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Kirk Douglas (1916-2020) was Oscar® nominated actor, director and producer. Douglas became an international star through positive reception for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in Champion (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award® for Best Actor. Other early films include Young Man with a Horn (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Detective Story (1951), for which he received a Golden Globe® nomination as Best Actor in a Drama. He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in Lust for Life (1956), which landed him a second Golden Globe® nomination. His IMDb page shows 95 acting credits from 1946-2008. This page will rank 71 Kirk Douglas movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Kirk Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil)
Review
Oscar Nom / Win
UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1
Spartacus (1960)
Laurence Olivier &
Directed by Stanley Kubrick31.70
574.5
574.50
2
91
06 / 04
99.5
2
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
AA Best Picture NomJeanne Crain
7.60
222.1
222.10
22
84
03 / 02
99.2
3
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
James Mason
22.90
621.1
621.10
3
82
03 / 02
98.4
4
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Barbara Stanwyck
8.90
318.5
318.50
28
80
01 / 00
97.3
8
Champion (1949)
AA Best Actor NomArthur Kennedy
5.80
169.6
169.60
40
83
06 / 01
97.1
7
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
AA Best Actor NomLana Turner
6.60
149.4
212.90
37
85
06 / 05
97.1
5
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Burt Lancaster
13.40
299.7
299.70
8
77
02 / 00
96.8
9
Detective Story (1951)
Eleanor Parker
8.00
200.0
200.00
15
72
04 / 00
96.0
9
The Vikings (1958)
Tony Curtis
18.00
374.0
374.00
6
70
00 / 00
94.6
10
Out of the Past (1947)
Robert Mitchum
4.00
136.5
193.60
87
88
00 / 00
94.1
11
Seven Days in May (1964)
Burt Lancaster
10.20
135.8
135.80
26
86
02 / 00
93.9
13
The War Wagon (1967)
John Wayne
15.20
157.0
276.30
18
73
00 / 00
90.9
14
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Cornel Wilde
4.60
143.9
143.90
78
75
00 / 00
90.1
12
Lust for Life (1956)
AA Best Actor NomAnthony Quinn
4.60
103.6
175.00
67
83
04 / 01
90.1
17
Man Without a Star (1955)
Jeanne Crain
6.30
151.1
151.10
51
67
00 / 00
88.3
18
The Fury (1978)
John Cassavetes
27.10
144.5
144.50
23
69
00 / 00
88.2
17
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Anthony Quinn
6.70
139.9
139.90
37
71
00 / 00
88.2
18
Paths of Glory (1957)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
3.40
76.5
76.50
71
89
00 / 00
87.7
19
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Jan Sterling
3.70
92.9
92.90
97
83
01 / 00
87.6
21
In Harm's Way (1965)
John Wayne
11.50
140.8
140.80
18
67
01 / 00
87.2
23
I Walk Alone (1947)
Burt Lancaster
5.70
191.7
191.70
56
52
00 / 00
87.2
19
The Big Sky (1952)
Directed by Howard Hawks
4.60
104.2
104.20
68
77
02 / 00
87.1
24
Ulysses (1954)
Anthony Quinn
6.30
170.8
170.80
52
56
00 / 00
86.2
26
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Walter Matthau
7.00
168.3
168.30
43
55
00 / 00
85.7
22
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Doris Day
4.70
122.1
172.80
64
69
00 / 00
85.5
25
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Kim Novak
8.30
150.1
150.10
38
60
00 / 00
85.4
29
The Last Sunset (1961)
Rock Hudson
7.90
132.7
132.70
27
61
00 / 00
83.5
25
The Man From Snowy River (1982)
Tom Burlinson
20.70
87.8
87.80
34
75
00 / 00
83.3
28
Lonely Are The Brave (1962)
Walter Matthau
2.80
47.1
47.10
87
83
00 / 00
81.1
30
Act of Love (1953)
Dany Robin
3.60
75.8
75.80
106
73
00 / 00
80.4
31
Along the Great Divide (1951)
Virginia Mayo
3.80
94.1
140.00
93
66
00 / 00
79.6
34
The Racers (1955)
Bella Darvi
5.00
120.2
120.20
67
56
00 / 00
78.5
33
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Directed by John Huston
4.60
66.4
66.40
56
69
00 / 00
76.2
32
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Edward G. Robinson
2.90
47.6
119.00
80
74
00 / 00
75.4
35
The Villain (1979)
Arnold Schwarzenegger &
Ann-Margret26.10
130.1
130.10
37
46
00 / 00
73.2
37
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
Burt Lancaster
3.90
80.4
80.40
68
60
00 / 00
72.0
38
My Dear Secretary (1948)
Laraine Day
3.20
98.7
98.70
101
53
00 / 00
70.8
35
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Henry Fonda
3.00
24.2
24.20
83
77
00 / 00
70.7
40
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
John Wayne
7.90
90.2
90.20
37
56
00 / 00
70.6
40
The Arrangement (1969)
Faye Dunaway &
Deborah Kerr11.40
100.6
100.60
28
52
00 / 00
70.0
39
Tough Guys (1986)
Burt Lancaster
21.50
72.3
72.30
42
60
00 / 00
69.4
42
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Leslie Caron
2.00
22.7
79.00
104
73
02 / 00
68.1
42
Town Without Pity (1961)
Barbara Rütting
2.90
48.3
48.30
73
66
01 / 00
67.8
47
Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Alexis Smith
26.90
163.9
163.90
23
29
01 / 00
67.4
47
The Final Countdown (1980)
Martin Sheen
15.60
74.8
74.80
52
58
00 / 00
67.3
43
For Love or Money (1963)
Mitzi Gaynor
4.40
63.3
63.30
60
61
00 / 00
67.1
45
The Juggler (1953)
Milly Vitale
2.70
56.8
56.80
137
62
00 / 00
65.8
47
The Light at the End of the World (1971)
Yul Brynner
4.50
34.4
34.40
63
68
00 / 00
64.0
52
The Glass Menagerie (1950)
Jane Wyman
2.90
75.9
109.90
107
53
00 / 00
62.1
48
Posse (1975)
Bruce Dern &
Directed by Kirk Douglas2.60
15.7
15.70
99
72
00 / 00
61.5
49
Posse (1975)
Kirk Douglas &
Bruce Dern2.60
15.7
15.70
99
72
00 / 00
61.5
50
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Richard Harris
4.40
53.8
53.80
61
59
00 / 00
60.9
53
The Brotherhood (1968)
Alex Cord
2.40
23.2
23.20
108
68
00 / 00
59.0
55
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
James Mason
3.30
69.2
199.90
117
50
01 / 00
55.4
55
The Hook (1963)
Robert Walker Jr.
2.00
29.1
29.10
90
63
00 / 00
54.0
56
The Way West (1967)
Richard Widmark &
Robert Mitchum4.20
43.1
43.10
60
55
00 / 00
47.2
59
The Big Trees (1952)
Eve Miller
2.40
53.7
53.70
141
49
00 / 00
41.7
57
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Susan Hayward
1.40
31.9
31.90
135
55
00 / 00
41.1
57
The Master Touch (1972)
Giuliano Gemma
1.80
13.4
13.40
125
59
00 / 00
36.7
58
A Lovely Way To Die (1968)
Sylva Koscina
2.00
19.1
19.10
119
57
00 / 00
36.4
61
Scalawag (1973)
Mark Lester &
Directed by Kirk Douglas2.40
17.1
17.10
114
57
00 / 00
33.4
62
Scalawag (1973)
Kirk Douglas &
Mark Lester2.40
17.1
17.10
114
57
00 / 00
33.4
63
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Rosalind Russell
0.50
16.9
39.70
173
54
02 / 00
30.6
62
A Gunfight (1971)
Johnny Cash &
Jane Alexander3.80
28.7
28.70
74
51
00 / 00
29.9
66
Oscar (1991)
Sylvester Stallone
23.60
70.0
70.00
56
35
00 / 00
26.9
67
Greedy (1994)
Michael J. Fox
13.10
40.2
40.20
99
44
00 / 00
22.8
66
Illusion (2004)
Michael A. Goorjian
0.00
0.1
0.10
331
55
00 / 00
20.0
69
Home Movies (1979)
Nancy Allen
0.10
0.4
0.40
175
51
00 / 00
14.6
71
It Runs in the Family (2003)
Michael Douglas
7.50
15.5
17.00
134
44
00 / 00
11.9
70
Catch Me A Spy (1971)
Trevor Howard
0.00
0.2
0.20
191
48
00 / 00
11.3
70
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
John Schneider
1.30
5.0
5.00
130
47
00 / 00
10.9
73
Saturn 3 (1980)
Harvey Keitel
11.40
54.8
54.80
67
30
00 / 00
9.8
72
The Chosen (1977)
Simon Ward
1.40
7.6
7.60
129
43
00 / 00
7.8
74
Diamonds (1999)
Lauren Bacall
0.10
0.2
0.20
260
39
00 / 00
3.6
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I remember the first time I saw Paths of Glory, which was around the time that it first came out. It revealed an aspect of World War One history that I’d never known about. And it absolutely blew me away. The acting was brilliant, as was the direction.
I agree with you 100%. I actually think this is Kubrick’s best movie….although I know I am in the minority in that thinking.
20.000 leagues under the sea on the James Mason
Blog is 429 million which is correct the figure
is lower but its the same film!
Hey George. Figuring out box office totals from yesteryear is challenging…..the blog you site is higher…..box office mojo’s is lower….my total is in the middle. But all three show this was a huge hit.
@Cogerson…He’ll always be “Spartacus” to me! And never less than a “Champion”, or a “Young Man With A Horn”, or head of a “Posse”, or promoting “Tough Guys”, or following “Paths of Glory” and the “Last Train From Gun Hill”, or drinking his way through the “Gunfight at OK Corral”, or bullying John Wayne in “The War Wagon”, or being a “Dear Secretary”, or “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers”, or…I think he was my all-time fav!
Love reading about him here again! Thanks!
Hey Barbsbitnpieces….you list a ton of great movies…after writing this hub…I saw some of his earliest movies….like The Strange Love of Martha Ivers and Out of the Past…..it was really the first time I have ever seen him as a young man….he has held up so well for such a long time….and he is still going strong. I would say Paths of Glory and Champion are two of my favorites as well….with a shout out to There Was A Crooked Man…thanks for the great comment and I am glad you enjoyed reading this movie page
When I did this page I had no real knowledge of #3 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers or #11 Out of the Past. After following the suggestion of FloraBreenRobison…I have now seen both movies.
First….The Strange Love of Martha Ivers….the dvd copy I watched was horrible…it was like watching an old VHS tape that was on its last legs….that being said…this was a very good movie…..Kirk Douglas is outstanding as the not wanted husband of Barbara Stanwyck….but the best performance goes to Van Heflin in a great role….so now I can highly recommend the movie as well.
The second recent Kirk Douglas movie I watched was Out of the Past….Kirk has a great and unforgettable role as Whit…the “bad guy”…whenever he is on screen…the movie becomes alive….the only part that I did not like was the ending….I knew it was coming but I still did not like it….it is worth a look if only to see Douglas shine….and see the movie that made Robert Mitchum a star.
I’m so glad you were able to find the movies. Hopefully you will be able to see a cleaner version of the first movie. You will enjoy it even more. out of the Past is considered the quinnesential film noir. It contains all film noir elements and thus will let people unfamiliar with the genre study the genre. There are some variations to film noir where certain themes are changed or absent (eg. there might be a happy ending for some of the characters or instead of their being a femme fatale, ther is a man who brings down a woman etc), butOout of the Past has every one. I have my own copy of it. Thanks for letting us know what you thought of them.
Of the two I enjoyed Out of the Past the best….I just knew things were not going to turn out well for Mitchum…just wish they could have had a better ending than a shoot out in a forest. Stanwyck’s part in Strange Love was pretty small….I think Douglas had a bigger part. My lasting impression will be Douglas in Out of the Past….you could tell the man was about to go to bigger and better things…and he did.
Wow I thought he had died years ago, good for him that he is alive and kicking. I am not too familiar with his older movies, but I liked some of his movies from the late 70s early 80s. The Villian he played the Wily E Coyote part, while Arnold got the girl.
Nope he is alive and well…and enjoying life….I was reading one of his books the other day…..it was very funny….he was talking about his addiction to reading the obituaries in the paper….funny stuff…..The Villian is probably one of the movies he wishes he would have passed on…although its 38th ranking is not too bad….thanks for the comments.