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Listed below are all the films directed by Michael Curtiz that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, or Best Supporting Actress.
30 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Casablanca. 1942 1h 42m PG. 8.5 (614K) Rate. 100 Metascore. A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco. Director Michael Curtiz Stars Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid. 2.
Curtiz helped popularize the classic swashbuckler, with films such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He directed many other dramas which are considered classics: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Sea Wolf (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Mildred Pierce (1945).
His films during the 1930s and '40s encompassed nearly every genre imaginable and some, including Casablanca (1942) and Mildred Pierce (1945), are considered to be film classics. His brilliance waned in the 1950s when he made a number of mediocre films for studios other than Warner.
From the Elvis Presley-led King Creole to the iconic, timeless love story Casablanca, these are the best Michael Curtiz movies.
Tyrannical and brilliant, director Michael Curtiz created film legends out of mere stars, and turned movies into myth. Here are some of his greatest films.
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood. 1938 1h 42m PG. 7.9 (55K) Rate. 97 Metascore. When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.