Poll: Favorite Movie Directed by Ron Howard

Results of 868 votes:

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   A Beautiful Mind (2001)

    

   After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
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   Apollo 13 (1995)

    

   NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage.
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   Rush (2013)

    

   The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
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   Willow (1988)

    

   A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.
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   The Da Vinci Code (2006)

    

   A murder inside the Louvre lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years.
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   Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    

   During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca.
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   Cinderella Man (2005)

    

   The story of James Braddock, a boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
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   How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

    

   On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town.
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   Frost/Nixon (2008)

    

   A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
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    Far and Away (1992)

     

    A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.
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    Backdraft (1991)

     

    Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
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    Ransom (1996)

     

    When a multimillionaire man's son is kidnapped, he uses the ransom money as a reward for the capture of the kidnappers.
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    Cocoon (1985)

     

    When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
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    In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

     

    A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
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    Splash (1983)

     

    A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saved him from drowning as a boy.
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    The Missing (2003)

     

    A frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
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    Grand Theft Auto (1977)

     

    A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married.
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    Gung Ho (1986)

     

    When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes.
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    Parenthood (1989)

     

    The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives.
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    Edtv (1999)

     

    A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.
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    Inferno (2016)

     

    When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he must race across Europe to foil a deadly global plot.
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    Angels & Demons (2009)

     

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
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    The Paper (1994)

     

    New York City tabloid Editor Henry is faced with tough decisions while he faces several serious life challenges, and a tempting job offer.
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    The Dilemma (2011)

     

    A man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair.
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    Night Shift (1982)

     

    A morgue attendant is talked into running a brothel at his workplace after a deceased pimp is sent there.