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Bob Rafelson
Director 1933 - 2022

Bob Rafelson

New York City, New York, USA

Robert "Bob" Rafelson (February 21, 1933-July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was most famous for directing and co-writing the film Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson, as well as being one of the creators of the pop group and TV series,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

10 titles
No Good Deed

No Good Deed

Bob Rafelson 2002 1h 37m 4.6

While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.

Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine

Bob Rafelson 1996 1h 41m 6.0

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Man Trouble

Man Trouble

Bob Rafelson 1992 1h 40m 3.5

A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.

Mountains of the Moon

Mountains of the Moon

Bob Rafelson 1990 2h 16m

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

Black Widow

Black Widow

Bob Rafelson 1987 1h 42m 6.8

A young writer insinuates herself into the life of a Broadway producer.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Bob Rafelson 1981 2h 2m 7.3

This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry

Bob Rafelson 1976 1h 42m

A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal.

The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

Bob Rafelson 1972 1h 43m 6.5

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.

Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson 1970 1h 38m 7.7

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Head

Head

Bob Rafelson 1968 1h 26m 7.5

The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.

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