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Robert Rodriguez
Writer 58 years old

Robert Rodriguez

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success... Read full bio →

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Hypnotic

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez 2023 1h 33m

A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.

We Can Be Heroes

We Can Be Heroes

Robert Rodriguez 2020 1h 37m

When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

UglyDolls

UglyDolls

Kelly Asbury 2019 1h 28m

In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye.

Machete Kills

Machete Kills

Robert Rodriguez 2013 1h 48m 6.5

Ex-Federale agent MACHETE is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

Robert Rodriguez 2011 1h 29m 3.0

Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. Retired spy Marissa is called back into action, and to bond with her new stepchildren Rebecca and Cecil, she invites them along to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world.

Machete

Machete

Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis 2010 1h 45m 7.2

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

Shorts

Shorts

Robert Rodriguez 2009 1h 29m

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

Planet Terror

Planet Terror

Robert Rodriguez 2007 1h 45m 8.0

In Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

Grindhouse

Grindhouse

Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez 2007 3h 11m 7.0

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles.

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D

Robert Rodriguez 2005 1h 32m 4.4

Max conjures up his perfect dreamworld...the Planet Drool. But his dream is more powerful than even he suspects, and his favorite dream super-heroes, Sharkboy and Lavagirl must help Max discover and conquer a source of danger that threatens to destroy their world.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Robert Rodriguez 2003 1h 24m 5.7

Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker (Stallone). It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Robert Rodriguez 2003 1h 42m 6.6

Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

Robert Rodriguez 2002 1h 40m 5.6

The Cortez siblings set out for a mysterious island, where they encounter a genetic scientist and a set of rival spy kids.

Spy Kids

Spy Kids

Robert Rodriguez 2001 1h 28m 5.7

Two kids become spies in attempt to save their ex-spies parents from an evil mastermind. Armed with a bag of high tech gadgets, Carmen and Juni will bravely crisscross the globe on a mission to save their parents and maybe even the world.

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

P.J. Pesce 1999 1h 34m 4.5

Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid (Marco Leonardi) is on the run from the hangman (Temuera Morrison), with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side. Along with Madrid's gang, Johnny and Esmeralda embark on an adventure filled with colorful and unsavory characters who lead them straight into the fight of their lives!

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez 1995 1h 38m 7.5

Twelve outrageous guests. Four scandalous requests. And one lone bellhop, in his first day on the job, who's in for the wildest New year's Eve of his life.

Desperado

Desperado

Robert Rodriguez 1995 1h 44m 7.5

We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie.

El mariachi

El mariachi

Robert Rodriguez 1992 1h 21m 6.7

El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.

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