What Were Your Favorite Robin Williams Movie Roles?

[burningdoom]

In honor of his death, one of the last of a dying breed of old-school actor.

What were some of your favorite Robin Williams movie roles?

Mine:


Hook was a childhood favorite of mine I watched dozens of times. My dad sent it to me when he moved to Reno on a VHS with a bunch of cool stuff bumped-over onto it.

Overlooked and freaking hilarious:

Death To Smoochy is a highly-underrated comedy that has me laughing out loud. Robin Williams plays Rainbow Randolph, a kid's T.V. character who loses his job to a purple dinosaur. Rainbow Randolph then becomes homicidal Randolph and hilarious hijinks and lots of foul-language ensue.

Thought-provoking and deep:

What Dreams May Come is a deep, thought-provoking movie on Heaven and Hell. I don't want to say too much about it, because it's hard not to give away essential plot-points that make a big impact as you watch it.

[kamikazekeeg]

For me, it was...

Hook.


Aladdin.


Good Morning, Vietnam.


I need to go back and rewatch a couple other ones to see if I still like them such as Jumanji, and there's one or two of his I missed that I'm gonna check out like the Birdcage.

[Warmsignal]

One Hour Photo.

[scott]

Hook, Aladdin, Mrs Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietnam, Popeye, Death to Smoochy and the Birdcage.

[burningdoom]

Hook.

Holy crap! I must have watched that movie 50 times over, but I've never noticed the pointy-ears until I saw this pic!

[dashv]

Mrs. Doubtfire
Aladdin
Mork and Mindy
What Dreams May Come
August Rush

[redblaze57]

Honestly I was more of a fan of his stand-up than the movies. So I guess I'll say Weapon of Self Destruction.

[kamikazekeeg]

Honestly I was more of a fan of his stand-up than the movies. So I guess I'll say Weapon of Self Destruction.

I used to watch Live on Broadway all the time, along with my friends.  So funny.  I actually don't think I've seen Weapons of Self Destruction, so I'll have to give that a look.

[MJMaranan]

One Hour Photo creeped the hell out of me, but that was probably the intent.  Robin Williams was awesome there, though.

As for my favorites...  Not really in any particular order:

Aladdin
Hook
Patch Adams
Bicentennial Man
What Dreams May Come
Good Morning, Vietnam
Jumanji

Never watched his stand-up but from watching his performance on Who's Line Is It, Anyway?...  The man's amazing.  Such a loss.

[kamikazekeeg]

This kills me.  (Also not to watch around small children lol)

[doafan]

The question is a little hard since he really has a lot of good movies but if we have to decide this will be my top 3:

[betelgeuse]

Serious Roles:
Awakenings
Good Will Hunting
Dead Poets Society

Comedies:
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bicentennial Man
The Birdcage

Dark Roles:
The Final Cut
One Hour Photo
Insomnia

One of the greats. Got about 20 of the movies he's been in.

[kr2nist]

What I loved most about Robin Williams, was how he truly killed each role that he played.

I'd have to say that some of my favorite movies of his include:
Dead Poets Society
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning Vietnam
Patch Adams
Hook
...and of course, Mrs. Doubtfire

And ya know what?  I'm even gonna throw RV in there, as I loved how he dealt with a whiny Lindsay Lohan in that movie.  lol!