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Rob Marshall has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Memoirs of a Geisha.
Rock Star
2001
Music · Drama

Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Movie · Director
Top 6%Hulu · Included

Chicago
2002 · Movie · Director
Top 12%Paramount+ · Included

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Movie · Director
Top 43%Disney+ · Included

Mary Poppins Returns
2018 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 45%Disney+ · Included

The Little Mermaid
2023 · Movie · Director
Top 66%Disney+ · Included

Into the Woods
2014 · Movie · Director
Top 90%Disney+ · Included

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere

When Jack crosses paths with a woman from his past, he's not sure if it's love...or if she's a ruthless con artist using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw

The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy
Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Alicia Morton, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Lilla Crawford
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
Dir. Rob Marshall · With Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz