Robin Williams is considered one of the greatest comedians of all time. His comedic ability, incredible ability to improvise and quick and creative thinking left everyone in awe of his genius and generated deep admiration.
His film and television career is unforgettable, with more than 100 productions that include brilliant performances in both comedic and dramatic roles.
Sadly, Williams passed away in 2014 at the age of 63. How about celebrating the career of this great star? Below, we present a list of the top 10 films and series that highlight the brilliance and talent of Robin Williams.
Robin Williams: 10 best films and series with the actor
Robin Williams impressed all the ABC executives and producers of the popular series “Happy Days” when he appeared in an episode of the show as a last minute replacement. In the role of the alien Mork, Williams showed all his impressive comedic and improvisational talent and was immediately hired.
Then came the spin-off “Mork & Mindy”, a sitcom that told the story of Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who arrives on Earth, and Mindy (Pam Dawber), his friend and future romantic passion who helps him find getting along. adapt to life in America.
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In “Good Morning, Vietnam,” Williams plays Adrian Cronauer, a hilarious Army radio DJ assigned to the Saigon military radio station to bring some joy to the soldiers. However, his irreverent view of war comes into conflict with his superior officer (played by JT Walsh), who begins to censor him.
Directed by Barry Levinson, Williams’ performance in this film received high praise and earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1988.
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One of the most critically acclaimed films in Robin Williams’ filmography is “Dead Poets’ Day,” a drama directed by Peter Weir. His performance in this film earned him his second Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1990.
The film is set in 1959 in a prestigious and traditional preparatory school for boys. Williams plays a challenging literature teacher with unorthodox methods, who ends up impacting and influencing her students. The cast also features a young Ethan Hawke at the beginning of his career.
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Based on the book by neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, “Awakenings” sees Williams alongside another giant of American cinema: Robert De Niro. The work is set in the 1960s and tells the story of a doctor played by Robin Williams who works in a psychiatric hospital in the Bronx where the patients are in a catatonic state.
After many studies and research, the doctor manages to develop an experimental treatment with the drug L-DOPA and achieves impressive results.
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“The Fisherman of Illusions,” directed by Terry Gilliam, is a comedy-drama with fantasy touches. The work features one of Robin Williams’ most acclaimed performances, earning him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. The film also stars Jeff Bridges and Mercedes Ruehl, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress for this work.
The film focuses on the meeting and friendship between these two misfits with terrible realities. One of them is Jack Lucas (Bridges), a radio host whose life falls apart after a tragedy triggered by a joke on his show. The other is Parry (Williams), a former teacher who is left homeless after losing his wife in the same accident and lives immersed in an imaginary world.
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Robin Williams embodies two personalities in this family comedy directed by Chris Columbus. In “Almost Perfect Nanny,” Williams plays a divorced father who devises an unusual plan to get closer to her children: he goes undercover as an elderly housekeeper and manages to get his ex-wife to hire him as a nanny for her own children.
From then on a series of confusions occur as the father tries to maintain his dual identity. The film also stars Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan and Lisa Jakub.
Available to HBO Max subscribers.
A classic from many people’s childhood, “Jumanji” is an adventure and fantasy film directed by Joe Johnston, who impressed everyone at the time with his special effects. Robin Williams stars in the production alongside Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce and David Alan Grier.
In the story, boy Alan Parrish gets sucked into a mysterious board game called Jumanji in 1969. 26 years later, two children find Jumanji and decide to play it. In doing so, Alan (Williams) is freed. Now they have to finish the game, otherwise calamities will happen.
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One of the best works of Williams’ career, “Good Will Hunting” is a film directed by Gus Van Sant (“Harrow Boys,” “Elephant”) and features the original 1998 Oscar-winning screenplay, co-written by Matt Damon and Ben. Affleck, who is also the protagonist of the film. Williams also received his first and only Oscar statuette for his performance in that film, earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In the plot, Will (Damon) is a math genius, but he is a rebel and has a life complicated by emotional and behavioral problems. Working as a janitor at MIT, his genius is discovered when he solves a highly complex mathematical problem. Now he counts on the help of a university professor (Stellan Skarsgård) and, above all, a therapist (Williams) to unleash his enormous potential.
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The adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s short story, “The Bicentennial Man,” is a light, humanistic drama directed by Chris Columbus. The film tackles topics such as artificial intelligence, mortality, the passage of time and what makes us human. Although the production did not receive critical appreciation and performed poorly at the box office, Robin Williams’ performance was praised.
The film explores the story of a robot (Williams) who serves a family and incorporates human characteristics and emotions, fighting for legal recognition as a human being. The cast also includes Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson and Oliver Platt.
One of Robin Williams’ last jobs was in the sitcom “The Crazy Ones”. The series only has 1 season of 22 episodes
In addition to Williams, the show stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” In the plot they were father and daughter and ran an advertising agency.
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