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All Kirk Douglas Movies Ranked by Tomatometer | Rotten Tomatoes
October 7, 2025 - Critics Consensus: Melodrama at its most confident, The Bad and the Beautiful is an ode to moviemaking that offers unblinking insight into the ugly egos that have shaped Hollywood history.
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My Top 30 Kirk Douglas Movies
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.DirectorRichard QuineStarsKirk DouglasKim NovakErnie Kovacs ... A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.DirectorMario CameriniStarsKirk DouglasSilvana ManganoAnthony Quinn
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What Kirk Douglas movies should I watch?
His best role and film, for me, is easily Paths of Glory, which is a masterful performance and masterpiece of war cinema. Also fantastic in Ace in the Hole, one of the more underrated Billy Wilder films, and anything he did with Burt Lancaster. More on reddit.com
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Top 5 KIRK DOUGLAS Films
In no particular order. Ace in the Hole. Lust for Life. Paths of Glory. Spartacus. Lonely are the Brave. More on reddit.com
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Kirk Douglas turns 100 today; what's your favorite film of his?

Paths of Glory or Ace in the Hole!

What about you?

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Favorite performance from Kirk Douglas

Paths of Glory

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Gold Derby
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Kirk Douglas movies: 15 greatest films ranked worst to best
December 8, 2024 - Douglas found success on the small screen as well, reaping Emmy bids for "Amos" (Best Movie/Mini Actor in 1986), "Tales from the Crypt" (Best Drama Actor in 1992) and "Touched by an Angel" (Best Drama Guest Actor in 2000).
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Quora
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What are Kirk Douglas's best movies? - Quora
Answer (1 of 29): Champion (1949) Douglas received his first Oscar nomination for his role as a boxer in this black and white film noir drama. "I didn't think I was so tough until I did Champion, then I was a tough guy," Douglas Told. Ace in the Hole (1951) THR's initial review called this con...
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Ultimate Movie Rankings
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Kirk Douglas Movies | Ultimate Movie Rankings
February 6, 2020 - 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.
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Kirk Douglas: 10 essential films | BFI
December 9, 2015 - From Ace in the Hole to Spartacus: a selection of the finest films featuring Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.
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Kirk Douglas | Actor, Producer, Director
February 6, 2020 - Known for: Ace in the Hole, The Final Countdown, Spartacus
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The 12 Best Kirk Douglas Movies, Ranked - SlashFilm
July 20, 2025 - Still, Douglas does a darn good job, giving the second-best Doc performance in the third-best Earp movie. ... "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" is the best movie based on a Jules Verne book, and also one of star Kirk Douglas' best films.
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What is the most accurate movie Kirk Douglas ever acted in? - Quora
Answer: He played the great artist Vincent Van Gogh in “Lust for Life” in 1956, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar award. This movie was very accurate in time, place, situation.
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10 Best Kirk Douglas Movies, Ranked
October 2, 2024 - An undeniable star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Kirk Douglas starred in some great movies, including Spartacus, Ace in the Hole, and Out of the Past.
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Amazon.com: Kirk Douglas: Movies & TV
Starring: Kirk Douglas , Rock Hudson , George C. Scott and John Wayne · Directed by: King Vidor , Robert Aldrich , David Miller , et al. ... Starring: Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Stathis Giallelis , et al.
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Kirk Douglas - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - In 1996, after suffering a severe stroke at age 79 which impaired his ability to speak, Douglas still wanted to make movies. He underwent years of voice therapy and made Diamonds in 1999, in which he played an old professional boxer who was recovering from a stroke. It co-starred his longtime friend from his early acting years, Lauren Bacall. In 2003, Michael and Joel Douglas produced It Runs in the Family, which along with Kirk starred various family members, including Michael, Michael's son Cameron, and his wife from 50 years earlier, Diana Dill, playing his wife.
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r/movies on Reddit: What Kirk Douglas movies should I watch?
June 26, 2018 -

Kirk Douglas is one of the greatest stars since cinema began and I want to see for myself how good of an actor he was before Kirk dies. I know Spartacus is supposed to be a good one, Out of The Past as well. If he can stay alive for a few more days as I finish reading 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, I'd be able to envision him as a living Ned Land.

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Far Out Magazine
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Kirk Douglas once named the movies he is "the proudest of"
May 6, 2023 - However, when it comes to his own works, Douglas had a clear favourite. While talking about the 1962 western Lonely Are the Brave, the actor declared: “As I have said, this is my favourite movie.
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ScreenRant
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Kirk Douglas' 10 Best Movies, Ranked
April 3, 2024 - ... Paths of Glory, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a war film set during World War I. The movie stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, a French officer who defends three soldiers accused of cowardice in a court-martial.
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France 24
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Kirk Douglas: six favourite films - France 24
February 6, 2020 - In one of the most memorable screen incarnations of Vincent Van Gogh and a radical break from his tough-guy roles, Douglas captured the tortured artist's brilliance and madness and notched a third Oscar nod.
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NYTimes
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Where to Stream ‘Spartacus’ and Other Great Kirk Douglas Movies - The New York Times
February 22, 2023 - At the height of his powers, Douglas broke away from his studio handlers, formed his own production company, and joined forces with Hollywood rebels and outsiders like Stanley Kubrick and Dalton Trumbo. Here are 13 films that illustrate his range, durability and swarthy magnetism. ... It’s a mark of Kirk Douglas’s charmed career that his second feature is widely considered a film noir staple, though his casting as a straight-up heavy would turn out to be a rarity.
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Ranker
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List Of Best Kirk Douglas Movies, Ranked By Fans
May 15, 2025 - Over 1K filmgoers have voted on the 70+ films on Best Kirk Douglas Movies. Current Top 3: Spartacus, Paths of Glory, The Vikings