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Birthdate: September 25, 1944

Michael Douglas

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,423

50
All-time Actor

of 38,412

39
Decades
- 1970s
  
  of 21,065
  
  671
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  36
- 1990s
  
  of 71,584
  
  104
- 2000s
  
  of 82,682
  
  132
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,607
  
  92
- Adventure
  
  of 25,528
  
  34
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  7,458
- Comedy
  
  of 84,814
  
  21
- Crime
  
  of 34,304
  
  46
- Documentary
  
  of 9,403
  
  359
- Drama
  
  of 107,138
  
  65
- Family
  
  of 15,339
  
  4,118
- Horror
  
  of 36,680
  
  3,305
- Musical
  
  of 10,828
  
  4,648
- Mystery
  
  of 16,953
  
  215
- Romance
  
  of 37,234
  
  98
- Teen
  
  of 8,454
  
  1,404
- Thriller
  
  of 49,528
  
  61
- War
  
  of 9,723
  
  3,809

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1960s

No Reviews

1970s

2.2444

1980s

2.7888

1990s

2.8928

2000s

2.8790

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Michael Douglas is ranked overall as 3.2570 of of 4 stars

3.2570

Michael Douglas Movie Rankings

Traffic (2000)

3.2761

A modern look at the war on drugs. No longer are drugs used by bums and low lives, they have penetrated all lifestyles including housewives, corrupt cops and upper-middle class high school students. ...more about Traffic

Actor Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor

DVD from $5.95

(13 sellers)

Michael Douglas starring in China Syndrome

China Syndrome, The (1979)

3.0877

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. ...more about China Syndrome

DVD from $9.78

(13 sellers)

Michael Douglas starring in Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone (1984)

3.0688

The writer of romantic novels Joan Wilder travels to south America to look for and rescue her kidnapped sister. She finds herself stranded in the jungles and finds help in the form of the soldier of fortune Jack Colton. ...more about Romancing the Stone

DVD from $11.23

(14 sellers)

War of the Roses, The (1989)

3.0610

In this dark comedy the Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. When Barbara wants a divorce the battle between assets, particulary the house, begins. The divorce gets ugly and the battle becomes an all out war. ...more about War of the Roses

Actor Awards

Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

DVD from $4.11

(15 sellers)

American President, The (1995)

3.0330

The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner. ...more about American President

Actor Awards

Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

DVD from $6.99

(13 sellers)

Wonder Boys (2000)

3.0158

Grady Tripp (Douglas) is a professor/writer living in Pittsburgh who is struggling with writer's block. Whilst doing this, he also manages to get the chancellor (McDormand) pregnant. ...more about Wonder Boys

Actor Awards

BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor

DVD from $3.90

(10 sellers)

Wall Street (1987)

2.9912

Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a Wall Street stockbroker in early 1980's New York with a strong desire to get to the top. ...more about Wall Street

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists - Best Actor - Foreign Film (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor

DVD from $9.59

(13 sellers)

Game, The (1997)

2.9680

Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. ...more about Game

DVD from $5.26

(14 sellers)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

2.9608

Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. ...more about Fatal Attraction

Actor Awards

BAFTA Awards - Best Actor

DVD from $2.10

(12 sellers)

Basic Instinct (1992)

2.8825

Former rock star and San Francisco nightclub owner Johnny Boz is found murdered in his bed. Detective Nick Curran is assigned to the case; he has a history of alcoholism and drug abuse although he is clean now. ...more about Basic Instinct

Actor Awards

Razzie Awards - Worst Actor

DVD from $3.99

(15 sellers)

Coma (1978)

2.8080

A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in coma's. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. ...more about Coma

DVD from $1.96

(13 sellers)

Black Rain (1989)

2.8010

Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. ...more about Black Rain

DVD from $4.94

(14 sellers)

Don't Say a Word (2001)

2.7780

A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick (Sean Bean), and take off with the precious stone. ...more about Don't Say a Word

DVD from $4.25

(10 sellers)

Perfect Murder, A (1998)

2.7564

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. ...more about Perfect Murder

Actor Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense

DVD from $4.59

(14 sellers)

Tell Them Who You Are (2005)

2.7018

Mark Wexler's cinematic blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler, whose long and illutrious career is a virtual catalogue of 20th century classics. ...more about Tell Them Who You Are

DVD from $6.99

(4 sellers)

Beautiful Country, The (2004)

2.6755

One of the consequences of America's involvement in the Vietnam war, was the children of GI's by their Vietnamese wives and lovers. ...more about Beautiful Country

Not Available on DVD

Jewel of the Nile, The (1985)

2.6696

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. ...more about Jewel of the Nile

DVD from $9.59

(13 sellers)

One Night at McCool's (2001)

2.6521

After another hard night at McCool's, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. ...more about One Night at McCool's

DVD from $5.59

(11 sellers)

Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996)

2.6188

Set in 1898, this movie is based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people over a nine month period, while a bridge engineer (Val Kilmer) and an experienced old hunter (Michael Douglas) tried to kill them. ...more about Ghost and the Darkness

DVD from $3.94

(15 sellers)

Chorus Line, A (1985)

2.5858

A director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefulls audition, hoping to be selected. Throughout the day, more and more people are eliminated, and the competition gets harder. ...more about Chorus Line

DVD from $6.49

(11 sellers)

Falling Down (1993)

2.5586

William (D-FENS) just wants to get home to see his daughter on her birthday. Unfortunately, nothing seems to be going right for him. First there's the traffic jam, then the unhelpful Korean shopkeeper who "doesn't give change". ...more about Falling Down

DVD from $3.59

(12 sellers)

Sentinel, The (2006)

2.5444

Special Agent Pete Garrison is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. ...more about Sentinel

DVD from $9.27

(14 sellers)

Get Bruce (1999)

2.4906

DVD from $11.65

(8 sellers)

Napoleon and Samantha (1972)

2.4410

11-year old Napoleon lives with his grandfather. He has a good friend who is a clown at a circus. When the clown returns to Europe, Napoleon takes care of lion Major. But the grandfather dies and Napoleon runs off with the lion and his friend Samantha. ...more about Napoleon and Samantha

DVD from $10.98

(9 sellers)

Shining Through (1992)

2.4044

Ed Leland is an American spymaster who needs to spy on a high level German Army officer during World War II. Because of her pastry-baking skills, he decides to send in his secretary, Linda Voss. ...more about Shining Through

Actor Awards

Razzie Awards - Worst Actor

DVD from $6.99

(10 sellers)

It Runs in the Family (2003)

2.3992

Spanning three generations, the Grombergs are a highly successful, but somewhat dysfunctional New York family. Patriarch Mitchell Gromberg is having difficulty coming to grips with his mortality. ...more about It Runs in the Family

DVD from $9.99

(9 sellers)

Disclosure (1994)

2.3871

With his company about to merge, a happily married and successful computer expert is expecting a promotion. Instead the job goes to a woman from another plant with whom he had an affair in his bachelor days. ...more about Disclosure

DVD from $2.87

(12 sellers)

You, Me and Dupree (2006)

2.3750

Carl and Molly Peterson are just starting their new life together. There\\\'s just one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed new world...and his name\\\'s Dupree. ...more about You

DVD from $4.41

(17 sellers)

In-Laws, The (2003)

2.3035

When prospective fathers-in-law Steve Tobias and Jerry Peyser meet for the first time to celebrate their children's upcoming marriage, the cake hits the fan. Dr. ...more about In-Laws

DVD from $5.99

(11 sellers)

Star Chamber, The (1983)

2.0466

Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty. ...more about Star Chamber

DVD from $6.39

(11 sellers)

Oliver Stone: Inside Out (1992)

1.5707

Not Available on DVD

Adam at Six A.M. (1970)

1.3661

A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. ...more about Adam at Six A.M.

Not Available on DVD

It's My Turn (1980)

0.4930

A successful but stressed mathematics professor (Clayburgh) goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son (Douglas), a prematurely retired pro baseball player. ...more about It's My Turn

Not Available on DVD

Direct Order (2003)

No Reviews Available

As the Gulf War raged, the government forced its fighting men and women to be vaccinated with an experimental and unapproved vaccine against anthrax. ...more about Direct Order

Not Available on DVD

Hail, Hero! (1969)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

In Search of Peace (2001)

No Reviews Available

DVD from $14.95

(1 sellers)

Running (1979)

No Reviews Available

American marathon runner Michael Andropolis sets his heart on representing his country at the Olympic games. Meanwhile his marriage has fallen apart and his children have no respect for him. ...more about Running

Actor Awards

Genie Awards - Best Performance by a Foreign Actor

Not Available on DVD

Trumbo (2008)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Summertree (1971)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

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