Michael Douglas
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Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009. He is the eldest of actor Kirk Douglas's four sons. Douglas has been the announcer for NBC Nightly News since 2007.
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Ant-Man 3 (2022)
As: Dr. Hank Pym
The third film in the Marvel Studios' Ant-Man trilogy. Plot details are being kept hidden in the Quantum Realm.
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Stars: Michael Douglas | Michelle Pfeiffer | Paul Rudd | Evangeline Lilly | Hannah John-Kamen
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate (2019)
Hollywood's finest pay tribute to "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" for an uncensored and unforgettable celebration at The Dolby Theater.
Runtime: 60 min.
Stars: Michael Douglas | Snoop Dogg | Lily Tomlin | Tiffany Haddish
It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
As: Himself
The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Billy Lyons
Stars: Richard Gere | James Caan | Lauren Graham | Alec Baldwin | Wynn Handman
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
As: Hank Pym
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo
Stars: Chris Evans | Brie Larson | Josh Brolin | Chris Hemsworth | Robert Downey Jr.
Sword-and-Sandal (2019)
As: Himself (archive footage)
The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.
Runtime: 54 min.
Directed by: Jérôme Korkikian
Stars: David Franzoni | Douglas Wick | Julien Bocher | Hervé Lacroix | Romain Debord
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
As: Hank Pym
As Scott Lang awaits expiration of his term of house detention, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym involve him in a scheme to rescue Mrs. van Dyne from the micro-universe into which she has fallen, while two groups of schemers converge on them with intentions of stealing Dr. Pym's inventions.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Stars: Walton Goggins | Bobby Cannavale | Michael Peña | Paul Rudd | Evangeline Lilly
Animal World (2018)
As: Anderson
Drifting aimlessly through life, Kaisi (Li Yi Feng) has racked up debts of several million having borrowed money from his friends. Lured with the promise of writing it all off, Kaisi leaves his ailing mother and childhood sweetheart Qing (Zhou Dongyu) to board the ship Destiny and attend a gambling party controlled by the mysterious Anderson (Michael Douglas). All players join the game with stars. For ...
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Han Yan
Stars: Michael Douglas | Cao Bingkun | Zhou Dongyu | Li YiFeng | Li Yijuan
The God Four (2017)
As: Coach Channing
A former championship rower learns that a former classmate has committed suicide on the eve of their ten-year reunion.
Directed by: Todd Komarnicki
Stars: Michael Douglas | Jai Courtney | Natalie Dormer | Brenton Thwaites
The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017)
As: Himself
The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. An epic journey through the 20th century and the entire history of Hollywood. A testimony of the huge scope of his life and the scale of the myth. The untameable Kirk Douglas, the ragman's son.
Runtime: 54 min.
Directed by: Hubert Attal
Stars: Mirabelle Kirkland | Kirk Douglas | Stephen Farber | David Bender | Gordon Davidson
Unlocked (2017)
As: Eric Lasch
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised. Running for her life, she turns to a former soldier ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Orlando Bloom | John Malkovich | Michael Douglas | Toni Collette | Noomi Rapace
Ken San (2016)
As: Himself
KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one man of quiet dignity became a cultural barrier-breaking film star.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Yûichi Hibi
Stars: Martin Scorsese | Michael Douglas | John Woo | Paul Schrader | Yu Oh-seong
Ant-Man (2015)
As: Hank Pym
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Stars: Corey Stoll | Bobby Cannavale | Michael Peña | Paul Rudd | Evangeline Lilly
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
As: Himself
A three-hour prime-time special celebrating SNL 's fortieth year on the air.
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Don Roy King
Stars: Candice Bergen | Dan Aykroyd | Fred Armisen | Alec Baldwin | Vanessa Bayer
Hollywood Banker (2014)
As: himself
How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Rozemyn Afman
Stars: Kevin Costner | Oliver Stone | Paul Verhoeven | Dino De Laurentiis | Frans J. Afman
Beyond the Reach (2014)
As: Madec
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
Stars: Michael Douglas | Ronny Cox | Jeremy Irvine | Hanna Mangan Lawrence | Patricia Bethune
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
As: Himself
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
Directed by: Sally Norris
Stars: Candice Bergen | Anthony Hopkins | Michael Douglas | Richard Attenborough | Julian Fellowes
And So It Goes (2014)
As: Oren Little
A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he's suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Diane Keaton | Michael Douglas | Paloma Guzmán | Frances Sternhagen | Sterling Jerins
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2014)
As: Himself
Supermensch documents the astounding career of Hollywood insider, the loveable Shep Gordon, who fell into music management by chance after moving to LA straight out of college, and befriending Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. Shep managed rock stars such as Pink Floyd, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Alice Cooper, and later went on to manage chefs such as Emeril Lagasse, ushering ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Beth Aala | Mike Myers
Stars: Sylvester Stallone | Alice Cooper | Willie Nelson | Shep Gordon | Anne Murray
Last Vegas (2013)
As: Billy
Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Robert De Niro | Kevin Kline | Michael Douglas | Mary Steenburgen
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers (2013)
As: Yitzhak Rabin (voice)
Based on the best-selling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers takes the audience inside the offices of Israel's Prime Ministers through the eyes of an insider, Yehuda Avner, who served as a chief aide, English language note-taker and speechwriter to Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres. The first of two parts, The Prime Ministers: The ...
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Richard Trank
Stars: Michael Douglas | Sandra Bullock | Leonard Nimoy | Christoph Waltz
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
As: Liberace
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Matt Damon | Michael Douglas | Dan Aykroyd | Scott Bakula | Rob Lowe
Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen (2012)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: György Pálfi
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Julie Andrews | Fanny Ardant | Agustín Almodóvar | Rosanna Arquette
Haywire (2011)
As: Alex Coblenz
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Michael Fassbender | Gina Carano | Bill Paxton | Channing Tatum
The Streets of the Invisibles (2011)
As: Steve Keller (voice)
Mike Stone (Karl Malden) and Steve Keller (Michael Douglas) are back on today's streets to catch a homicidal maniac who should have been incarcerated thirty years ago. The famous police drama of the 70s in today's Google Street View. A found footage movie exclusively using Google imagery (Street View, Earth & Maps) and audio material from the original series 'The Streets of San Francisco'.
Runtime: 14 min.
Directed by: Remo Rauscher
Stars: Michael Douglas | Karl Malden
Once Upon a Time... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
A documentary about the making of Milos Forman's 1975 film ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, featuring interviews with the director, cast, and crew.
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Antoine de Gaudemar
Stars: Christopher Lloyd | Louise Fletcher | Michael Douglas | Miloš Forman
14 Actors Acting (2010)
As: Himself
A video gallery of classic screen types.
Runtime: 14 min.
Directed by: Solve Sundsbo
Stars: Matt Damon | Vincent Cassel | Michael Douglas | Robert Duvall | Javier Bardem
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
As: Gordon Gekko
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Carey Mulligan | Josh Brolin | Michael Douglas | Shia LaBeouf | Frank Langella
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
As: Himself
Directed by: Miloslav Šmídmajer
Stars: Michael Douglas | F. Murray Abraham | Petr Forman | Jean-Claude Carrière | Miloš Forman
Solitary Man (2009)
As: Ben Kalmen
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Brian Koppelman | David Levien
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mary-Louise Parker | Jesse Eisenberg | Michael Douglas | Danny DeVito
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
As: Uncle Wayne
When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience changes his attitude and allows him to reconnect with his first and only love, Jenny.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Mark Waters
Stars: Jennifer Garner | Michael Douglas | Matthew McConaughey | Breckin Meyer | Lacey Chabert
The Day After Peace (2009)
As: Himself
Against all the odds an individual manages to create an annual global 'Peace Day'; but can he inspire an actual ceasefire and silence the cynics by proving the day can actually save lives?
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Jeremy Gilley
Stars: Jude Law | Angelina Jolie | Michael Douglas | Jonny Lee Miller | Jeremy Gilley
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
As: Mark Hunter
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Stars: Amber Tamblyn | Jesse Metcalfe | Michael Douglas | Joel David Moore | Orlando Jones
Trumbo (2008)
As: Himself
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Peter Askin
Stars: Paul Giamatti | Liam Neeson | Michael Douglas | Joan Allen | Dalton Trumbo
Dinosaurs Alive (2007)
As: Narrator
See the earliest creatures of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous in a ‘life-sized’ IMAX ® presentation. Join renowned paleontologists as they discover new fossils and uncover evidence that dinosaur descendants are still among us. Realistic and scientifically-accurate computer generated animation brings dinosaurs back to life…in a big way!
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Bayley Silleck | David Clark
Stars: Michael Douglas
King of California (2007)
As: Charlie
Charlie gets released from an insane asylum and moves in with Miranda, the young daughter he left behind. Charlie believes that there is treasure hidden beneath the local Costco, so he puts together a plan to unearth the loot. By convincing Miranda to quit her job at McDonald's and instead work at the wholesale store, he is able to obtain a key. Although Miranda is skeptical, she helps her father ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mike Cahill
Stars: Kathleen Wilhoite | Evan Rachel Wood | Michael Douglas | Willis Burks II | Arthur Santiago
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
As: Mr. Thompson
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple almost permanently -- as their houseguest. But the longer Dupree camps out on their couch, the closer he gets to Carl's bride, Molly, leaving the frustrated groom wondering when his pal will be moving out.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Joe Russo | Anthony Russo
Stars: Owen Wilson | Matt Dillon | Kate Hudson | Michael Douglas | Seth Rogen
The Sentinel (2006)
As: Pete Garrison
A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Clark Johnson
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Eva Longoria | Martin Donovan | Michael Douglas | Kim Basinger
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)
As: Himself
Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".
Runtime: 57 min.
Directed by: Gary Leva
Stars: George Lucas | Ben Burtt | Ridley Scott | William Wyler | Bruce Crawford
A Father ... A Son ... Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2005)
As: Himself
The rich legacy of cinema legend Kirk Douglas is explored in Academy Award-winning actress and documentary-filmmaker Lee Grant's illuminating look at the personal side of a Hollywood royalty. With roles in such indisputable Hollywood classics as Spartacus, Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic superstardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael in such efforts as ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Lee Grant
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Michael Douglas | Kirk Douglas | Kathleen Turner | Karl Malden
The In-Laws (2003)
As: Steve Tobias
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
Stars: Lindsay Sloane | Candice Bergen | Michael Douglas | Ryan Reynolds | Albert Brooks
It Runs in the Family (2003)
As: Alex Gromberg
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Rory Culkin | Michael Douglas | Kirk Douglas | Diana Douglas | Cameron Douglas
Don't Say a Word (2001)
As: Nathan R. Conrad
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: Sean Bean | Guy Torry | Michael Douglas | Brittany Murphy | Skye McCole Bartusiak
One Night At McCool's (2001)
As: Mr. Burmeister
Every man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Harald Zwart
Stars: Liv Tyler | Matt Dillon | Michael Douglas | Paul Reiser | Mary Jo Smith
Traffic (2000)
As: Robert Wakefield
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and ...
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Michael Douglas | Jacob Vargas | Russell G. Jones | Benicio del Toro | Tomás Milián
Wonder Boys (2000)
As: Prof. Grady Tripp
Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Stars: Katie Holmes | Michael Douglas | Rip Torn | Tobey Maguire | Frances McDormand
One Day in September (1999)
As: Himself - Narrator (voice)
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli revenge operation 'Wrath of God.' The 1972 Munich Olympics were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage. Besides footage taken at the time, we see interviews with the surviving terrorist, Jamal Al Gashey, and various officials detailing exactly how the police, lacking an anti-terrorist squad and turning down ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Michael Douglas | Ankie Spitzer | Jamal Al Gashey | Gerald Seymour | Axel Springer
Get Bruce! (1999)
As: Himself
Affectionate tribute to Bruce Vilanch, who writes material for celebrities who make public appearances, from Oscar hosts and award recipients to Presidents. We meet his mom and see photos of his childhood; in Chicago, he writes for the Tribune and then heads West. Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Bette Midler talk with him and to the camera about working with Bruce, and we also watch ...
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Nathan Lane | Bette Midler | Bruce Vilanch | Lily Tomlin
Forever Hollywood (1999)
As: Himself
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.
Runtime: 57 min.
Directed by: Arnold Glassman | Todd McCarthy
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Annette Bening | Sharon Stone | Warren Beatty | André De Toth
A Perfect Murder (1998)
As: Steven Taylor
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. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Viggo Mortensen | Michael Douglas | Sarita Choudhury | David Suchet
The Game (1997)
As: Nicholas Van Orton
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: David Fincher
Stars: Deborah Kara Unger | Michael Douglas | James Rebhorn | Sean Penn | Spike Jonze
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
As: Charles Remington
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Val Kilmer | Emily Mortimer | Tom Wilkinson | Michael Douglas | John Kani
The American President (1995)
As: Andrew Shepherd
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Annette Bening | Martin Sheen | Michael Douglas | Michael J. Fox | Anna Deavere Smith
Disclosure (1994)
As: Tom Sanders
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Dylan Baker | Donald Sutherland | Michael Douglas | Demi Moore | Jacqueline Kim
Falling Down (1993)
As: William 'D-Fens' Foster
On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. He goes to a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call, but the Korean owner does not oblige, tipping Foster over the edge. The unstable Foster, ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Michael Douglas | Barbara Hershey | Robert Duvall | Rachel Ticotin | Frederic Forrest
Basic Instinct (1992)
As: Det. Nick Curran
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn | George Dzundza | Michael Douglas | Sharon Stone | Denis Arndt
Shining Through (1992)
As: Ed Leland
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering ...
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: David Seltzer
Stars: Liam Neeson | Michael Douglas | Joely Richardson | Melanie Griffith | John Gielgud
If Dolphins Could Talk (1990)
Dolphins have conquered the ocean; these intelligent sea mammals live all over the planet. But they face an enemy that they cannot defeat - man.
Runtime: 60 min.
Stars: Michael Douglas
The War of the Roses (1989)
As: Oliver Rose
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Stars: Michael Douglas | Danny DeVito | Marianne Sägebrecht | Kathleen Turner | Dan Castellaneta
Black Rain (1989)
As: Nick
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. As they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: John Spencer | Michael Douglas | Shigeru Kôyama | Kate Capshaw | Andy García
Wall Street (1987)
As: Gordon Gekko
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: John C. McGinley | Martin Sheen | Michael Douglas | Charlie Sheen | Daryl Hannah
Fatal Attraction (1987)
As: Dan Gallagher
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Stars: Michael Douglas | Jane Krakowski | Anne Archer | Glenn Close | Ellen Hamilton Latzen
A Chorus Line (1985)
As: Zach
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Stars: Michael Douglas | Audrey Landers | Terrence Mann | Janet Jones | Alyson Reed
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
As: Jack T. Colton
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Stars: Holland Taylor | Michael Douglas | Danny DeVito | Kathleen Turner | Spiros Focás
Romancing the Stone (1984)
As: Jack T. Colton
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Manuel Ojeda | Michael Douglas | Danny DeVito | Ron Silver | Kathleen Turner
The Star Chamber (1983)
As: Superior Court Judge Steven R. Harlin
Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Stars: Sharon Gless | Michael Douglas | Yaphet Kotto | Michael Ensign | Hal Holbrook
It's My Turn (1980)
As: Ben Lewin
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. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend (Grodin), between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Claudia Weill
Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Michael Douglas | Charles Grodin | Beverly Garland | Steven Hill
Running (1979)
As: Michael Andropolis
An Olympic hopeful marathon runner hopes his success will be the answer to his marriage woes and other personal problems.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern
Stars: Michael Douglas | Eugene Levy | Susan Anspach | Lawrence Dane | Trudy Young
The China Syndrome (1979)
As: Richard Adams
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the nuclear plant when a startling accident occurs that nearly causes the meltdown of the reactor. A newsreel cameraman accompanying Wells (Michael Douglas) captures the ...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: James Bridges
Stars: Michael Douglas | Jack Lemmon | James Hampton | Jane Fonda | Scott Brady
Coma (1978)
As: Dr. Mark Bellows
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 comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Stars: Michael Douglas | Rip Torn | Geneviève Bujold | Elizabeth Ashley | Richard Widmark
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
As: Danny Arlington Williams III
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
Stars: Michael Douglas | Jodie Foster | Will Geer | Henry Jones | Johnny Whitaker
When Michael Calls (1972)
As: Craig
Helen keeps on receiving phone calls from a child, who claims being her nephew Michael - but Michael died 15 years ago! In these calls he scolds on acquaintances, who then die in suspicious accidents. Soon Helen has to fear to be the next victim.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Philip Leacock
Stars: Michael Douglas | Larry Reynolds | Elizabeth Ashley | Ben Gazzara | Karen Pearson
Summertree (1971)
As: Jerry
Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is drafted into the Army, just as things begin to go well for him. He decision to flee to Canada sparks off conflict with his parents, ending in the film's conclusion - in Vietnam.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Anthony Newley
Stars: Michael Douglas | Teri Garr | Jack Warden | Brenda Vaccaro | Barbara Bel Geddes
Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
As: Adam Gaines
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. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Robert Scheerer
Stars: Michael Douglas | Joe Don Baker | Lee Purcell | Louise Latham | Charles Aidman
Hail, Hero! (1969)
As: Carl Dixon
Hail, Hero! stars Michael Douglas in his screen debut as long-haired college student Carl Dixon. Reversing the usual procedure in late-1960s films, Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David Miller
Stars: Michael Douglas | Arthur Kennedy | Louise Latham | Teresa Wright | Peter Strauss