiction

    12

  13. A Passage to India

    1984 · ★ 6.8 (333 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, History

    13

  14. Our Man in Havana

    1960 · ★ 6.7 (126 votes)

    Comedy, Thriller

    14

  15. The Fall of the Roman Empire

    1964 · ★ 6.5 (233 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    15

  16. Scrooge

    1970 · ★ 6.8 (167 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Family

    16

  17. Last Holiday

    1950 · ★ 7.1 (57 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    17

  18. Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    1972 · ★ 7.0 (140 votes)

    Drama, History

    18

  19. Kafka

    1991 · ★ 6.4 (157 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

    19

  20. The Making of Star Wars

    1977 · ★ 7.1 (40 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    20

  21. The Card

    1952 · ★ 7.0 (42 votes)

    Comedy

    21

  22. Mute Witness

    1995 · ★ 6.5 (166 votes)

    Thriller, Horror, Crime

    22

  23. The Swan

    1956 · ★ 6.9 (39 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Comedy

    23

  24. H.M.S. Defiant

    1962 · ★ 6.5 (60 votes)

    Adventure, History, War

    24

  25. Little Dorrit

    1987 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Father Brown

    1954 · ★ 6.5 (31 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Crime

    26

  27. The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

    2000 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. The Quiller Memorandum

    1966 · ★ 5.9 (89 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    28

  29. Monsignor Quixote

    1985 · ★ 8.8 (2 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie, Music

    29

  30. The Prisoner

    1955 · ★ 7.2 (24 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.