Robert Downey Jr. films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 50 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Oppenheimer, Zodiac and Avengers: Endgame.

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Starring Robert Downey Jr.

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and...
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all...
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Oppenheimer
2023 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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The Avengers
2012 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of...
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Iron Man
2008 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
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Zodiac
2007 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for three men as their lives and careers are...
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the...
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Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain...
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego...
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Chaplin
1992 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The...
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The Judge
2014 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming...
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Short Cuts
1993 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the...
Sr.
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies laid the foundations for countercultural comedy.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
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The Nice Guys
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
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Natural Born Killers
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Chef
2014 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up...
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
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Val
2021 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with...
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The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called...
Iron Man 3
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
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Wonder Boys
2000 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from...
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Only You
1994 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A childhood incident has convinced Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to settle down and marry a foot doctor, Faith impulsively flies to Venice when it seems that she...
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Heart and Souls
1993 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Iron Man 2
2010 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his...
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A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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Dolittle
2020 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals...
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The Sympathizer
2024 · TV
6.8/10 · TMDB
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.
Charlie Bartlett
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular...
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The Soloist
2009 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
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Chances Are
1989 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not...
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Tropic Thunder
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in 'Tropic Thunder,' an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to...
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U.S. Marshals
1998 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture...
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Weird Science
1985 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa...
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Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Agent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. As Nick Fury doesn't want to release Blonsky, the two agents decide to send a patsy to...
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Less Than Zero
1987 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
Due Date
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey...
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2006 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged...
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The Incredible Hulk
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face...
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Bowfinger
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film...
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Gothika
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of...
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Air America
1990 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it...
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The Gingerbread Man
1998 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been stolen. Having had a few drinks, Magruder offers to give her...
Eros
2004 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled...
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The Singing Detective
2003 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
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The Shaggy Dog
2006 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
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