The 70+ Best Ernest Borgnine Movies

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List of the best Ernest Borgnine movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Ernest Borgnine's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Ernest Borgnine movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Ernest Borgnine movies will be at the top of the list. Ernest Borgnine has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Ernest Borgnine movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Ernest Borgnine films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Ernest Borgnine role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Ernest Borgnine performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

This list below has a variety of films in it, from 11'09"01 September 11 to A Bullet for Sandoval.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Ernest Borgnine movies?" and "What are the greatest Ernest Borgnine roles of all time?"

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  • Marty
    1
    Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Jerry Paris
    59 votes
    A shy Italian-American butcher's attempts to find love.
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Delbert Mann
  • The Dirty Dozen
    2
    Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
    49 votes
    As D-Day approaches, Colonel Breed hands the roguish Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) an important assignment: He must train a team of soldiers to parachute across enemy lines and assassinate German personnel at a French chateau. The soldiers, recruited from murderers, rapists and criminals on death row, are promised commuted sentences. In spite of their history, the 12 men prove a spirited and courageous unit. Led by Major Reisman, they will exact revenge.
    • Released: 1967
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • The Wild Bunch
    3
    William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan
    37 votes
    In this gritty Western classic, aging outlaw Pike Bishop (William Holden) prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, which includes Dutch Engstrom (Ernest Borgnine) and brothers Lyle (Warren Oates) and Tector Gorch (Ben Johnson), Bishop discovers the heist is a setup orchestrated in part by his old partner, Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them, resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.
    • Released: 1969
    • Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
  • The Flight of the Phoenix
    4
    James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
    31 votes
    Tense tale about a group of men who are left stranded in the middle of the Arabian desert after a plane crash. Their only hope of survival is to rebuild the craft so that, phoenix-like, she may fly again and carry them to safety, but can the captain and navigator calm the passengers as tension mounts and time starts to run out?
    • Released: 1965
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
    5
    Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
    35 votes
    When John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy), a one-armed war veteran, arrives in the small desert town of Black Rock, he's not greeted warmly. Searching for a man named Komoko, Macreedy is met with disdain by virtually every local, including the resident thug, Hector David (Lee Marvin), and the imposing Reno Smith (Robert Ryan). As Macreedy's investigation deepens, hostility turns to violence -- and to imminent danger for the mysterious and inquisitive stranger.
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: John Sturges
  • From Here to Eternity
    6
    Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr
    33 votes
    At an Army barracks in Hawaii in the days preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor, lone-wolf soldier and boxing champion "Prew" Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) refuses to box, preferring to play the bugle instead. Hard-hearted Capt. Holmes (Philip Ober) subjects Prew to a grueling series of punishments while, unknown to Holmes, the gruff but fair Sgt. Warden (Burt Lancaster) engages in a clandestine affair with the captain's mistreated wife (Deborah Kerr).
    • Released: 1953
    • Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
  • Emperor of the North Pole
    7
    Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine
    30 votes
    A legendary hobo, A No.1 (Lee Marvin) is renowned for his expertise in riding the rails for free, but he meets his match with Shack (Ernest Borgnine), a fierce railroad conductor who mercilessly kicks stowaways off of his train. Joined by brash young hobo Cigaret (Keith Carradine), A No.1 manages to elude Shack but issues a challenge to the heavily armed conductor, announcing that he will ride the train for its entire route, leading to a violent showdown between the two strong-willed men.
    • Released: 1973
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • The Poseidon Adventure
    8
    Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters
    36 votes
    En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead, surviving passengers, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman), band together in the ship's ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires, flooding, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave.
    • Released: 1972
    • Directed by: Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen
  • The Catered Affair
    9
    Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds
    12 votes
    When Jane (Debbie Reynolds) tells her parents that she is getting married to Ralph Halloran (Rod Taylor), her mother, Agnes (Bette Davis), starts planning an elaborate wedding, even though Jane does not wish it. Another complication is that Jane's father, Tom (Ernest Borgnine), is a cabdriver and cannot afford an expensive catered wedding. As Agnes starts inviting more guests and the arrangements become more complicated, it creates tension with both her daughter and her husband.
    • Released: 1956
    • Directed by: Richard Brooks
  • Vera Cruz
    10
    Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel
    16 votes
    Following the American Civil War, veteran Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and gunslinger Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are just two of many men who head to Mexico as mercenaries. When Emperor Maximillian (George Macready) recruits their services, they reluctantly work together, since the price is right. Trane and Erin are to escort Countess Marie Duvarre (Denise Darcel) to Vera Cruz -- but when they find a wealth of gold hidden in the stagecoach, the original plan no longer applies.
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • A Grandpa for Christmas
    11

    A Grandpa for Christmas

    Ernest Borgnine, Katherine Helmond, Jamie Farr
    9 votes
    A Grandpa For Christmas is a 2007 Hallmark Channel original TV film starring Ernest Borgnine and Juliette Goglia.
    • Released: 2007
    • Directed by: Harvey Frost
  • Ice Station Zebra
    12
    Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan
    21 votes
    A US submarine is dispatched to the frozen wastes of the North Pole to recover a Soviet satellite crammed full of strategic snapshots of US bases. The Cold War atmosphere becomes even chillier as the sub, with a Russian expatriate, a British secret agent and an American marine captain on board, is sabotaged en route.
    • Released: 1968
    • Directed by: John Sturges
  • The Badlanders
    13
    Ernest Borgnine, Alan Ladd, Katy Jurado
    14 votes
    The Badlanders is a western caper film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine. It was written by Richard Collins, based upon the novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett.
    • Released: 1958
    • Directed by: Delmer Daves
  • Barabbas
    14
    Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy
    17 votes
    Epic biblical tale about the criminal who was released by Pontius Pilate in preference to Jesus, prior to the Crucifixion. The action follows Barabbas after his lucky escape, his return to crime and his subsequent recapture and imprisonment in the sulphur mines. Based on the novel by Swedish writer Par Lagerkvist.
    • Released: 1962
    • Directed by: Richard Fleischer
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
    15
    Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Patricia Neal
    17 votes
    At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer (Richard Thomas) is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside. The film is based on the classic novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
    • Released: 1979
    • Directed by: Delbert Mann
  • Escape from New York
    16
    Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Adrienne Barbeau
    23 votes
    In the dystopian flick Escape from New York, we're thrust into a future where Manhattan is a maximum-security prison. The protagonist, Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a renowned ex-soldier turned convict, is given 24 hours to rescue the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) after Air Force One crashes in this urban wasteland. A thrilling blend of science fiction and action, this film boasts director John Carpenter's signature style - gritty, suspenseful, and unflinchingly raw. It's a high-stakes mission against time and danger, with Snake navigating through treacherous gangs and deadly traps in his quest for survival and redemption.
    • Released: 1981
    • Directed by: John Carpenter
  • The Vikings
    17
    Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
    21 votes
    Viking Prince Einar (Kirk Douglas) doesn't know it, but his most fearsome enemy, the slave Eric (Tony Curtis), is actually his half brother. Their feud only intensifies when Einar kidnaps Princess Morgana (Janet Leigh), the intended bride of the brutal King Aella (Frank Thring). Einar intends to make the beautiful girl his own. Unfortunately for him, Morgana has eyes only for Eric -- leading to much bloodshed and the capture of their father, King Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine).
    • Released: 1958
    • Directed by: Richard Fleischer
  • Demetrius and the Gladiators
    18
    Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie
    15 votes
    In this sequel to "The Robe," the corrupt emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) believes that the sacred robe of Christ has magical powers, and will stop at nothing to obtain it. When Demetrius (Victor Mature) refuses to help Caligula find the holy object, Caligula has him arrested and forces him to fight in the arena in battles to the death. As Demetrius faces trial after trial, his faith in Christ is pushed to its limits, as he sees no point in the endless suffering he is forced to endure.
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Delmer Daves
  • Hustle
    19
    Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson
    6 votes
    The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger (Sharon Kelly) is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines (Burt Reynolds) is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers (Eddie Albert). Hollinger's father (Ben Johnson), however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.
    • Released: 1975
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • Bunny O'Hare
    20
    Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy
    6 votes
    Bunny (Bette Davis), a widow, turns to a life of crime after the bank forecloses on her house and she discovers that her grown children have frittered away her life's savings. Then she crosses paths with Bill Green (Ernest Borgnine), who is interested in harvesting the metal from the house's plumbing fixtures. Eventually, Bunny discovers that Bill is actually a bank robber wanted by the police, but rather than turn him in, she asks to learn the art of thievery, and soon they become a team.
    • Released: 1971
    • Directed by: Gerd Oswald
  • An All Dogs Christmas Carol
    21
    Steven Weber, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton
    6 votes
    In this animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic book, Christmas is coming, and pooch pals Itchy (Dom DeLuise), Charlie Barkin (Steve Weber) and Sasha (Sheena Easton) decide to raise enough cash for injured pup Timmy to get a much-needed operation. Unfortunately, mean-spirited canines Carface (Ernest Borgnine) and Killer (Charles Nelson Reilly) rob the kindhearted dogs before they can give Timmy his present, prompting Charlie and the gang to concoct a ghostly plan to retrieve their money.
    • Released: 1998
    • Directed by: Paul Sabella
  • Marty
    22
    Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell
    6 votes
    This acclaimed romantic drama follows the life of Marty Piletti (Ernest Borgnine), a stout bachelor butcher who lives with his mother (Esther Minciotti) in the Bronx. Always unlucky in love, Marty reluctantly goes out to a ballroom one night and meets a nice teacher named Clara (Betsy Blair). Though Marty and Clara hit it off, his relatives discourage him from pursuing the relationship, and he must decide between his family's approval or a shot at finding romance.
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Delbert Mann
  • Torpedo Run
    23

    Torpedo Run

    Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster
    6 votes
    Lieutenant Commander Barney Doyle is in charge of the submarine whose task it is to destroy the Shinaru, the Japanese aircraft carrier which launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle undertakes this mission, despite the fact that there is a transport in the way which is carrying his wife and child, captured by the enemy and being used as a shield to protect their vessel.
    • Released: 1958
    • Directed by: Joseph Pevney
  • The Last Command
    24

    The Last Command

    Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson
    10 votes
    In this fact-based film, legendary Texan Jim Bowie (Sterling Hayden) attempts to come to a nonviolent compromise with Mexican President Santa Anna (J. Carrol Naish), but the negotiations soon turn sour. Consuelo de Quesada (Anna Maria Alberghetti), a Mexican girl with close ties to Jim, then warns him that Santa Ana's men are planning to invade. So Jim, Davy Crockett (Arthur Hunnicutt) and a tiny crew of courageous Texans hide out in an abandoned mission, awaiting the violent confrontation.
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Frank Lloyd
  • When Time Ran Out
    25
    Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden
    9 votes
    An oil driller (Paul Newman) leads a dash for high ground when time runs out on a resort island's dormant volcano.
    • Released: 1980
    • Directed by: James Goldstone
  • Willard
    26
    Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Elsa Lanchester
    8 votes
    Nagged by his mother (Elsa Lanchester), bullied by his boss (Ernest Borgnine), a young man (Bruce Davison) trains mansion rats to kill for him.
    • Released: 1971
    • Directed by: Daniel Mann
  • Jubal
    27
    Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger
    8 votes
    Searching for work, cowboy Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) arrives in a small town, where he badly injures his hand. Fortunately, a local rancher, Shep Horgan (Ernest Borgnine), is willing to employ Troop despite the injury. Horgan and Troop work together amicably, but Horgan's two-timing wife (Valerie French) threatens to create discord when she becomes interested in Troop, although he really loves another woman. A jealous cowhand (Rod Steiger) complicates matters by spreading lies.
    • Released: 1956
    • Directed by: Delmer Daves
  • The Devil's Rain
    28
    Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino
    7 votes
    A murdered family's patriarch seeks revenge upon an Arizona coven that captures souls and worships Satan.
    • Released: 1975
    • Directed by: Robert Feust
  • Hannie Caulder
    29
    Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine
    12 votes
    In the Wild West, vicious but bumbling bandit brothers Emmett (Ernest Borgnine), Frank (Jack Elam) and Rufus Clemens (Strother Martin) botch a heist, and in anger they rape local woman Hannie Caulder (Raquel Welch), murder her spouse and destroy her home. Set on retribution, Hannie seeks out bounty hunter Thomas Luther Price (Robert Culp), who helps her learn to shoot -- a skill she that she'll need as she attempts to track down and take out the merciless Clemens brothers.
    • Released: 1971
    • Directed by: Burt Kennedy
  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
    30
    Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Randall "Tex" Cobb
    4 votes
    The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission is a 1987 made-for-TV film and is the second sequel to the original The Dirty Dozen. It features an all-new 'dirty dozen,' this time under the leadership of Major Wright, playing a different role than in the 1967 film. Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
    • Released: 1987
    • Directed by: Lee H. Katzin
  • The Bounty Hunter
    31
    Randolph Scott, Dolores Dorn, Marie Windsor
    6 votes
    Jim Kipp (Randolph Scott) is a bounty hunter hired to find three robbers who committed a daring heist three years ago. When he arrives in a small town near the robbery, he senses that the thieves may be living there. However, many of the townspeople -- including Dr. Spencer (Harry Antrim), his daughter, Julie (Dolores Dorn), and barmaid Alice (Marie Windsor) -- are put on edge by Kipp's presence and want him gone. Kipp perseveres, hatching a plan that he thinks will draw out the bandits.
    • Released: 1954
    • Directed by: Andre de Toth
  • Blueberry
    32
    Vincent Cassel, Michael Madsen, Juliette Lewis
    9 votes
    Mike Blueberry (Vincent Cassel) returns to his frontier town with a score to settle. Years before, as a young man, he was ousted by local tough guy Wallace Blount (Michael Madsen) because they'd both fallen for the same prostitute. Now Mike has become the town marshal, determined to preserve law and order. And when a nefarious group of men -- including Blount and an oddball named Prosit (Eddie Izzard) -- appear in town on a search for treasure, Blueberry prepares for battle.
    • Released: 2004
    • Directed by: Jan Kounen
  • The Greatest
    33
    Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Ernest Borgnine
    7 votes
    The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The footage of the boxing matches themselves are largely the actual footage from the time involved. The song "The Greatest Love of All" was written for this film and sung by George Benson; it was later remade by Whitney Houston as "Greatest Love of All". The movie is based on a book written by Muhammad Ali, Herbert Muhammad and Richard Durham.
    • Released: 1977
    • Directed by: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman
  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
    34
    Angela Lansbury, Ernest Borgnine, Anne Baxter
    4 votes
    Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a 1959 Australian-British film directed by Leslie Norman and is based on the Ray Lawler play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. In the USA the film was released under the title Season of Passion.
    • Released: 1959
    • Directed by: Leslie Norman
  • Deadly Blessing
    35
    Maren Jensen, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Buckner
    4 votes
    Friends visit a recent widow (Maren Jensen) who is frightened by the leader (Ernest Borgnine) of a neo-Hittite sect.
    • Released: 1981
    • Directed by: Wes Craven
  • The Legend of Lylah Clare
    36
    Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine
    4 votes
    A renowned actress who died years earlier, Lylah Clare (Kim Novak) is the subject of a film masterminded by movie producer Barney Sheean (Ernest Borgnine). Remarkably, Sheean manages to find Elsa Brinkmann (also Novak), a beautiful woman who looks just like Lylah, and he sets about getting the movie off the ground. Directing the film is Lylah's ex-husband, Lewis Zarkan (Peter Finch), who begins to fall for Elsa as he coaches her on how to act like his late wife.
    • Released: 1968
    • Directed by: Robert Aldrich
  • Laser Mission
    37
    Ernest Borgnine, Brandon Lee, Debi A. Monahan
    4 votes
    Laser Mission is a 1989 American action film directed by BJ Davis, starring Brandon Lee and Ernest Borgnine. The film was released under the title Soldier of Fortune.
    • Released: 1989
    • Directed by: BJ Davis
  • Pest of the West
    38

    Pest of the West

    Ernest Borgnine, Clancy Brown, Brian Doyle-Murray
    4 votes
    While researching his family tree, SpongeBob discovers he was related to a Western hero, SpongeBuck. Flashback to SpongeBuck arriving in Bikini Gulch around 1882 and going head-to-head against dastardly Dead-Eye Plankton!
    • Released: 2008
    • Directed by: Tom King, Dan Povenmire, C.H. Greenblatt, Luke Brookshier, Andrew Overtoom
  • The Last Judgement
    39
    Ernest Borgnine, Jack Palance, Vittorio De Sica
    4 votes
    The Last Judgement is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine; Greek Melina Mercouri and French Fernandel, Anouk Aimée and Lino Ventura. The film was a huge flop, massacred by critics and audiences when it was released. It was filmed in black and white, but the last sequence, the dance at theatre, is in color.
    • Released: 1961
    • Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
  • Man Hunt
    40
    Ernest Borgnine, Bo Svenson, Henry Silva
    6 votes
    Man Hunt is a 1985 Western drama film directed by Fabrizio De Angelis and starring Ethan Wayne, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson, and Ernest Borgnine.
    • Released: 1984
    • Directed by: Fabrizio De Angelis
  • Fire!
    41
    Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke
    4 votes
    Fire! is a 1977 action TV movie, made for NBC television and Warner Bros. Television, directed by Earl Bellamy, who directed other disaster film one year before, Flood!. The film's plot is about a convict who escapes from an Oregon road gang and starts a fire in a forest, which goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
    • Released: 1977
    • Directed by: Earl Bellamy
  • Ripped Off
    42

    Ripped Off

    Ernest Borgnine, Robert Blake, Catherine Spaak
    3 votes
    Ripped Off is a 1972 Italian crime film directed by Franco Prosperi and starring Robert Blake and Ernest Borgnine. Blake plays a young boxer who is framed for murdering his crooked manager. His only option is to escape from jail and find the real murderer himself.
    • Released: 1972
    • Directed by: Franco Prosperi
  • Crossed Swords
    43
    Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, Ernest Borgnine
    3 votes
    Crossed Swords is a 1977 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. It stars Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Raquel Welch and Sir Rex Harrison. The film was notable for featuring an all star cast of British and American actors in the supporting parts.
    • Released: 1977
    • Directed by: Richard Fleischer
  • High Risk
    44
    James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine, James Brolin
    3 votes
    High Risk is a 1981 American/Mexican/UK adventure/heist film directed by Stewart Raffill and stars James Brolin, Lindsay Wagner, Cleavon Little, James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine and Anthony Quinn.
    • Released: 1981
    • Directed by: Stewart Raffill
  • Night Club
    45

    Night Club

    Mickey Rooney, Ernest Borgnine, Natasha Lyonne
    3 votes
    Night Club is a 2011 comedy film written by Larry Delrose and Tom Hass and directed by Sam Borowski.
    • Released: 2011
    • Directed by: Sam Borowski
  • Skeleton Coast
    46
    Ernest Borgnine, Oliver Reed, Robert Vaughn
    3 votes
    Directed by John 'Bud' Cardos (1987) Starring Ernest Borgnine, Robert Vaughn, Oliver Reed A star-studded film that rings true during today's war on terror, starring Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch), Robert Vaughn (The Magnificent Seven, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Oliver Reed (The Three Musketeers, Gladiator). Retired Colonel Smith (Borgnine), along with his pack of mercenaries, set out ot rescue his CIA agent son, who has been taken prisoner by a terrorist army after a rebel uprising. The group must face a heavily armed fortress, and an East German officer who specializes in torture on Skeleton Coast, in order to save his life. Will the pack be able to stand up to the sadistic colonel (Vaughn) and other villainous scoundrels they must face along the way, or will they die trying? Skeleton Coast is The Dirty Dozen meets The Wild Bunch by way of Platoon.
    • Released: 1987
    • Directed by: John Cardos
  • Spike of Bensonhurst
    47

    Spike of Bensonhurst

    Ernest Borgnine, Talisa Soto, Sasha Mitchell
    3 votes
    Spike of Bensonhurst is a 1988 American comedy-drama and mafia film written and directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Sasha Mitchell. The film also features Ernest Borgnine, Maria Pitillo, and Talisa Soto.
    • Released: 1988
    • Directed by: Paul Morrissey
  • Barn Red
    48

    Barn Red

    Ernest Borgnine, Julie Kavner, Kimberly Norris-Guerrero
    3 votes
    • Released: 2003
    • Directed by: Richard Brauer
  • The Kiss of Debt
    49

    The Kiss of Debt

    Ernest Borgnine, Angelo Tsarouchas, Peter Michael Dillon
    3 votes
    • Released: 2000
    • Directed by: Derek Diorio
  • La Classe américaine
    50
    Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dustin Hoffman
    3 votes
    La Classe américaine, also known as Le Grand Détournement, is a 1993 French television film, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Dominique Mézerette. It consists exclusively of extracts of old Warner Bros. films, put together and dubbed with new lines so as to create an entirely new film.
    • Released: 1993
    • Directed by: Dominique Mezerette, Michel Hazanavicius
  • The Graduates of Malibu High
    51
    Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, Dick Shawn
    4 votes
    The Graduates of Malibu High is a low budget American action film starring James Van Patten, Mike Norris, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Roundtree, and Lynda Day George. It is known as Young Warriors in the United Kingdom. It was released theatrically by Cannon Films on August 28, 1983. It has only been released on VHS and on Laserdisc in the United Kingdom.
    • Released: 1983
    • Directed by: Lawrence D. Foldes
  • Ravagers
    52
    Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Art Carney
    4 votes
    Ravagers is a 1979 film directed by Richard Compton and based on the novel by Robert Edmond Alter. In the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust survivors do what they can to protect themselves against ravagers, a mutated group of vicious marauders who terrorize the few remaining civilized inhabitants.
    • Released: 1979
    • Directed by: Richard Compton
  • Pay or Die
    53

    Pay or Die

    Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin
    4 votes
    In the early 1900s, New York City mobsters intimidate local businesses in Little Italy, pressing their owners to pay protection fees or else risk injury to themselves and their property. Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine), an honest detective, heads the police Italian Squad, a team devoted to bringing these thugs to justice. Hoping to trace their roots to the notorious Sicilian Mafia, Petrosino nobly pursues the American mob -- whatever the consequences.
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: Richard Wilson
  • Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
    54
    Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine
    4 votes
    In a small southern town, locals resent the nearby presence of an Army base, mostly because of the trouble stirred up by enlisted men. Officer Michael M. Nace (Brian Keith) is in charge of community relations and thinks a dance might do the trick, but it only serves to rile up locals and soldiers even more. Things come to a head when the town sheriff (Ernest Borgnine) arrests Nace's buddy, Sgt. Gambroni (Tony Curtis). Jeopardizing his career, Nate borrows a tank in order to spring him.
    • Released: 1970
    • Directed by: Hy Averback
  • Wishing Well
    55

    Wishing Well

    Ernest Borgnine, Yeardley Smith, Charles Shaughnessy
    1 votes
    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: David Jackson
  • The Double McGuffin
    56
    Orson Welles, Ernest Borgnine, Elke Sommer
    2 votes
    The Double McGuffin is a 1979 film written and directed by Joe Camp. The film starred Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy, alongside a group of young actors, some of whom later became famous, including Lisa Whelchel, who would go on to star in the sitcom The Facts of Life. Elke Sommer and NFL stars Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and Lyle Alzado also appear in smaller roles. The film also included a young Vincent Spano as well as Dion Pride. An opening narration is provided by Orson Welles. The cast was rounded out by Chicago native Michael Gerard, and Dallas area child actors Greg Hodges and Jeff Nicholson.
    • Released: 1979
    • Directed by: Joe Camp
  • The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
    57

    The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

    Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Ken Wahl
    2 votes
    The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission is a made-for-TV film and sequel to the original Dirty Dozen, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and reuntiting Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel 18 years after the original hit war film. Marvin returns to lead an all-new dirty dozen on a mission to assassinate an SS General played by Wolf Kahler.
    • Released: 1985
    • Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
  • Oliviero Rising
    58
    Ernest Borgnine, Vincent Gallo, Burt Young
    2 votes
    Oliviero Rising is a 2007 film directed by Riki Roseo.
    • Released: 2007
    • Directed by: Riki Roseo
  • The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
    59
    Ernest Borgnine, Heather Thomas, Telly Savalas
    2 votes
    The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission is 1988 made-for-TV film and is the third sequel to the original The Dirty Dozen. It features an all-new 'dirty dozen,' with the exception of the returning Joe Stern, under the leadership of Major Wright.
    • Released: 1988
    • Directed by: Lee H. Katzin
  • Carpool
    60

    Carpool

    Ernest Borgnine, Harvey Korman, Peter Scolari
    2 votes
    • Released: 1983
    • Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
  • Run for Cover
    61

    Run for Cover

    James Cagney, Ernest Borgnine, John Derek
    2 votes
    Run for Cover is a 1955 film directed by Nicholas Ray.
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: Nicholas Ray
  • Airwolf: The Movie
    62

    Airwolf: The Movie

    Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, David Hemmings
    2 votes
    • Released: 1984
    • Directed by: Donald P. Bellisario
  • Mel
    63

    Mel

    Ernest Borgnine, Julie Hagerty, Greg Evigan
    2 votes
    Mel is a 1998 film directed by Joey Travolta, starring Ernest Borgnine, Julie Hagerty and Greg Evigan.
    • Released: 1998
    • Directed by: Joey Travolta
  • 2012 Battle for Supremacy
    64

    2012 Battle for Supremacy

    Ernest Borgnine, Brian Shotwell, Xu Razer
    2 votes
    2012 Battle for Supremacy is a 2010 sci-fi film written and directed by Brennan Reed.
    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: Brennan Reed
  • Frozen Stupid
    65

    Frozen Stupid

    Ernest Borgnine, Teri Clark, Kimberly Norris-Guerrero
    2 votes
    Frozen Stupid is a 2008 comedy television film starring Ernest Borgnine, Joey Albright, and Kimberly Guerrero, with Michelle Mountain, Randall Godwin, and Will David Young. The film was directed, written, and produced by Richard Brauer.
    • Released: 2008
    • Directed by: Richard Brauer
  • Code Name: Wild Geese
    66

    Code Name: Wild Geese

    Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski
    2 votes
    Code Name: Wild Geese is a 1984 Italian "macaroni combat" war film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins.
    • Released: 1984
    • Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
  • The Trail to Hope Rose
    67
    Ernest Borgnine, Lee Majors, Lou Diamond Phillips
    2 votes
    The Trail to Hope Rose is a 2004 western film written by Kevin Cutts and directed by David S. Cass Sr..
    • Released: 2004
    • Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
  • A Bullet for Sandoval
    68

    A Bullet for Sandoval

    Ernest Borgnine, George Hilton, Alberto De Mendozo
    2 votes
    Upon hearing that his Mexican lover, Rosa (Annabella Incontrera), is both pregnant with his child and deathly sick from cholera, Confederate soldier John Warner (George Hilton) deserts the army alongside his friends, Sam (Antonio Pica) and Lucky (Alberto De Mendozo). Facing down Rosa's father, Don Pedro Sandoval (Ernest Borgnine), who had refused to let his daughter marry a white man, Warner and his fellow fugitives swear vengeance on her family after learning of Rosa's death.
    • Released: 1969
    • Directed by: Julio Buchs
  • Natale In Casa D'Appuntamento
    69

    Natale In Casa D'Appuntamento

    Ernest Borgnine, Corinne Cléry, Silvia Dionisio
    2 votes
    • Released: 1976
    • Directed by: Armando Nannuzzi
  • Another Harvest Moon
    70
    Cybill Shepherd, Ernest Borgnine, Piper Laurie
    2 votes
    Four senior citizens struggle to reconcile a lifetime of memories and a fierce sense of self-sufficiency in the twilight of their lives.
    • Released: 2009
    • Directed by: Greg Swartz
  • Red and White: Gone with the West
    71

    Red and White: Gone with the West

    Ernest Borgnine, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
    2 votes
    • Released: 2007
    • Directed by: Jean-Christophe Jeauffre
  • Shoot
    72
    Ernest Borgnine, Cliff Robertson, Helen Shaver
    2 votes
    Shoot is a 1976 American and Canadian film directed by Harvey Hart and written by Richard Berg, based on the novel of the same name by Douglas Fairbairn. The production features Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva and James Blendick. The film tells of Rex, a gun enthusiast and military veteran who, with his buddies Lou and Zeke, go hunting in the forest.
    • Released: 1976
    • Directed by: Harvey Hart