Tony Curtis’s Typical Vibe
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Tony Curtis has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Some Like It Hot.
Recurring themes

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Adventure · Romance

Anastasia
1956
Drama · Romance

Sayonara
1957
Drama · Romance

All That Heaven Allows
1955
Drama · Romance

The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959
Adventure · Drama

Black Orpheus
1959
Drama · Romance

The Indian Tomb
1959
Adventure · Drama

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Action · Adventure

Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Prime Video · Included

Operation Petticoat
1959 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

The Great Race
1965 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Vikings
1958 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%MGM+ · Included

The Defiant Ones
1958 · Movie · Actor
Top 28%MGM+ · Included

The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 43%Tubi · Free w/ ads

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick · With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Dir. Blake Edwards · With Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood

Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel

as Fernand Morcerf Mondego
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Dir. David Greene · With Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Dir. Robert S. Baker · With Tony Curtis, Roger Moore

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy

as Actor Portraying Maurice or Philippe (uncredited)
Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been in Paris supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him finish on time.
Dir. Richard Quine · With William Holden, Audrey Hepburn, Grégoire Aslan

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.
Dir. Carol Reed · With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.
Dir. Elia Kazan · With Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Dir. Guy Hamilton · With Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis
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