Soundtrack: Nelson Riddle

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Nelson Riddle. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


El Dorado

1966 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt

Plot Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman...

7.8

13K votes

7.8

13K votes

Lolita

1962 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Stanley Kubrick

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

Plot Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial LOLITA is a wicked satire of sexual obsession, sadomasochism, and fetishism. When mild-mannered professor Humbert Humbert (James Mason) arrives in the small town...

7.6

23K votes

7.6

23K votes

The Untouchables (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Stuart Rosenberg · Paul Wendkos · John Peyser

Cast Robert Stack · Nicholas Georgiade · Abel Fernandez · Paul Picerni

Plot TV Series (1959-1963). 4 Seasons. 119 Episodes. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

7.0

615 votes

7.0

615 votes

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

Merry Andrew

1958 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Michael Kidd

Cast Danny Kaye · Pier Angeli · Salvatore Baccaloni · Robert Coote

Plot Downtrodden but creative English school-teacher Andrew Larabee (Danny Kaye) on archeological trip discovers joys of love and circus life with acrobat Selena Gallini (Pier Angeli).

6.4

73 votes

6.4

73 votes

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1967 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction David Swift

Cast Robert Morse · Michele Lee · Rudy Vallee · Anthony "Scooter" Teague

Plot Twenty-seven year old New York window washer J. Pierpont Finch believes he can be a success in the corporate world after he impulsively picks up the book "How to Succeed...

6.3

104 votes

6.3

104 votes

The Great Gatsby

1974 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Jack Clayton

Cast Robert Redford · Mia Farrow · Bruce Dern · Karen Black

Plot Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby (Robert Redford)....

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

Ocean's Eleven

1960 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

6.3

3K votes

6.3

3K votes

Red Line 7000

1965 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast James Caan · Laura Devon · Gail Hire · Charlene Holt

Plot A racing team run by Pat Kazarian starts out with two drivers, Mike Marsh and Jim Loomis, but a crash at Daytona results in Jim's death. His girlfriend Holly McGregor...

6.3

185 votes

6.3

185 votes

Route 66 (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Lowell Rich · Arthur Hiller · Tom Gries · George Sherman

Cast Martin Milner · George Maharis · Glenn Corbett · Elizabeth MacRae

Plot Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964....

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

Medical Center (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Frank Glicksman · Al C. Ward · Vincent Sherman · Earl Bellamy

Cast Chad Everett · James Daly · Chris Hutson · Barbara Baldavin

Plot TV Series (1969-1976). 170 episodes. Located in the Los Angeles area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus. Dr. Paul Lochner...

6.2

94 votes

6.2

94 votes

A Hole in the Head

1959 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Frank Sinatra · Eddie Hodges · Edward G. Robinson · Thelma Ritter

Plot Tony Manetta runs an unsuccessful Miami hotel, on which he can't meet the payments. Another liability is his weakness for dames (Shirl, his sexy current flame, is even less responsible...

6.2

734 votes

6.2

734 votes

Seventh Avenue (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1977 · Series · 360 min. · United States

Direction Richard Irving · Russ Mayberry

Cast Steven Keats · Dori Brenner · Jane Seymour · Anne Archer

Plot A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.

6.1

22 votes

6.1

22 votes

Together in Paris

1964 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Richard Quine

Cast William Holden · Audrey Hepburn · Noël Coward · Grégoire Aslan

Plot Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

What a Way to Go!

1964 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction J. Lee Thompson

Cast Shirley MacLaine · Paul Newman · Robert Mitchum · Dean Martin

Plot A classic of 60's film decadence, WHAT A WAY TO GO stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow four times over who is left with more money than she knows...

5.9

672 votes

5.9

672 votes

A Rage to Live

1965 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman

Cast Suzanne Pleshette · Bradford Dillman · Ben Gazzara · Peter Graves

Plot Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to...

5.7

64 votes

5.7

64 votes

Robin and the 7 Hoods

1964 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast Frank Sinatra · Dean Martin · Bing Crosby · Sammy Davis Jr.

Plot A Chicago gangster, called Robbo, tries to hide fifty thousand ill gotten, and very hot, dollars by donating the loot to the Blessed Shelter Orphans Home. The result is a...

5.7

465 votes

5.7

465 votes

Batman

1966 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Adam West · Burt Ward · Lee Meriwether · Cesar Romero

Plot When the four greatest arch super-criminals ever to plague Gotham City join forces, their only objective can only be the entire world! Armed with Penguin-personalized a pre-atomic submarine, an army...

5.4

3K votes

5.4

3K votes

Come Blow Your Horn

1963 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Bud Yorkin

Cast Frank Sinatra · Lee J. Cobb · Molly Picon · Barbara Rush

Plot A big city swinger teaches his sheltered brother how to become a chick magnet.

5.4

73 votes

5.4

73 votes

Lisbon

1956 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Ray Milland

Cast Ray Milland · Maureen O'Hara · Claude Rains · Yvonne Furneaux

Plot High stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal.

5.3

68 votes

5.3

68 votes