Movies Directed by Ron Howard

Apollo 13
Apollo 13
Movies

Apollo 13 is a 1995 film that dramatized the event of the ill-fated same-titled lunar mission in 1970. The movie was adapted by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert from the book Lost Moon by...

Splash
Splash
Movies

Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original...

Night Shift
Night Shift
Movies

Night Shift is a 1982 comedy film, one of Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton. Also appearing are Shelley...

Backdraft
Backdraft
Movies

Backdraft is a 1991 American action-drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro and Scott Glenn. Donald...

Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto
Movies

Grand Theft Auto is a 1977 American comedy chase film directed by Ron Howard. It was Howard's directorial debut and features himself as Sam Freeman and Nancy Morgan as Paula Rovers in the...

EdTV
EdTV
Movies

EDtv is a comedy film directed by Ron Howard released in 1999. An adaptation of the French Canadian movie Louis 19, le roi des ondes (1994), it stars Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody...

Far and Away
Far and Away
Movies, Musical Albums

Far and Away is a 1992 adventure-drama-romance film directed by Ron Howard from a script by Howard and Bob Dolman, and stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. It was photographed in Panavision...

Cocoon
Cocoon
Musical Albums, Movies

Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film, directed by Ron Howard about a group of elderly people who are rejuvenated by aliens. The movie starred Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian...

Ransom
Ransom
Movies

Ransom is a 1996 Golden Globe nominated thriller film, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, and Gary Sinise and directed by Ron Howard. The movie was nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor...

Parenthood
Parenthood
Movies, TV Shows

Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Harley Jane Kozak...

The Missing
The Missing
Movies

The Missing is a 2003 film directed by Ron Howard, based on the novel The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson. Western thriller set in 1880's New Mexico is notable for the authentic use of the Apache...

Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man
Movies

Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former Heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock. The film...

The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
Movies

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 feature film, which is based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It was one of the most anticipated films of 2006, and was previewed at...

The Paper
The Paper
Movies

The Paper is a 1994 comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, and Glenn Close. The movie depicts 24 hours in a newspaper editor's professional and...

Gung Ho
Gung Ho
Movies, TV Shows

Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe. The film's story portrayed the takeover of an American car plant by...

A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
Movies

A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical film about John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman. It was...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Movies

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, also known as The Grinch, is a 2000 American live-action film from Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, based on the 1957 book of the same...

Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons
Movies

Angels & Demons is a 2009 American film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel by the same name. It is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code, even though the novel Angels & Demons was published first and...

Willow
Willow
Movies

Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced/co-written by George Lucas. Warwick Davis stars in the film, as well as Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and...

Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon
Movies

Frost/Nixon is a 2008 historical drama film based upon the play of the same name by Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen, which dramatises the 1977 televised Frost/Nixon interviews. The film...

The Dilemma
The Dilemma
Movies

The Dilemma is an upcoming comedy film written by Allan Loeb and directed by Ron Howard. The film is Howard's first comedy since 2000's Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It stars...

The Dark Tower
The Dark Tower
Movies

The Dark Tower is a 2013 fantasy horror sci-fi film written by Stephen King and directed by Ron Howard.

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