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  • The Last Valley
  • The Last Valley review by from Worthing
    Rated - 2 stars Emergence of 2 Major Stars 6 March 2005
    ...nd Religion did not mix. Showed then the future potential of Michael Caine and Omar Sharif. Worth a view if you have nothing better to watch. ...  
  • Funny Girl
  • Funny Girl review by A customer from Cheshire England
    Rated - 5 stars Great Film 5 January 2007
    ... saw this film years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it then. Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif excel in this, probably part fictionalised, biography of Fanny Brice a poor je...  
  • Hidalgo
  • Hidalgo review by from London, England
    Rated - 4 stars Hidalgo 12 July 2004
    .... Yet nothing goes to plan and it ends up a rescue mission to save the Sheik?s (Omar Sharif) daughter. Mortensen is enjoyable to watch on screen yet for me was not the mai...  

Omar Sharif - filmography


  • 10,000 BC on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Cliff Curtis,  Steven Strait,  Tim Barlow
    Director: Roland Emmerich
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This is a sweeping odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods, when spirits rule the land and mighty mammoths shake the earth. In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter, D'Leh, has found his heart's passion--the beautiful Evolet. When a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 23,288 members
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  • Hidalgo on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the triumphant victory won by Frank and his mustang Hidalgo in the Ocean of Fire, an often-fatal ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 17,597 members
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  • Hidalgo - BLU-RAY Version (2004)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Zuleikha Robinson,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A breathtakingly photographed, epic western like none produced for decades, HIDALGO recounts the life of legend Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen). Set in the 1800s, this family film chronicles the triumphant victory won by Frank and his mustang Hidalgo in the Ocean of Fire, an often-fatal ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 212 members
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  • Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
    Starring: Omar Sharif,  Pierre Boulanger,  Gilbert Melki
    Director: Francois Dupeyron
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Vividly portraying a 1960s Paris neighborhood where lower-class status unites residents of varied religious and ethnic backgrounds, MONSIEUR IBRAHIM follows the universally appealing story of a young boy's coming of age. Moses (Pierre Boulanger), a Jewish teenager, lives in an apartment with his ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 83% from 14 members
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  • Mysteries Of Egypt on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Omar Sharif
    Director: Bruce Neibaur
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Well-known Egyptian actor Omar Sharif and the young British actress Kate Maberly are featured in the IMAX film. Sharif plays the role of a grandfather who takes his visiting granddaughter (Maberly) around the country to introduce her to the wonders of ancient Egypt. Re-enactments are used to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 182 members
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  • Gulliver's Travels (1996)
    Starring: Ted Danson,  Mary Steenburgen,  James Fox
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 587 members
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  • Mrs 'Arris Goes To Paris on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Omar Sharif,  Angela Lansbury
    Director: Anthony Shaw
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A delightful tale of a housemaid who spends her days cleaning the homes of the well-to-do. Mrs. Harris or arris as pronounced in her native cockney (Angela Lansbury) epitomises her generation of honest, working-class Brits. She knows her place, though that never stops her from speaking her mind or ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 95 members
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  • Harem - The Loss Of Innocence on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Omar Sharif,  Ava Gardner,  Sarah Miles
    Director: William Hale
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A story of love, passion, intrigue and revolution set in the crumbling Ottoman empire in 1906. On route to Damascus, a naive American heiress is kidnapped and sold to the local Sultan's harem. As the days pass she becomes torn between a Turkish rebel, the Sultan and her English diplomat fiance.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 120 members
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  • Top Secret on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,549 members
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  • The Far Pavilions (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Ben Cross,  Amy Irving,  Christopher Lee
    Director: Peter Duffell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This made-for-TV adaptation of M.M. Kaye's novel is a haunting love story set in imperial 19th-century India. Ben Cross plays Ashton Pelham-Martyn, an Indian-reared British officer who is assigned to safeguard a group of Indian princesses en route to meet their new husbands-to-be. During the voyage,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 621 members
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  • Bloodline on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Romy Schneider,  James Mason
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Suspense thriller based on the best-selling novel by Sidney Sheldon. When Sam Roffe, president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, is killed while mountain-climbing, his beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) inherits the controlling interest of his empire - and almost immediately ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 80 members
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  • Green Ice on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Ryan O'Neal,  Anne Archer,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Ernest Day
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A skilled team of professional men plot to steal an enormous cache of emeralds. Their daring get-rich-quick scheme lands them all in the middle of the complex machinations behind a Latin-American revolution.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 44% from 64 members
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  • The Tamarind Seed on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Julie Andrews,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Blake Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Judith Farrow, who works for the British Embassy, has just ended an affair with a married man. To recover emotionally, she decides to vacation in Barbados, where she meets a suave, mysterious Russian named Feodor Sverdlov. Although the two are attracted to each other, Judith is wary of beginning a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 281 members
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  • The Last Valley on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Omar Sharif,  Brian Blessed
    Director: James Clavell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An army of 17th century mercenaries discover a peaceful town nestled in a verdant valley which has been left unmolested by the terrible "Thirty Years War." The reaction of the community's denizens to the violent soldiers becomes increasingly hostile. Michael Caine and Omar Sharif lead the cast.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 334 members
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  • Funny Girl on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Omar Sharif,  Kay Medford
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, Funny Girl follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business. When she gets her first break ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,242 member
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  • The Fall Of The Roman Empire (1964)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  James Mason,  Stephen Boyd
    Director: Anthony Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The success of Mann's widescreen epic El Cid (1961) led to this even grander undertaking, one of Hollywood's periodic infatuations with the decadence of Imperial Rome. After murdering his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus drifts into a life of wanton depravity as the Gothic hordes gather at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 547 members
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  • Lawrence Of Arabia on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Omar Sharif,  Anthony Quinn
    Director: David Lean
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    David Lean's masterpiece--perhaps the greatest of screen epics--stars Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history. The film is less an ordinary adventure than an experience that leaves an overwhelming sense of the struggle between two powerful forces: the Arabian deserts, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 19,281 members
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  • Funny Lady on DVD
    Starring: Barbra Streisand,  Omar Sharif,  Kay Medford
    Director: William Wyler,  Herbert Ross
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Funny Lady Barbra Streisand is back and she's better than ever as the exuberant Fanny Brice in Funny Lady, sequel to acclaimed Academy Award winner Funny Girl. This lively, lavish musical opens a new chapter in Fanny's career and love life. Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), she ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 520 members
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  • Anastasia - The Mystery Of Anna on DVD
    Starring: Amy Irving,  Olivia De Havilland,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The true story of Anna Anderson, who in 1919 was dragged from a Berlin river after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. After months of amnesia, something triggers her memory. Gradually she reveals that she believes she is Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last Czar of Russia.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 150 members
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Omar Sharif - watch online


  • Top Secret to Watch Now (1984)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Gough
    Director: Jim Abrahams,  David Zucker,  Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 86 minutes
    Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker--of AIRPLANE! and NAKED GUN fame--wrote and directed this genre-hopping slapstick juggernaut which lampoons World War II spy films and Elvis movies, making many other satirical stops along the way. East Germany is planning a cultural festival, and invites rock-and-roll ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 32 members
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  • Green Ice to Watch Now (1981)
    Starring: Ryan O'Neal,  Anne Archer,  Omar Sharif
    Director: Ernest Day
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    A skilled team of professional men plot to steal an enormous cache of emeralds. Their daring get-rich-quick scheme lands them in the middle of the complex machinations behind a Latin American revolution.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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Omar Sharif facts

5 most recent films

10,000 BC - 2.5 stars
10,000 BC - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
One Night With The King - 2.5 stars
The Ten Commandments - 3.0 stars
Hidalgo - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lawrence Of Arabia - 3.5 stars
Doctor Zhivago - 3.5 stars
Mrs 'Arris Goes To Paris - 3.5 stars
Funny Girl - 3.5 stars
Gulliver's Travels - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Heaven Before I Die - 1.5 stars
Operation Opium - 2.0 stars
Hip Hop Divas - 2.0 stars
One Night With The King - 2.5 stars
The Ten Commandments - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Anthony Quayle - 4 times - show films
Peter O'Toole - 3 times - show films
Alec Guinness - 3 times - show films
Camilla Belle - 2 times - show films
Lucy Gutteridge - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jerry Zucker - 2 times - show films
Roland Emmerich - 2 times - show films
Richard Fleischer - 2 times - show films
David Lean - 2 times - show films
Terence Young - 2 times - show films