62 Robin Williams Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Starring Robin Williams as the bubbly radio jockey, Adrian Cronauer, Good Morning, Vietnam is a biographical film set during The Vietnam War. When Cronauer is appointed as an RJ of the Armed Forces Radio in Saigon, he shakes things up by playing the music of his choice and relaying true stories of the war much to the chagrin of his superiors. 

The movie follows Patch Adams as he intends on becoming a medical doctor after struggling with conventional psychotherapy in a mental institution. He forms a relationship with fellow student Carin Fisher and starts a secret clinic for people without insurance. However, a personal tragedy will challenge all his beliefs.  

Daniel is a freelance voice actor and father of three. When his wife divorces him and gets the sole custody of their children, he disguises himself as a female housekeeper, Mrs Doubtfire, to stay close to his children. In process, he learns plenty of parenting tips. But when both Daniel and Mrs Doubtfire have to be at the same place at the same time, his secret is in jeopardy.

Will Hunting is a janitor at M.I.T, and is also a brilliant mathematician capable of solving any problem except those that are deep within him. To avoid getting imprisoned for assaulting a police officer, he agrees to attend therapy sessions with psychology professor Dr. Sean Maguire. The sessions help him deal with his past and accept that he is the one holding himself back.

Based on an eponymous book, Awakenings is the story of Dr. Malcolm Sayer and his miraculous discovery of a drug that seems to awaken patients from their catatonic state, including Leonard Lowe. But in a twist of fate, the effects of the drug are temporary leading to an altercation between Sayer, played by Robin Williams, and Lowe, portrayed by Robert De Niro.

Jack is a 1996 coming-of-age comedy-drama film revolving around a 10-year old boy named Jack, who suffers from a condition that makes him look much older than he actually is. This leads him to facing a lot of problems at school.

Based on Asimov’s novel ‘The Positronic Man’, the movie tells the story of the robot Andrew who gains intelligence beyond his programming. As decades go by Andrew develops human feelings, replaces his metal parts with artificial organs thus becoming more human and argues for his right to be called human in front of the World Congress. 

Several students at Welton Academy, an all-male elite prep school, are struggling with the institution's rigid traditions and their parents' high expectations. John Keating, the new English teacher, introduces unconventional teaching methods and urges his students to make the most out of their lives by encouraging them to pursue their dreams unapologetically.

Armand Goldman and his long-term partner Albert own the popular drag-club, ‘The Birdcage’, in Miami’s South Beach where Albert, a.k.a. drag-queen Starina is the main attraction. Armand’s son Val declares his intentions of marrying Barbara, daughter of conservative right-wing senator, John Keeley. When the Keeleys arrive to meet Val’s ‘family,’ the Goldmans pretend to be ‘straight,’ and end up creating chaos.

The fantasy action-adventure movie revolves around the supernatural board game Jumanji. The game releases jungle-based real-life hazards on its players and traps young Alan Parish in the game. Twenty-six years later, Judy and Peter Shepherd release Alan from the game and must complete the game to reverse all the chaos the game has caused. 

Larry Daley is divorced and unsuccessful. He is hired to work as a night watchman at a museum where, much to his astonishment, he finds that the exhibits to come to life every night and create a ruckus. It is up to Larry now to control the exhibits, prevent a theft attempt by three old guards and eventually gain respect in his son’s eye.

Peter Pan has grown up and forgotten all about his childhood. He is now Peter Banning, a successful and workaholic lawyer who lives with his wife and two children. When Captain Hook, his arch-enemy, kidnaps his children, Peter returns to Neverland to save them. The journey brings back his memories and transforms him.

Insensitive comments by shock jock Jack Lucas forces an unstable caller into committing a mass-murder suicide. Severely depressed after the incident Jack meets a homeless man Parry, who is searching for the Holy Grail. When Jack realizes Parry is actually the husband of one of the murderer’s victims, he decides to help Parry. 

This adaption of Ronald Bass 1978 novel of the same name tells the tale of a couple—Chris and Annie—who lose their children in an accident. Their attempt to get back to their life is further shattered when Chris is killed and a brokenhearted Annie ends her life. Chris finds himself in heaven but is aghast to know that Annie is in hell and sets out save her with the help of Albert.

In this second installment in the Night at the Museum series, Larry learns that the exhibits will be moved to the Smithsonian Institution without the Tablet of Ahkmenrah. He soon receives a call for help from Jedediah who, along with his other friends, is under attack from Kahmunrah. Kahmunrah intends to raise an army and conquer the world. Larry now must save his friends.

T.S. Garp, the son of nurse Jenny Fields from a dying soldier, grows up with an aptitude for fiction writing and freestyle wrestling. Inspired by him, Jenny, too, forays into writing, earns success in feminist non-fiction, and starts a center for distressed women. This peculiar community of disparate women becomes as much part of Garp’s world as his children and unfaithful wife.

Flubber is a 1997 sci-fi comedy film which revolves around a mad scientist, Professor Philip. He attempts to create a new source of energy to prevent his college from shutting down. However, in the process, he instead creates a rubber-like substance that can make objects jump higher.

RV is an adventure comedy film revolving around Bob Munro, who plans a road trip with his dysfunctional family to the Colorado Rockies, on an RV. However, things don’t go as planned, when they come across a bizarre community of campers. 

Tom Dobbs, the host of a satirical political talk-show, decides to run for presidency. Everyone is shocked when he gets elected. He is unaware that it’s due to major malfunction of the electronic voting system marketed by Delacroy. The company wants to hide it, but Eleanor Green, a programmer, resolves to tell Dobbs the truth. Will she be able to reveal the reality? 

A boy named Evan Taylor, a musical genius living in an orphanage, flees to New York City believing that he will be able to find his birth parents following his talents. He encounters and impresses the mysterious musician Wizard Wallace, who gives him the stage name 'August Rush' and attempts to make profits from his performances.

Popeye is a musical romantic comedy adventure film which tells the story of a sailor named Popeye, who arrives in a coastal town in search of his long-lost father. He eventually falls in love with Olive Oyl, but she is engaged to Captain Bluto.  

One Hour Photo is a psychological thriller film which tells the story of Seymour Parrish, a photo technician, who lives alone, and considers his work to be the only purpose of his life. His favorite customers are the Yorkin family, whose photos he has developed for years. However, his concept about them being the perfect family is shattered when he learns that Will Yorkin is having an affair.

LAPD detectives Will Dormer and Hap Eckhart come to Nightmute, Alaska, to assist in the investigations of the murder of a 17-year-old teenage girl, but while trying to entrap prime suspect Walter Finch, Dormer accidentally shoots Eckhart. With young local detective Ellie Burr investigating Eckhart's death, insomniac Dormer becomes an easy pawn in Finch's psychological game.

Loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen, the movie tells the story of African-American Cecil Gaines who went from being an enslaved plantation worker to a butler at the White House in 1957. He becomes a witness to some of America’s most iconic political moments, including the birth of the Civil Rights Act. 

Jakob the Liar is a war drama film which tells the story of Jakob, an ordinary man who tries to keep the hopes of the people high during the days of Nazi Germany, when Hitler was in power. Meanwhile, he also tries to hide a young Jewish girl from the authorities.

This comedy drama film tells the story of a military general who inherits a toy making company. Therefore, he soon begins making war toys. However, his employees attempt to stop him, before he ruins the name of the company.  

Joey is a car salesman, who is given an impossible task of selling twelve cars in two days, if he wants to keep his job. Meanwhile, he is also dealing with his personal problems. Things get worse when a guy with a machine gun crashes into the car dealership, and takes everybody hostage.  

Moscow on the Hudson is a romantic comedy drama film which revolves around Vladimir Ivanoff, a Russian musician who wants to defect to the US. He eventually succeeds, but soon finds out that adjusting to American life is way more difficult than he expected.

The Night Listener is a psychological thriller horror film which tells the story of Gabriel Noone, a writer who also hosts a late-night radio show. He begins a phone correspondence with a teenage boy who claims that he had survived a horrible and nightmarish childhood, and soon Gabriel becomes close to the boy.

Dan and Charlie are best friends, single and co-owner of a successful marketing firm. While they are preparing for an important business deal, Dan’s ex-wife asks him to take care of their two kids while she is away. Dan agrees on the condition that Charlie must help him.  But the problem is, none of them have any idea about child rearing.  

Henry Altmann is always upset and angry. However, when his doctor tells him that he is suffering from a brain aneurysm and will die within 90 minutes, he decides to make peace with his friends and family.

Rainbow Randolph, the star of a popular children’s television show, is fired from his job for taking bribes and replaced by "squeaky clean" Sheldon Mopes and his character Smoochy the Rhino. Very soon, Sheldon starts scoring high ratings and becomes famous, making Randolph furious, who vows to reclaim his position. 

Fathers’ Day is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a woman named Collette, who contacts Jack and Dale, two of her former boyfriends, to help her search for her runaway teen son Scott. She tricks them into helping her, by telling each man that he is the boy’s father.

An adaptation of the well-known play by William Shakespeare, this drama film tells the story of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet, who returns home to find his father murdered. Meanwhile his mother is getting married to his uncle, the very man responsible for his father’s death.  

Nine Months is a romantic comedy film, which revolves around a child psychologist who finds out that his long-time girlfriend is pregnant. However, he is a commitment-phobic person, and finds it hard to change his lifestyle.   

The story follows a single dad, who teaches at the same school his misanthrope sex obsessed son studies in. When the boy dies in an autoerotic asphyxiation accident, the father tries to project it as a suicide and a fake suicide note he writes becomes popular with the students. Very soon he too starts getting the attention he has always craved for.       

Alan Hakman comes across footage of a man whom he thinks may have a connection to his past. However, somebody is planning to steal this footage.

Sadie has always wanted to get married in her family church. Now that she has found her dream man and is ready to tie the knot, Rev. Frank is refusing to bless the union, unless she and her fiancé pass his marriage prep course. With wedding date drawing near, they continue to struggle with their assignments to see if they are truly meant for each other.  

Nikki is a young widow who is still struggling with the death of her husband Garret who had died in a drowning accident. She visits an art gallery which she often frequented with her husband, and is shocked to see a man who looks just like Garret. She gets acquainted to him, but she chooses not to tell him about his resemblance to her late husband. They soon become lovers, but this upsets Tom, her neighbor, who had hoped to attract her interest after Garret passed away.

Boyd Mitcher has no other option but to spend the Christmas with his estranged misfit family. However, things get worse for him, when he realizes he forgot his son’s gifts at home. Along with his father, he is forced to hit the road, hoping to make an 8-hour round trip before sunrise.

An indebted travel agent, in order to get rid of his financial problems, claims a body as his missing brother. However, he is unaware of the fact that two hitmen are seeking the body as well.   

Nolan is a sixty-year old man who is a professor of literature, living a quiet and uneventful life. He had realized that he was gay at the age of 12, although he was never able to express it. However, things get complicated when he begins to develop feelings for a male hooker. He is unsure how this will affect his married life or professional career.

Based on the wartime tales of the fictional German nobleman Baron Munchausen, the film depicts a large Ottoman army pounding at the gate of an unnamed European city in the “Age of Reason” , while a theatre production about the life and adventure of the baron being held inside. In the midst of the play, a man steps forward, claiming he is the baron.  

Jack Dundee is a banker who is still obsessed with the fact that he made a mistake which led to a tie in a 1972 high school football game. Jack has found it impossible to forget this event since that day, and on top this, even his father-in-law keeps reminding him of the event regularly. Therefore, he wishes to replay the game, but the others are not interested in doing so.

Club Paradise is a comedy film which tells the story of Jack, a retired firefighter, and Ernest Reed, a singer, who team up to turn a nightclub into a tropical island resort. However, their plan is threatened by greedy developers, and meanwhile, they also have problems dealing with some of their whiny customers.

In 1949, a composer named Roman Strauss receives the death penalty for the murder of his  wife. In the 1990s, a detective finds out about a mute woman, who has also lost her memory, living in an orphanage. He also feels that she is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

The Big Wedding is a romantic comedy drama film, which tells the story of a long-divorced couple who must now pretend to be married as their family unites for a wedding.  

This comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen also stars him in the lead as a successful writer named Harry Block. It follows Block on his way to receive an honorary degree from the university which once threw him out. Accompanying him on the drive are a prostitute, a friend and his son.

Tom Warsaw is an American artist who visits Paris to sort out some old problems. Eventually, he begins to discover his true identity, after which he decides to return home to reconcile with his family and his friends.

Shakes the Clown is a crime comedy drama film which tells the story of an alcoholic clown whose life turns upside down after he is framed for murder. While fleeing from the authorities, he also tries to prove his innocence and save the woman whom he loves from another clown with evil intentions.

David Swinton is a mecha—highly advanced robot—programmed to experience love. He lives with Henry and Monica as their son because the couple’s real son, Martin, is in a comatose condition. David’s life is good but when Martin returns, the couple abandon him. David now wants to become real so that his human mother can love him.

The film is the final installment of a trilogy based on Night at the Museum. The story focuses on Larry Daley, a night guard at American Museum of Natural History, where all the artifacts come to life at night and describes his travel to London in the company of Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagewea, Jedediah, Octavius, Dexter, Attila the Hun in order to save the tablet of Ahkmenrah from losing its magic.  

The alien galactic council debates whether the Earth should be destroyed, or to make humanity a member of their council. They eventually come up with a plan of bestowing limitless power to a schoolteacher, to see if the powers would be used for good or for evil. Thus, his actions would determine the fate of humanity. 

Aladdin, a poor but kind-hearted street urchin, is hired by Jafar, the Royal Vizier, to retrieve a magical lamp from a mysterious cave. After being betrayed, he uses the genie inside the lamp to escape the cave and to become a prince so he could woo Princess Jasmine, but soon gets dragged into an evil plot by Jafar.

Crysta, a tree fairy living in Australian rainforest FernGully, doesn’t believe that humans exist. When curious Crysta tries to find out more, she accidently shrinks a young logger Zak to fairy-size. Zak sees the forest beauty and realizes how the logging company is damaging the rainforest. He then joins the fairies to save FernGully from loggers and the evil pollution entity Hexxus. 

Male emperor penguins need to sing to attract a female for mating. However, Mumble is quite a disappointment in this field. Instead, he tap dances very well which appeals to Gloria, the object of his affection. But the elders despise it and consider this anomaly to be the cause of the recent fish shortage. Exiled, Mumble sets out to discover the root cause of the problem.

Rodney Copperbottom is an aspiring inventor in a world full of sentient robots. He idolizes Bigweld, a famous inventor whose Bigweld Industries makes spare parts. Unfortunately, in Bigweld’s absence, the new owner Phineas T. Ratchet has stopped making spare parts in favor of expensive upgrades. Rodney must find a way to contact Bigweld and stop Rachet. 

In this sequel to the 2006 computer-animated family musical film Happy Feet, Mumble and Gloria's son, Erik, is on a mission to stop the Apocalypse from taking place in Antarctica. Mumble unites the entire penguin population with the help of his family and friends in a bid to save their species.

This animated adventure sports comedy film tells the story of a young boy named Yankee who teams up with a sassy young girl, and sets out on a perilous journey from Chicago to return Babe Ruth’s baseball bat, before the end of the World Series.

Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson win New York’s ‘Drag Queen’ contest and an entry into National pageant in Hollywood. Taking inexperienced Drag Princess Chi-Chi Rodriguez along, they set out on a road trip to Los Angeles. As their car breaks down in the tiny Midwestern town, Snydersville, they are faced with Sheriff Dollard, a homophobic racist lawman who is out to get them. 

Dr Henry Carter is a well-known psychiatrist whose patients are top celebrities of the film industry. His life takes a tragic turn when his wife passes away, and he finds his own life starting to go down the drain. Soon, he turns to marijuana to cope with his grief.  

Rose is in the hospital with her elderly mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, on the day before Christmas. Depressed with her life, she is contemplating suicide on a riverbank, when she meets a former priest named Charlie Boyd. They spend the night together in Rose’s apartment, and the next morning Charlie tells her that he has received a telepathic message from her mother.