# The best Kirk Douglas movies

Spartacus, Paths of Glory and The Vikings: the Kirk Douglas films rated highest on Filmstarts, which Moviebreak also celebrated as legendary for his 100th birthday.

- 46 votes · 12 items
- Jul 20, 2019 · frankfurtbuecherwurm
- https://even.best/en/l/4405/the-best-kirk-douglas-movies

## Top 12

1. **Paths of Glory (1957)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick. A colonel defends his soldiers in the First World War.
2. **Spartacus (1960)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick. The slave revolt against Rome.
3. **The Final Countdown (1980)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Don Taylor. An aircraft carrier travels back to Pearl Harbor in 1941.
4. **Lonely Are the Brave (1962)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — David Miller. A cowboy with no place in the modern world.
5. **The Vikings (1958)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Richard Fleischer. Einar, the tyrannical Viking.
6. **Ulysses (1954)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Mario Camerini. Odysseus on his way home.
7. **Ace in the Hole (1951)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Billy Wilder. A cynical reporter turns an accident into a sensation.
8. **The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Vincente Minnelli. A ruthless Hollywood producer.
9. **Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — John Sturges. Doc Holliday at the O.K. Corral, with Burt Lancaster.
10. **Out of the Past (1947)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Jacques Tourneur. A film noir with Robert Mitchum.
11. **20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Richard Fleischer. Harpooner Ned Land aboard the Nautilus.
12. **Lust for Life (1956)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Vincente Minnelli. He plays Vincent van Gogh.

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