# The best Michael Caine movies

From Zulu, Alfie and The Ipcress File to Get Carter and Alfred the butler in The Dark Knight: the Michael Caine films that top the rankings of Looper and Collider.

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- Oct 24, 2025 · Ryan Clarke
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## Top 15

1. **The Man Who Would Be King (1975)** (74 · ▲79 ▼5) — John Huston: Caine and Sean Connery as two ex-soldiers who become kings in Kafiristan.
2. **Zulu (1964)** (59 · ▲62 ▼3) — The defence of Rorke's Drift; his breakthrough as Lieutenant Bromhead.
3. **The Dark Knight (2008)** (42 · ▲48 ▼6) — Alfred, Bruce Wayne's butler and conscience, in Nolan's best Batman.
4. **Alfie (1966)** (41 · ▲48 ▼7) — A London womaniser who talks straight to camera; his first Oscar nomination.
5. **Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)** (41 · ▲44 ▼3) — Woody Allen: the role that won him his first Oscar.
6. **The Ipcress File (1965)** (33 · ▲43 ▼10) — Harry Palmer, the bespectacled spy who is the anti-Bond.
7. **Sleuth (1972)** (33 · ▲41 ▼8) — Joseph L. Mankiewicz: a deadly game of wits with Laurence Olivier.
8. **Children of Men (2006)** (33 · ▲38 ▼5) — Alfonso Cuarón: the aging hippie Jasper in a world without births.
9. **The Quiet American (2002)** (27 · ▲34 ▼7) — A British reporter in 1950s Saigon, from Graham Greene's novel.
10. **Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)** (25 · ▲34 ▼9) — Two con men compete on the French Riviera, with Steve Martin.
11. **The Italian Job (1969)** (23 · ▲31 ▼8) — Charlie Croker, a gold heist in Turin and the Mini Cooper chase.
12. **The Prestige (2006)** (19 · ▲24 ▼5) — Nolan: Cutter, the stage engineer between two rival magicians.
13. **Get Carter (1971)** (15 · ▲26 ▼11) — A London gangster goes north to avenge his brother.
14. **Dressed to Kill (1980)** (15 · ▲21 ▼6) — Brian De Palma: a psychiatrist in an erotic thriller.
15. **Inception (2010)** (11 · ▲24 ▼13) — Nolan: Miles, the architect's mentor.
16. **The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)** (10 · ▲19 ▼9) — Scrooge played completely straight among the Muppets.

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