The Best Michael Curtiz Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Michael Curtiz movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Michael Curtiz based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 35 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Michael Curtiz In Order of Popularity

  1. Casablanca
  2. Mildred Pierce
  3. Captain Blood
  4. The Sea Hawk
  5. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  6. White Christmas
  7. We're No Angels
  8. Kid Galahad
  9. Life with Father
  10. Dodge City
  11. Flamingo Road
  12. The Breaking Point
  13. King Creole
  14. The Charge of the Light Brigade
  15. The Proud Rebel
  16. Jim Thorpe – All-American
  17. The Kennel Murder Case
  18. Virginia City
  19. I'll See You in My Dreams
  20. Passage to Marseille
  21. Trouble Along the Way
  22. Noah's Ark
  23. Bright Leaf
  24. Jimmy the Gent
  25. The Story of Will Rogers
  26. The Hangman
  27. Dive Bomber
  28. Black Fury
  29. Doctor X
  30. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  31. Santa Fe Trail
  32. Night and Day
  33. A Breath of Scandal
  34. Jim Thorpe -- All-American
  35. Sons of Liberty

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1. Casablanca

Rated: PG

8.5/10

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

2. Mildred Pierce

Rated: Approved

7.9/10

After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.

3. Captain Blood

Rated: Passed

7.7/10

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

4. The Sea Hawk

Rated:

7.6/10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

5. Yankee Doodle Dandy

Rated: Passed

7.6/10

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

6. White Christmas

Rated: Not Rated

7.5/10

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

7. We're No Angels

Rated: M

7.4/10

Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.

8. Kid Galahad

Rated: G

7.2/10

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

9. Life with Father

Rated: Passed

7.1/10

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.

10. Dodge City

Rated: Approved

7.1/10

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

11. Flamingo Road

Rated: PG

7/10

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

12. The Breaking Point

Rated: Not Rated

7/10

When Shawn Dickerson is accused of killing Brenda Sawyer, an overzealous Assistant D.A. named Ballard is willing to do whatever she has to do to become District Attorney, even if it means bending the rules.

13. King Creole

Rated: PG

7/10

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

14. The Charge of the Light Brigade

Rated: Approved

7/10

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.

15. The Proud Rebel

Rated: Approved

6.9/10

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.

16. Jim Thorpe – All-American

Rated: G

6.9/10

The triumph and tragedy of Native Anerican Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.

17. The Kennel Murder Case

Rated: Passed

6.9/10

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.

18. Virginia City

Rated: Passed

6.8/10

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.

19. I'll See You in My Dreams

Rated: G

6.8/10

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

20. Passage to Marseille

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

21. Trouble Along the Way

Rated: Approved

6.8/10

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

22. Noah's Ark

Rated:

6.7/10

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

23. Bright Leaf

Rated: PG

6.7/10

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

24. Jimmy the Gent

Rated:

6.6/10

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

25. The Story of Will Rogers

Rated: Approved

6.6/10

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers

26. The Hangman

Rated: Not Rated

6.6/10

A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.

27. Dive Bomber

Rated: Approved

6.5/10

A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.

28. Black Fury

Rated:

6.5/10

A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

29. Doctor X

Rated: Unrated

6.4/10

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

30. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Rated:

6.2/10

From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.

31. Santa Fe Trail

Rated: Not Rated

6.2/10

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

32. Night and Day

Rated:

6.1/10

Swellegant and elegant. Delux and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen, Hollywood chose debonair icon Cary Grant. Grant stars for the first time in color in this fanciful biopic. Alexis Smith plays Linda, whose serendipitous meetings with Porter lead to a meeting at the alter. More than 20 of his songs grace this tail of triumph and tragedy, with Grant lending is amiable voice to "You're the Top", "Night and Day" and more. Monty Woolley, a Yale contemporary of Porter, portrays himself. And Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Eve Arden and others provide vocals and verve. Lights down. Curtain up. Showtune standards embraced by generations are yours to enjoy in "Night and Day."

33. A Breath of Scandal

Rated: Not Rated

5.5/10

A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.

34. Jim Thorpe -- All-American

Rated: Approved

/10

True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. After his medals are stripped on a technicality and his dream of coaching is shattered, Thorpe's life begins to unravel. His marriage to his college sweetheart ends, and he is a forgotten figure, except by Glenn 'Pop' Warner, his coach at Carlisle College.

35. Sons of Liberty

Rated: Approved

/10

Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.