Ron Howard

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Andy Griffith Show, The (TV Series) (1960-1968): Feat. Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard; Classic US TV series set in the quiet town of Maybury, North Carolina, out of which comedian Griffith spun his homely brand of humour. Two volumes of…
Five Minutes To Live (Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961): Dir. Bill Karn
Feat. Johnny Cash, Cay Forrester, Donald Woods…; Little known B–movie thriller with Cash and Forrester playing hoods who complete a smalltown bank robbery, then start paying suburban house…
Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962): Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones; Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
Village of the Giants (1965): Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. Ron Howard, Beau Bridges; From the brainchild of Bert I. Gordon, an atomic monster and ‘giant’ movie specialist who did a lot of his own special effects, comes this gaudy…
American Graffiti (1973): Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss; Seminal coming–of–age comedy set in '62 spawned a hit TV show (Happy Days), a mega–selling soundtrack and boosted many careers.
Happy Days (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley…; Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
Spikes Gang, The (1974): Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Lee Marvin, Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith…; Downbeat western with Lee Marvin as a wounded outlaw who finds shelter with two young runaways. Regaling them his colorful stories of life on the…
Huckleberry Finn (1975): Dir. Robert Totten
Feat. Ron Howard, Royal Dano, Antonio Fargas…; Fairly straightforward version of Mark Twain's best–loved book, with Howard playing Huck with freckled charm. Avoids some of the darker…
Shootist, The (1976): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall; Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…
Eat My Dust! (1976): Dir. Charles B Griffith
Feat. Ron Howard, Warren Kemmerling; Set around the racetrack world of stock–cars and demolition derbys, this Roger Corman–produced actioner has a young Ron Howard behind the…
Grand Theft Auto (1977): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Barry Cahill; Petrolhead debut in the directing seat for Ron Howard (who also stars) is a car–chase special involving a young runaway couple in the crunching…
More American Graffiti (1979): Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Candy Clark…; College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s in this creaky sequel to the coming–of–age hit.
Night Shift (1982): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Shelley Long, Pat Corley, Michael Keaton…; Well–delivered comedy concerning a worker at a morgue who is persuaded to start a prostitution racket by a manic co–worker. Whole cast…
Splash (1984): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah; Winning comic fantasy with Tom Hanks falling for mermaid Daryl Hannah.
Cocoon (1985): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn…; Delightful fantasy about a group of elderly folk who find the fountain of youth in a swimming pool that has been adopted by alien visitors. A special…
Willow (1988): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis…; Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
Parenthood (1989): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest…; An effervescent and poignant comedy about the trials and tribulations of family life. An impressive ensemble cast headed by Steve Martin provide…
Backdraft (1990): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, William Baldwin…; Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro and others are no match for the sizzling special effects that predominate this tale of fire–fighting brothers who…
Far and Away (1992): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman; Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman sport Irish accents for this sweeping saga that follows their quest to claim a piece of America they can call their own.
Paper, The (1993): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall…; Michael Keaton and Glenn Close clash ethics in the cut–throat world of the New York tabloids. A hectic morality play with pace, humour and…
Apollo 13 (1995): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon…; An All–American true story in which Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon are astronauts aboard the ill–fated mission to the moon, while…
Ransom (1996): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise…; Kidnappers post a nasty ultimatum to airline mogul Mel Gibson, who didn't get to where he is today by responding kindly to threats. Hi–gloss…
EdTV (1999): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres…; Ron Howard's comedy suffered from untimely, post–TRUMAN SHOW release, but this more conventional TV satire has enough of a different angle to…
Grinch, The (2000): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor; Live–action version of the Dr Seuss classic that does some justice to the anarchic vision of the mean–spirited Grinch, who’s heart is…
Independent, The (2000): Dir. Stephen Kessler
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Stiller, Ron Howard…; Jerry Stiller excels as a B–movie director whose downward spiral is the focus of a documentary film crew as he attempts to turn the life story…
Beautiful Mind, A (2001): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris; This ‘true story’ of mental illness in academia is the kind of earnest gloss that’s tailor made for the ‘Academy’, but its Oscar glory for…
Happy Days - Biography (2001): Feat. Ron Howard, Henry Winkler; The 1970s US TV–Series ‘Happy Days’, set in suburban 1950s Milwaukee, is revisited with the crew and cast.
Osmosis Jones (2001): Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne…; The Farrelly Bros (KINGPIN) take their comic fixation with bodily functions to extremes by setting this icky animation within the bowels of Bill…
Missing, The (2003): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood…; A brooding historical thriller set in 19th–century New Mexico in which Blanchett reunites with her estranged father (Jones) to search for her…
Cinderella Man (2005): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti…; Premium Hollywood biopic has Russell Crowe sluggin' it out as real–life prizefighter Jim Braddock, who during the Great Depression rose from…
Da Vinci Code, The (2006): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen…; Adapted from Dan Brown's blockbusting novel, this rollicking, if over–weighty adventure has an American historian (Hanks) getting dragged into…
Frost/Nixon (2008): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell…; Terrific adaptation of the Peter Morgan stageplay providing a dramatic retelling of the story behind the famous interviews between ex–President…
Angels And Demons (2009): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer; Sequel to blockbuster phenomenon THE DA VINCI CODE sees Tom Hanks reprise his role as Robert Langdon, on the hunt to uncover a terrorist plot against…
Dilemma, The (2011): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Winona Ryder…; Thorny comedy, verging on melodrama, with Vaughn discovering his best friend's wife is being unfaithful.
Rush (2013): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde…; Ron Howard brings to life the merciless rivalry between 1970s Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda in this high spec racing drama.
In the Heart of the Sea (2015): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson…; Ron Howard directs this effects–heavy recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, the inspiration for the…
Beatles, The: Eight Days a Week (2016): Dir. Ron Howard; Ron Howard's thrilling compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966.
Inferno (2016): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy…; Shambolic third entry in the Robert Langdon series with Tom Hanks stumbling around Europe trying to foil another global plot.
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany…; Han Solo gets his own movie in this stand–alone Star Wars anthology film, taking place a decade prior to the events of A New Hope, where Han…
Pavarotti (2019): Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti; Director Ron Howard continues his foray into musical documentary, following THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK with this in–depth look at the life…

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