01 A military officer uncovers a planned coup against the President of the United States.
8 Best Kirk Douglas Movies
By Vlad Zakh · January 9, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Kirk Douglas brought a coiled, physical intensity to nearly every role he played, and he used his own star power to help make some of Hollywood’s most daring films of the 1950s and ’60s. In Paths of Glory (1957): A French colonel defends three soldiers scapegoated for a failed, suicidal World War I assault. Just as strong is Ace in the Hole (1951): A cynical, disgraced journalist manipulates a mining accident into a national media sensation for his own gain.
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02 An old-fashioned cowboy's refusal to adapt to modern life puts him on a collision course with the law.
03 An enslaved gladiator leads a massive uprising against the Roman Republic.
04 Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday form an uneasy alliance ahead of the legendary shootout in Tombstone.
05 A French colonel defends three soldiers scapegoated for a failed, suicidal World War I assault.
06 A dramatization of painter Vincent van Gogh's turbulent life and declining mental health.
07 A cynical, disgraced journalist manipulates a mining accident into a national media sensation for his own gain.
08 A ruthlessly ambitious boxer claws his way to the top, destroying every relationship along the way.
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