Ron Howard

American film director, producer, and actor

4.37body-of-work score · ranked #252 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born: March 1, 1954 · Duncan
Nationality: United States
Work: film producer, film director, voice actor, television director
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1
A Beautiful Mind Must-See #442
2001 · United States · biography, drama
Oscar Best Picture winner 2001 · Sarris's annual top 10 2001 #5 · Ebert's annual top 10 2001 #9
1.843 citations
2
Apollo 13
1995 · United States · drama, documentary, adventure
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1995 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1995 #10 · National Film Registry (inducted 2023)
1.466 citations
3
Frost/Nixon
2008 · France / United States / United Kingdom · biography, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 2008 · Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #41 · Ebert's annual top 10 2008 #null
0.783 citations
4
Rush
2013 · Germany / United States / United Kingdom · action, biography, drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2014 #10
0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 39 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1977Grand Theft Auto
1978Cotton Candy
1980Skyward
1981Through the Magic Pyramid
1982Night Shift
1984Splash
1985Cocoon
1986Gung Ho
1988Willow
1989Parenthood
1991Backdraft
1992Far and Away
1994The Paper
1995Apollo 13
1996Ransom
1999EDtv
2000Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001A Beautiful Mind
2003The Missing
2005Cinderella Man
2006The Da Vinci Code
2008Frost/Nixon
2009Angels & Demons
2010Presidential Reunion
2011The Dilemma
2013Made in America
2013Rush
2015In the Heart of the Sea
2016Inferno
2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
2018Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019Pavarotti
2020Hillbilly Elegy
2020Rebuilding Paradise
2022Thirteen Lives
2024Eden
2024Jim Henson Idea Man
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