Sean Connery Movies

Sean Connery in his most famous role, James Bond, in 1967's You Only Live Twice.
Sean Connery in his most famous role, James Bond, in 1967’s You Only Live Twice.

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery first appearance in movies was in the 1954 film Lilacs in the Spring. Since that film, he has appeared in nearly 70 movies in his career. Some of his early breaks in the movie business were 1958’s Another Time, Another Place opposite Lana Turner and the Walt Disney’s 1959 film Darby O’ Gill and the Little People. His biggest break was when he was cast as James Bond in Dr. No. Appearing as Bond in seven films, he became an international star. His non Bond movies did not fare as well, as he struggled to get out of the huge James Bond shadow. During this time frame he did appear in some outstanding movies like The Hill and The Man Who Would Be King.

In 1983 he appeared as James Bond for the last time in Never Say Never Again. It was looking like his career was just about over, when in 1987, he made The Untouchables. He won an Oscar® as Best Supporting Actor for the movie. His career took off again and he made some of his greatest films. Movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October and The Rock. His last movie appearance was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003.

His IMDb page shows 92 acting credits from 1954-2012. This page will rank Sean Connery movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Sean Connery Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Sean Connery Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Sean Connery movies by co-stars of his movies.
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  • Sort Sean Connery movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Sean Connery movie received.
  • Sort Sean Connery movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Sean Connery in 1964's Goldfinger.
Sean Connery in 1964’s Goldfinger.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Sir Sean Connery

1. Before becoming an international movie star, Sean Connery had many other jobs…some of the jobs include….milkman, body builder, coffin polisher, artist’s model(including nude modeling), a laborer and a lorry driver. Connery also served in the Royal Navy and had a chance to play professional football(soccer) but he wisely choose acting.

2. Sean Connery is the only British male star to be the #1 box office star in America. This occured in 1965 during the peak of James Bond movies.

3. Over Sean Connery’s fifty year career he only received one Oscar® nomination and two Golden Globe® nominations. He did however win one Oscar® and one Golden Globe® for his role in 1987’s The Untouchables. His second and last Golden Globe® nomination was for playing the senior Indiana Jones in 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

4. James Bond is easily Sean Connery’s most famous role. He got the role after many actors turned down the role. Some of those actors include: Cary Grant, David Niven, Richard Johnson and Patrick McGoohan.

5. Sean Connery would appear in 6 official Bond movies and one unofficial Bond movie, Never Say Never Again. Sean Connery’s James Bond is easily the first and best James Bond….at least in my humble opinion.

6. Sean Connery has been married twice in his life. He was married to Diane Cilento from 1962 to 1973….and they had one son, Jason who is also an actor. He has been married to Micheline Roquebrune since 1975.

7. Two of Sir Sean Connery’s best friends were Sir Michael Caine and Sir Roger Moore. He never appeared in a movie with Moore, but he shares two screen credits with Caine…..1975’s A Man Who Would Be King(my favorite Connery movie) and 1977’s A Bridge Too Far(they have no scenes together).

8. Entertain Weekly voted Sean Connery as 24th Greatest Movie Star of all time.

9. Some of the roles Sean Connery turned down: Matrix Reloaded, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Die Hard With A Vengeance, The Thomas Crown Affair(McQueen version), Braveheart, Sleeping With The Enemy, The Birds, Bladerunner, Star Trek V, and The English Patient.

10. Check out Sean Connery’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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137 thoughts on “Sean Connery Movies”

  1. Entrapment is better than you think, it is a classic cat and mouse game, Catherine Zeta Jones has never looked prettier, good page

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  2. Another interesting page. I like the idea of counting tickets instead of dollars, a more accurate way of gauging which film was the most popular. Though not perfect other factors do come into play, for instance ticket prices were only a few cents in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s so people would go and see anything at the cinema, over and over again.

    The Movie Score is fun but for film buffs frustrating, Indiana Jones Connery’s no.1 film? Nah I’d put all his Bond films above Indy except Never Say Never Again.

    One of his very best films The Man Who Would Be King at no.17? Below Entrapment? Not a chance.

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    1. Hey Steve, first of all you make good solid points, secondly my favorite Sean Connery movie is indeed The Man Who Would Be King, third I did not really think Entrapment was a very good movie. The Movie Score is designed to only look at the numbers a movie earned…..in this case as much as I love The Man Who Would Be King…it pretty much died in the theaters(I still do not understand why) while Entrapment was a pretty big hit(actual box office 87 million in 1999)…which in the equation box office results is 33% of the equation… box office results is the only reason Entrapment out ranked The Man Who Would Be King… As for Indy over Goldfinger…..both made tons of money…Connery got a Golden Globe nomination for Indy…he never got nominated as Bond, a small critical edge for Indy, Oscar love…. 3 nominations and 1 win for Indy….Bond no nominations for Goldfinger….also as we get older we know Connery was the best Bond ever….but my wife and kids only know Connery as Indy’s Dad….if you look at the top 10 …5 Bond movies….so Bond is well represented…..thanks for commenting….

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      1. understand and thanks for your reply.

        The Man Who Would Be King is coming to blu-ray, oh yes!

        A guilty favourite Connery film no one talks about these days is Outland, High Noon in Space! I hope that gets an eventual blu-ray release.

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  4. You do extensive research for writing the hubs on star actors. Let me congratulate you for your hard work! Sean Connery, the Highlander, is one of my favorite actors in Hollywood! Apart from the James Bond movies I thoroughly enjoyed his work in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” with Steven Spielberg. Thanks for sharing! – Andy

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