7 Best Richard Harris Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 2, 2026

Richard Harris brought raw, poetic intensity to film, and his willingness to embrace brutal drama and later beloved family fare made him one of Ireland’s most celebrated actors. This Sporting Life and A Man Called Horse are early highlights, Unforgiven has a retired gunslinger taking a last job, The Field turns a tenant farmer’s obsession violent, Robin and Marian returns an ageing Robin Hood from the Crusades, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone casts him as a wizard headmaster. Cromwell rounds out the list.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 80% Metacritic 65

An orphaned boy discovers he's a wizard destined for a war he doesn't yet understand.

Directed by Chris Columbus · 2h 32m · Rated PG

Nominated for 3 Oscars20 wins & 75 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, HBO Max, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Field (1990)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Richard Harris plays a tenant farmer whose obsession with a rented field drives him to violent extremes.

Directed by Jim Sheridan · 1h 50m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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Unforgiven (1992)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 96% Metacritic 85

A retired, ageing gunslinger takes one last job that forces him to confront his violent past.

Directed by Clint Eastwood · 2h 10m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars52 wins & 47 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Robin and Marian (1976)

TMDB ★ 6.8

An ageing Robin Hood returns from the Crusades to reunite with the woman he left behind, with Audrey Hepburn as Marian.

Directed by Richard Lester · 1h 46m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Cromwell (1970)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A dramatisation of Oliver Cromwell's rise during the English Civil War and his conflict with the king.

Directed by Ken Hughes · 2h 20m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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A Man Called Horse (1970)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A captured English aristocrat must endure a brutal Sioux ritual before the tribe respects him.

Directed by Elliot Silverstein · 1h 54m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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This Sporting Life (1963)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Arthur Lowe features in this drama about a brutish rugby player whose athletic success cannot fill the emotional void in his personal life.

Directed by Lindsay Anderson · 2h 14m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, 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 Richard Harris Movies

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

The Field (1990)

Unforgiven (1992)

Robin and Marian (1976)

Cromwell (1970)

A Man Called Horse (1970)

This Sporting Life (1963)

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