Movies by Michael Douglas
As part of the cast:
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Haywire (2011)
Cast: Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
A last-minute mission in Dublin turns deadly for stunning secret operative Mallory Kane when she realizes she's been betrayed -- and that her own life is no longer safe. Now, to outwit…
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Frank Langella …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Trader Jake (Shia LaBeouf) tries to mend the broken relationship between his fiancée, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), and her father, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), while avenging the fate of…
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone …
Directed by: Mark Waters
At his brother's wedding, playboy Connor is troubled to find that the ghosts of his many girlfriends have come to give him a piece of their mind. But they also teach him about true love…
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Michael Douglas stars as corrupt district attorney Mark Hunter in this remake of Fritz Lang's noir classic about a reporter, C.J. Nicholas, who sets himself up as the prime suspect in a…
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Solitary Man (2009)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Michael Douglas stars as a former car dealership owner who sees his personal and professional lives take a nosedive when the repercussions of years of shady business dealings and chronic…
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Fog City Mavericks (2008)
Cast: Steven Spielberg, Anthony Minghella, Michael Douglas …
This documentary zooms in on the work of talented San Francisco filmmakers such as George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Clint Eastwood, whose respective contributions to the cinematic canon…
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King of California (2007)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Laura Kachergus …
Directed by: Mike Cahill
This quirky Sundance comedy from writer-director Mike Cahill chronicles the journey of a delusional father (Michael Douglas) who's convinced that a fabled treasure is buried somewhere…
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Trumbo (2007)
Cast: Dalton Trumbo, Michael Douglas, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Peter Askin
After failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted in Hollywood. This documentary details Trumbo's…
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Starz Inside: Fog City Mavericks (2007)
Cast: Peter Coyote, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas …
Directed by: Gary Leva
You'll get an inside look at the Northern California film scene with this profile of some of the biggest names in the business. Known for their maverick spirit, these Bay area…
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Dinosaurs Alive!: IMAX (2007)
Cast: Michael Douglas
Directed by: David Clark, Bayley Silleck
Michael Douglas narrates this IMAX exploration that follows some of the top paleontologists in the world on a journey around the globe and back in time to learn about where and how dinosaurs lived.
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The Sentinel (2006)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger …
Directed by: Clark Johnson
When a government agent is murdered in the nation's capital, veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) heads up the investigation, but all the evidence seems to point…
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You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson, Amanda Detmer …
Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen (Matt Dillon), Randy Dupree (Owen Wilson) loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple…
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A Father ... a Son ... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas
Directed by: Lee Grant
Aiming her camera lens at Oscar winners Kirk and Michael Douglas, Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Lee Grant captures an extraordinary portrait of a father and son whose lives have…
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It Runs in the Family (2003)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Rory Culkin …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
The Gromberg family is one of the most powerful families in New York City -- but hidden beneath a veneer of perfection is a wealth of dysfunction. Three generations of Douglas thespians star…
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The In-Laws (2003)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney …
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
Daredevil secret agent and father of the groom Steve gives conservative podiatrist and father of the bride Jerry a bad case of prenuptial jitters when they finally meet. The two men become…
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One Night at McCool's (2001)
Cast: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman …
Directed by: Harald Zwart
Trampy femme fatale Jewel Valentine (Liv Tyler) nonchalantly lures three guys into her criminal strategy of happy homemaking: horny bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), arrogant lawyer Carl (Paul…
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Don't Say a Word (2001)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy, Famke Janssen …
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Michael Douglas stars as a renowned New York City shrink who must extract the whereabouts of some hidden bank loot from the mind of a violent and catatonic mental patient (Brittany Murphy).…
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In Search of Peace: Part 1: 1948-1967 (2001)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Edward Asner, Michael York …
Directed by: Richard Trank
Michael Douglas narrates this documentary look at the first two decades of Israel's existence, with a concentration on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Through archival footage…
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Wonder Boys (2000)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand …
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Directed by Curtis Hanson, this endearing slice of life centers on unraveling English professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas), who's forced to confront his writer's block, fear of…
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Traffic (2000)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Interlacing three disturbing snapshots of America's drug war, this Oscar-winning saga follows a U.S. drug czar who learns his daughter's an addict, a Mexican cop caught in a corrupt…
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One Day in September (1999)
Cast: Michael Douglas
Directed by: Kevin MacDonald
In 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists interrupted the Munich Olympics by taking 11 Israeli athletes hostage. Michael Douglas narrates this Oscar-winning documentary about the siege and…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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Get Bruce! (1999)
Cast: Bruce Vilanch, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal …
Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn
Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch -- an outsize talent if ever there was one -- is the subject of a scintillating documentary that asks the question: Are comics naturally funny? In Bruce's…
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A Perfect Murder (1998)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
It's murder most foul when cold-blooded hedge fund manager Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) hires a hit man to drop a dime on his philandering young wife, Emily (Gwyneth Paltrow) -- but…
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The Game (1997)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger …
Directed by: David Fincher
Financial genius and coldhearted loner Nicholas receives an unusual birthday present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game formulated by "CRS."
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson …
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
While working for a railroad baron in colonial Uganda, engineer John Patterson finds his construction efforts stymied by a series of lion attacks. Grizzled hunter Charles Remington is called…
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The American President (1995)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette…
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Disclosure (1994)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Michael Douglas plays a software whiz who rejects new boss Demi Moore's advances but gets accused of sexual harassment. Just when he thinks he's cleared his name and salvaged his…
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Falling Down (1993)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stuck in a traffic jam, William Foster abandons his car and walks across Los Angeles to get to his daughter's birthday party. After encountering one obstacle after another, he finally…
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Basic Instinct (1992)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza …
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone star in this Oscar-nominated erotic thriller about a troubled cop and a seductive novelist entwined in an alluring game of whodunit. Facing internal inquiry,…
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Shining Through (1992)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: David Seltzer
New York secretary Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspects that her boss, Ed Leland (Michael Douglas), is an American spy. When the United States enters World War II and Ed's key…
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Black Rain (1989)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura …
Directed by: Ridley Scott
A New York City cop (Michael Douglas) and his partner (Andy Garcia) must escort a murdering Japanese mobster to a jail in his homeland; he escapes, though, when they land on his turf. A…
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The War of the Roses (1989)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito directs and co-stars in this explosive portrayal of a 17-year marriage gone wrong. Oliver (Michael Douglas) and Barbara (Kathleen Turner) Rose are calling it quits as a couple,…
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Wall Street (1987)
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie …
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Enterprising stockbroker Bud Fox falls under the enticing spell of Gordon Gekko, an unscrupulous Wall Street arbitrageur. But when Gekko embroils his protégé in an insider-trading…
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer …
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
Married attorney Dan Gallagher gives in to the tantalizing flirtations of attractive editor Alex Forrest, and they embark on a steamy affair. But Dan's passing indiscretion comes back to…
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The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Lewis Teague
In this sequel to Romancing the Stone, romance writer Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) has grown bored traveling the world with her boyfriend, Jack Colton (Michael Douglas), and accepted an…
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A Chorus Line (1985)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Vicki Frederick …
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Based on the smash hit Broadway musical with a score by Marvin Hamlisch and starring Michael Douglas, A Chorus Line tells the story of a group of young dancers auditioning for a part in a new…
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Romancing the Stone (1984)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When a reclusive romance writer -- whose humdrum life in no way resembles the exploits of her fiery fictional heroines -- learns her sister's been kidnapped, she's soon embroiled in…
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The Star Chamber (1983)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto …
Directed by: Peter Hyams
After seeing countless thugs turned loose thanks to legal loopholes or extraneous details, Judge Steve Hardin (Michael Douglas) accepts elder associate Benjamin Caulfield's (Hal…
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The China Syndrome (1979)
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas …
Directed by: James Bridges
TV reporter Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) yearns to do hard news and suddenly gets her wish while she and cameraman Richard Adams (Michael Douglas) are covering a routine story at the local…
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Coma (1978)
Cast: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley …
Directed by: Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton's second feature film follows Dr. Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold), a resident whose best friend winds up on life support after undergoing a routine procedure. When…
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Napoleon & Samantha (1972)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Will Geer, Arch Johnson …
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
To avoid being sent to an orphanage, 11-year-old Napoleon (Johnny Whitaker) and his pet lion, Major, set off on the adventure of a lifetime. Jodie Foster makes her film debut as Samantha,…
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Shattered Silence (1972)
Cast: Elizabeth Ashley, Ben Gazzara, Michael Douglas …
Directed by: Philip Leacock
When Helen (Elizabeth Ashley) begins receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be her dead nephew, she assumes it's just a prank. But when people around her start to drop like…
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Summertree (1971)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Jack Warden, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Anthony Newley
When an all-American music student (Michael Douglas) gets called up to serve in Vietnam, his first instincts are to flee to Canada, an urge that sparks shock and anger in his disapproving…
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Adam at 6 a.m. (1970)
Cast: Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker …
Directed by: Robert Scheerer
A young, respected California college professor (Michael Douglas) believes there's something lacking in his present existence. In questioning his lifestyle, he decides to spend the…