Cast: Peter Sellers

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Peter Sellers. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast Peter Sellers · George C. Scott · Sterling Hayden · James Earl Jones

Synopsis Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is a satirical black comedy about the Cold War and nuclear paranoia. When a rogue U.S. Air Force general orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet...

7.9

47K votes

7.9

47K votes

The Party

1968 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · Claudine Longet · Marge Champion · J. Edward McKinley

Synopsis In The Party (1968), a clumsy Indian actor, Hrundi V. Bakshi, accidentally gets invited to an exclusive Hollywood dinner party after a studio mix-up. His innocent yet chaotic behavior disrupts the sophisticated gathering, leading to a series of hilarious mishaps....

7.6

42K votes

7.6

42K votes

Lolita

1962 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stanley Kubrick

Cast James Mason · Sue Lyon · Shelley Winters · Peter Sellers

Synopsis Lolita (1962) follows Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged literature professor, who becomes infatuated with Dolores "Lolita" Haze, a precocious teenage girl. After marrying her widowed mother to stay close to Lolita, Humbert's obsession deepens. When her mother dies unexpectedly, he embarks...

7.6

23K votes

7.6

23K votes

The Ladykillers

1955 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Alec Guinness · Kate Johnson · Herbert Lom · Peter Sellers

Synopsis A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that...

7.5

7K votes

7.5

7K votes

Being There

1979 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Hal Ashby

Cast Peter Sellers · Shirley MacLaine · Melvyn Douglas · Jack Warden

Synopsis This profound and humorous commentary on the pervasive effects of television features Peter Sellers, who portrays Chance the gardener, a man who views the world as he would TV - watching and reacting. His simple solutions make him a national...

7.2

6K votes

7.2

6K votes

Murder by Death

1976 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Robert Moore

Cast Alec Guinness · David Niven · Peter Sellers · Peter Falk

Synopsis Murder by Death (1976) is a comedic mystery that parodies classic detective stories. Five renowned sleuths and their sidekicks are invited to a secluded mansion by the eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain. He challenges them to solve a murder that will...

7.2

14K votes

7.2

14K votes

The Pink Panther

1963 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · David Niven · Capucine · Robert Wagner

Synopsis When famous The Pink Panther diamond goes missing the bumbling Inspector Clouseau goes on the trail of notorious jewel thief The Phantom, but looks everywhere except in the right place!

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7.0

10K votes

7.0

10K votes

Never Let Go

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast Richard Todd · Peter Sellers · Elizabeth Sellars · Adam Faith

Synopsis Car salesman John (Richard Todd) can't seem to catch a break, so he decides to buy a car himself as a way to increase sales. But when his vehicle is stolen, John will stop at nothing to get it back,...

6.6

166 votes

6.6

166 votes

A Shot in the Dark

1964 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · Elke Sommer · Herbert Lom · George Sanders

Synopsis The second in the series of films involving bumbling French inspector Jacques Clouseau has the the inept detective trying to clear a maid accused of murdering her lover--even though all clues point to her. -Peter Sellers returns as the world's...

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6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

I'm All Right Jack

1959 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Boulting

Cast Ian Carmichael · Peter Sellers · Terry-Thomas · Richard Attenborough

Synopsis Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the...

6.6

131 votes

6.6

131 votes

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden

Cast Virginia McKenna · Bill Travers · Peter Sellers · Margaret Rutherford

Synopsis Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business -...

6.5

25 votes

6.5

25 votes

Two Way Stretch

1960 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Peter Sellers · David Lodge · Bernard Cribbins · Wilfrid Hyde-White

Synopsis Peter Sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices. With only a few days sentence left, and the perfect...

6.5

208 votes

6.5

208 votes

Hoffman

1970 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alvin Rakoff

Cast Peter Sellers · Sinead Cusack · Ruth Dunning · Jeremy Bulloch

Synopsis A businessman blackmails his attractive young secretary into spending a weekend with him. Though he's a creep throughout, he gradually emerges as a sympathetic character.

6.4

165 votes

6.4

165 votes

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cliff Owen

Cast Peter Sellers · Lionel Jeffries · Bernard Cribbins · Davy Kaye

Synopsis The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural...

6.3

383 votes

6.3

383 votes

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1976 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · Herbert Lom · Lesley-Anne Down · Burt Kwouk

Synopsis In the fourth film of the long-running series, bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) long-suffering boss, Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), finally has been driven to a nervous breakdown by the detective and has been hospitalized in an asylum. Meanwhile, the hapless...

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6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

The Return of the Pink Panther

1975 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Blake Edwards

Cast Peter Sellers · Christopher Plummer · Catherine Schell · Herbert Lom

Synopsis RETURN is the third installment in the popular Pink Panther series and a reunion for director Blake Edwards and comedian Peter Sellers, who had not made a Panther film since A SHOT IN THE DARK a decade earlier. This time...

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6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

Tom Thumb

1958 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Pal

Cast Russ Tamblyn · Alan Young · June Thorburn · Terry-Thomas

Synopsis Adaptation of the famous Grimm fair tale about a five inch tot who defies the efforts of two unsavory schemers attempting to lure him to a life of evil.

6.2

246 votes

6.2

246 votes

The Mouse that Roared

1959 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Peter Sellers · Jean Seberg · David Kossoff · William Hartnell

Synopsis The economy of the teeny-tiny European duchy of Grand Fenwick is threatened when an American manufacturer comes up with an imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan:...

6.1

405 votes

6.1

405 votes

The Black Rose

1950 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Tyrone Power · Orson Welles · Cécile Aubry · Jack Hawkins

Synopsis Tyrone Power stars as a 13th-century English nobleman who is forced to leave England with his partner (Jack Hawkins) after leading a revolt against King Edward (Michael Reenie). As they travel through the Far East, they are picked up by...

6.1

656 votes

6.1

656 votes