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Ron Howard Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Ron Howard directed 20 films in our catalog, from 1984 to 2022. Top of the list is A Beautiful Mind ('2001), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Hillbilly Elegy, 6.7 on IMDb against 38 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Beautiful Mind '2001 | Drama / Romance | 8.2 | 74% | 72 | 7.9 | Ron Howard |
| 2 | Rush '2013 | Drama / Action | 8.1 | 88% | 74 | 7.7 | Ron Howard |
| 3 | Apollo 13 '1995 | Drama | 7.7 | 92% | 78 | 7.5 | Ron Howard |
| 4 | Cinderella Man '2005 | Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 80% | 69 | 7.6 | Ron Howard |
| 5 | Thirteen Lives '2022 | Drama / Thriller | 7.8 | 85% | 66 | 7.8 | Ron Howard |
| 6 | Willow '1988 | Fantasy / Action | 7.2 | 53% | 47 | 7.0 | Ron Howard |
| 7 | Parenthood '1989 | Comedy / Drama | 7.1 | 92% | 82 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 8 | In the Heart of the Sea '2015 | Thriller / Drama / Action | 6.9 | 42% | 47 | 6.8 | Ron Howard |
| 9 | Solo: A Star Wars Story '2018 | Sci-Fi / Action | 6.9 | 69% | 62 | 6.6 | Ron Howard |
| 10 | Backdraft '1991 | Drama / Thriller / Action / Crime | 6.7 | 72% | 39 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 11 | The Da Vinci Code '2006 | Thriller / Mystery | 6.7 | 25% | 46 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 12 | Ransom '1996 | Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 73% | 61 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 13 | Far and Away '1992 | Drama / Romance / Western | 6.6 | 51% | 49 | 6.8 | Ron Howard |
| 14 | Cocoon '1985 | Comedy / Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama | 6.7 | 82% | 65 | 6.6 | Ron Howard |
| 15 | Angels & Demons '2009 | Thriller / Mystery | 6.7 | 36% | 48 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 16 | EDtv '1999 | Comedy | 6.1 | 64% | 49 | 6.0 | Ron Howard |
| 17 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas '2000 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.4 | 50% | 46 | 6.8 | Ron Howard |
| 18 | Hillbilly Elegy '2020 | Drama | 6.7 | 24% | 38 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 19 | Inferno '2016 | Mystery / Thriller / Action | 6.2 | 23% | 42 | 6.1 | Ron Howard |
| 20 | Splash '1984 | Comedy / Romance / Fantasy | 6.3 | - | 71 | 6.3 | Ron Howard |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.