Direction: Robert Mulligan
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Robert Mulligan. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Gregory Peck · Mary Badham · Brock Peters · Phillip Alford
Plot The lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), decides to defend a black man (Brock Peters) undeservedly charged with raping a poor white woman. The bigoted townspeople would rather lynch the accused...
8.3
47K votes
8.3
47K votes
Summer of '42
1971 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Jennifer O'Neill · Gary Grimes · Jerry Houser · Oliver Conant
Plot Gently nostalgic, Robert Mulligan's tender and insightful look at three teenage boys' approach to the mysteries of love and sex takes place on the coast of New England during World...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
The Other
1972 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Chris Udvarnoky · Martin Udvarnoky · Uta Hagen · Diana Muldaur
Plot The story takes place on a small Connecticut farm in the summer of 1935 and concerns a luckless family that finds itself further plagued by a violent series of mysterious...
7.0
3K votes
7.0
3K votes
Same Time, Next Year
1978 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Ellen Burstyn · Alan Alda · Ivan Bonar · Cosmo Sardo
Plot A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner. Although both are married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning...
6.9
946 votes
6.9
946 votes
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Gregory Peck · Eva Marie Saint · Robert Forster · Noland Clay
Plot In the Arizona of 1881, veteran scout Sam Varner is present when a detachment of Army troopers rounds up a group of Apaches who have escaped from nearby reservations. Among...
6.9
2K votes
6.9
2K votes
Up the Down Staircase
1967 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Sandy Dennis · Eileen Heckart · Jean Stapleton · Patrick Bedford
Plot Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration...
6.6
131 votes
6.6
131 votes
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Natalie Wood · Steve McQueen · Edie Adams · Herschel Bernardi
Plot When Angie Rossini finds out she's pregnant, she tracks down Rocky Papasano the musician with whom she had a one night stand. Angie works a sales clerk in a department...
6.6
745 votes
6.6
745 votes
The Man in the Moon
1991 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Tess Harper · Sam Waterston · Gail Strickland · Reese Witherspoon
Plot A heartwarming coming-of-age film set in a small village in the 1950s. Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to...
6.5
2K votes
6.5
2K votes
The Nickel Ride
1974 · Movie · 99 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Jason Miller · Linda Haynes · Victor French · John Hillerman
Plot The syndicate squeezes out a small-timer (Jason Miller) who holds a ring of keys to storage for stolen goods.
6.5
225 votes
6.5
225 votes
Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Anthony Perkins · Karl Malden · Norma Moore · Adam Williams
Plot Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) to play major league baseball. His desire to succeed to please his father leads to...
6.4
31 votes
6.4
31 votes
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Barbara Hershey · Robert Klein · Ralph Waite · Sada Thompson
6.4
64 votes
6.4
64 votes
Come September
1961 · Movie · 112 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Rock Hudson · Gina Lollobrigida · Sandra Dee · Bobby Darin
6.2
1K votes
6.2
1K votes
The Great Impostor
1961 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Tony Curtis · Edmond O'Brien · Karl Malden · Arthur O'Connell
Plot Based on a true story, a bright young man who hasn't the patience for the normal way of advancement finds that people rarely question you if your papers are in...
6.2
184 votes
6.2
184 votes
Inside Daisy Clover
1965 · Movie · 128 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Natalie Wood · Robert Redford · Christopher Plummer · Roddy McDowall
Plot When teenage beachnik Daisy Clover is discovered by a Hollywood studio, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Daisy instantly becomes a big movie star,...
6.0
337 votes
6.0
337 votes
The Rat Race
1960 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Tony Curtis · Debbie Reynolds · Jack Oakie · Don Rickles
Plot Peter arrives at New York City with his sax in hand and high hopes for a career. He then meets Peggy, a dancer down on her luck who needs a...
5.8
183 votes
5.8
183 votes
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Lee Remick · Steve McQueen · Don Murray · Paul Fix
Plot Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen) is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band. He is being pressured by...
5.7
224 votes
5.7
224 votes
Bloodbrothers
1978 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Richard Gere · Paul Sorvino · Tony Lo Bianco · Lelia Goldoni
Plot The trials and tribulations of the Italian American De Coco family are played out in this Bronx-set Robert Mulligan adaptation of the Richard Price novel. While brothers Chubby (Paul Sorvino)...
5.5
191 votes
5.5
191 votes
The Spiral Road
1962 · Movie · 145 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Rock Hudson · Gena Rowlands · Burl Ives · Geoffrey Keen
5.5
208 votes
5.5
208 votes
Clara's Heart
1988 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Whoopi Goldberg · Michael Ontkean · Kathleen Quinlan · Neil Patrick Harris
Plot In this affecting family melodrama from director Robert Mulligan (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD), Bill and Leona Hart (Michael Ontkean and Kathleen Quinlan) go to Jamaica to recuperate after the death...
5.2
130 votes
5.2
130 votes
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
Direction Robert Mulligan
Cast Sally Field · Jeff Bridges · James Caan · Paul Dooley
4.9
189 votes
4.9
189 votes