The Best Dirk Bogarde Movies

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List of the best Dirk Bogarde movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Dirk Bogarde's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Dirk Bogarde movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Dirk Bogarde movies will be at the top of the list. Dirk Bogarde has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Dirk Bogarde movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Dirk Bogarde films to end the squabble once and for all.

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Dirk Bogarde was in some really popular films, and is right up there with stars like Judy Holliday and Eli Wallach in terms of fame and success.

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  • The Servant
    1
    Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles
    48 votes
    • Released: 1963
    • Directed by: Joseph Losey
    Tony (James Fox), a British aristocrat, hires the mysterious Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) as his household servant. The new employee soon begins to cause unrest in the household, and Tony is forced to ...more

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  • Victim
    2
    Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
    38 votes
    • Released: 1961
    • Directed by: Basil Dearden
    In early 1960s London, barrister Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife (Sylvia Syms), Farr's career and personal ...more

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  • The Wind Cannot Read
    3
    Dirk Bogarde, Marne Maitland, Anthony Bushell
    25 votes
    • Released: 1958
    • Directed by: Ralph Thomas
    The Wind Cannot Read is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis and John Fraser. It was based on a novel by Richard Mason. Songwriter, ...more
  • Quartet
    4
    Dirk Bogarde, Francoise Rosay, Mervyn Johns
    20 votes
    • Released: 1948
    • Directed by: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart
    Each installment of this composite of four stories by W. Somerset Maugham is full of curious British characters. A young tennis player journeys to Monte Carlo and engages in game-playing off the ...more
  • Death in Venice
    5
    Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andresen, Silvana Mangano
    34 votes
    • Released: 1971
    • Directed by: Luchino Visconti
    Composer Gustave Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to a Venice resort to escape personal and artistic stress. However, peace eludes him as he develops a disturbing attraction to an adolescent boy, ...more

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  • The Damned
    6
    Charlotte Rampling, Dirk Bogarde, Helmut Berger
    34 votes
    • Released: 1969
    • Directed by: Luchino Visconti
    The Damned is a 1969 Italian-German drama film written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The plot centers around the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the ...more