TOP 10 MOVIES

“Behind the Candelabra” (TV, 2013):

As famously flamboyant entertainer Liberace, Douglas won an Emmy for a performance truly unlike any of his others.

“Wonder Boys” (2000): Douglas commendably works against his image as a college teacher beset by problems both personal and professional as he mentors a pupil (Tobey Maguire).

“The American President” (1995):

A totally charming Douglas plays the chief executive, who wins over an initially combative lobbyist (Annette Bening) big-time.

“Falling Down” (1993): Breaking type memorably, Douglas plays a downsized, angry worker who goes on an odyssey to show everyone what’s wrong with the world – in his view, anyway.

“Basic Instinct” (1992): Douglas helped make Sharon Stone a superstar in this super-sexy melodrama about a novelist who also may be a killer.

“Black Rain” (1989):A terrifically tough Douglas plays a New York cop relentlessly pursuing an escaped prisoner through Japan.

“Wall Street” (1987): Douglas earned an Oscar for his signature role as

Gordon Gekko, the ruthless insider’s insider in the world of finance.

“Fatal Attraction” (1987):

Infidelity got a big re-examination because of this hugely popular thriller about a straying husband (Douglas) and his obsessive paramour (Glenn Close).

“Romancing the Stone” (1984): Douglas was so successful as spirited adventurer Jack Colton, he reprised the part in “The Jewel of the Nile.”

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975):

He didn’t appear in it, but Douglas made a huge leap in his film career by producing the Oscar-winning story of patient McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) versus a psychiatric hospital’s administration.