Robert Downey Sr.
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1936-06-24
Locus Natus: New York City, New York, USA
Et ut:
Putney Swope
Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.
release : 1969.07.10popularis : 4.188
Boogie Nights
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his...
release : 1997.10.10popularis : 28.692
To Live and Die in L.A.
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
release : 1985.11.01popularis : 13.355
Pablo
Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from...
release : 2012.10.17popularis : 3.111
Magnolia
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy...
release : 1999.12.17popularis : 13.142
Tower Heist
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire...
release : 2011.11.02popularis : 17.372
From Other Worlds
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her...
release : 2004.10.29popularis : 1.827
No More Excuses
A bizarre portrait of the New York singles scene.
release : 1968.08.08popularis : 2.828
Radio Unnameable
The story of legendary New York City disc jockey Bob Fass who pioneered free expression on the airwaves with his long running FM program 'Radio...
release : 2012.09.19popularis : 1.931
Is There Sex After Death?
Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the...
release : 1971.10.24popularis : 2.104
Moving Target
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
release : 1988.02.08popularis : 3.737
Johnny Be Good
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one...
release : 1988.03.22popularis : 8.58
"Sr."
A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr....
release : 2022.09.02popularis : 7.8
Energy and How to Get It
Filmed in Wendover, Nevada, in early 1981, Energy and How to Get It combines documentary and fictional ideas. What began as a documentary film about...
release : 1981.08.10popularis : 2.302
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.
release : 2009.01.01popularis : 0.99
Naughty Nurse
A doctor and nurse sneak away for a kinky encounter, only to be interrupted by a cop... with a secret of his own.
release : 1969.01.01popularis : 1.582
You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New...
release : 1971.09.19popularis : 0.695
Balls Bluff
During a Civil War battle, a soldier is transported through time, landing in New York City's Central Park in the year 1961. He then explores...
release : 1961.01.01popularis : 3.654
Hail Caesar
Caesar is having a hard time dividing his time between his band and his rich girlfriend, Buffer. Buffer's dad doesn't like Ceasar, so he makes Caesar...
release : 1994.05.11popularis : 3.588
Rittenhouse Square
Rittenhouse Square is an impressionistic, music-filled documentary about a small Philadelphia park - "the spot" - where people go to meet friends,...
release : 2005.07.29popularis : 1.217
The Last Party
A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or...
release : 1993.08.27popularis : 3.202
The Sunchaser
A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.
release : 1996.05.29popularis : 10.482
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
The life and work of Robert Frank—as a photographer and a filmmaker—are so intertwined that they're one in the same, and the vast amount...
release : 2015.11.19popularis : 1.644
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater...
release : 2019.11.08popularis : 2.456
The Family Man
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning...
release : 2000.12.12popularis : 25.6
Robert Downey: Moment to Moment
To pay tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, Sean Price Willams adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material...
release : 2021.06.04popularis : 0.917