Direction: Rob Reiner

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Rob Reiner. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Misery

1990 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Kathy Bates · James Caan · Frances Sternhagen · Richard Farnsworth

Synopsis Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon is on his way home from his Colorado hideaway after completing his latest book, when he crashes his car in a freak blizzard. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, Paul's...

7.5

38K votes

7.5

38K votes

The Princess Bride

1987 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Robin Wright · Cary Elwes · Mandy Patinkin · Chris Sarandon

Synopsis Once upon a time, a feisty old grandfather told his bedridden grandson a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale... In the mythical kingdom of Florin, farm boy Westley (Cary Elwes) rides off one day to make his fortune, leaving his true love, Buttercup...

7.4

62K votes

7.4

62K votes

This is Spinal Tap

1984 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Rob Reiner · Christopher Guest · Michael McKean · Tony Hendra

Synopsis Marti DiBergi is a film-maker who decides to make a documentary, a rockumentary actually, about the world's loudest band, the British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. The movie is in fact a biting satire and spoof of the whole rock...

7.3

8K votes

7.3

8K votes

Stand by Me

1986 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Wil Wheaton · River Phoenix · Corey Feldman · Jerry O'Connell

Synopsis STAND BY ME is the story of four kids on the precipice of early adulthood who embark upon a quest. Theres Gordie (Wil Wheaton), the intelligent, creative one with the obviously bright future. His best buddy, Chris (River Phoenix), hardens...

7.3

30K votes

7.3

30K votes

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Flipped

2010 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Madeline Carroll · Callan McAuliffe · Aidan Quinn · John Mahoney

Synopsis Year 1957. Juli and Bryce are two eighth graders who start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites. Based on the novel "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen.

6.9

8K votes

6.9

8K votes

When Harry Met Sally

1989 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Meg Ryan · Billy Crystal · Carrie Fisher · Bruno Kirby

Synopsis Does sex make it impossible for men and women to be true friends? The film chronicles this dilemma through the eleven year relationship between Harry Burns (Billy Cristal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) who meet in college, then pursue their...

6.9

49K votes

6.9

49K votes

A Few Good Men

1992 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Tom Cruise · Demi Moore · Jack Nicholson · Kevin Pollak

Synopsis In this military courtroom drama based on the play by Aaron Sorkin, Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee is assigned to defend two Marines who are accused of the murder of a fellow leatherneck at the base at Guantanamo Bay. Kaffee...

6.8

54K votes

6.8

54K votes

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

2023 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Albert Brooks

Synopsis A documentary about the comedian and filmmaker Albert Brooks which includes interviews from Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman and Jonah Hill.

Max

6.7

53 votes

6.7

53 votes

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The Bucket List

2007 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Jack Nicholson · Morgan Freeman · Sean Hayes · Rob Morrow

Synopsis Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have...

6.6

27K votes

6.6

27K votes

The Magic of Belle Isle

2012 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Morgan Freeman · Virginia Madsen · Madeline Carroll · Kenan Thompson

Synopsis In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author named Monte Wildhorn moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

LBJ

2016 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Woody Harrelson · Bill Pullman · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Michael Stahl-David

Synopsis LBJ centers on the political upheaval that Vice President Johnson faced when he was thrust into the 36th presidency at the hands of an assassin's bullet in November 1963. With political battles on both sides of the aisle, Johnson struggles...

5.9

819 votes

5.9

819 votes

The Sure Thing

1985 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast John Cusack · Daphne Zuniga · Anthony Edwards · Nicollette Sheridan

Synopsis Gibson (John Cusack) and Alison (Daphne Zuniga) are two college students of the opposite sex who find themselves driving cross-country together, despite the fact they detest each other.

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

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Ghosts of Mississippi

1996 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Alec Baldwin · Whoopi Goldberg · James Woods · Virginia Madsen

Synopsis Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith (Woods), of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which...

5.7

2K votes

5.7

2K votes

8

2012 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Kevin Bacon · Matt Bomer · Campbell Brown · George Clooney

Synopsis Chronicles the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

5.7

61 votes

5.7

61 votes

Shock and Awe

2017 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Woody Harrelson · James Marsden · Richard Schiff · Tommy Lee Jones

Synopsis A group of journalists covering George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction".

5.5

418 votes

5.5

418 votes

Being Charlie

2015 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Nick Robinson · Morgan Saylor · Devon Bostick · Common

Synopsis Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he's given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets...

5.3

116 votes

5.3

116 votes

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The American President

1995 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Michael Douglas · Annette Bening · Richard Dreyfuss · Martin Sheen

Synopsis Widowed before his election, the President of the United States (Michael Douglas) begins to date three years into his presidency and finds an unlikely match. Despite political opposition, the president falls head over heels for an environmental lobbyist (Annette Benning).

5.3

7K votes

5.3

7K votes

The Story of Us

1999 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Michelle Pfeiffer · Bruce Willis · Tim Matheson · Rob Reiner

Synopsis Two complete opposites -- she's a perfectionist and he's anything but -- marry each other and live happily, but not necessarily ever after. After 15 years of marriage, writer Ben Jordan (Bruce Willis) and his crossword editor wife Katie (Michelle...

5.1

6K votes

5.1

6K votes

And So It Goes

2014 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Michael Douglas · Diane Keaton · Sterling Jerins · Frances Sternhagen

Synopsis A self-centered realtor enlists the help of his neighbor when he's suddenly left in charge of the granddaughter he never knew existed until his estranged son drops her off at his home.

4.8

2K votes

4.8

2K votes

North

1994 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Rob Reiner

Cast Bruce Willis · Elijah Wood · Dan Aykroyd · Kathy Bates

Synopsis A 10-year-old boy who feels neglected by his career-obsessed parents hires a lawyer and declares himself a "free agent." With the aid of his imaginary friend, the youngster searches the world for the perfect parents.

4.8

3K votes

4.8

3K votes

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