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  • Once Upon A Time In The West
  • Once Upon A Time In The West review by A customer from Nottingham, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Classic spagetti cooked by the master chef ! 12 August 2004
    ...h no name character or Lee Van Cleef's steely glaze, the film doesn't suffer as Charles Bronson turns in a career best character as the silent but deadly 'Harmonica', combined...   Read customer review
  • The Dirty Dozen
  • The Dirty Dozen review by PJshadow from Leeds
    Rated - 5.0 stars Twelve Angry Men 12 July 2010
    ...l WWII romp. Marvin is backed up by heavyweight acting talent in the form of Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas and Donald Sutherland to name but a few. Grabs your attention...   Read customer review
  • The Mechanic
  • The Mechanic review by from Oxford, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars The Mechanic, or Killing as a Methodology for Life 8 November 2005
    ...recent action movies, ‘The Mechanic’ remains a quintessential representation of Charles Bronson’s work. Bronson plays the part of Arthur Bishop, a seasoned professional ki...   Read customer review

Charles Bronson - filmography


  • The Indian Runner (1991)
    Starring: David Morse,  Viggo Mortensen,  Charles Bronson
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inspired by the song "Highway Patrolman" by rock legend Bruce Springsteen, this is a provocative story about two brothers in 1968. One is a cop with a family, the other lives his life breaking the laws. A story that enriches the senses and touches the heart.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,039 member
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  • Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Perry Lopez,  James Pax
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Businessman Hiroshi Hada's teenage daughter has been kidnapped and enslaved by a prostitution ring. And Lt. Crowe, a cop who hates the Japanese, has been assigned to the case. Fortunately for Hada, there's one thing Crowe dislikes more than the Japanese, and that's teenage prostitution rings. As a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 140 members
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  • Messenger Of Death on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Trish Van Devere,  John Ireland
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Religious fanaticism and corporate greed lace a tale of murder within a renegade Mormon sect. What the cops can't do to solve the crime, an intrepid reporter takes upon himself, with violent results. Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson are teamed once again in this action/mystery set in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 175 members
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  • Assassination on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  Stephen Elliott
    Director: Peter R. Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A sinister senator wants First Lady Laura Craig dead, and his henchmen are doing their best to make his wish come true. As a result, Craig goes into hiding, accompanied and protected by aging Secret Service agent Jay Killian. Complicating matters is the fact that Craig and Killian hate each other, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 192 members
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  • Death Wish 3 (1985)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Ed Lauter,  Deborah Raffin
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    He's Judge, Jury and Executioner! Paul Kersey doesn't seek out violence. It just seems to find him. But when it does... he's not about to back down! Charles Bronson brings out the heavy artillery in this gun-blazing, no-holds-barred thriller! Road-worn and battle-weary, Kersey longs to leave his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 118 members
    Due for release on 13th February 2012
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  • 10 To Midnight on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Lisa Eilbacher,  Andrew Stevens
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Charles Bronson at 63 or so, continues his vigilante persona in this run-of-the-mill crime drama about a Richard Speck-style killer who knifes young nurses to death. There is no doubt that the film exploits both the heinous, 1966 Speck murder of eight nurses in Chicago and an audience's willingness ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 552 members
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  • The Evil That Men Do (1983)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jose Ferrer,  Theresa Saldana
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Holland (Charles Bronson) is a successful assassin who has retired and is living in the Cayman Islands when he hears that a friend has been killed by a notorious South American political torturer, Dr. Clement Molloch (Joseph Maher). In order to avenge his friend's death he comes out of retirement ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 208 members
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  • Death Hunt on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Lee Marvin,  Andrew Stevens
    Director: Peter R. Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All that protects a man falsely accused of murder from a police force determined to catch him, is his own superior knowledge of the mountainous wilderness where he's hiding out.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 167 members
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  • Death Wish 2 (1981)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Paul Kersey is trying to pick up the pieces of his life in Los Angeles, California. His architectural business is successful, he has a new girlfriend and although his daughter hasn't recovered from the trauma of her assault, she's slowly becoming happier and learning to speak again. But peace is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 823 members
    Due for release on 13th February 2012
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  • Borderline on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Wilford Brimley,  Michael Lerner
    Director: Jerrold Freedman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Charles Bronson stars as a U.S. Border Guard who is trying to protect the country from the millions of illegal Mexican immigrants who attempt to cross the border annually. He becomes involved in a murder hunt when his partner and a poor youth are murdered...
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 110 members
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  • White Buffalo on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Clint Walker,  Slim Pickens
    Director: J. Lee Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) and Crazy Horse (Will Sampson), two of the Wild West's most legendary figures, search for the fabled white beast--and their own salvation--in this J. Lee Thompson film. WHITE BUFFALO also features Jack Warden, Kim Novak, and Slim Pickens.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 261 members
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  • Chino on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  Vincent Van Patten
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In New Mexico, circa 1880, a lonesome rancher named Chino decides he's ready to have a family. First he adopts a teenage boy, then goes searching for a spouse. But when Chino meets the love of his life, there's no fairy tale ending. That's because the woman's brother is willing to do anything to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 110 members
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  • Telefon (1977)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Lee Remick,  Donald Pleasence
    Director: Don Siegel,  Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 7 members
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  • Breakheart Pass on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Ben Johnson,  Richard Crenna
    Director: Tom Gries
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A muscular Western featuring the fisticuffs of Bronson. In 1870, the soldiers at an Army outpost in Utah are supposedly suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A train heads toward the fort filled with soldiers, medical supplies and Bronson, an undercover agent posing as an arrested criminal. There, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 361 members
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  • Hard Times on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  James Coburn
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Hill's first feature is a picturesque action film about a bareknuckle streetfighter (Bronson) who drifts into Depression-era New Orleans and hooks up with a small-time gambler. The gambler takes over the boxer's career, arranging illegal fights and involving him in a scheme to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 602 members
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  • Mr. Majestyk on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Al Lettieri,  Linda Cristal
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Vietnam vet and ex-con Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) just wants to live quietly on his Colorado farm, where he hires migrant pickers to harvest his melon crop. When he won't replace them with pickers provided by small-time racketeer Bobby Kopas (Paul Koslo), Kopas threatens him with a rifle. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 497 members
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  • Death Wish on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Hope Lange,  Vincent Gardenia
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This drama about a man who takes the law into his own hands was wildly controversial upon first release, sparking much debate about the perceived pro-vigilante stance of the story, and established Charles Bronson as a major box office draw in the United States. Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,493 member
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  • The Mechanic on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Keenan Wynn,  Jan-Michael Vincent
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is a "mechanic"--a hired killer. And he's the best at what he does, for he exterminates his targets in uniquely violent ways. But the 50ish Bishop is about to retire, so he takes on a young apprentice named Steve McKenna (Jan Michael Vincent). However, the mechanic ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 892 members
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  • The Valachi Papers on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Lino Ventura
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 164 members
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  • Chato's Land on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jack Palance,  Richard Basehart
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After killing a man in self-defenCe, Chato (Charles Bronson), a half-breed Apache, is on the run from a 13-man posse, because that man was the town Sheriff. Vowing to avenge the death of their fallen constable, they follow Chato into the wilderness. Living off the land, he outwits the riders ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 510 members
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  • Soleil Rouge on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Alain Delon,  Toshiro Mifune
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It is the 19th century, and two criminals, Link and Gotch, have a falling out after robbing a train. As a result, Gotch not only takes off with the money, but with a priceless golden sword owned by a Samurai passenger named Kuroda. Despite their cultural differences and initial hostility, Kuroda ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 519 members
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  • Red Sun on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Alain Delon,  Toshiro Mifune
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    It is the 19th century, and two criminals, Link and Gotch, have a falling out after robbing a train. As a result, Gotch not only takes off with the money, but with a priceless golden sword owned by a Samurai passenger named Kuroda. Despite their cultural differences and initial hostility, Kuroda ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 79 members
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  • Rider on the Rain on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Marlene Jobert,  Annie Cordy
    Director: Rene Clement
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    In a sleepy seaside resort of the South of France, Mellie, a beautiful young woman (Marlene Jobert, To Catch a Spy) is stalked and then raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. When the body is recovered, American military ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 108 members
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  • The Dirty Dozen on DVD (1967)
    Starring: Lee Marvin,  Ernest Borgnine,  Charles Bronson
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom...if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad of Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Trini Lopez, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker and more in the all-time ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 5,644 members
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  • 4 For Texas on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Frank Sinatra,  Dean Martin,  Anita Ekberg
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When con men Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) team up to open a gambling den, they quickly realize that business in the wild West isn’t so easy. Both miscreant banker Harvey Burden (Victor Buono) and loose-cannon gunman Matson (Charles Bronson) are out to stifle Zack and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 64 members
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  • The Great Escape on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Charles Bronson,  James Garner
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 25,367 members
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  • Kid Galahad on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Lola Albright,  Charles Bronson
    Director: Phil Karlson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A musical remake of the 1937 film with Edward G. Robinson. Here, a typically naive Presley stumbles out of the army and into the waiting arms of a boxing coach who molds him into a powerhouse fighter. But the King really just wants to settle down and start a family.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 425 members
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  • The Magnificent Seven on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Yul Brynner,  Steve McQueen,  Robert Vaughn
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 10,196 members
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  • The Magnificent Seven - Blu-ray (1960)
    Starring: Yul Brynner,  Steve McQueen,  Robert Vaughn
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 43 members
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  • Jubal on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Glenn Ford,  Ernest Borgnine,  Rod Steiger
    Director: Delmer Daves
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jubal could just as easily have been titled Othello Out West, even though it was officially based on a novel by Paul I. Wellman. The Othello counterpart is likable (and extremely gullible) ranch owner Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine). Horgan hires handsome drifter Cassioer, Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 14 members
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  • Never So Few on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Frank Sinatra,  Gina Lollobrigida,  Steve McQueen
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Captain Tom Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) and his band of skilled O.S.S. operatives are in World War II Burma to train the Kachin natives in modern warfare. But jungle combat is more gruelling than Reynolds ever imagined, and after Chinese rebels cross the border to loot and murder American soldiers, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 152 members
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  • Lola / The Witness on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Susan George,  Jack Hawkins
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features two movies on one DVD. In LOLA, a middle-aged writer falls in love with a 16-year old English nymphet. Boasting a strong performance from Charles Bronson as the writer. In THE WITNESS, a young boy who has witnessed the crime for which his father is being wrongly accused attempts to free ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 79 members
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  • Miss Sadie Thompson on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Rita Hayworth,  Jose Ferrer,  Charles Bronson
    Director: Curtis Bernhardt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Life is dull for a squad of Marines stationed on a sleepy South Pacific island, but their routine is turned upside-down with the arrival of Sadie Thompson (Rita Hayworth), a fun-loving gal who is stuck in Hawaii for a week as she waits for the ship that will take her to her new job as a nightclub ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 146 members
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Charles Bronson facts

5 most recent films

Death Wish 5: The Face of Death - 2.5 stars
Donato and Daughter - 2.0 stars
The Indian Runner - 3.0 stars
Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects - 2.5 stars
Messenger Of Death - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Once Upon A Time In The West - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Great Escape - 4.0 stars
The Magnificent Seven - 3.5 stars
The Dirty Dozen - 3.5 stars
Once Upon A Time In The West - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Donato and Daughter - 2.0 stars
Someone Behind the Door - 2.0 stars
Charles Bronson Film Collection - 2.5 stars
The Sandpiper - 3.0 stars
Telefon - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jill Ireland - 17 times - show films
James Coburn - 10 times - show films
Steve McQueen - 10 times - show films
Donald Pleasence - 7 times - show films
Yul Brynner - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Buzz Kulik - 14 times - show films
Lamont Johnson - 13 times - show films
John Sturges - 12 times - show films
J. Lee Thompson - 8 times - show films
none - 7 times - show films