Search results for "Charlton Heston"
Midway

Midway

Midway
IMDb: 6.8
132

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The War Lord

The War Lord

The War Lord
IMDb: 6.9
123

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke’s…

The Omega Man

The Omega Man

The Omega Man
IMDb: 6.6
98

Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone…

Soylent Green

Soylent Green

Soylent Green
IMDb: 7.1
97

In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the…

True Lies

True Lies

True Lies
IMDb: 7.2
141

Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try…

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
IMDb: 7.9
220

Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his…

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes
IMDb: 8.0
112

An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for…

In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness
IMDb: 7.2
95

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose…literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to…

Tombstone

Tombstone

Tombstone
IMDb: 7.8
130

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced…

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil
IMDb: 8.1
95

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…

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur
IMDb: 8.1
212

Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus…

Khartoum

Khartoum

Khartoum
IMDb: 6.9
134

English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to…

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking
IMDb: 6.8
154

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival…

The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy
IMDb: 7.2
138

Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in…

The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men

The Last Hard Men
IMDb: 6.3
98

In the early 20th century, some convicts while on a road gang escape and one of the convicts is Zach Provo, a half Indian, who was sent to prison during…

Genre: Western
Major Dundee

Major Dundee

Major Dundee
IMDb: 6.8
123

During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy…

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra
IMDb: 5.9
138

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard’s original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony’s attempts to…

Genre: Drama, History
Airport 1975

Airport 1975

Airport 1975
IMDb: 5.6
107

“Something hit us…the crew is dead…help us, please, please help us!” With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood’s greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a…

Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning
IMDb: 6.1
115

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT…

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer
IMDb: 6.6
119

During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60…

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told
IMDb: 6.6
199

All-star epic retelling of Christ’s life.

The Mountain Men

The Mountain Men

The Mountain Men
IMDb: 6.5
102

The story concerns two grizzled mountain men — Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp — during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away…

The Big Country

The Big Country

The Big Country
IMDb: 7.7
165

Retired, wealthy sea Captain Jame McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are…

Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry

Ruby Gentry
IMDb: 7.4
82

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn’t love, but carries a torch for another man.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down
IMDb: 6.1
111

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in…

El Cid

El Cid

El Cid
IMDb: 6.7
182

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (“El Cid” to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving…

A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King

A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King

A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
IMDb: 7.1
58

Author Stephen King discusses the various types of horror films and why they are so popular with moviegoers.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
IMDb: 7.8
86

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the…

Pony Express

Pony Express

Pony Express
IMDb: 6.2
101

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way…

Genre: Action, Western