# The best Burt Lancaster movies

From The Killers and From Here to Eternity to the Prince of Salina in Visconti's The Leopard: Burt Lancaster's most loved films according to Ultimate Movie Rankings and Best Movies by Farr.

- 9 votes · 14 items
- Apr 11, 2022 · gamer_curioso
- https://even.best/en/l/4404/the-best-burt-lancaster-movies

## Top 14

1. **The Leopard (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Luchino Visconti. The Prince of Salina and the end of an era.
2. **From Here to Eternity (1953)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fred Zinnemann. The kiss on the beach; eight Oscars.
3. **Sweet Smell of Success (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alexander Mackendrick. An all-powerful Broadway columnist.
4. **Elmer Gantry (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Richard Brooks. A con man preacher; his Oscar.
5. **Brute Force (1947)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Jules Dassin. A prison revolt.
6. **The Train (1964)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Frankenheimer. A Resistance railwayman and the paintings stolen by the Nazis.
7. **Vera Cruz (1954)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Robert Aldrich. Two adventurers in Mexico, with Gary Cooper.
8. **Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Frankenheimer. A lifer who becomes an ornithologist.
9. **Atlantic City (1980)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Louis Malle. An old gangster on the boardwalk.
10. **The Killers (1946)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Siodmak. His debut, from Hemingway.
11. **Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stanley Kramer. The Nuremberg trial of Nazi judges.
12. **Conversation Piece (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Luchino Visconti. A solitary professor and his new tenants.
13. **Local Hero (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bill Forsyth. A Texan oil boss and a Scottish village.
14. **The Crimson Pirate (1952)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Siodmak. Pirates and acrobatics.

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