Best Lee Van Cleef movies
Today we present the best Lee Van Cleef movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen ... and that you love! Let's go there with the best movies from Lee Van Cleef:
TOP 25: Speed Zone
Lee Van Cleef as: Rock-Skipping Grandfather
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1989
An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
TOP 24: It Conquered the World
Lee Van Cleef as: Dr. Tom Anderson
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 1956
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist.
TOP 23: The Octagon
Lee Van Cleef as: McCarn
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller
Release: 1980
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
TOP 22: The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Lee Van Cleef as: Marshal Chris Adams
Genre: Western
Release: 1972
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
TOP 21: Return of Sabata
Original Title: È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta!
Lee Van Cleef as: Sabata / Major
Genre: Western
Release: 1971
Master gunslinger Sabata arrives in Hobsonville, a town completely owned by McIntock, a robber baron who is taxing the inhabitants for the cost of future improvements to the town. Or that's what McIntock says he'll do with the money...
TOP 20: The Grand Duel
Original Title: Il grande duello
Lee Van Cleef as: Sheriff Clayton
Genre: Western
Release: 1972
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
TOP 19: Sabata
Original Title: Ehi amico... c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso!
Lee Van Cleef as: Sabata
Genre: Western, Action
Release: 1969
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
TOP 18: The Bravados
Lee Van Cleef as: Alfonso Parral
Genre: Drama, Action, Western
Release: 1958
Jim is a rancher and a widower, and he rides into Rio Arriba, where four men are awaiting execution. He wants to see the hanging, but the town has issued instructions to only allow the hangman to enter. They have never had an execution before, so they have brought in a man from outside town to do the job.
TOP 17: Ride Lonesome
Lee Van Cleef as: Frank
Genre: Action, Western
Release: 1959
A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Brigade stops at a staging post, where he saves the manager's wife from an Indian attack, and enlists the help of two outlaws to continue his journey more safely.
TOP 16: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Lee Van Cleef as: Corp. Stone
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
Release: 1953
An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City.
TOP 15: Pardners
Lee Van Cleef as: Gus
Genre: Comedy, Western
Release: 1956
Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.
TOP 14: The Young Lions
Lee Van Cleef as: 1st Sgt. Rickett
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Release: 1958
The Young Lions follows the lives of three soldiers: one German and two Americans, paralleling their experiences in World War II until they meet up at the end for a confrontation
TOP 13: Day of Anger
Original Title: I giorni dell'ira
Lee Van Cleef as: Frank Talby
Genre: Western
Release: 1967
Lee Van Cleef stars as Talby, a sadistic gunfighter who rides into town and takes on a young outcast as his apprentice.
TOP 12: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Lee Van Cleef as: Ed Bailey
Genre: Western
Release: 1957
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
TOP 11: Kansas City Confidential
Lee Van Cleef as: Tony Romano
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1952
A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.
TOP 10: Death Rides a Horse
Original Title: Da uomo a uomo
Lee Van Cleef as: Ryan
Genre: Western
Release: 1967
Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill's tragedy.
TOP 9: How the West Was Won
Lee Van Cleef as: River Pirate
Genre: Western
Release: 1962
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
TOP 8: Escape from New York
Lee Van Cleef as: Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Release: 1981
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict to rescue him.
TOP 7: The Big Combo
Lee Van Cleef as: Fante
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Release: 1955
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
TOP 6: The Tin Star
Lee Van Cleef as: Ed McGaffey
Genre: Western, Romance
Release: 1957
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
TOP 5: The Big Gundown
Original Title: La resa dei conti
Lee Van Cleef as: Jonathan Corbett
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
TOP 4: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Lee Van Cleef as: Reese
Genre: Western
Release: 1962
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
TOP 3: High Noon
Lee Van Cleef as: Jack Colby
Genre: Western, Thriller
Release: 1952
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
TOP 2: For a Few Dollars More
Original Title: Per qualche dollaro in più
Lee Van Cleef as: Col. Douglas Mortimer
Genre: Western
Release: 1965
Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories, and his gang.
TOP 1: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Original Title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Lee Van Cleef as: Sentenza / Angel Eyes
Genre: Western
Release: 1966
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.