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.

Jack Burns, an independent cowboy, feels out of place in the modern world. He purposely gets into a brawl and gets himself arrested to be with Paul, a friend who has been imprisoned for helping illegal aliens. Jack wants Paul to flee with him, but Paul has too much at stake.

After the President offers his support to a nuclear disarmament treaty, several military leaders in the US plan to overthrow him, as they fear an attack from the Soviets.

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.  

The Vikings is an action adventure film which tells the story of Einar, a warrior, and Eric, a former slave, who are half-brothers. They compete for the throne of Northumbria, although the actual root cause of their rivalry is their affection for Princess Morgana.

An unlikely alliance between a deputy federal marshal and an outlaw eventually leads to one of the most famous and legendary gunfights in the Old West.

The Bad and the Beautiful is an American drama film which tells the story of a film producer who starts to distance himself from everyone around him. The film then shows us his past in a series of flashbacks.

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.

Young Jim Craig decides to go to work to earn money after the death of his father, in order to get the farm back on its feet. Craig starts working for horse rancher Harrison, where he is ill-treated by fellow cowboys but he is able to make his place in the heart of Jessica, Harrison's daughter. Will love conquer all?

Lust for Life is a biographical drama film which revolves around the life of Vincent Van Gogh, a Dutch painter who was known for his artistic genius. Despite this, due to his mental illness, he goes through several failures in his life. He fails as a preacher and also in his relationships with women. Eventually, with the support of his brother, he leaves for France, where he manages to earn respect among his fellow painters, although he does not get along with them.

After being shot by a gunslinger and framed wrongly for a crime, Rancher Taw Jackson decides to take revenge against those who wronged him. He targets a heavily fortified stagecoach belonging to his enemy, which is known as the ‘War Wagon', as it carries half a million dollars in gold. 

Michael Kelly runs away from his shotgun marriage, and eventually takes up a job as a boxer. He becomes quite ruthless, and wins his games by back-stabbing his friends and knocking out opponents. His difficult life and fiery temper eventually makes him one of the most popular fighters. However, things take a turn when his bosses ask him to forfeit a championship match.

Frankie and Noll, the infamous bootleggers partway in order to escape being captured by the police. Unfortunately, police gets hold of Frankie who is put behind the bars, while Noll escapes the police and opens a posh nightclub in New York City. Years later, Frankie is released from the jail and visits Noll with the intention of claiming his share of the club's profits. However, Noll has other plans, surely not the one of dividing the profits.

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.

Based on a novel of the same name, The Fury is a supernatural thriller film which tells us the story of Peter, a former CIA agent, whose son Robin is a psychic. Their lives take a turn after Ben Childress, Peter’s old colleague, kidnaps Robin, as he is studying people with supernatural powers. He hopes that he will be able to develop their talents, to use them as weapons. Peter soon teams up with a teenager with special abilities to rescue his son.

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. 

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. 

After the Civil War ends, the Mannons, a wealthy family in New England, await the return of Ezra, their patriarch, who was the General of the Union Army, and Orin, his son. However, their daughter, Lavina, is shocked when her mother kisses another man named Adam Brant, on whom she has a crush herself. Eventually, she learns that her mother has never loved Ezra since the day they had got married.

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.  

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.

Rich and old Uncle Joe is surrounded by relatives who are waiting for him to die and leave his fortune to them. Things soon take a turn when their uncle decides to hire a new beautiful nurse named Molly.

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.

When British Fabienne goes to Bucharest for honeymoon, her husband gets arrested as a spy by the Soviets. When she is told that a spy is necessary to trade for her husband, her efforts to get one lead to amusing situations. She encounters Andrej, a microfilms smuggler who had used her luggage for smuggling, but both get abducted by the enemy, complicating the matter.

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. 

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.