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Ron Howard

Born 1954 · American film director, producer, and actor

Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and actor. He started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, he has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards as well as nominations for seven British Academy Film Awards. He was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in film and television.

Ron Howard, in order

  1. 1959 The Journey: acted · directed by Anatole Litvak · audiences 76%
  2. 1960 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series): acted · audiences 88% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV, Philo
  3. 1961 Five Minutes to Live: acted · directed by Bill Karn · audiences 29% · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Fawesome
  4. 1962 The Music Man: acted · directed by Morton DaCosta · critics 94%, audiences 85% · streaming on Hoopla, Tubi
  5. 1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli · critics 67%, audiences 70%
  6. 1965 Village of the Giants: acted · directed by Bert Ira Gordon · critics 17%, audiences 19%
  7. 1970 The Wild Country: acted · directed by Robert Totten
  8. 1972 M*A*S*H (TV series): acted · audiences 90% · streaming on Hulu
  9. 1973 American Graffiti: acted · directed by George Lucas · critics 95%, audiences 84% · streaming on TCM
  10. 1974 Happy Days (TV series): acted · streaming on Paramount+
  11. 1974 The Migrants (TV movie): acted · directed by Tom Gries
  12. 1974 The Spikes Gang: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer · audiences 45% · streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
  13. 1975 Huckleberry Finn: acted · directed by Robert Totten · audiences 44% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  14. 1976 Eat My Dust!: acted · directed by Charles B. Griffith · audiences 36% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Pluto TV
  15. 1976 The Shootist: acted · directed by Don Siegel · critics 79%, audiences 88% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  16. 1977 Grand Theft Auto: directed, wrote, acted · critics 21%, audiences 35%
  17. 1978 Cotton Candy: directed
  18. 1979 More American Graffiti: acted · directed by Bill L. Norton · critics 27%, audiences 33%
  19. 1980 Act of Love: acted · directed by Jud Taylor · audiences 40% · streaming on Prime Video
  20. 1980 Skyward (TV movie): directed
  21. 1980 The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (TV series): acted · directed by Ray Patterson
  22. 1981 Bitter Harvest: acted · directed by Roger Young · audiences 73% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  23. 1981 Through the Magic Pyramid (TV movie): directed
  24. 1982 Night Shift: directed, acted · critics 93%, audiences 63% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi
  25. 1984 Splash: directed · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+
  26. 1985 Cocoon: directed · critics 80%, audiences 60%
  27. 1986 Gung Ho: directed, produced · critics 43%, audiences 46% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  28. 1988 Clean and Sober: produced · directed by Glenn Gordon Caron · critics 61%, audiences 61%
  29. 1988 Willow: directed · critics 53%, audiences 79% · streaming on Prime Video, Disney+
  30. 1989 Parenthood: directed, wrote · critics 91%, audiences 76%
  31. 1989 The 'Burbs: produced · directed by Joe Dante · critics 57%, audiences 71%
  32. 1990 Parenthood (TV series): created · directed by Alan Myerson · streaming on Roku Channel
  33. 1990 Problem Child: produced · directed by Dennis Dugan · critics 3%, audiences 43%
  34. 1991 Backdraft: directed · critics 71%, audiences 75% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  35. 1991 Closet Land: produced · directed by Radha Bharadwaj · critics 50%, audiences 85%
  36. 1992 Far and Away: directed, wrote, produced · critics 51%, audiences 62%
  37. 1994 The Paper: directed · critics 86%, audiences 67%
  38. 1995 Apollo 13: directed · critics 92%, audiences 87% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, MGM+
  39. 1996 Ransom: directed · critics 72%, audiences 63%
  40. 1996 The Chamber: produced · directed by James Foley · critics 14%, audiences 39%
  41. 1997 Inventing the Abbotts: produced · directed by Pat O'Connor · critics 44%, audiences 51% · streaming on Hoopla
  42. 1999 Beyond the Mat: produced · directed by Barry W. Blaustein · critics 82%, audiences 83%
  43. 1999 EDtv: directed, produced · critics 65%, audiences 30% · streaming on Prime Video
  44. 2000 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: directed, produced, acted · critics 50%, audiences 60% · streaming on Peacock
  45. 2000 The Independent: acted · directed by Stephen Kessler · critics 61%, audiences 50%
  46. 2000 Welcome to Hollywood: acted · directed by Adam Rifkin
  47. 2001 A Beautiful Mind: directed, produced, acted · critics 74%, audiences 93% · streaming on Apple TV
  48. 2001 Osmosis Jones: acted · directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly · critics 55%, audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  49. 2003 Arrested Development (TV series): acted · critics 75%, audiences 85% · streaming on Netflix
  50. 2003 The Missing: directed, produced · critics 57%, audiences 51% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi
  51. 2004 The Alamo: produced · directed by John Lee Hancock · critics 29%, audiences 46% · streaming on Hoopla
  52. 2005 Cinderella Man: directed · critics 80%, audiences 91%
  53. 2005 Inside Deep Throat: produced · directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato · critics 82%, audiences 67%
  54. 2006 Curious George: produced · directed by Matthew O'Callaghan · critics 70%, audiences 70%
  55. 2006 The Da Vinci Code: directed, produced · critics 25%, audiences 57% · streaming on Netflix, Philo, Starz
  56. 2008 Changeling: produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 61%, audiences 82%
  57. 2008 Frost/Nixon: directed, produced · critics 93%, audiences 88%
  58. 2009 Angels & Demons: directed · critics 36%, audiences 57% · streaming on Starz
  59. 2010 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!: produced · directed by Norton Virgien · audiences 52%
  60. 2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed!: acted · directed by Mark Hartley · critics 88%, audiences 73%
  61. 2010 Parenthood (TV series): created, produced · critics 88%, audiences 94% · streaming on Paramount+
  62. 2010 Presidential Reunion: directed
  63. 2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel: acted · directed by Alex Stapleton · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
  64. 2011 Cowboys & Aliens: produced · directed by Jon Favreau · critics 44%, audiences 43% · streaming on Netflix
  65. 2011 J. Edgar: produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 43%, audiences 44%
  66. 2011 Restless: produced · directed by Gus Van Sant · critics 36%, audiences 48%
  67. 2011 The Dilemma: directed, produced · critics 25%, audiences 29%
  68. 2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me: produced · directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz · critics 76%, audiences 72% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy
  69. 2013 Admission: produced · directed by Paul Weitz · critics 37%, audiences 32%
  70. 2013 Made in America: directed · critics 50%, audiences 33% · streaming on fuboTV
  71. 2013 Rush: directed, produced · critics 89%, audiences 88%
  72. 2014 Champs: acted · directed by Bert Marcus · critics 57%, audiences 92% · streaming on Prime Video, Plex, Tubi
  73. 2014 The Good Lie: produced · directed by Philippe Falardeau · critics 85%, audiences 82% · streaming on Netflix, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  74. 2015 In the Heart of the Sea: directed, produced · critics 42%, audiences 54%
  75. 2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie: acted · directed by Jeremy Konner · audiences 51%
  76. 2016 Inferno: directed, produced · critics 23%, audiences 36% · streaming on Netflix
  77. 2016 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week: directed · critics 96%, audiences 89%
  78. 2017 American Made: produced · directed by Doug Liman · critics 85%, audiences 79% · streaming on HBO Max
  79. 2017 Genius (TV series): directed · critics 71%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video
  80. 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story: directed · critics 69%, audiences 63% · streaming on Disney+
  81. 2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me: produced · directed by Susanna Fogel · critics 49%, audiences 57%
  82. 2019 Pavarotti: directed, produced · critics 87%, audiences 97% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  83. 2020 Hillbilly Elegy: directed, produced · critics 24%, audiences 81% · streaming on Netflix
  84. 2020 Rebuilding Paradise: directed · critics 93%, audiences 80% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, Tubi
  85. 2021 Tick, Tick... Boom!: produced · directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda · critics 87%, audiences 96% · streaming on Netflix
  86. 2022 Downfall: The Case Against Boeing: produced · directed by Rory Kennedy · critics 91%, audiences 89% · streaming on Netflix
  87. 2022 Thirteen Lives: directed · critics 85%, audiences 93% · streaming on Prime Video, Prime Video (free), MX Player
  88. 2022 Willow (TV series): produced · critics 84%, audiences 65%
  89. 2023 The Beanie Bubble: produced · directed by Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore · critics 46%, audiences 54% · streaming on Apple TV
  90. 2024 Eden: directed · critics 58%, audiences 73% · streaming on Netflix
  91. 2024 Jim Henson Idea Man: directed · critics 98%, audiences 92% · streaming on Disney+
  92. 2024 Music by John Williams: produced · directed by Laurent Bouzereau · critics 100%, audiences 97% · streaming on Disney+
  93. 2025 The Studio (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 77% · streaming on Apple TV
  94. 2026 Whalefall: produced · directed by Brian Duffield · critics 74%, audiences 81%
  95. 2027 Alone at Dawn: directed
  96. 2027 Spaceballs: The New One: produced · directed by Josh Greenbaum
  97. The Shrinking of Treehorn: directed
  98. We Feed People: directed · critics 100%, audiences 62% · streaming on Hulu