93 Kirk Douglas Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Arrogant Thracian slave Spartacus, who is trained in a gladiatorial school, rises in arms against his captors following repeated humiliations and incites a violent revolt involving thousands of slaves. As the group travels south to board ships to other lands, two opposing senators attempt to use the slave revolt to seize control of the decadent Roman Republic.

Two glory seeking French generals –Broulard and Mireau - decide to attack a well-protected German post despite objections from the commanding officer, Colonel Dax who sees its futility. After the failure of the first attack, the soldiers refuse to leave their trenches. To save himself, Mireau picks up three men for a court martial. Colonel Dax, also a lawyer, comes forward to defend these men.

In 1866, Professor Pierre M Aronnax and his assistant come across reports of a giant sea monster that is attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean. They are asked to investigate the disappearances, and therefore they set out on an expedition. But soon they discover that the monster is actually an advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.   

Ace in the Hole is a drama film which tells the story of a former big-city reporter named Chuck Tatum, who is now working in a small newspaper in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He wants to make it big but is unable to find much important news. Things get interesting when he exploits a story of a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career.  

A private eye escapes his past and begins a new life in a small town, running a gas station. However, his past soon catches up with him. He is now forced to return to the city and face the world of corruption and double crossing.  

This science fiction film is about a modern aircraft carrier which is sent back in time to 1941, near Hawaii, just a few hours before Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese.

Arthur Hamilton is a middle-aged banker who suddenly gets a call from his friend whom he had believed to be dead. It turns out that his friend has been living a new life, with the help of a company that can give people a new identity along with a new face, in order to live a completely new life. Unhappy with his own life, Arthur decides to undergo the procedure himself, but he is not aware that it comes at a price.

The most courageous drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. However, due a wreck in the first race, Pete Aron, an American race car driver is dropped by his sponsor.  As he does not want to quit, he decides to join a Japanese racing team. Meanwhile, he is also having problems in his personal life, as he is having a love affair with the wife of an ex-teammate.

Worried about finding a suitor for her shy and crippled daughter Laura, delusional snob Amanda asks her son, Merchant Mariner Tom Wingfield, to bring home friends who might be interested in dating her. However, the expectations of the mother and the daughter are reversed when Tom invites the eligible bachelor Jim O'Connor for dinner.

This technicolour anthology film presents three stories narrated by three passengers on board a cruiser. The relationship between a ballet choreographer and a ballerina with a heart condition is featured in the first. In the second, a boy miraculously converts into a young man and charms his governess. In the third, a failed trapeze artist along with a suicidal woman perform a daring circus act. 

Two aging legendary gunfighters, Will Tenneray and Abe Cross, become best friends contrary to everyone’s expectations after running into each other. They decide to stage a last gunfight to death as both of them need money and the tragic decision ends with Tenneray’s death. 

As a former soldier is vacationing in the French Riviera, he recalls his time in France during the Second World War and his romance with a French peasant woman. 

A millionairess Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters named Bonnie, Kate and Jan. When she feels that it is time for them to get married, she hires a lawyer named Donald to play matchmaker. 

A group of sadistic pirates take over an isolated lighthouse on a rocky island, overpowering its small crew, and turn off the light with the aim of salvaging the wrecked ships. However, one of the lighthouse crew, Will Denton, manages to escape and teams with an Italian wreck survivor in an attempt to stop the wreckers.

Vince Ginetta marries Emma, daughter of mob boss, Dominick Bertolo. Vince’s brother, Frank, is also a Mafia Don. Dominick dies of heart attack when he realizes Frank wants to kill him as revenge for betraying the mob. Now the new board of organized crime has sent Vince to kill Frank who is hiding in Sicily. 

The Juggler is a war drama film, which tells the life of a Jewish refugee who fights to overcome the psychological effects he suffered during the Second World War as an inmate in a concentration camp.  

Elizabeth Richmond, a 25 year old woman, working at the Los Angeles County Museum, suffers from severe headaches and insomnia. She eventually realizes that she has two more personalities. Therefore, she visits a psychiatrist who uses hypnosis to treat her. 

When an Army General is about to be appointed as the chairman of an atomic energy committee, a female tycoon is disappointed. Therefore, she invites the former to her country estate, in an attempt to entrap him as well as ruin his reputation. 

On his deathbed, Angelo promises to his dying father that he will leave the world of crime, and live an honest life. Although he has no experience in making money legally, he tries to keep his father’s promises.

In 1970, Jerry, a college student, visits his parents and tells them that he wants to drop out of university to find his true purpose. His parents get worried, as they had spent a significant sum of money for his education. He soon falls for a woman older to him, and they start living together. Meanwhile, as the Vietnam War is going on, he tries various ways to avoid being drafted into the army.

When an Indian chief is killed in a town, an ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking out of vengeance.

Wrongly imprisoned, Eddie Macon stages a prison break to reunite with his wife and son and escape to Mexico. But fast on his trail is veteran detective Carl Marzack. Eddie is, however, helped on his way by the governor’s daughter, Jilly Buck, who is looking for some excitement. 

A would-be writer is thrilled when she is offered a job by her favorite romance writer. But as she joins him as his secretary, her admiration turns into dismay. Although constantly in debt he cannot even start writing a contract novel that offers a lucrative advance because of his shabby work ethics and playboy approach. Yet they fall in love and gets married.  

This sports drama film tells the story of race car driver Gino Borgesa, as he struggles on the track as well as in his love life. In order to achieve his goal to become a famous race-car driver worldwide, he starts alienating even the people closest to him.

After quitting his job as a cop, Jim accepts a job offer from a lawyer, He gets hired to protect Rena Westabrook who is about to go on trial for the murder of her wealthy husband. Eventually, he finds himself in the middle of a bigger conspiracy.

Peg-legged pirate Peg, with parrot ‘Barfly’ and crew of land-locked pirates, is in search of a treasure buried by the deceitful Mudhook and his twin. Peg asks young Jamie and his sister Lucy-Ann to help locate the treasure. As they fight the Native Americans while traversing the rough territory, Peg and Jamie form a bond which is strained by Peg’s untruthful ways. 

Aspiring filmmaker Denis Byrd has started filming everything that happens at his own home. Rather unfortunately for him, his cult guru and film instructor mentor who calls himself The Maestro decides to give frequent instructions to Keith on how to shoot the movie. 

After a young woman goes home to New York, after a long stay in Europe, she is introduced to the decadence of her birthplace by her former schoolmate. She also falls for an older man, who is a stand-in for her father, but eventually tragedy strikes.