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Robert Zemeckis
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Robert Zemeckis

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker known for directing and producing a range of successful and influential movies. He often blends cutting-edge visual effects with storytelling. He has received several accolades, including an Academy Award and... Read full bio →

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Robert Zemeckis 2024 1h 44m 5.7

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New England where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

Robert Zemeckis 2022 1h 45m 6.0

A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.

The Witches

The Witches

Robert Zemeckis 2020 1h 44m 5.0

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort.

Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to Marwen

Robert Zemeckis 2018 1h 56m 6.8

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

The Walk

The Walk

Robert Zemeckis 2015 2h 3m 7.1

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Robert Zemeckis 2009 1h 36m 6.9

Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender, is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways

The Polar Express

The Polar Express

Robert Zemeckis 2004 1h 40m 6.4

A boy wanting to believe in Santa, but has his doubts. On Christmas Eve, a magic train stops in front of his house and invites the boy on a journey.

Bordello of Blood

Bordello of Blood

Gilbert Adler 1996 1h 27m 5.3

Private eye Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine (Erika Eleniak) to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire (Angie Everhart) and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon).

Trespass

Trespass

Walter Hill 1992 1h 41m 6.0

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues.

Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

Robert Zemeckis 1990 1h 59m 8.0

The final installment of amusing time-traveling trilogy Back to the Future sends Marty and his scientist friend Doc Brown back in time to the Old West in the year 1885. Things are rosy until Marty must somehow travel in time to prevent Doc from being shot dead.

Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II

Robert Zemeckis 1989 1h 48m 8.3

Back to the Future 2 is the second and most complicated film of the series. The film has alternate dimensions, time-traveling mishaps, and a disrupted future caused by Marty Mcfly’s accidental alteration of past events. An exhilarating story with exciting special effects make this a fun movie to watch.

Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis 1985 1h 56m 8.8

The first film of the trilogy as teenager Marty Mcfly travels back in time with help from his friend and time machine inventor Dr. Brown. Marty travels from 1985 back to 1955 running into people he knows like his parents. When it’s time to go back to the future Marty runs into a few unforeseen problems and time is running out.

Used Cars

Used Cars

Robert Zemeckis 1980 1h 53m 6.3

When elderly Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden), owner of the struggling New Deal Used Car lot dies of a heart attack, hot-shot salesman (and aspiring senator) Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), decides to save the property from falling into the hands of Luke's ruthless younger brother and used-car rival Roy L. Fuchs (also Warden).

1941

1941

Steven Spielberg 1979 1h 58m 6.3

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Robert Zemeckis 1978 1h 39m 7.5

If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So six young girls from New Jersey set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach their idols.

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