# Ron Howard's films, ranked

From Night Shift to Thirteen Lives: Ron Howard's films ordered from Gold Derby, SlashFilm and Tribeca, with Apollo 13 on top.

- 264 votes · 15 items
- Feb 23, 2025 · couchpotato_yyc
- https://even.best/en/l/3455/ron-howard-s-films-ranked

## Top 15

1. **Frost/Nixon (2008)** (30 · ▲31 ▼1) — Frank Langella and Michael Sheen restage the interviews.
2. **Apollo 13 (1995)** (25 · ▲29 ▼4) — Tom Hanks and a crippled spacecraft; two Oscars.
3. **A Beautiful Mind (2001)** (21 · ▲23 ▼2) — Russell Crowe as John Nash; Best Picture and Best Director.
4. **Cinderella Man (2005)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Russell Crowe as boxer James J. Braddock.
5. **Rush (2013)** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — Hunt versus Lauda in 1976.
6. **Parenthood (1989)** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — Steve Martin and the joys and sorrows of raising kids.
7. **Backdraft (1991)** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — Firefighter brothers in Chicago.
8. **Thirteen Lives (2022)** (12 · ▲16 ▼4) — The Tham Luang cave rescue.
9. **Splash (1984)** (9 · ▲13 ▼4) — Tom Hanks falls for mermaid Daryl Hannah.
10. **In the Heart of the Sea (2015)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — The whaleship Essex, inspiration for Moby-Dick.
11. **The Paper (1994)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — One day at a New York tabloid.
12. **Cocoon (1985)** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — Retirees find a fountain of youth; Oscar for Don Ameche.
13. **Ransom (1996)** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Mel Gibson turns the ransom into a bounty.
14. **Willow (1988)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Warwick Davis in a fantasy story by George Lucas.
15. **Night Shift (1982)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton run a business in a morgue.

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