Best Franco Nero movies
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TOP 25:
Massacre Time
Original Title: Le colt cantarono la morte e fu... tempo di massacro
Franco Nero as: Tom Corbett
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
In 1866 New Mexico, Tom Corbett is a prospector who is called back to his hometown in Laramie Town, Texas at the bequest of a old family friend. Tom arrives in the town to see it under the control of a ruthless and greedy gangster named Jason Scott, who's psychotic and murder-crazed son, Junior Scott, runs it with fear with a posse of thugs who kill anyone who protests their business tactics. Tom finds his brother Jeff, a drunkard looked after by their family maid Mercedes. Tom then tries to persuade Jeff to help him take down the sadistic Scotts so the town can rest easy in peace and harmony again.
Franco Nero as: Tom Corbett
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
In 1866 New Mexico, Tom Corbett is a prospector who is called back to his hometown in Laramie Town, Texas at the bequest of a old family friend. Tom arrives in the town to see it under the control of a ruthless and greedy gangster named Jason Scott, who's psychotic and murder-crazed son, Junior Scott, runs it with fear with a posse of thugs who kill anyone who protests their business tactics. Tom finds his brother Jeff, a drunkard looked after by their family maid Mercedes. Tom then tries to persuade Jeff to help him take down the sadistic Scotts so the town can rest easy in peace and harmony again.
TOP 24:
The Last Four Days
Original Title: Mussolini: Ultimo atto
Franco Nero as: Walter Audisio
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1974
The true story of the greatest manhunt of the century!
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rod Steiger movies?
Franco Nero as: Walter Audisio
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1974
The true story of the greatest manhunt of the century!
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Rod Steiger movies?
TOP 23:
Iceman
Original Title: Der Mann aus dem Eis
Franco Nero as: Ditob
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Release: 2017
The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. A Neolithic clan leader must avenge the massacre of his people and theft of his holy shrine.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gavin Casalegno movies?
Franco Nero as: Ditob
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Release: 2017
The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. A Neolithic clan leader must avenge the massacre of his people and theft of his holy shrine.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gavin Casalegno movies?
TOP 22:
The Lost City of Z
Franco Nero as: Baron de Gondoriz
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Release: 2016
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Harry Melling movies?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Release: 2016
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Harry Melling movies?
TOP 21:
Force 10 from Navarone
Franco Nero as: Lescovar
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Release: 1978
Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Edward Fox movies?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Release: 1978
Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Edward Fox movies?
TOP 20:
Camelot
Franco Nero as: Lancelot Du Lac
Genre: Adventure, Music, Romance
Release: 1967
The romance between Guinevere and Lancelot destroys King Arthur's dream kingdom.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jessalyn Gilsig movies?
Genre: Adventure, Music, Romance
Release: 1967
The romance between Guinevere and Lancelot destroys King Arthur's dream kingdom.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jessalyn Gilsig movies?
TOP 19:
Companeros
Original Title: Vamos a matar, compañeros
Franco Nero as: Yodlaf Peterson
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Release: 1970
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jack Palance movies?
Franco Nero as: Yodlaf Peterson
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Release: 1970
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jack Palance movies?
TOP 18:
White Fang
Original Title: Zanna Bianca
Franco Nero as: Jason Scott
Genre: Adventure, Western, Family
Release: 1973
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Susan Hogan movies?
Franco Nero as: Jason Scott
Genre: Adventure, Western, Family
Release: 1973
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Susan Hogan movies?
TOP 17:
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Original Title: Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling
Franco Nero as: Enrico Puzzo
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 2009
A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bud Spencer movies?
Franco Nero as: Enrico Puzzo
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 2009
A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bud Spencer movies?
TOP 16:
Querelle
Franco Nero as: Lieutenant Seblon
Genre: Drama
Release: 1982
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud, and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drug-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel run by the rapacious Lysiane, who leads Querelle into his first homosexual encounter. Then, Querelle has become vulnerable and soft, and soon the once powerful object of passion comes to belong to Seblon.
Genre: Drama
Release: 1982
Here is the story of a beautiful, proud, and tough loner, a sailor named Querelle, whose commanding officer Seblon worships and desires him from afar. Querelle turns on his drug-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel run by the rapacious Lysiane, who leads Querelle into his first homosexual encounter. Then, Querelle has become vulnerable and soft, and soon the once powerful object of passion comes to belong to Seblon.
TOP 15:
The Dragon Ring
Original Title: Desideria e l'anello del drago
Franco Nero as: Dragon King
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Release: 1994
The Dragon Ring is an italian film of two parts. It's about Desideria, the dragon king's daughter and Selvaggia, her adopted and magical sister. To get the dragon ring after the death of her father, Desideria needs to marry, but she can't find a husband, so Selvaggia sees her chance to get the ring with all its powers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Stefania Sandrelli movies?
Franco Nero as: Dragon King
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Release: 1994
The Dragon Ring is an italian film of two parts. It's about Desideria, the dragon king's daughter and Selvaggia, her adopted and magical sister. To get the dragon ring after the death of her father, Desideria needs to marry, but she can't find a husband, so Selvaggia sees her chance to get the ring with all its powers.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Stefania Sandrelli movies?
TOP 14:
Hitch Hike
Original Title: Autostop rosso sangue
Franco Nero as: Walter Mancini
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1977
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
Franco Nero as: Walter Mancini
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1977
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
TOP 13:
Letters to Juliet
Franco Nero as: Lorenzo Bartolini
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2010
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gael García Bernal movies?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2010
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gael García Bernal movies?
TOP 12:
Die Hard 2
Franco Nero as: General Ramon Esperanza
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release: 1990
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Colm Meaney movies?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Release: 1990
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Colm Meaney movies?
TOP 11:
Keoma
Franco Nero as: Keoma
Genre: Action, Western
Release: 1976
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.
Genre: Action, Western
Release: 1976
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.
TOP 10:
The Day of the Owl
Original Title: Il giorno della civetta
Franco Nero as: Capitano Bellodi
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1968
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Claudia Cardinale movies?
Franco Nero as: Capitano Bellodi
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1968
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Claudia Cardinale movies?
TOP 9:
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Franco Nero as: Abel
Genre: Drama
Release: 1966
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best George C. Scott movies?
Genre: Drama
Release: 1966
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best George C. Scott movies?
TOP 8:
The Mercenary
Original Title: Il mercenario
Franco Nero as: Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western, War
Release: 1968
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
Franco Nero as: Sergei Kowalski, The Polish
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western, War
Release: 1968
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
TOP 7:
John Wick: Chapter 2
Franco Nero as: Julius
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2017
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2017
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
TOP 6:
Tristana
Franco Nero as: Horacio
Genre: Drama
Release: 1970
Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio. Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos.
Genre: Drama
Release: 1970
Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope, a protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio. Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos.
TOP 5:
The Collini Case
Original Title: Der Fall Collini
Franco Nero as: Fabrizio Collini
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2019
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Franco Nero as: Fabrizio Collini
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2019
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
TOP 4:
Django
Franco Nero as: Django
Genre: Action, Western
Release: 1966
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
Genre: Action, Western
Release: 1966
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
TOP 3:
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Franco Nero as: Himself
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2014
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two movie-obsessed cousins from Israel who became Hollywood’s ultimate gate-crashers. Following their own skewed version of the Great American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ratcheted up its production to become so synonymous with schlock that the very sight of its iconic logo made audiences boo throughout the 1980s. And yet who could have foreseen how close they came to nearly taking over Hollywood and the UK film industry?
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2014
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were two movie-obsessed cousins from Israel who became Hollywood’s ultimate gate-crashers. Following their own skewed version of the Great American Dream, they bought an already low-rent brand – Cannon Films – and ratcheted up its production to become so synonymous with schlock that the very sight of its iconic logo made audiences boo throughout the 1980s. And yet who could have foreseen how close they came to nearly taking over Hollywood and the UK film industry?
TOP 2:
I Knew Her Well
Original Title: Io la conoscevo bene
Franco Nero as: Italo - The garage attendant
Genre: Drama
Release: 1965
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
Franco Nero as: Italo - The garage attendant
Genre: Drama
Release: 1965
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
TOP 1:
Django Unchained
Franco Nero as: Amerigo Vessepi
Genre: Drama, Western
Release: 2012
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Genre: Drama, Western
Release: 2012
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
If you like the best Franco Nero movies, then you will also like the best James Remar movies, where many of their films coincide.
