Michael Douglas Movies

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Mary-Louise Parker, Jenna Fischer, ...


At 65 years old, Michael Douglas can still command the movie screen. In
recent years, his choice of parts has looked somewhat desperate to me.
Solitary Man got little publicity and is playing largely art houses
around the country. And it is quite a film. It is very much Douglas at
his aging best. His character is true to the Neil Diamond song by the
same name, a version of...

Genres: Drama   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, ...


First let me say I think that the reviews criticising the storyline are
unfair. I think the story, and Douglas, are the best things about the
film. For me, the storyline works perfectly. However, LaBeouf does not
convince in every scene, and Mulligans performance is very poor. Brolin
does a reasonable job, not his best performance, but quite effective.
Of course, Douglas s...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Brendan Patricks, Naomie Harris, Kelly Adams, Cécile Cassel, Jane March, ...

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Genres: Comedy    Fantasy    Romance   

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, Breckin Meyer, ...

The film started out a little slowly but began to move well. I thought
that there was really good chemistry between the two main characters. I
liked the film for its well conveyed message about commitment and what
it means to care for people. In order to receive you need to give and
vice versa. The film used Dickens as a clever vehicle for its plot and
it worked for me anyway. ...

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Starring: Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Julia Bantner, Eric Barba, ...

Hugh Jackman had a great time as host of this year's Academy awards,
and so did we. His joy was infectious. The staging and set up is
probably one of the best I've seen in all my years of watching these
shows. The pre-show done by Jackman and Anne Hathaway was passable, but
the whole production came across as so real and human, it astounded us.
This actually was very we...

Genres: Comedy    Fantasy    Romance   

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Emma Stone, Breckin Meyer, ...

The film started out a little slowly but began to move well. I thought
that there was really good chemistry between the two main characters. I
liked the film for its well conveyed message about commitment and what
it means to care for people. In order to receive you need to give and
vice versa. The film used Dickens as a clever vehicle for its plot and
it worked for me anyway. ...

Genres:

Starring: Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Julia Bantner, Eric Barba, ...

Hugh Jackman had a great time as host of this year's Academy awards,
and so did we. His joy was infectious. The staging and set up is
probably one of the best I've seen in all my years of watching these
shows. The pre-show done by Jackman and Anne Hathaway was passable, but
the whole production came across as so real and human, it astounded us.
This actually was very we...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas, Joel Moore, Orlando Jones, ...

'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt' is a remake of 1956 film noir (and they
really knew how to make them back then), casting looked good, plot
seemed very interesting and there was plenty of reason for me to watch
this movie. First thing i realized when i started watching is that the
production is kind of poor, when you watch this movie you get the
feeling that you're wa...

Genres: Comedy    Drama   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, ...

After seeing the trailer for this movie and checking out the cast and
filmmakers I made this a must see at this years Sundance Film Festival.
The combination of Alexander Payne (Sideways,Election,About Schmidt)
producing and Michael Douglas playing wacky gives hope for another
great dramedy along the lines of Little Miss Sunsine and Sideways. King
of California easily meets tho...

Genres: Documentary    Short   

Starring: Michael Douglas, ...

I've recently taken my two sons to see this at my local science center,
and all of us were very disappointed with Dinosaurs Alive! This very
dry documentary mainly focuses on archaeologists in 1920s Mongolia and
modern day New Mexico. CG dino scenes were not only sparse and short
(why call this film Dinosaurs Alive if you're not going to focus on
them?), but the special...

Genres: Action    Crime    Thriller    Adventure    Mystery   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria Parker, Martin Donovan, Ritchie Coster, ...

Michael Douglas is a secret service agent framed in a plot to kill the
President of the US. Kiefer Sutherland is the agent on his tail.Its not a bad movie its just been there done that with form over
content film making. There is no real tension because the actors are in
roles they've played a dozen or so times before (Sutherland in 24 each
week)so you can pretty much walk them...

Genres: Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, ...

Whenever a movie mistakenly thinks a bad pun of a tagline ("Dupree's a
crowd" anyone?) is gonna rope in ye olde movie-going audience, there is
officially room to be concerned with what you're about to watch. OK, so
the tagline isn't as bad as some, but it is enough to raise a red flag.
However, is it enough to indicate what's to come? Welp, I'm happy to say that...

Genres: Action    Comedy    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Michael Bodnar, Vladimir Radian, Robin Tunney, Albert Brooks, ...

Premiering the same weekend as Bruce Almighty, this more cerebral and
intelligent comedy maintains its own wacky pacing and outlandish plot with
over the top antics that rely more on true comedic humor, especially from
Albert Brooks along with the physical/dry humor of Michael Douglas. This
feel-good, spy/irony comedy makes for the perfect summer getaway outing
without any lav...

Genres: Drama   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Rory Culkin, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, ...

I think the only person who's not a member of the Douglas clan in 'It Runs
In The Family' is director Fred Schepisi. Okay, I exaggerate, but there are
3 generations PLAYING 3 generations (Kirk, Michael, and Cameron) and Kirk's
ex-wife even plays his doting wife in the film. This is the first time that
Kirk & Michael have worked together since the son's bit part in dad's '66
war...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, ...

They say there's nothing new under the sun, and that's especially apt in
sunny Hollywood. So it's tempting to ask, merely as a theoretical
exercise,
"can you make a movie that is essentially a model kit assembled from other
movies, and still make it effective?" "Don't Say a Word" proves that the
answer is "Yes." WHY you would want to set out to do such a thing is
another...

Genres: Comedy    Crime   

Starring: Matt Dillon, Mary Jo Smith, Michael Douglas, Paul Reiser, Reba McEntire, ...

ONE NIGHT AT McCOOL'S / (2001) *** (out of four)By Blake French: According to Harald Zwart, the director of "One Night at McCool's," this
film is "a dark comedy about the power of women over men, and how a group of
people can all perceive different realities. It's the same story told from
three different points of view, and each time we tell the story, we try to
reveal a little bit...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Andrew Chavez, Michael Saucedo, Tomas Milian, ...

A dazzlingly complex film, `Traffic' takes a hard, unflinching look at the
so-called `war on drugs' that is perfectly clear and uncompromising.
Director Steven Soderbergh takes the various viewpoints of the drug culture
-- the users, the dealers, the police, and the politicians -- and weaves
their differing stories together into a single story that is both deep in
its ideas but...

Genres: Drama    Comedy   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, ...

I am usually annoyed by films based on novels about novelists. Really, it's
like the author couldn't think of anything else to write about. `Write what
you know.' That's what the writing instructors tell you. But a novel about
a writer makes it seem like writing is all you know. Who, except other
writers, would want to read it? The opening scenes of Wonder Boys,
however,
...

Genres: Crime    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, ...

I went into A Perfect Murder expecting to enjoy it, but I recognised
the fact that I wouldn't be in for a great film. To be honest, I love
thrillers like this as they offer a solid two hours (or so) of non-too
taxing entertainment, and what's not to like about that? A Perfect
Murder is an update of the Hitchcock classic 'Dial M For Murder', and
while the film doesn't touch Hitc...

Genres: Crime    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury, ...

I went into A Perfect Murder expecting to enjoy it, but I recognised
the fact that I wouldn't be in for a great film. To be honest, I love
thrillers like this as they offer a solid two hours (or so) of non-too
taxing entertainment, and what's not to like about that? A Perfect
Murder is an update of the Hitchcock classic 'Dial M For Murder', and
while the film doesn't touch Hitc...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, ...

Let me just tell you that, as a middle aged film buff, I have seen my share
of flicks, good and bad. Very few rate as high as "The Game" in
entertainment value. "The Game" is most definitely one of the "most fun"
movies to hit the silver screen in a long time. Filled with plot twists and
turns, this film takes the movie-goer on a psychological roller coaster
ride
from the t...

Genres: Adventure    Drama    Thriller    Horror   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, ...

I always found this to be an outstanding based-on a true story
adventure film which holds your interest throughout. It features some
great suspense and the story is fascinating. It's always been ranked
among my top 50 movies. A good surround system doesn't hurt here,
either.Stan Winston, one of the best special-effects men in the business, lent
his talents to this film while Va...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, ...

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Genres: Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia, ...

This was satisfying to watch, just to see justice done to an evil
character (played well by Demi Moore). It's also refreshing - and
astonishing - to see the flip side of the coin: a man accusing a woman
of sexual harassment and proving it! What a unique twist, almost
unheard of in the Liberal world of mainstream films.Michael Douglas co-stars with Moore and is good, too, but I ...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin, ...

Falling Down is the kind of film that has much more more happening than
many of us want to know about. It is disguised simply as a film about
an apparent nut who goes out and tries to right the wrongs that have
been done to him and in his trek across Los Angeles he becomes an
anti-hero. While that may be true to an extent, read more into it and you can see
a film that tries to ...

Genres: Mystery    Romance    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, ...

Paul Verhoeven has created a masterwork from Joe Eszterhas'
controversial script. Several sex scenes become a leitmotif, as the
participants appear to pummel, rather than love, one another with
their nether parts. But the most rugged and the most erotic scene
occurs between Detective Nick Curran, Michael Douglas, and his
colleague, Beth Garner, portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn. ...

Genres: Comedy    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sean Astin, ...

A classic feature of Danny DeVito's (far too few) works as a director is
that they are utterly evil. Cruel. Wicked. Merciless to their characters and
merciless to the viewer. Although this is often combined with slight
exaggeration, it is exactly what I love about them.After seeing The War of the Roses the second time after having grown a
little older, I still feel that particular ...

Genres: Action    Crime    Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yusaku Matsuda, ...

I saw this film on crappy pan and scan VHS when I was about 12 and I
didn't really understand it and I wasn't really up on Ridley Scott's
work. As a result, the impact of the film was somewhat lost on me. I
was expecting an action film instead of a character drama with lots of
police procedure. But now, older and wiser and with a brand new Blu Ray
of the movie, I...

Genres: Drama    Thriller   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin, ...

There are a handful of movies out there that have become so
ingrained in our collective dialogue as an American society, it's
practically a crime to have not seen them. If you haven't experienced the
joy of Casablanca, you probably haven't seen from where "Here's looking at
you, kid" originally came. Ever heard someone make jokes about quarter
pounders with cheese in France? Th...

Genres: Crime    Drama   

Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tamara Tunie, Franklin Cover, Chuck Pfeiffer, John C. McGinley, ...

You can watch Wall Street and take it for face value. If you want to do
that, all you have to do is watch Michael Douglas, probably the most
underrated actor of the last 30 years, give his greed speech. You will be
amazed at this man's talent for delivering a performance. You can watch
Daryl Hannah give a flawless interpretation of the high priced trophy
girlfriend/wife. An...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Comedy    Romance   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, ...

I have given this movie a 7/10 because, taken on its own merits, it is
just a delightful movie to watch. It's funny, although the slapstick
sometimes is a little over done; but good wins out over evil, and
leaves you satisfied at its conclusion. It reminds me of the "On the
Road" movies made by Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour during
the forties, but with better, if no...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Comedy    Romance    Western   

Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, ...

I love this movie. I'm sure that it's in my top-ten somewhere, because ever
since I was a kid, I've never gotten sick of watching it. The premise is
one of those that's just so damn crazy it actually works. It starts with a
successful romance novelist, Joan Wilder, who has just finished her last
book, but lacks the sort of love-life that she writes about. When she
learns th...

Genres: Mystery    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Richard Widmark, ...

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