Douglas Fairbanks Ranked
by rmailander | created - 23 Nov 2019 | updated - 23 Nov 2019 | PublicA ranking of Douglas Fairbanks's film performances.
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1. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher
Votes: 6,970 | Gross: $4.36M
2. Robin Hood (1922)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett
Votes: 2,481 | Gross: $5.45M
3. The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Noah Beery, Charles Hill Mailes
Votes: 2,785
4. The Black Pirate (1926)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Action
Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,140 | Gross: $0.68M
5. The Three Musketeers (1921)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Cardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Nigel De Brulier, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,140 | Gross: $3.27M
6. Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Romance
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp
Votes: 569
7. The Iron Mask (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, History
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier
Votes: 1,397 | Gross: $3.27M
8. The Americano (1916)
61 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia (Aitken) wants him to reopen the country's mines. Doug is not interested ... until he sees the President's beautiful daughter,... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Spottiswoode Aitken, Carl Stockdale
Votes: 94
9. The Gaucho (1927)
Approved | 115 min | Adventure, Romance
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich ... See full summary »
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay, Eve Southern
Votes: 366
10. His Majesty, the American (1919)
115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A man goes to Mexico and tangles with bandits. His then called to a tiny European country where a revolution is going on. It turns out that he is heir to the throne and he manages to squelch the plotters and win the girl in short order.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Frank Campeau, Sam Sothern
Votes: 112
11. The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Unrated | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20-year absence. His wife Dolores, with whom he hasn't lived in five years, still loves him. He refuses to ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Bruce Winston, Benita Hume
Votes: 772
12. The Half-Breed (1916)
73 min | Western
An outcast named Lo Dorman encounters a young woman lost in the woods. He defends her from danger in the forest and from Sheriff Dunn.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson
Votes: 223
13. The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Romance
In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. But Baptista will not allow the two to get married until his eldest daughter, the extremely headstrong... See full summary »
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Edwin Maxwell, Joseph Cawthorn
Votes: 646 | Gross: $2.40M
14. The Mollycoddle (1920)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Renick, Wallace Beery, Paul Burns
Votes: 214
15. The Man from Painted Post (1917)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends to be a tenderfoot from back east ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Frank Campeau, Frank Clark
Votes: 59
16. The Lamb (1915)
56 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
Gerald, the somewhat frail son of a wealthy New York family, is bested at the beach by Bill, a strapping young cowboy from Arizona. His fiancée Mary, ashamed of his "yellow streak", leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Seena Owen, Alfred Paget, Kate Toncray
Votes: 64
17. Reaching for the Moon (1917)
69 min | Adventure, Comedy
A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings." One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the ... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Richard Cummings, Millard Webb
Votes: 126
18. Reggie Mixes In (1916)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Reginald Morton is a wealthy idler of athletic tendencies. He has become bored with the shallow social set in which he moves, although he is engaged to marry Dorothy Fleming, a member of it... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Joseph Singleton, William Lowery
Votes: 614
19. Arizona (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not love her, so she contrives to marry his commanding officer, who is also his best friend.
Directors: Douglas Fairbanks, Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Theodore Roberts, Kate Price, Frederick Burton
Votes: 27
20. His Picture in the Papers (1916)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy
Pete Prindle wins the affections of Christine Cadwalader, but the father of the girl demands that Pete shall get a half interest in his father's food product company before he is allowed to... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Handyside, Rene Boucicault, Jean Temple
Votes: 188
21. Headin' South (1918)
50 min | Western
A forest ranger known only as Headin' South goes forth in search of Spanish Joe,a Mexican responsible for most of the treachery and outlawry along the U.S.-Mexican boarder.
Directors: Allan Dwan, Arthur Rosson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Campeau, Katherine MacDonald, Jim Mason
Votes: 18
22. He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market, " and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Herbert Standing, Frank Campeau
Votes: 66
23. The Nut (I) (1921)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighborhoods.
Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, William Lowery, Gerald Pring
Votes: 299
24. Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister
Votes: 490
25. Flirting with Fate (1916)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Comedy
In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, Howard Gaye, W.E. Lawrence
Votes: 213
26. The Good Bad-Man (1916)
50 min | Romance, Western
An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some children in difficulty.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Sam De Grasse, Pomeroy Cannon, Joseph Singleton
Votes: 280
27. A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
A restless young man travels west, encountering adventure, romance, and danger.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham, Eugene Ormonde
Votes: 349
28. Mr. Fix-It (1918)
55 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gathering and falls in love. The arrival of a gang of hoodlums further disrupts the formalities, but our hero thwarts them and saves the day.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wanda Hawley, Marjorie Daw, Frank Campeau
Votes: 114
29. Bound in Morocco (1918)
64 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A young man traveling in Morocco comes to the rescue of a beautiful harem girl.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Pauline Curley, Edythe Chapman, Tully Marshall
Votes: 25
30. Double Trouble (1915)
50 min | Comedy, Romance
Shy, timid banker Florian Amidon is assaulted, robbed, and knocked out while on vacation. When he wakes up he discovers that he's in the booming oil town of Bakerstown, has no memory of how... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Richard Cummings, Margery Wilson, Gladys Brockwell
Votes: 150
31. Manhattan Madness (1916)
50 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Steve O'Dare, a rich young man who has lived on his Nevada ranch for some years, returns to New York for a visit. He goes to the University Club, of which he is a member, for a week of New ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, John Richmond, Eugene Ormonde
Votes: 108
32. Wild and Woolly (1917)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Western, Romance
The civilized inhabitants of a formerly "wild" western town scramble to recreate the town's rough and rowdy heyday in order to indulge the fantasies of a rich newcomer.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Calvert Carter, Charles Stevens
Votes: 670
33. Down to Earth (1917)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "illnesses" are all in their minds, he ... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Charles McHugh
Votes: 86
34. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance, Western
In a prologue, Douglas Fairbanks appears in a chef's outfit mixing a cake with action, mystery, adventure, romance and comedy, seasoned with pep and ginger. The finished cake is The ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, William A. Wellman, Frank Campeau
Votes: 27
35. The Habit of Happiness (1916)
50 min | Comedy
Sunny Wiggins is regarded as worthless by the other members of his family, who have risen to the social station where they are snubbed by the best people. The morning of the day the play ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, George Fawcett, Macey Harlam, Dorothy West
Votes: 82
36. Say! Young Fellow (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Romance
Whenever The Young Fellow is troubled or undecided, The Hunch, a miniature version of The Young Fellow, perches on his shoulder offering common-sense advice and encouragement. Consequently,... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Frank Campeau, Edythe Chapman
37. American Aristocracy (1916)
Passed | 52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, C.A. de Lima, Albert Parker
Votes: 126
38. When the Clouds Roll by (1919)
85 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Psychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Albert MacQuarrie, Kathleen Clifford, Frank Campeau
Votes: 980
39. Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After making a bet, Steve strands himself on uninhabited island.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum, Earle Browne, Maria Alba
Votes: 505
40. In Again, Out Again (II) (1917)
50 min | Comedy
In New Jersey lives Teddy Rutherford, a vigorous exponent of preparedness. Before the populace realize it, the community becomes a hive of munition manufacturers. Teddy falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Arline Pretty, Walter Walker, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 26
41. Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, History, War
The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Sam De Grasse, Allan Sears, Walter Long, Alfred Paget
Votes: 205
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