Robin Williams Movies

Want to know the best Robin Williams movies?  How about the worst Robin Williams movies?  Curious about Robin Williams’s box office grosses or which Robin Williams movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robin Williams movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Robin Williams was one of my favorite actors.  I still am in disbelief about how his life came to an end.  On the day of his passing, I had just rented his movie, The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. In that movie Robin Williams’ character at the end of this movie said…..”My tombstone will say…”Henry Altman, 1951 dash 2014. I never knew till now it’s not the dates that matter….it’s the dash”. Then his final words in the movie…..”But he also felt at peace in the knowledge that somehow he would live on in the hearts of those who loved him”. Watching this movie on the day Robin Williams passed away was somewhat eerie …especially since his tombstone will now read “Robin Williams, 1951 dash 2014 and the last lines are how many people will remember Mr. Robin Williams. But enough depressing stuff let’s look at his awesome movie career.

His IMDb page shows 102 acting credits from 1977-2015. This page will rank 64 Robin Williams movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Robin Williams left behind many many wonderful films
Robin Williams left behind many many wonderful films

Robin Williams Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Robin Williams Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

  • Sort Robin Williams movies by co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Robin Williams movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Robin Williams movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Robin Williams movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Robin Williams movie received.
  • Sort Robin Williams movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Robin Williams Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Robin Williams provided the voice to the Genie in 1992's Aladdin
Robin Williams provided the voice to the Genie in 1992’s Aladdin

Possibly Interesting Facts About Robin Williams

1. Robin Williams (1951-2014) was an American actor that has won an Oscar®, an Emmy®, a Golden Globe®, and a Grammy® award over his close to forty-year career.

2. Robin Williams’s big break was as appearing as the alien Mork on the popular television show Happy Days. His Mork role was such a hit on Happy Days that he was given his own show, Mork and Mindy, which ran from 1978-1982.

3. Robin Williams has been nominated for Oscars® four times. Those movies include Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poet’s Society, The Fisher King, and Good Will Hunting. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for Good Will Hunting in 1997.

4. Robin Williams has been nominated for Golden Globes® eight times. Those movies would include Moscow on the Hudson, Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poet’s Society, Awakenings, The Fisher King, Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting, and Patch Adams. He has won the Golden Globe® three times …Good Morning Vietnam, The Fisher King, and Mrs. Doubtfire.

5. Robin Williams has been married four times and has two sons, Zak and Cody, and one daughter, Zelda.

6. Did you know Robin Williams had a hand in the success of Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List? Spielberg would often call Williams during the filming of Schindler’s List, he would put Williams on speakerphone and have Williams tell jokes to the cast and crew to cheer them up.

7. Roles Robin Williams turned down or was seriously considered for: Little Miss Sunshine, Philadelphia, The Shining, Batman Forever, Three Amigos, Midnight Run, Chaplin and Harry Potter(the Hagrid part), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

8. Robin Williams is in the Disney Hall of Fame. He agreed to be a Disney Legend in 2009. This was after many Disney successes and many Disney conflicts. To solve one of their disputes the Disney company gave Williams a Picasso painting.

9. Robin Williams box office trivia: 15 movies open number one during his career. He has had 12 of his movies cross the 100 million dollar mark. His Mrs. Doubtfire is ranked as the 86th biggest box office hit of all-time when looking at adjusted box office. And his Good Morning Vietnam was the number one movie at the box office for an amazing 10 weeks. Not bad stats for an actor that was considered box office poison during the early part of his career.

10. Check out Robin Williams‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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62 thoughts on “Robin Williams Movies”

  1. A great movie page about a great actor. Robin Williams is able to play so many types of characters and do them all well. Thanks for this informative page about his career!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Dale Hyde. I appreciate the comment and the compliment. I agree 100% with you about Williams being so good in so many different roles….and I hoping he has a few more great performances yet to give.

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  2. Will go over the films I’ve seen overall and discuss in general later as I am expecting a phone call any minute. But I will talk about top tens that I have seen.

    Top ten box office : I’ve seen 6 of them:

    1,3, 4, 6, 7, and 8

    Top ten critics: I have seen 7 of them:

    1,2,3,4,5,6, and 9.

    Top ten movie score: I have seen 7

    1,2,3,4,5,6, and 8.

    In general, I can say I’ve seen many of his best films from earlier in his career.

    edit: I just saw Jeanie’s comment – I agree, that he will always be Mork from Mork and Mindy to me.

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    1. Hey Flora…I impressed with the amount of Robin Williams movies you have seen. 60% of the box office, and 70% for the critics/audiences and the Movie Score table.

      He used to be an actor that would get me to the theater no matter what he was in….but he lost that power pretty much after Good Will Hunting….actually that makes me curious…I have seen 39 of movies…I have actually seen 14 of his movies at the theater…but only 2 in the last 15 years…and they were both kids movies…2006’s Happy Feet and Night at the Musuem…thanks for the comment and I look forward to the rest of your comment.

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      1. Well, I can tell you that I’ve already mentioned my favourite films in my earlier post. In aphabetical order, my top five are:

        The Bird Cage

        Dead Poet’s Society

        The Fischer King

        Good Will Hunting

        Insomnia

        A film that I admire greatly but it is too disturbing to watch a second time is One Hour Photo. I loved awakenings till it got to the end and then I became very angry at what happened. I am particularly ticked off because it is based on a true story.

        Regarding the animated films:

        I saw Aladdin in the theatre and enjoyed it. I haven’t seen any of the others.
        Overall: I have seen only movies that have been among his best movies, while some of these films I have never heard of them. The lowest ranking film I have seen is Hamlet at 25. Really.

        I have seen 11 of his non-animated movies movies. That is only 23%. And when you add animated films I have seen 12 of 54 films or 20%

        BUT: I have seen 44% of his top 25 films.

        While my overall total is low, I don’t think I’m missing much from the films I haven’t seen.

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        1. Hey Flora….well I think 44% of his top 25 is pretty good…and looking at his movies ranked 26th – 45th…you are not missing much. The only one I like in that group is #26 Cadillac Man which is actually pretty funny and has a nice performance by Tim Robbins.

          One Hour Photo was a strange movie, but I really enjoyed Williams in the role…a very confused man….I sure in the future people will not even understand his job of developing film.

          I like all of your personal favorites…with Insomnia being the one I least like of that group. I almost did a George Clooney movie page….but Robin Williams beat him out….Clooney Clooney Clooney is everywhere these days….lol.

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  3. It doesn’t matter what he does, he will always be Mork in my eyes. That was his best role ever! He is such a strange, energetic man. I never knew he was considered for the part of Hagrid in Harry Potter. I can’t picture it.

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    1. Hey Jeannieinabottle….thanks for stopping by. I used to have a hard time not thinking about Mork….but over the years Mork has started to become a distant memory. Being older than you I can remember watching Mork and Mindy in primetime back in the 1970s…..all the kids talked about Mork the next day at school….that lasted for a good couple of years and then Mork lost his coolness factor.

      I could see Williams as Hagrid…the studio wanted him…and Chris Columbus(the director) really wanted him….Columbus had directed previously directed Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire and Nine Months…but ultimately J.K. Rowlings vetoed Williams and they stuck with the all English cast….thanks for the compliments.

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  4. Gooood Mooooooooooooorning Vietnaaaaaaaam!

    Another great hub Bruce, packed with facts and statistics. Where else would you find all this on Robin Williams in one place? Kudos amigo.

    Good Will Hunting number one on the moviescore… hmmm good film but not one of my faves and it had too much Aflleck and Damon and not enough Williams. 🙂

    Good Morning Vietnam no.2, thats much better. Thats when his film career suddenly took off if I’m not mistaken.

    I remember being angry he wasn’t Oscar nominated for Mrs. Doubtfire that year, he was so good in that film. Comedy rarely gets any respect from the Academy.

    Boy he did appear in some real turkeys didn’t he?

    Let’s see I’ve seen… 25 of the 45 you’ve listed, is that good or bad can’t tell anymore.

    I’ve seen 9 of his top hits, didn’t see Patch Adams the reviews put me off.

    I’ve seen 8 on the critics charts, missed Moscow on the Hudson and Worlds Greatest Dad.

    I like that you’ve seperated his voice work, I’ve seen 5 of those, havent seen Everyones Hero or Happy Feet 2.

    When I first saw Disney’s Aladdin I thought ‘what is this crap?’ until the genie appeared and Williams voicing of the character transformed the movie and made it a superhit.

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    1. Gooooooooooood moooooooooooooooorning Stttttttttttttteve. Thanks for stopping by. I think the fact that Williams won his only Oscar is the reason Good Will Hunting tops the charts. I have seen 35 of his 45 live action movies and 4 of his 7 voice movies…for a grand total of 39.

      I am sure I will see Happy Feet Two pretty soon as it will be a Blu-Ray purchase in another month or two.

      I think his career has some serious highs and lows….I think you could argue that all of his before Good Morning Vietnam were not the best….while all his movies after Good Will Hunting have been on the bad side as well…which leaves a 10 year run from 1987 to 1997 as his peak years. Which looking at his Top 10 Movie Score movies….8 of them fall into that date range. I actually saw Club Paradise in the theaters….after the first 5 minutes(when he was a fireman) I thought it was going to be a classic…..and then it all fell apart(when he went to the island.) Thanks for the votes up and the compliments they are always greatly appreciated.

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  5. I’m a bit bummed that my favorite movie What Dreams May Come came in at #18, but that’s okay its my #1. I really enjoyed the photo you added! It’s an awesome touch to an amazing hub to an outstanding actor from a superb writer Yep you got my votes!

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    1. Hey Sunshine625….I think What Dreams May Come is a stunning movie to see….I just think the subject matter is a downer…I have only watched it once but I vividly remember the movie. At least it finished in the Top 20….thanks for stopping by.

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