Direction: Robert Downey Sr.
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Robert Downey Sr.. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Rod Serling · Paul Lynch · Peter Medak · Ryszard Bugajski
Cast William Atherton · Jenny Agutter · Martin Balsam · Jeffrey Tambor
Plot A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
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6.6
1K votes
Putney Swope
1969 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Arnold Johnson · Joe Madden · Antonio Fargas · Allen Garfield
Plot Putney Swope, a 1969 film written and directed by Robert Downey, Sr. and starring Arnold Johnson as Swope, is a comedy satirizing the advertising world, the portrayal of race in...
6.5
47 votes
6.5
47 votes
Hugo Pool
1997 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Alyssa Milano · Mark Boone Junior · Malcolm McDowell · Sean Penn
Plot Hugo Dugay is a young pool cleaner in Los Angeles. In the course of one day, Hugo cleans 44 pools, deals with eccentric and dangerous clients, helps her parents grow...
4.3
37 votes
4.3
37 votes
A Touch of Greatness (S)
1964 · Documentary · 26 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Alberto Cullum
Plot In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America's schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom. Through the use...
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Chafed Elbows
1966 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast George Morgan · Elsie Downey · Lawrence Wolf · Tom O'Horgan
Plot A day in the life of a young Manhattanite who is in love with his mother, gives birth to $1890 from his hip, and kills indiscriminately.
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Pound
1970 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Joe Madden · James Green · Mariclare Costello · L. Errol Jaye
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The Twilight Zone: Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye (Ep)
1985 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr. · John D. Hancock · Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Cast Eric Bogosian · Vincent Gardenia · Robert Costanzo · Joaquín Martínez
Plot "Healer": Small-time crook Jackie Thompson finds that a rock possesses special abilities. "Children's Zoo": An invitation to a unique zoo offers a girl a solution to her bickering parents. "Kentucky...
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No More Excuses
1968 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Robert Downey Sr. · Alan Abel · Lawrence Wolf · Prentice Wilhite
Plot A bizarre portrait of the New York singles scene.
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Babo 73
1964 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Taylor Mead · Jim Antonio · Tom Gaines · James Greene
Plot A lame and weary president of the United Status, when he isn’t at the White House — a dilapidated Victorian— conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beach.
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Too Much Sun
1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Allan Arbus · Robert Downey Jr. · Howard Duff · Laura Ernst
Plot A multimillionaire, whose son and daughter are gay, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a...
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Up the Academy
1980 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Wendell Brown · Tommy Citera · Hutch Parker · Ralph Macchio
Plot This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between "Animal House" and "Police Academy". Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to the Sheldon R. Wienberg Military Academy. The life of...
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Greaser's Palace
1972 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Albert Henderson · Michael Sullivan · Luana Anders · George Morgan
Plot A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican...
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The Twilight Zone: Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour (Ep)
1985 · Movie · 45 min. · United States
Direction Gilbert Cates · Bill Norton · Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Adrienne Barbeau · Adam Postil · Miguel A. Núñez Jr. · Josh Richman
Plot "Teacher's Aide": A teacher at a tough inner-city school is possessed by a malevolent spirit. "Paladin of the Lost Hour": An old man with a special watch bonds with a...
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Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
1975 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Leonard Buschel · Elsie Downey · Michael Sullivan · Seymour Cassel
Plot An experimental, ludicrous, plotless, absurd, surreal comedy. It is seemingly intentionally impossible to understand. It leaps from scene to scene, world to world, with recurring names and actors being the...
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America
1986 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Zack Norman · Tammy Grimes · Michael J. Pollard · Richard Belzer
Plot The zany crew of a New York cable television station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.
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Rented Lips
1987 · Movie · 82 min. · United States
Direction Robert Downey Sr.
Cast Martin Mull · Dick Shawn · Jennifer Tilly · Edy Williams
Plot A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like “Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend,” is finally given the chance to make the documentary on Indian farming he...
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