Robin Williams films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 56 films on Boxlist

Known for Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story.

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Starring Robin Williams

Good Will Hunting
1997 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his...
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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Christopher Reeve portrayed the Man of Steel in four Superman films and played dozens of other roles that displayed his talent and range as an actor, before being injured in a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him...
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Insomnia
2002 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Aladdin
1992 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street-urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After...
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The Birdcage
1996 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents.
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild...
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Awakenings
1990 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm...
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Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
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Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his...
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Robin's Wish
2020 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The final word in the story of what really happened to Robin Williams at the end of his life, focusing on his fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder known as Lewy body dementia.
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Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an...
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
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Happy Feet
2006 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for...
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Dead Again
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate...
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The Butler
2013 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
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Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated...
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant...
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The World According to Garp
1982 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all...
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One Hour Photo
2002 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When...
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends...
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Robots
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
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The Aristocrats
2005 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
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What Dreams May Come
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades...
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August Rush
2007 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
An orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
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Hook
1991 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
The boy who wasn't supposed grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's...
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Popeye
1980 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart...
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Night at the Museum
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
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The Face of Love
2013 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
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Bicentennial Man
1999 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to...
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The Final Cut
2004 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great danger.
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
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Happy Feet Two
2011 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the...
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the always entertaining Genie—face all sorts of terrifying threats and make some exciting last-minute escapes pursuing the King Of Thieves and...
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Death to Smoochy
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring...
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close...
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Jakob the Liar
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements...
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The Night Listener
2006 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
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The Best of Times
1986 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
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Patch Adams
1998 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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Shrink
2009 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.
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Nine Months
1995 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
The Big White
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
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RV
2006 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Climbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the McNeive family – led by dysfunctional patriarch, Bob – prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together...
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Fathers' Day
1997 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Smart aleck lawyer, Jack Lawrence is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her child is his. Enter Dale Putley. A depressed goofball who is also a writer, Dale meets with the same ex-girlfriend who also tells him her child is...
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Toys
1992 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Noel
2004 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile...
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Absolutely Anything
2015 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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Jack
1996 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10-year-old looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to...
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Flubber
1997 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has...
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The Big Wedding
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother...
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
2014 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
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License to Wed
2007 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Newly engaged, Ben and Sadie can't wait to start their life together and live happily ever after. However Sadie's family church's Reverend Frank won't bless their union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage prep course...
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A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
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Old Dogs
2009 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a...
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