After a terrible battle on the ice planet Hoth destroys the rebel base there, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) retreats to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz). Han Solo (Harrison Ford) flees with Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) to Cloud City where they are intercepted by Empire forces and the lethal bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch). As he struggles to master the energy of the Force, Luke must rescue his friends as the Empire moves closer to victory. Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels and Alec Guinness. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1980.
Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
When Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), a young farmer on the remote planet of Tatooine, meets Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), the mysterious old hermit reveals that Luke's father was once his pupil and convinces the boy that he too must learn to use the Force of the Jedi to fight against the evil Galactic Empire. As Luke and Obi-Wan set out to save the Rebel Leader, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), they are joined by Han Solo (Harrison Ford), a cocky blockade runner, and his hairy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). Standing in their way is the powerful Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones), a Sith Lord, who carries out the Emperor's orders from the planet-destroying Death Star. Directed by George Lucas. With Kenny Baker and David Prowse. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1977.
Alec Guinness in Star Wars
In this sweeping epic, a Russian doctor (Omar Sharif) pursues the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him (Geraldine Chaplin), yet in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse (Julie Christie), Zhivago is torn between fidelity and passion. Directed by David Lean. Categories: Drama, Romance, Classic. Year: 1965.
Alec Guinness in Doctor Zhivago
A young British soldier named T. E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) journeys into the heat of the Arabian desert to find Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness), leader of an Arabian army. As Lawrence spends time with the Prince, he becomes sympathetic to his cause and begins fighting along side him, becoming a legendary foreign supporter of the Arabian nation's war against the Ottoman Empire. Directed by David Lean. With Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif and Jack Hawkins. Categories: Politics, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War, History. Year: 1962.
Alec Guinness in Lawrence of Arabia
World War II, Japan. British prisoners of war, led by the courageous Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness), are forced to build an enormous railway bridge in the jungles of Asia. As the POWs undertake their backbreaking work, a covert Allied unit prepares to destroy the bridge and halt the Japanese expansion. Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Jack Hawkins and James Donald. Categories: Adventure, Drama, War, Classic. Year: 1957.
Alec Guinness in The Bridge on the River Kwai