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Jason Robards has 22 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Once Upon a Time in the West.
1982
Drama
Magnolia
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Max · Included
All the President's Men
1976 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads
Johnny Got His Gun
1971 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Prime Video · Included
Parenthood
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 36%Netflix · Included
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Movie · Actor
Top 45%Disney+ · Included
Hour of the Gun
1967 · Movie · Actor
Top 58%Prime Video · Included
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Dir. Sergio Leone · With Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Dir. Alan J. Pakula · With Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
Dir. Dalton Trumbo · With Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
Dir. Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku, Richard Fleischer · With Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Jason Robards
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
Dir. Nicholas Meyer · With Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Dir. Bill Murray, Howard Franklin · With Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?
Dir. Jack Clayton · With Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
With David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
Dir. John Sturges · With James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan
Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Together, the pair embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, staying ahead of pursuers who blame the slave for Huck's alleged murder.
Dir. Stephen Sommers · With Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himself manager, causing unrest in an organization that struggles to take orders from a 12-year-old.
Dir. Andrew Scheinman · With Luke Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Ashton
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Dir. Roger Corman · With Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and can only contact Bobby in his dreams.
Dir. Marc Rocco · With Jason Robards, Corey Feldman, Piper Laurie
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Dir. L.Q. Jones · With Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Dir. Jerry Jameson · With Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby
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