Paul Lukas Movies

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Paul Lukas (1891-1971) was an Oscar®-winning Hungarian actor.   Lukas won the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in 1943’s Watch on the Rhine.  It was a role he created on the Broadway stage.  His IMDb page shows 135 acting credits from 1915 to 1971.  This page will rank Paul Lukas movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, many of his silent movies and some early 1930s movies (thank you Paramount) were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.

1943’s Watch On The Rhine

Paul Lukas Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Paul Lukas Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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1938’s The Lady Vanishes

Best IMDb Trivia On Paul Lukas

1. Pál Lukács was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1891.

2. Paul Lukas made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917.

3. Paul Lukas had a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany, and Austria, where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He arrived in Hollywood in 1927 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1937.

4.  Paul Lukas sang Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s song “None But the Lonely Heart” (English title) in Little Women (1933).

5. Paul Lukas played Cosmo Constantine in the original 1950 Broadway stage version of Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam, opposite Ethel Merman for over 600 performances.

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20 thoughts on “Paul Lukas Movies

  1. I saw 5 including top 4. 10 and favorite little women. 9 and favorite watch on the rhine. 9s not favorites 20,00 leagues under the sea, dodsworth. hidden gem the lady vanishes an 8.

    I recently viewed “Watch on the Rhine”(guided by UMR) . I wept. very impacting. fabulous performances by Lukas and bette davis. the ending had to be adjusted to pass the censors because of “unpunished crime” not allowed in movies in the 40’s (in contrast to today when the average superhero kills dozens with no criminal consequence). for me a moving historical novel of the horrors of war and its impact on a heroic family.

  2. I have seen 21 Paul Lukus movies including 8 of the top 10 and 12 of the top 15.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have sen is Dodsworth.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Ghost Breakers.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Casino Murder Case.

    Favourite Paul Lukas Movies:

    The Lady Vanishes
    Dodsworth
    Little Women
    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
    55 Days at Peking
    Strange Cargo
    Experiment Perilous
    Watch on the Rhine
    City Streets
    Confessions of a Nazi Spy
    Deadline at Dawn
    Downstairs
    Lord Jim
    Kim
    Berlin Express
    The Shopworn Angel
    Address Unknown

    Other Paul Lukas Films I Have Seen:

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    I Found Stella Parish
    The Casino Murder Case

    1. Hey Flora….thanks for the thoughts on Paul Lukas. Tally counts: You 21, me and Bob at 6. Wow, you have a lot of favorites listed. 17 movies….that is almost half of the movies listed. There are many more Lukas movies out there…..I wonder how many others you really enjoyed. All 6 of the ones I have seen are on your favorites list. My mom is a big fan of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse…surprised that is not on your favorites list. Good stuff as always.

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