6 Best Yul Brynner Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 13, 2026

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Yul Brynner’s shaved head and commanding baritone made him instantly recognisable, and his best roles used that regal intensity across musicals, Westerns and science fiction. The King and I and The Ten Commandments are the 1956 classics, The Magnificent Seven leads six gunslingers, Westworld turns a robot theme park deadly, Anastasia grooms an amnesiac as a grand duchess, and The Brothers Karamazov erupts into a murder investigation.

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Westworld (1973)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Yul Brynner plays the gunslinger robot in this sci-fi thriller about a futuristic theme park whose fantasy vacation turns deadly when the robots malfunction.

Directed by Michael Crichton · 1h 29m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Eli Wallach plays the bandit leader in this tale of seven hired gunfighters who defend a poor Mexican village.

Directed by John Sturges · 2h 08m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Brothers Karamazov (1958) 03

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Yul Brynner stars in the story of a dysfunctional Russian family whose rivalries and resentments finally erupt.

Directed by Richard Brooks · 2h 25m

Where to watch

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

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Anastasia (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Con artists train an amnesiac woman to pass as a Russian grand duchess, then start to wonder if she really is one.

Directed by Anatole Litvak · 1h 45m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The King and I (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A British schoolteacher clashes with the proud, traditional king of Siam while tutoring his many children.

Directed by Walter Lang · 2h 13m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: BroadwayHD, Broadway HD Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Ten Commandments (1956)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A modern-day morality tale runs parallel to the biblical story of Moses and the Exodus from Egypt.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · 3h 40m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

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.