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Richard Donner

1930–2021 · American film director

Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His career spanning more than six decades crossed genres and influenced trends among filmmakers across the world.

Richard Donner, in order

  1. 1961 X-15: directed
  2. 1962 Sam Benedict (TV series): directed
  3. 1963 Mr. Novak (TV series): directed
  4. 1963–64 The Twilight Zone (TV series): directed · critics 92%, audiences 95% · streaming on Paramount+, Fandango at Home (free), Pluto TV
  5. 1968 Danger Island (TV series): directed
  6. 1968 Salt and Pepper: directed
  7. 1968 The Banana Splits (TV series): directed
  8. 1970 Lola: directed, wrote
  9. 1971 Bearcats! (TV series): directed
  10. 1971–73 Cannon (TV series): directed
  11. 1974 Sons and Daughters (TV series): directed
  12. 1975 Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (TV movie): directed
  13. 1976 The Omen: directed
  14. 1977 A Very Special Place (TV movie): directed
  15. 1978 Superman: directed, acted · critics 87%, audiences 86% · streaming on HBO Max
  16. 1980 Inside Moves: directed
  17. 1980 Superman II: directed, acted
  18. 1981 Omen III: The Final Conflict: produced · directed by Graham Baker · critics 29%, audiences 33% · streaming on Prime Video
  19. 1982 The Toy: directed, wrote
  20. 1985 Ladyhawke: directed
  21. 1985 The Goonies: directed, produced, acted · critics 78%, audiences 90% · streaming on Pluto TV
  22. 1987 Lethal Weapon: directed, produced · critics 81%, audiences 86%
  23. 1987 The Lost Boys: produced · directed by Joel Schumacher
  24. 1988 Scrooged: directed, produced
  25. 1989 Lethal Weapon 2: directed, produced · critics 81%, audiences 78%
  26. 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 (Director's Cut): directed
  27. 1989 Tales from the Crypt (TV series): produced · directed by Robert Zemeckis and Russell Mulcahy
  28. 1991 Two-Fisted Tales (TV movie): directed
  29. 1992 Lethal Weapon 3: directed, produced · critics 64%, audiences 61%
  30. 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 (Director's Cut): directed
  31. 1992 Radio Flyer: directed · critics 37%, audiences 72% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
  32. 1993 Free Willy: produced · directed by Simon Wincer
  33. 1993 Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV series): produced
  34. 1994 Maverick: directed, produced · critics 67%, audiences 71%
  35. 1995 Assassins: directed
  36. 1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home: produced · directed by Dwight H. Little
  37. 1995 The Immortals: directed
  38. 1997 Conspiracy Theory: directed, acted · critics 60%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  39. 1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue: produced · directed by Sam Pillsbury
  40. 1997 Perversions of Science (TV series): created · directed by Russell Mulcahy
  41. 1998 Lethal Weapon 4: directed, produced · critics 57%, audiences 64%
  42. 1999 Any Given Sunday: produced · directed by Oliver Stone
  43. 1999 Made Men: produced · directed by Louis Morneau
  44. 2001 Out Cold: acted · directed by Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy
  45. 2002 Ritual: produced · directed by Avi Nesher
  46. 2003 Timeline: directed, produced, acted · critics 13%, audiences 45% · streaming on MGM+, Hoopla
  47. 2006 16 Blocks: directed, acted
  48. 2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut: directed
  49. 2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos: acted · directed by James Chressanthis · audiences 70%
  50. 2012 Casting By: acted · directed by Tom Donahue · critics 94%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy
  51. 2013 Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics: acted · directed by J.M. Kenny and Scott Devine
  52. 2016 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond: acted · directed by Pierre Filmon
  53. Superman in film: directed