7 Best Peter Cushing Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 28, 2026

Peter Cushing became one of horror cinema’s most iconic, dignified stars, with a precise, gentlemanly menace that defined decades of Hammer Films classics. The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Hound of the Baskervilles are the Hammer highlights, She finds an immortal queen in a hidden city, The Skull possesses a collector of the macabre, Twins of Evil pits a witch-hunter against a vampiric count, and Star Wars makes him Grand Moff Tarkin.

Star Wars (1977)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 93% Metacritic 90

A farm boy joins a rebellion to rescue a princess and destroy an empire's planet-killing superweapon.

Directed by George Lucas · 2h 01m · Rated PG

Won 6 Oscars70 wins & 31 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Twins of Evil (1971)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Peter Cushing features in this Hammer horror about a puritanical witch-hunter whose twin nieces get tangled up with a decadent, vampiric count.

Directed by John Hough · 1h 27m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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She (1965)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Adventurers seeking a lost city discover an immortal queen ruling over a hidden civilisation.

Directed by Robert Day · 1h 46m · Rated NR

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The Skull (1965)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Peter Cushing features in this horror about a collector of the macabre who becomes possessed after acquiring the skull of a legendary sadist.

Directed by Freddie Francis · 1h 23m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

TMDB ★ 6.5

André Morell plays the detective investigating a deadly legend haunting a wealthy family's estate.

Directed by Terence Fisher · 1h 27m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Dracula (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A vampire hunter races to stop Count Dracula's reign of terror before he claims more victims.

Directed by Terence Fisher · 1h 22m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Christopher Lee appears as an obsessive scientist's reckless experiments in reanimation create a violent creature.

Directed by Terence Fisher · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

7 Best Peter Cushing Movies

Star Wars (1977)

Twins of Evil (1971)

She (1965)

The Skull (1965)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Dracula (1958)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

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