The Best Of Robin Williams
We miss Robin Williams terribly and these are our favourite movies he made. These aren't necessarily the "best" movies he made according to critics or the public, just the ones we personally loved watching the most for different reasons.
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- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobin WilliamsForest WhitakerTom T. TranIn 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam.Our favourite Robin Williams movie and one of our favourite movies period.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJeff BridgesRobin WilliamsAdam BryantA former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.One of Gilliam's best movies and one of Williams very best roles as a man who has his whole life fall apart after a tragedy caused by a heartless radio DJ.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.Williams is amazing in this. The movie is even more touching now that he is gone.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsRobin WilliamsSally FieldPierce BrosnanAfter a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife.LOVED IT and still do!
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah PolleyAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.We love Gilliam, we love Williams, and we love this. It's pretty underrated in our opinion.
- DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsRobin WilliamsKurt RussellPamela ReedA small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.Not super popular but we loved this one.
- DirectorBobcat GoldthwaitStarsRobin WilliamsDaryl SabaraMorgan MurphyWhen his son's body is found in a humiliating accident, a lonely high school teacher inadvertently attracts an overwhelming amount of community and media attention after covering up the truth with a phony suicide note.A fantastic darkly comic performance by Williams as a father who gets caught in a web of his own well meaning lies after his very troubled boy kills himself.
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsRobin WilliamsMaria Conchita AlonsoCleavant DerricksA Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.Very cute, funny and touching. Plus Yakov Smirnoff is in it haha
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJulie ChristieDerek JacobiHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.Williams isn't in this a lot but he's great and shows he's got real acting chops. The whole movie is great and underrated in our opinion.
- DirectorPeter FerraraStarsJonathan WintersSusan AntonMilton BerleFrom "In Your Face," an uproarious news spoof, to a luncheonette that specializes in some sandwiches, Winters and his wild bunch wreak comedy havoc in this wacky walk on the wild side.Kind of a cheat because it was a TV special not a movie, and Williams was only in a few scenes, but we just have to include it because it shows Winters and Williams, older and younger improv geniuses working together.
- DirectorBruce GowersStarsRobin WilliamsIn this hilarious stand up comedy, Robin Williams is energetic, witty and again hilarious. It's the number one stand up comedy of all time.His classic special. So funny.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsRobin WilliamsConnie NielsenMichael VartanA mentally unstable photo developer targets an upper middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.Not a comedy at all, but Williams is great as a complex and very troubled man.
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsRobin WilliamsTim RobbinsPamela ReedJoey gets 2 days to sell 12 cars to keep his job and keep his girlfriends happy. It gets worse. He's juggling 3 buyers when a guy with a machine gun crashes into the car dealership and takes everybody hostage.Kind of overlooked but we think it's one of his funniest roles. Williams plays a car salesman who is slick and ends up in a lot of trouble with the jealous boyfriend (Tim Robbins) of one of his mistresses.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsRobin WilliamsJohn TurturroKelly HunterOne man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.The movie is actually not that great to be honest, but Williams saves it with some great performances!