Ron Howard

Ron Howard films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 33 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Apollo 13, Rush and A Beautiful Mind.

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Directed by Ron Howard

  1. Thirteen Lives

    Thirteen Lives

    2022 · Film

    8.0/10 · TMDB

    Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze...

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  2. Jim Henson Idea Man

    Jim Henson Idea Man

    2024 · Film

    7.9/10 · TMDB

    Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.

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  3. A Beautiful Mind

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001 · Film

    7.8/10 · TMDB

    John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.

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  4. Rush

    Rush

    2013 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.

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  5. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    2016 · Film

    7.6/10 · TMDB

    The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the...

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  6. Cinderella Man

    Cinderella Man

    2005 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, in the 1920s following his retirement, makes a surprise comeback in order to get him and his family out of a socially poor state.

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  7. Eden

    Eden

    2025 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    A group of people is fueled by a profound desire for change. In order to turn their back to society they leave everything behind and set their futures on the harsh landscape of the Galapagos.

  8. Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    1995 · Film

    7.4/10 · TMDB

    The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000...

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  9. Frost/Nixon

    Frost/Nixon

    2008 · Film

    7.3/10 · TMDB

    For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the...

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  10. Willow

    Willow

    1988 · Film

    7.0/10 · TMDB

    The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.

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  11. Hillbilly Elegy

    Hillbilly Elegy

    2020 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

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  12. The Da Vinci Code

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to...

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  13. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    2000 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a...

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  14. Angels & Demons

    Angels & Demons

    2009 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

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  15. In the Heart of the Sea

    In the Heart of the Sea

    2015 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

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  16. Ransom

    Ransom

    1996 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

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  17. Backdraft

    Backdraft

    1991 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.

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  18. Far and Away

    Far and Away

    1992 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The...

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  19. Parenthood

    Parenthood

    1989 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the...

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  20. Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story

    2018 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

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  21. Cocoon

    Cocoon

    1985 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

  22. The Paper

    The Paper

    1994 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's...

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  23. Splash

    Splash

    1984 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.

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  24. The Missing

    The Missing

    2003 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two...

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  25. Edtv

    Edtv

    1999 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

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  26. Night Shift

    Night Shift

    1982 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour...

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  27. The Dilemma

    The Dilemma

    2011 · Film

    5.3/10 · TMDB

    Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really launch their company. Then Ronny spots Nick's wife out with another man, and in the process...

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