20 Best Robin Williams Movies (And Where To Watch Them)

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If you’re looking for the best Robin Williams movies to watch then you’re in the right place. Choosing a Robin Williams movie to watch is not an easy task because the actor has delivered so many iconic performances throughout his long career. Known for his ability to bring both comedy and tragedy to a role, Williams was a beloved Hollywood actor. If you’re interested in learning more about him, the HBO documentary, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind offers a moving and revealing portrait of the star. These are the 20 best Robin Williams movies and where to watch them. 

The award-winning actor first broke onto the scene with his performance in the television series Mork and Mindy before starring in his movie role as Popeye. Throughout the early 90s, Robin Williams solidified himself as a commercially successful actor with roles in major movies such as Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji, and Good Will Hunting. Throughout the 2000s, Williams took on darker, more complex roles, attempting to shake-off being typecast as a comedian. With his performances in Insomnia, an early Christopher Nolan movie, and One Hour Photo, Williams proved his range as an actor. But he never strayed too far from what made him successful. He continued to bring his comic genius to the screen all the way up to his tragic passing in 2014. 

The list below offers 20 of the best Robin Williams performances. While you can argue with exactly how good a film Flubber is, you can’t deny that Williams' performance is what made the movie a cult classic. The same goes for some of the lesser-known movies in his filmography. For example, Toys sees him team up with Barry Levinson for an ambitious fantasy comedy that is carried by the performance of the iconic lead. Watch a layered and emotional Robin Williams in Jack, an inspirational Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam, or a dark turn in Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King. These are the 20 best Robin Williams movies to watch and where you can stream them online right now.

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  1. Good Will Hunting

    Good Will Hunting

    1997

    IMDB 8.3 (1m)

    #1

    When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

  2. Good Morning, Vietnam

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987

    IMDB 7.3 (154k)

    #2

    A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humour.

  3. Aladdin

    Aladdin

    1992

    IMDB 8.0 (468k)

    #3

    Princess Jasmine grows tired of being forced to remain in the palace, so she sneaks out into the marketplace, in disguise, where she meets street urchin Aladdin. The couple falls in love, although Jasmine may only marry a prince. After being thrown in jail, Aladdin becomes embroiled in a plot to find a mysterious lamp, with which the evil Jafar hopes to rule the land.

  4. Patch Adams

    Patch Adams

    1998

    IMDB 6.8 (122k)

    #4

    The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

  5. Insomnia

    Insomnia

    2002

    IMDB 7.2 (320k)

    #5

    Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

  6. Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

    1989

    IMDB 8.1 (549k)

    #6

    At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

  7. Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    1993

    IMDB 7.1 (292k)

    #7

    Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

  8. One Hour Photo

    One Hour Photo

    2002

    IMDB 6.8 (132k)

    #8

    Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"

  9. Jumanji

    Jumanji

    1995

    IMDB 7.1 (378k)

    #9

    When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

  10. Jack

    Jack

    1996

    IMDB 5.8 (59k)

    #10

    Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.

  11. Awakenings

    Awakenings

    1990

    IMDB 7.8 (159k)

    #11

    Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

  12. The Fisher King

    The Fisher King

    1991

    IMDB 7.5 (91k)

    #12

    Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

  13. Toys

    Toys

    1992

    IMDB 5.1 (33k)

    #13

    Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

  14. Happy Feet

    Happy Feet

    2006

    IMDB 6.4 (200k)

    #14

    Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

  15. Being Human

    Being Human

    1994

    IMDB 5.3 (4k)

    #15

    One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

  16. Night at the Museum

    Night at the Museum

    2006

    IMDB 6.5 (378k)

    #16

    Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

  17. Hook

    Hook

    1991

    IMDB 6.8 (273k)

    #17

    The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

  18. World's Greatest Dad

    World's Greatest Dad

    2009

    IMDB 6.9 (40k)

    #18

    In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.

  19. Bicentennial Man

    Bicentennial Man

    1999

    IMDB 6.9 (124k)

    #19

    Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

  20. Flubber

    Flubber

    1997

    IMDB 5.3 (94k)

    #20

    Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.