Ron Howard
Actor · 103 credits · 55 in highly-rated films
Best known for A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Frequent collaborators: Tom Hanks, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese
Best Ron Howard movies by genre
- Ron Howard Documentary Movies 34
- Ron Howard Drama Movies 28
- Ron Howard Comedy Movies 22
- Ron Howard TV Movie Movies 17
- Ron Howard Action Movies 12
- Ron Howard Thriller Movies 11
- Ron Howard Adventure Movies 10
- Ron Howard History Movies 7
- Ron Howard Family Movies 6
- Ron Howard Music Movies 6
- Ron Howard Romance Movies 6
- Ron Howard Fantasy Movies 5
Movies (56 total, ranked by score)
1American Graffiti
1973 · ★ 7.0 (1,623 votes)
Comedy, Drama
2The Shootist
1976 · ★ 7.1 (394 votes)
Western
3Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · ★ 7.9 (30 votes)
Documentary
4Osmosis Jones
2001 · ★ 6.5 (1,097 votes)
Action, Adventure, Animation
5Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022 · ★ 7.3 (16 votes)
Documentary, Music
6Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
Documentary
7Eat My Dust
1976 · ★ 5.6 (21 votes)
Action
8Huckleberry Finn
1978 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)
Adventure, TV Movie
9The Journey
1959 · ★ 6.3 (26 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
10The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1963 · ★ 5.9 (38 votes)
Drama, Comedy, Romance
11Dads
2019 · ★ 6.9 (37 votes)
Documentary
12Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
13The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998 · ★ 7.8 (10 votes)
Documentary
14Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
15The Spikes Gang
1974 · ★ 6.6 (40 votes)
Western, Action
16Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017 · ★ 5.4 (11 votes)
Documentary
17Frank Capra's American Dream
1997 · ★ 6.3 (9 votes)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
18The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)
Documentary
- 19
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
Documentary
20Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997
Documentary, TV Movie
21Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · ★ 6.6 (33 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
22A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967
23Smoke
1970
Drama, Adventure, Family
24I'm a Fool
1977
TV Movie, Comedy
25Tell Them Who You Are
2004 · ★ 6.2 (13 votes)
Documentary
26Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988 · ★ 7.3 (7 votes)
TV Movie, Documentary
27First Works
1989
Documentary
28Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)
Documentary
29Act of Love
1980 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
30Happy Mother's Day, Love George
1973 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.