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

Synopsis A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.

6.6

1K votes

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

Synopsis 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 Hollywood films, the white power structure, and nature of corporate...

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

Synopsis 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 up, and still find time to fall in love.

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

Synopsis 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 of poetry, drama and imaginative play, Cullum championed an unorthodox...

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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

Synopsis 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

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Direction Robert Downey Sr. · John D. Hancock · Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

Cast Eric Bogosian · Vincent Gardenia · Robert Costanzo · Joaquín Martínez

Synopsis "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 Rye": Drunk driver Bob Spindler finds himself in an unusual...

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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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 grandchild within a year of his death.

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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

Synopsis 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 discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course...

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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

Synopsis 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 setting.

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Direction Gilbert Cates · Bill Norton · Robert Downey Sr.

Cast Adrienne Barbeau · Adam Postil · Miguel A. Núñez Jr. · Josh Richman

Synopsis "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 tormented veteran.

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Direction Robert Downey Sr.

Cast Leonard Buschel · Elsie Downey · Michael Sullivan · Seymour Cassel

Synopsis 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 only things that hold it together. Very much like sketch...

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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

Synopsis 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

Synopsis 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 has always wanted to. The catch? He must simultaneously direct...

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