92 Jason Robards Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Jill McBain becomes the owner of a prime railroad land after her new husband and his children are assassinated by gunman Frank who works for the crippled railroad baron Morton. To protect Jill from Frank, a fugitive Cheyenne and a cryptic Harmonica unite. However, Harmonica also has a personal score to settle with Frank.

Two young reporters, Bon Woodward and Carl Bernstein, from The Washington Post are assigned to cover what seems to be a small story of a failed break-in at the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex in 1972. But they uncover a nationwide conspiracy that ultimately, ends with President Nixon’s resignation. 

Johnny Got His Gun is a war drama film which tells the story of a patriotic young American soldier, who loses his eyesight, his hearing ability, his speech and also his limbs after a horrible artillery shell attack. He attempts to communicate with his doctors, asking them to relieve him of his suffering by euthanizing him.

The film illustrates the American and Japanese perspectives about the events leading up to the Japanese air-raid on the Pearl Harbor naval base in 1941. US economic embargo results in strained relations with Japan, which leads the Japanese to plot an early morning surprise air-strike on Pearl Harbor. Though US intelligence succeeds in intercepting the Japanese messages, they are dismissed as implausible. 

Julia is a drama film which revolves around two friends Julia and Lillian, living during the time of the Second World War. After they meet in Russia after a long time, they plan to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany, to aid the anti-Nazi movement.

The film narrates the significance of chance and coincidence in the different yet intertwined stories of nine characters on a rainy day in Los Angeles: a dying game-show host, his estranged drug-addicted daughter, dying former producer, his trophy wife and estranged misogynist son, an ex-quiz-champion and a boy genius, a caring nurse and a police officer in love.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is a western drama film which tells the story of Pat Garrett, an honest lawyer, who is hired by a group of wealthy cattle barons to deal with Billy the Kid, a notorious outlaw. However, Pat and Billy are childhood friends.

After being double-crossed, Cable Hogue is left stranded in the middle of the desert. Struggling for water, he is about to give up,  but things take a turn when he stumbles across a spring. Eventually, he decides to turn it into a profitable station in the middle of the desert. Eventually, he is joined by a sex worker named Hildy, from the nearest town.

Mr. Dark, a villainous carnival owner, preys upon oblivious townsfolk by concurring wishes. But all wishes come with a price.

One of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia, Philadelphia is a gripping tale of a homosexual senior associate at a large corporate law firm who gets fired due to his sexuality, and his fight to get justice. 

A videotape of the political assassination of a Congressman by corrupt NSA official, Reynolds, is passed on to an unsuspecting lawyer Robert Dean. Soon Dean is targeted by Reynolds’ men and is framed in another murder. As Dean’s life falls apart, he seeks help of ex-intelligence operator Brill to get to the bottom of this case. 

The film revolves around an incident that takes place on a ballistic missile submarine assigned to launch its missile on a Russian nuclear installation. But when the time comes only a part of the order can be decoded, resulting in a conflict between its Commanding Officer, a war veteran and his Executive Officer, a military tactic expert.  

Based on real events, this crime drama film shows us the events that lead to an infamous shootout, between rival gangs that were led by Al Capone and George Moran.  In order to claim his status as the most powerful mobster of his time, Capone had ordered his men to disguise themselves as cops and murder all the important men in Moran’s gang, which eventually resulted in immense bloodshed.  

After an apocalyptic event, Vic, a young boy wanders across the desert along with his dog who possesses telepathic powers. Things take an interesting turn when they encounter an underground community, but the daughter of their leader, Quilla, seduces Vic and tries to separate him from his dog.

A middle-aged mailman longs for peace and serenity, but he doesn’t find it due to his nagging wife. Eventually, he tries to turn into a tree, thinking that life would be much better that way.

This family comedy drama film is about the life of Gil Buckman who has to work hard to balance his personal and professional life, while also dealing with the problems of his three children. His life gets even more complicated after he discovers that his wife is pregnant again. 

Quick Change is a comedy crime film which tells the story of Grimm, who along with his girlfriend and best friend, decide to rob a bank in Manhattan dressed as a clown. However, making their escape from the city seems to be next to impossible, as they face one mishap after another.   

A successful businessman with his office in New York City goes home six days a week; but spends the Wednesday night with his mistress in the executive suit he maintains in the city.  Trouble starts, when his secretary goofs up and sends an out-of-town client looking for a room to the suit. Meanwhile, on hearing about it from the secretary, the boss’s wife decides to visit the suit. 

This biographical drama film revolves around the life of American playwright and theater director Moss Hart. The film shows us how he worked hard during the summer so that he had time to write plays during the winter season. Meanwhile, he is also supported and encouraged by his friend Joe Hyman.

Based on an eponymous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film focuses on the relation between a distinguished psychiatrist and his wife, who is suffering from many emotional issues.  She was his patient and he married her against the advice of his mentor and spends the next couple of years indulging in her whims.  But that does not make them happy. 

Peter Wilson, a sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist-cum-author, is going blind. Averse to commitment, he finally falls for Terri, a single mother of three and reluctantly marries her when she refuses have sexual relationship with him. But it will take a lot more for him to change his misanthropic nature and realize that his new family needs him. 

Henry is an editor working for a tabloid. His job keeps him extremely busy, which is why he is unable to spend any time with his wife. He soon decides to change his job, but is forced to question his decision, when a gripping story comes his way.

This drama film tells the story of a European businessman who falls for a pretty woman, but things get ugly when her terrorist associates mistake him for the spy whom they have been hunting for. This mistaken identity leads to a trail of broken lives and even multiple deaths.  

Fools is a drama film which revolves around the story of an aging actor, Matthew South, who used to star in horror movies. His life takes a turn when he meets the beautiful and much younger runaway wife of an attorney, and starts developing feelings for her.

Huckleberry Finn, whose father is an abusive drunkard, decides to run away from his home, after faking his death. He is soon accompanied by Jim, a runaway slave. They travel together and follow the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, so that Jim can evade arrest and escape to freedom. They soon learn that Jim has become a wanted man now, falsely accused of murdering Huck.

Giff Hoyt is a café owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru who finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game between escaping Nazis and their enemies. When a sea explorer is murdered and the corrupt police get involved, intimidating newcomer Marie Claire Allesandri, Hoyt starts suspecting Nazi Beckdorff who is looking for a sunken treasure. 

The film, set in small eastern town, follows lives of three prominent law-firm partners, Julius Penrose, Arthur Winner and Noah Tuttle. Marjorie Penrose gets involved in a love-affair with Arthur Winner, after a car crash leaves her husband Julius sexually disabled. Arthur Winner has difficulties with unruly behavior of his insolent son, because of whom all associated people have to face problems.

This comedy sports film tells the story of Billy, who becomes the owner of a baseball team, as per his grandfather’s will. Billy fires the manager, whom everyone dislikes, but he has trouble finding another one, as no one wants to listen to a kid.

A Thousand Acres is a drama film which revolves around a farmer in Iowa, named Larry Cook, who feels that it is time for him to retire. Therefore, he decides to split his land among his three daughters, Ginny, Rose and Caroline. Although Ginny and Rose happily agree to live and work on their family farm, Caroline decides to go for a law career instead. This tears apart the relationship between father and daughter.  

Bobby is a mischievous high school student who is obsessed with Lainie, his school friend, although she has a boyfriend.  Meanwhile, an elderly professor named Coleman Ettinger has been performing a meditation exercise along with his wife Gena, to enter a different state of consciousness. Due to an accident, Coleman’s consciousness ends up in Bobby’s body, while Gena ends up inside Lainie’s.

Beloved is a horror drama film which tells the story of Sethe, a former slave, who lives with her daughter. Her life takes a turn when she is visited by the spirit of a young woman, which starts bringing back her past fears to life.

During the Second World War, a group of American soldiers enter Sicily on a secret mission. They first intend to seize German arms supply. But they are surprised to see that there is not a single gun in sight. They soon meet an Italian POW, who agrees to help them.

A theatre producer decides to prepare a gruesome stage version of ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’, a play by Edgar Allan Poe. Due to the creepy nature of the production, his wife starts getting terrible nightmares. Things get complicated when his actors begin to turn up dead one by one. He suspects that Rene Marot, his rival may be behind this, but it turns out that Marot is dead too.

Bright Lights, Big City is a drama film which tells the story of a young aspiring writer living in New York, who is forced to turn to drugs and drinking, in order to forget his dead mother as well as his wife who has left him. Meanwhile, he also struggles to deal with his unfulfilling job at a magazine.

Hurricane is a romantic adventure film which tells the story of a desperate love affair, between a Navy captain’s daughter and a young native. As tensions begin to boil, as her father is against their love, disaster strikes in the form of a big hurricane.