6 Best Paul Lukas Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 12, 2026

Paul Lukas brought distinguished, continental sophistication to Hollywood over four decades and won an Oscar for his commanding turn as an anti-Nazi resistance leader in Watch on the Rhine. The Lady Vanishes has a woman insisting a passenger vanished from a train, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea captures a scientist and companions, and 55 Days at Peking endures a violent uprising. Dodsworth and Little Women round out the list.

55 Days at Peking (1963)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Diplomats and soldiers endure a long siege in the Boxer Rebellion.

Directed by Nicholas Ray · 2h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Sailors captured by a mysterious submarine captain learn the secrets of his vessel and his dark past.

Directed by Richard Fleischer · 2h 07m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Watch on the Rhine (1943)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Helmut Dantine features in this wartime drama about an anti-fascist resistance leader whose family is endangered when a blackmailer threatens to expose them.

Directed by Herman Shumlin · 1h 54m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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The Lady Vanishes (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A young woman aboard a European train insists a kindly governess has vanished, though no one else remembers her.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 1h 36m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Philo, Criterion Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Dodsworth (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A retired auto executive's European trip with his restless wife exposes deep cracks in their marriage.

Directed by William Wyler · 1h 41m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Little Women (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Four sisters navigate love, ambition and hardship while growing up during the Civil War.

Directed by George Cukor · 1h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Paul Lukas Movies

55 Days at Peking (1963)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Dodsworth (1936)

Little Women (1933)

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