Movies directed by Ron Howard

Splash (1984)

111 mins Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Splash (1984) Tom Hanks stars as Allen who falls in love with Madison (Daryl Hannah); an attractive and unusual young woman as she is a mermaid...

Cocoon (1985)

117 mins Adventure , Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

Movie Review "Cocoon" (1985) - Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and Hume Cronyn star as a trio of old men who each day sneak out of their retirement home to take a dip in the pool at a nearby vacant house. But their fun is interru...

Willow (1988)

126 mins Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Willow: fantasy adventure from Ron Howard and George Lucas starring Warwick Davis as halfling Willow who goes on a quest to protect a child who will save them from an evil Queen...

Parenthood (1989)

124 mins Comedy, Drama

Parenthood: Steve Martin leads a set of stars as an extended all dealing with various parenting issues...

Backdraft (1991)

132 mins Action , Drama, Thriller

I had completely forgotten about "Backdraft" until I was recently going through a box of my old films and thought I would see if after 15 years, since its release back in 1991, whether it had lost any of its charm. To be hone...

Far and Away (1992)

140 mins Adventure , Drama, Romance

I am sure that writer Bob Dolman and director Ron Howard set out to make "Far and Away" as an epic romantic drama set at the tail end of the 19th century. But what they ended up with could be unintentionally one of the funnie...

Apollo 13 (1995)

140 mins Adventure , Drama

Whilst some young boys dreamed of becoming astronauts and walking on the moon it never really interested me as a child. But there were moments to do with space travel which did have an impact on my life such as the horrible d...

Ransom (1996)

121 mins Crime, Thriller

"Ransom" is a surprisingly well thought out kidnap thriller, subplots and what seem minor moments link nicely togeter to create an effective storyline which has motive. And director Ron Howard does a nice job of creating atmo...

The Grinch (2000)

104 mins Comedy, Fantasy

The Grinch: Jim Carrey stars as the mean, green Christmas wrecking machine who tries to ruin Christmas for the folk in Whoville, but he's met his match in Cindy Lou...

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

135 mins Drama, Thriller

I never would have thought that I would find a biopic on the life of a mathematician enjoyable, interesting, thrilling, moving, education and finally absolutely brilliant, but that is exactly what "A Beautiful mind is". Direc...

The Missing (2003)

137 mins Adventure , Thriller, Western

If someone had told me I would enjoy a western directed by Ron Howard I would have had my doubts. Nothing against Ron Howard as over the years he has proven what a talented director he is taking on various genres but the thou...

Cinderella Man (2005)

144 mins Biography, Drama, Sport

To put it simply "Cinderella Man" is a very good boxing movie but it suffers from one major problem. That problem is that whilst "Cinderella Man" is based on the inspiration true story of James J. Braddock it plays like a ste...

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

150 mins Mystery, Thriller

I have never read Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" and to be frank I have no intention to do so. But even so I can still spot that during the adaptation from print to film Ron Howard's "The Da Vinci Code" lost something, somet...

Frost/Nixon (2008)

122 mins Drama

I wasn't even 2 years old when Richard Nixon was forced to resign the American Presidency due to the Watergate scandal. As such when "Frost/Nixon" came out with its fictionalized account of the ground breaking interview betwe...

Bolt (2008)

96 mins Adventure , Animation, Comedy

Okay so putting it into context and "Bolt" works, for children this Disney animation will be amusing from a dog who doesn't know he is a movie star to the humorous journey home after he has been accidentally shipped to New Yo...

Angels & Demons (2009)

133 mins Mystery, Thriller

I wasn't a fan of "The Da Vinci Code", I found it contrived, confused and basically disappointing. So I wasn't expecting to be that impressed with its sequel "Angels & Demons". Shockingly, I actually found "Angels & Demons" t...

Tangled (2010)

100 mins Animation, Comedy, Family

What happens when Walt Disney make one of their traditional animations with all the expected elements from being a fairytale to musical scenes but render it with the latest in CGI rather than going down the hand drawn root. W...

The Dilemma (2011)

111 mins Comedy, Drama

"The Dilemma" is the sort of comedy which starts with a good idea, a farce about the fragility of trust in relationships and how one moment can lead to paranoia and that to confusion. But whilst a good idea it doesn't have th...

Rush (2013)

123 mins Action , Biography, Drama, Sport

Rush: Chris Hemsworth & Daniel Br�hl star in this drama about the rivalry between racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda...

* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Ron Howard as one of the directors.