The Best Movies Directed By Ron Howard
Here is a list of all the movies directed by Ron Howard ranked from best to worst. This is a collection of the best movies directed by Ron Howard as voted on by film buffs. If you think the greatest Ron Howard directed movie isn't as high as it should be on this list, then make sure to vote so your opinion can be factored into this list.
From Ron Howard's studio films to his independent films, this filmography lets the cream of the crop rise to the top. This list has everything from A Beautiful Mind to Apollo 13.
If you’re wondering “what movies did Ron Howard direct?” or “who is Ron Howard?” then this list will explain how most people know this director. This list also answers questions like “what are the all-time best movies directed by Ron Howard?” and “what's a good selection of good Ron Howard movies?” If you're wanting to get into Ron Howard films, then this list is a great starting point.
Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie are among the many great actors who have worked on a Ron Howard movie. We also have a list of the best movies directed by George Lucas, too, which you might like if you're a fan of Ron Howard.
- Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Ron Howard
This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) find everything going according ...more - Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director
A human drama inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash Jr., and in part based on the biography "A Beautiful Mind" by Sylvia Nasar. From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, ...more - Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Brian Dennehy
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Oscar-winning fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien "fountain of youth" in a disused holiday home. Unbeknown to them, aliens ...more - Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Ron Howard
During the Great Depression, ex-boxer James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) works as a day laborer until his former manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti) offers him a one-time slot against a rising young ...more - Robert De Niro, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Backdraft is a 1991 action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. The film stars Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, ...more - Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Ron Howard
A young boy saved from drowning by a beautiful mermaid, falls in love with her 20 years later when she returns to seek him out. Before he can choose between life on dry land or a deep sea paradise ...more - Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Through a life of hard work, airline owner Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) has amassed a great deal of wealth. When a group of criminals want a piece of his cash, they kidnap his son (Brawley Nolte) for a $2 ...more - Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Enter the world of "Willow." Journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic, where dream and reality live side by side ... to a place that never existed, a time that ...more - Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Perfectionist Gil Buckman (Steve Martin) struggles with the deficiencies of his children, thinking they reflect poorly on his parenting -- and Gil's siblings only add to the stress of his life. One ...more - Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Joseph (Tom Cruise) and his landlord's daughter, Shannon (Nicole Kidman), travel from Ireland to America in hopes of claiming free land in Oklahoma. The pair get sidetracked in Boston, where Joseph ...more - Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Ron Howard
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined ...more - Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde
- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Ron Howard
In the mid-1970s, charismatic English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Austrian perfectionist Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) share an intense rivalry in Formula 1 racing. Driving vehicles that are ...more - Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Ron Howard
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 ...more - Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Chuck (Henry Winkler) has given up life as a stockbroker because it was too stressful. Now, he works an easy gig as a night shift attendant at a New York City morgue. His co-worker, Bill Blazejowski ...more - Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Ron Howard
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) sees her teenage daughter, Lily (Evan Rachel Wood), kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her ...more - Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Ron Howard
In 1977, three years after the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency, Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) selects British TV personality David Frost (Michael Sheen) to conduct a one-on-one, ...more - Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Ron Howard
When Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers the resurgence of an ancient brotherhood known as the Illuminati, he flies to Rome to warn the Vatican, the Illuminati's most hated enemy. Joining ...more - Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Ron Howard
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two ...more - 19Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Young Han Solo finds adventure when he joins forces with a gang of galactic smugglers and a 190-year-old Wookie named Chewbacca. Indebted to the gangster Dryden Vos, the crew devises a daring plan to ...more - Amy Adams, Haley Bennett, Glenn Close
- Released: 2020
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 film directed by Ron Howard and based on the memoir of the same name by J. D. Vance. A man recalls his life growing up in the Midwest with Appalachian values, covering three ...more - Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is an editor at the New York Sun, a tabloid paper facing financial cuts. His pregnant wife, Martha (Marisa Tomei), pleads with him to get a more respectable job so he ...more - Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Ellen DeGeneres
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Ron Howard
In a desperate attempt to boost ratings, a cable channel decides to document the life of someone on a daily basis and air the footage as a show. That lucky someone turns out to be Ed Pekurny (Matthew ...more - Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross
- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Paula Powers (Nancy Morgan) wants to marry her boyfriend, Sam Freeman (Ron Howard), but her affluent family wants their daughter to pair up with someone wealthier than Sam. When Paula's father Bigby ...more - Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Longtime friends Ronny (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Kevin James) 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. ...more - Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy
- Released: 2016
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Famous symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows a trail of clues tied to Dante, the great medieval poet. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna ...more