Want to know the best Michael Curtiz movies? How about the worst Michael Curtiz movies? Curious about Michael Curtiz box office grosses or which Michael Curtiz movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Michael Curtiz movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
We recently read an internet article that proclaimed Michael Curtiz as the greatest, most productive director that time has forgotten. After reading that article we began taking an informal poll of some knowledgeable movie friends….we asked the question…..”Ever heard of Michael Curtiz?” After getting 5 answers of “no”….we figured it was time to give Mr. Curtiz some UMR sunshine.
Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) was an Oscar® winning Hungarian-born American film director. His IMDb page shows an incredible 178 directing credits from 1912-1967. This page will rank 90 Michael Curtiz movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Many of his silent movies, some early 1930s movies, shorts and uncredited directing jobs were not included in the rankings.
Michael Curtiz Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1942 | Casablanca (1942) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Director Win |
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| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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| 1945 | Mildred Pierce (1945) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) AA Best Director Nom |
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| 1938 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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| 1947 | Life with Father (1947) | |
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| 1940 | The Sea Hawk (1940) |  |
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| 1954 | White Christmas (1954) | |
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| 1935 | Captain Blood (1935) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
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| 1939 | Dodge City (1939) | |
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| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | |
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| 1955 | We're No Angels (1955) | |
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| 1941 | The Sea Wolf (1941) | |
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| 1954 | The Egyptian (1954) | |
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| 1945 | Roughly Speaking (1945) | |
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| 1943 | This is the Army (1943) | |
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| 1947 | The Unsuspected (1947) | |
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| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds (1942) | |
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| 1944 | Passage to Marseille (1944) | |
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| 1939 | Four Wives (1939) | |
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| 1941 | Dive Bomber (1941) | |
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| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) | |
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| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | |
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| 1949 | Flamingo Road (1949) | |
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| 1944 | Janie (1944) | |
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| 1937 | Kid Galahad (1937) | |
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| 1946 | Night and Day (1946) | |
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| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas (1948) |  |
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| 1928 | Noah's Ark (1928) | |
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| 1940 | Virginia City (1940) | |
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| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way (1953) | |
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| 1939 | Daughters Courageous (1939) | |
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| 1951 | I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) | |
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| 1951 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | |
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| 1949 | My Dream Is Yours (1949) | |
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| 1937 | The Perfect Specimen (1937) | |
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| 1930 | Mammy (1930) | |
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| 1961 | The Comancheros (1961) | |
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| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn (1950) | |
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| 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers (1952) | |
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| 1938 | Gold is Where You Find It (1938) | |
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| 1950 | The Breaking Point (1950) | |
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| 1958 | King Creole (1958) | |
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| 1930 | Under a Texas Moon (1930) | |
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| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) | |
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| 1950 | Bright Leaf (1950) |  |
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| 1937 | Stolen Holiday (1937) | |
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| 1961 | Francis of Assisi (1961) | |
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| 1937 | Mountain Justice (1937) | |
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| 1951 | Force of Arms (1951) | |
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| 1938 | Four's a Crowd (1938) | |
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| 1933 | The Keyhole (1933) | |
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| 1935 | Front Page Woman (1935) | |
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| 1933 | The Kennel Murder Case (1933) | |
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| 1933 | Mystery of the Wax Musuem (1933) | |
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| 1958 | The Proud Rebel (1958) | |
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| 1928 | Tenderloin (1928) | |
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| 1934 | Jimmy The Gent (1934) | |
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| 1932 | Doctor X (1932) | |
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| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) | |
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| 1934 | British Agent (1934) | |
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| 1935 | Black Fury (1935) | |
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| 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) | |
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| 1936 | The Walking Dead (1936) |  |
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| 1956 | The Scarlet Hour (1956) | |
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| 1930 | Bright Lights (1930) | |
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| 1943 | Mission To Moscow (1943) | |
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| 1932 | Alias The Doctor (1932) | |
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| 1931 | The Mad Genius (1931) | |
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| 1933 | Female (1933) | |
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| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story (1957) | |
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| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) | |
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| 1926 | The Third Degree (1926) | |
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| 1954 | The Boy From Oklahoma (1954) | |
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| 1954 | The Boy From Oklahoma (1954) | |
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| 1929 | Glad Rag Doll (1929) | |
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| 1956 | The Vagabond King (1956) | |
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| 1949 | The Lady Takes A Sailor (1949) | |
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| 1933 | Private Detective 62 (1933) | |
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| 1934 | Mandalay (1934) | |
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| 1930 | River's End (1930) | |
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| 1929 | Hearts in Exile (1929) | |
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| 1952 | The Jazz Singer (1952) |  |
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| 1930 | The Matrimonial Bed (1930) | |
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| 1935 | Little Big Shot (1935) | |
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| 1934 | The Key (1934) | |
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| 1959 | The Hangman (1959) | |
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| 1959 | The Man in The Net (1959) |  |
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| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) | |
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| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal (1960) |  |
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| 1930 | A Soldier's Plaything (1930) | |
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| 1931 | God's Gift to Women (1931) | |
Michael Curtiz Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Michael Curtiz movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Michael Curtiz movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Michael Curtiz movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Michael Curtiz movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Michael Curtiz movie received.
- Sort Michael Curtiz movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Casablanca (1942) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Director Win |
Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman |
11.80 | 440.2 | 807.8 | 5 | 95 | 08 / 03 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
10.00 | 399.3 | 727.1 | 4 | 92 | 04 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 3 | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
James Cagney & Walter Huston |
13.50 | 501.3 | 702.2 | 3 | 84 | 08 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Mildred Pierce (1945) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joan Crawford | 9.70 | 306.8 | 500.5 | 16 | 82 | 06 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 6 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) AA Best Director Nom |
James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart |
6.50 | 257.8 | 372.7 | 17 | 89 | 03 / 00 | 99.0 | |
| 5 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
John Garfield & Priscilla Lane |
5.30 | 212.7 | 287.0 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 7 | Life with Father (1947) | William Powell & Irene Dunne |
13.70 | 398.2 | 508.3 | 4 | 81 | 04 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 8 | The Sea Hawk (1940) | Errol Flynn & Donald Crisp |
4.70 | 179.4 | 294.6 | 20 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 9 | White Christmas (1954) | Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye |
27.10 | 693.3 | 693.3 | 1 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 11 | Captain Blood (1935) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
3.10 | 139.5 | 317.6 | 27 | 86 | 05 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 10 | Dodge City (1939) | Errol Flynn & Ann Sheridan |
6.80 | 260.0 | 389.9 | 14 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 14 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | Errol Flynn & David Niven |
3.90 | 169.0 | 393.3 | 31 | 77 | 03 / 01 | 95.3 | |
| 15 | We're No Angels (1955) | Humphrey Bogart & Joan Bennett |
8.60 | 177.7 | 177.7 | 35 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 15 | The Sea Wolf (1941) | John Garfield & Edward G. Robinson |
4.00 | 153.6 | 233.6 | 52 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 15 | The Egyptian (1954) | Gene Tierney & Jean Simmons |
12.90 | 301.3 | 301.3 | 17 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 16 | Roughly Speaking (1945) | Rosalind Russell & Jack Carson |
5.10 | 162.9 | 227.0 | 70 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
| 16 | This is the Army (1943) | Ronald Reagan | 24.30 | 872.7 | 1,092.8 | 1 | 60 | 03 / 01 | 93.5 | |
| 19 | The Unsuspected (1947) | Claude Rains | 5.40 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 61 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 17 | Captains of the Clouds (1942) | James Cagney & Dennis Morgan |
6.00 | 224.7 | 364.1 | 26 | 60 | 02 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 20 | Passage to Marseille (1944) | Humphrey Bogart & Claude Rains |
7.00 | 234.4 | 411.4 | 32 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 21 | Four Wives (1939) | Claude Rains & Priscilla Lane |
4.80 | 184.0 | 227.5 | 37 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 23 | Dive Bomber (1941) | Errol Flynn & Fred MacMurray |
5.70 | 218.0 | 324.5 | 17 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 25 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) | Errol Flynn & Bette Davis |
3.80 | 147.1 | 248.4 | 50 | 71 | 05 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 24 | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
5.00 | 192.3 | 278.6 | 16 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 26 | Flamingo Road (1949) | Joan Crawford & Sydney Greenstreet |
6.30 | 157.6 | 201.7 | 33 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 24 | Janie (1944) | Joyce Reynolds | 6.90 | 231.9 | 231.9 | 33 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 28 | Kid Galahad (1937) | Humphrey Bogart & Edward G. Robinson |
4.10 | 172.0 | 251.6 | 38 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 27 | Night and Day (1946) | Cary Grant & Alexis Smith |
10.80 | 333.0 | 535.1 | 16 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 29 | Romance on the High Seas (1948) | Doris Day & Jack Carson |
5.80 | 156.0 | 228.7 | 54 | 63 | 02 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 30 | Noah's Ark (1928) | Myrna Loy & Dolores Costello |
4.60 | 144.5 | 243.6 | 7 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 32 | Virginia City (1940) | Errol Flynn & Humphrey Bogart |
4.30 | 167.0 | 233.2 | 25 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 33 | Trouble Along the Way (1953) | John Wayne & Donna Reed |
7.40 | 133.4 | 166.1 | 32 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 34 | Daughters Courageous (1939) | John Garfield & Donald Crisp |
3.50 | 135.7 | 188.6 | 57 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 34 | I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) | Doris Day & Danny Thomas |
7.00 | 150.2 | 196.9 | 30 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 35 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | Burt Lancaster & Football Movies |
6.40 | 138.4 | 177.9 | 35 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 38 | My Dream Is Yours (1949) | Doris Day & Jack Carson |
5.50 | 138.9 | 190.9 | 47 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 37 | The Perfect Specimen (1937) | Errol Flynn & Joan Blondell |
3.10 | 130.4 | 211.8 | 69 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 40 | Mammy (1930) | Al Jolson | 2.40 | 130.9 | 157.1 | 42 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 39 | The Comancheros (1961) | John Wayne & Lee Marvin |
7.00 | 102.0 | 102.0 | 32 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 39 | Young Man with a Horn (1950) | Kirk Douglas & Doris Day |
4.70 | 105.3 | 149.0 | 64 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 42 | The Story of Will Rogers (1952) | Will Rogers Jr. & Jane Wyman |
6.90 | 134.9 | 146.5 | 32 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 44 | Gold is Where You Find It (1938) | Olivia de Havilland & Claude Rains |
3.50 | 139.6 | 231.1 | 52 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 41 | The Breaking Point (1950) | John Garfield & Patricia Neal |
3.00 | 67.4 | 110.4 | 105 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 43 | King Creole (1958) | Elvis Presley & Walter Matthau |
3.40 | 61.6 | 61.6 | 65 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 45 | Under a Texas Moon (1930) | Myrna Loy & Frank Fay |
2.10 | 110.6 | 137.3 | 58 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 46 | The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) | Ernest Borgnine | 6.40 | 126.0 | 126.0 | 35 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 47 | Bright Leaf (1950) | Gary Cooper & Lauren Bacall |
4.90 | 109.2 | 157.0 | 52 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 48 | Stolen Holiday (1937) | Kay Francis & Claude Rains |
2.00 | 83.3 | 128.4 | 119 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 51 | Francis of Assisi (1961) | Bradford Dillman | 5.10 | 74.9 | 74.9 | 46 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 51 | Mountain Justice (1937) | George Brent | 2.10 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 113 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 52 | Force of Arms (1951) | William Holden & Nancy Olson |
4.00 | 86.9 | 121.7 | 89 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 52 | Four's a Crowd (1938) | Errol Flynn & Rosalind Russell |
2.40 | 96.6 | 150.9 | 94 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 53 | The Keyhole (1933) | Kay Francis & George Brent |
0.90 | 40.3 | 70.7 | 124 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 54 | Front Page Woman (1935) | Bette Davis | 1.00 | 46.1 | 65.2 | 126 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 55 | The Kennel Murder Case (1933) | William Powell & Mary Astor |
1.30 | 59.1 | 91.3 | 69 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 56 | Mystery of the Wax Musuem (1933) | Fay Wray | 1.00 | 47.1 | 151.7 | 103 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 58 | The Proud Rebel (1958) | Olivia de Havilland & Alan Ladd |
4.30 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 56 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 60 | Tenderloin (1928) | Conrad Nagel & Dolores Costello |
3.00 | 94.0 | 104.1 | 22 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 58 | Jimmy The Gent (1934) | James Cagney & Bette Davis |
0.90 | 44.5 | 62.5 | 116 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 74.3 | |
| 59 | Doctor X (1932) | Fay Wray & Lionel Atwill |
1.20 | 56.7 | 83.2 | 104 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 61 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) | Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis |
1.40 | 70.6 | 130.9 | 68 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 63 | British Agent (1934) | Kay Francis & Leslie Howard |
1.50 | 71.2 | 123.5 | 74 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 62 | Black Fury (1935) | Paul Muni | 1.40 | 64.8 | 102.9 | 91 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 64 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) | Buster Keaton & Tony Randall |
5.60 | 87.0 | 122.8 | 51 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 65 | The Walking Dead (1936) | Boris Karloff | 1.00 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 146 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 66 | The Scarlet Hour (1956) | Carol Ohmart | 2.10 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 135 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 67 | Bright Lights (1930) | Dorothy Mackaill | 0.90 | 50.9 | 111.0 | 126 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 68 | Mission To Moscow (1943) | Eleanor Parker & Cyd Charisse |
2.90 | 104.4 | 169.3 | 96 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 70 | Alias The Doctor (1932) | Richard Barthelmess | 1.30 | 64.4 | 89.7 | 83 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 69 | The Mad Genius (1931) | John Barrymore & Boris Karloff |
0.80 | 42.2 | 60.7 | 162 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 71 | Female (1933) | Ruth Chatterton | 0.80 | 38.3 | 60.4 | 130 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 72 | The Helen Morgan Story (1957) | Paul Newman & Ann Blyth |
2.30 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 107 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 74 | The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) | Bette Davis | 1.20 | 60.1 | 60.1 | 94 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 59.4 | |
| 73 | The Third Degree (1926) | Dolores Costello & Myrna Loy |
1.00 | 35.1 | 54.0 | 43 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 58.8 | |
| 75 | The Boy From Oklahoma (1954) | Will Rogers, Jr. | 3.30 | 76.3 | 98.0 | 101 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 58.8 | |
| 76 | The Boy From Oklahoma (1954) | Will Rogers Jr. & Nancy Olson |
3.30 | 76.3 | 98.0 | 101 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 58.8 | |
| 77 | Glad Rag Doll (1929) | Dolores Costello | 2.30 | 72.3 | 99.4 | 51 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 78 | The Vagabond King (1956) | Kathryn Grayson & Leslie Nielsen |
4.00 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 87 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 79 | The Lady Takes A Sailor (1949) | Jane Wyman & Dennis Morgan |
2.00 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 142 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 55.5 | |
| 80 | Private Detective 62 (1933) | William Powell | 0.80 | 38.7 | 59.1 | 129 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 81 | Mandalay (1934) | Kay Francis & Lyle Talbot |
1.00 | 47.7 | 84.2 | 110 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 83 | River's End (1930) | Charles Bickford | 1.00 | 54.2 | 64.0 | 118 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 50.8 | |
| 82 | Hearts in Exile (1929) | Dolores Costello | 1.40 | 41.7 | 64.3 | 97 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 50.7 | |
| 86 | The Jazz Singer (1952) | Danny Thomas & Peggy Lee |
4.10 | 80.3 | 92.6 | 85 | 43 | 01 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 84 | The Matrimonial Bed (1930) | Frank Fay | 0.60 | 31.5 | 40.6 | 157 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 85 | Little Big Shot (1935) | Sybil Jason | 0.80 | 35.2 | 56.0 | 159 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 87 | The Key (1934) | William Powell & Donald Crisp |
0.80 | 36.0 | 51.7 | 138 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 88 | The Hangman (1959) | Robert Taylor | 2.90 | 51.3 | 68.0 | 80 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 41.8 | |
| 89 | The Man in The Net (1959) | Alan Ladd & Carolyn Jones |
1.80 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 123 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 90 | The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) | Walter Huston | 0.60 | 27.6 | 45.5 | 158 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 22.0 | |
| 91 | A Breath of Scandal (1960) | Sophia Loren & Angela Lansbury |
2.60 | 40.2 | 40.2 | 90 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | |
| 93 | A Soldier's Plaything (1930) | Ben Lyon & Harry Langdon |
0.60 | 30.7 | 34.3 | 160 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 10.7 | |
| 92 | God's Gift to Women (1931) | Joan Blondell | 0.40 | 22.8 | 25.5 | 191 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Michael Curtiz Table
- Forty-one Michael Curtiz movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 45.05% of his movies listed. This Is The Army (1943) was his biggest box office hit.
- An average Michael Curtiz movie grosses $112.80 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 58 Michael Curtiz movies are rated as good movies…or 63.73% of his movies. Casablanca (1942) is his highest rated movie while A Soldier’s Plaything (1930) is his lowest rated movie.
- Twenty Michael Curtiz movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 21.97% of his movies.
- Six Michael Curtiz movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 6.59% of his movies.
- A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Rankings Score is 60.00. 61 Michael Curtiz movies scored higher that average….or 67.03% of his movies. Casablanca (1942) got the the highest UMR Score while A Soldier’s Plaything (1930) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Michael Curtiz
1. Manó Kaminer was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1886. In 1905 he Hungaricised his name to Mihály Kertész.
2. Michael Curtiz became attracted to the theater when he was a child in Hungary. He built a little theater in the cellar of his house when he was 8 years old, where he and five of his friends reenacted plays
3. In 1912, Michael Curtiz directed Hungary’s first feature film, Ma és holnap (Today and Tomorrow).
4. Also in 1912, Michael Curtiz was on the Hungarian fencing team at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm
5. After directing almost 70 movies in Europe, Curtiz arrived in the United States in 1926. He began directing at Warner Bros. under the anglicised name “Michael Curtiz”. This marked the beginning of his 28-year career at Warners, where he directed 86 films
6. Michael Curtiz could be intensely absorbed, to the point of distraction. Once was hurt falling out of a moving car because he wanted to write down an idea. He was driving at the time.
7. Michael Curtiz directed Errol Flynn 12 times and Humphrey Bogart 8 times.
8. Michael Curtiz is credited with “discovering” Doris Day, whom he heard sing at a Hollywood party. At the time he was about to direct 1948’s Romance on the High Seas and was seeking a singer/actress to replace Betty Hutton, who had become pregnant and had to back out of the film.
9. Michael Curtiz was married three times in his life and had one son.
10. Michael Curtiz directed close to an average of 3 movies a year from 1930 to 1961. He did slow up when he reached 60…..as he only directed 2 movies a year from 1947 to 1961.
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Hello Bruce,
Wow, 91 movies in your table. Great job ! I’ve seen 13 movies only, but I love all of them. My favorite is Casablanca, on of the best movie ever, for me. It was a big success in France at the time.
It’s very difficult to know the french box office before 1945, but Robin Hood made more than 6.5 millions of admissions in reissue between 1945. A very big score. And, acccording the press of the time, it was a big succes in 1938. 6th of the year 1938.
And I love your idea to include the worldwide box office in your table.
I was equally happy that we had so many of his worldwide grosses….but all the credit has to go to William Schaefer and his Warner Brothers ledgers. Thanks for checking out our latest page.
Hey Laurent. I was so happy to find almost every single movie he made after making it to Hollywood. No luck at all on his pre-Hollywood days. Your 13 is just slight behind my total of 21…..Steve currently sits in 2nd place with 28….with Flora in the Top Spot with 35. Generally if I have about 3/4 of the classic movie worldwide grosses I will include it in the table…and in this case we had almost 80% of his worldwide grosses. Thank you Warner Brothers ledgers.
The only Robin Hood total I had was for the first main release….I could not find the totals for it’s many re-releases. Still at almost $600 million….you can tell just how big the movie was and why it made Mr. Flynn a superstar for life. Thanks for the stats from France on Robin Hood.
With the exception of the Four Daughters that is one helluva of a Top 10. Casablanca and Robin Hood alone make his career memorable. This is a fabulous breakdown of his career.
Hey James. I agree that Four Daughters seems out of place in his Top 10…..but I have not seen it….so maybe it deserves it’s spot in the Top 10…..statistically it was one of his bigger hits, got some very good reviews….earned a Best Picture nomination and one of his 5 Best Director nominations. I will have to track that movie down and watch it……thanks for the visit and the feedback.
One of the greats. I would say film fans have not forgotten him.
Hey SteinHOF….good to hear from you again. Your absence has been noticed. I agree film fans have not forgotten him…..but his legacy has not grown the way other great directors have…..but this table shows just how he brought quality and quantity to the party. Thanks for the comment and the visit.
I have seen 35 Curtiz films.
My top ten are:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Casablanca
Mildred Pierce
Captain Blood
White Christmas
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Angels With Dirty Faces
The Sea Halk
The Sea Wolf
Dodge City
The Unsuspected
The Kennel Murder Case
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out this pretty massive page. 91 movies has to be the longest table I have for a director….actually only a few actors/actresses ever get this many movies. I have seen 21 of his movies. Of your favorites….I have seen 8 of the 12. Casablanca and Robin Hood are of course my favorites too…..with The Sea Hawk not being too far behind them. I want to see The Kennel Murder Case…..just to see William Powell playing a detective one year before he played Nick Charles in The Thin Man. Thanks for the comment and the feedback.
I knew the name, but was unaware he had directed son many hits. 91 movies. Incredible career he had. Thanks for educating me more on his stellar career.
Hey Taylor….I was pleasantly surprised that I had so many of his movies in the database….over 80 movies were already completed…but with so many movies starring Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart I guess I should have realized I had so many movies already done. Glad our page has helped you get more educated on the career of Michael Curtiz.