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

6.4

64 votes

6.4

64 votes

Come September

1961 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

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

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

4.9

189 votes

4.9

189 votes