Best Robin Williams Movies

Seize the Day is a 1986 drama film directed by Fielder Cook. It stars Robin Williams and Jerry Stiller. It is based on the novel of the same name by Saul Bellow. After losing his job, his girlfriend, and his sanity, Salesman Tommy Wilhelm (Williams) packs up for New York City to try to repair the pieces of his broken life. His skill as a salesman comes naturally, but his strained relationship with his father certainly does not. Tommy must face the father he never really knew while trying to balance the new life that he attempts to carve out for himself.

The Big Wedding, previously The Wedding, is a comedy film directed by Justin Zackham. It is an American remake of the original French film written by Jean-Stephane Bron and Karine Sudan. It stars a large ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams. It is set to be released on October 18, 2012 by Roadshow Films in Australia and on April 26, 2013 by Lionsgate in the United States and Canada. The Big Wedding centers around Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton), a long divorced couple being forced to pretend that they are still happily married at their son's wedding. Among all of their family and friends, the hoax snowballs into a poignant and raucously funny story about the ties that bind.

The Tsar of Russia proclaims that whoever builds a flying ship will marry his daughter, the princess. But, when a wacky,country fool and his five strange, superhuman friends arrive at the palace of the Tsar, the Tsar quickly sets impossible tasks for the "moujiks" before the fool could marry his daughter. Narrated by Robin Williams

Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters Amazing Hero Puffin called "The Mighty Sven", whom he thinks is a penguin who can fly. Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to bring together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.

The Best of Times is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and written by Ron Shelton. It stars Robin Williams and Kurt Russell as two friends attempting to relive a high school football game.

Hamlet is a 1996 film version of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the titular role as Prince Hamlet. The film also features Derek Jacobi as King Claudius, Julie Christie as Queen Gertrude, Kate Winslet as Ophelia, Michael Maloney as Laertes, Richard Briers as Polonius, and Nicholas Farrell as Horatio. Other notable appearances include Robin Williams, Gerard Depardieu, Jack Lemmon, Billy Crystal, Rufus Sewell, Charlton Heston, Richard Attenborough, Judi Dench, John Gielgud and Ken Dodd.

A teacher experiences a series of mishaps after discovering he has magical powers. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Simon Pegg, Robin Williams, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Joanna Lumley, Rob Riggle, Eddie Izzard, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Robert Bathurst.

Moscow on the Hudson is a 1984 American comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky. Williams plays a Soviet Russian circus musician who defects while on a visit to the United States. The film was released on April 6, 1984.

Toys is a 1992 fantasy comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx in his feature film debut.

12-year-old Evan Taylor grows up an outcast in a home for boys, all the while believing that his parents are alive. He can hear music in everything: the light, the wind, rustling leaves. He believes that he can hear the music from his parents. He believes that they always wanted him and would come and get him someday. He meets a social service worker, Richard Jeffries, of the New York Child Services Department. Evan tells him he does not want to be adopted. Jeffries likes Evan and gives him his card. He wants Evan to confide in him if the need should ever arise. Through a series of flashbacks, Evan's parents are revealed to be Lyla Novacek, a famous teenage concert cellist, and Louis Connelly, an Irish guitarist and lead singer of a rock band. They met at the same party and spent a romantic night together. Due to Lyla's strict father, Lyla was unable to meet Louis where she'd agreed to and they parted, apparently never to see each other again.

During their wedding ceremony, Aladdin and Princess Jasmine find themselves the targets of a raid by the infamous Forty Thieves, led by a man named Cassim. Although Aladdin, Jasmine and the rest of their gang successfully stop the raid and drive the thieves away, they are unable to prevent the wedding from being ruined. Determined to learn what the thieves were after, Aladdin finds an unusual staff (which The King of Thieves tries to steal) among the treasures given as wedding presents. The staff contains an oracle, able to see into the past or the future, but is only able to grant an answer to one question asked per person. Aladdin knows his future is being married to Jasmine but can't remember most of his past. But he remembers that his mother died when he was a kid and he never knew his father. The oracle, however, reveals that his father is actually still alive.

The film is about a radio shock-jock who tries to find redemption by helping a homeless man whose life he inadvertently shattered.

Man of the Year is a 2006 political comedy-drama film directed and written by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams. The film also features Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, and Jeff Goldblum. In the film, Williams portrays Tom Dobbs, the host of a comedy/political talk show, based loosely on the real-life persona of Jon Stewart. With an offhand remark, he prompts 4 million people to e-mail their support; then he decides to campaign for President.

Junket Whore is 1998 documentary film directed by Debbie Melnyk and hosted by Lauren Hutton. This revealing documentary explores the relationship between Hollywood's publicists and the entertainment journalists. It also stars many Hollywood artists including Sylvester Stallone, Martin Short, Alicia Silverstone, Charlie Sheen, Hugh Grant, Ed Harris, Gerard Depardieu, Jack Nicholson, Brooke Shields, Matthew McConaughey, Ashley Judd, Sharon Stone, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Emma Thompson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Clint Eastwood, Jim Carrey, Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Richard Gere, Antonio Banderas, Pauly Shore, Sean Connery, Julianne Moore, Madonna, and Anthony Hopkins. It was produced by Rick Caine.

The Night Listener is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Patrick Stettner. The screenplay by Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson, and Stettner is based on Maupin's 2000 bestselling novel of the same name, which was inspired by actual events in the author's life.

Can I Do It Til I Need Glasses? is a 1977 comedy film, a sequel to If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind, directed by I. Robert Levy and is also Robin Williams' film debut.

Stage Left: A Story of Theater in the Bay Area (2011) is a documentary film about the history of theater in the San Francisco Bay Area from about 1952 until 2010. The film was directed by Austin Forbord, and features Robin Williams, Peter Coyote, Herbert Blau, Tony Taccone, Oskar Eustis, Bill Irwin, Joan Holden, R. G. Davis, Richard "Scrumbly" Koldewyn, and is narrated by Marga Gomez.

A young boy named Yankee Irving finds himself at an extraordinary crossroads: He has a chance to be a hero - and make a difference against incredible odds - or he can play it safe. With faith in himself instilled by his family, he teams up with a sassy young girl and some off-the-wall sidekicks and embarks on a sometimes perilous, often funny, cross-country quest. In the process, he restores his family's honor, befriends the world's biggest sports superstar, and reveals the hero within. Starring: Ritchie Allen, Jake T. Austin, Cherise Boothe, Brian Dennehy, Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Helms, Richard Kind, William H. Macy, Robin Williams.

Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's adventures, focusing on a grown-up Peter Pan who has forgotten his childhood. Peter Banning is a successful corporate lawyer with a wife and two kids. Captain Hook kidnaps his two children, thus Peter Banning must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit as Peter Pan in order to challenge his old enemy

I'm from Hollywood is a 1989 comedy documentary film about the adventures of late performance artist Andy Kaufman in the world of professional wrestling. The film includes interviews with Taxi co-stars Marilu Henner and Tony Danza and interviews with comedian Robin Williams, wrestler Jerry Lawler, wrestling commentator Lance Russell, and Kaufman's best friend, Bob Zmuda. Other people seen in the film include TV host David Letterman and Jimmy Hart of Continental Wrestling Association. The film's title refers to a phrase spoken by Kaufman to the Memphis wrestling audience.