Robert Altman
Known for: Directing
Born: February 20, 1925
Died: November 20, 2006
Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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Filmography
111 movies · 39 TV shows, newest first
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
10.0
Daedalus
2024NR
Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The Altmans
2020
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018NR
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
6.6
Altman
2014
6.4
What Is Cinema?
2013
6.3
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
6.4
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005NR
What’s Happened Since ‘88
2004NR
The Politics of Docs
2004NR
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004NR
Fact & Fiction
2004NR
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004NR
On the Set: Loews Theater
2004NR
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
2004
10.0
Tanner on Tanner
2004
6.0
Looking for Sophia
2004
7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
5.5
Words in Progress
2004
5.2
The Company
2003
6.5
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
20039.0
Imagining Images
2003
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
5.3
The Making of Gosford Park
2002
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Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'
2002NR
Robert Altman in England
2002
6.0
Rip Van Marlowe
2002
6.8
Gosford Park
2001
8.0
History vs. Hollywood
2001
4.9
Dr. T & the Women
2000
7.7
Backstory
2000
4.8
Trixie
20006.3
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
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Gun: Fatal Betrayal
2000
9.0
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
8.5
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
6.4
Cookie's Fortune
1999
6.1
The Directors
1999
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Killer App
1998
5.6
The Gingerbread Man
1998
5.9
Afterglow
1997
6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
4.6
Gun
1997
6.5
Jazz '34
1997
6.1
Kansas City
1996
NR
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
1996
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994
5.9
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
8.3
American Cinema
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
7.2
Short Cuts
1993
2.0
Made in the USA
1993
8.0
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
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Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993
7.2
The Player
1992
7.0
Robert Altman's Players
1992
6.3
Vincent & Theo
1990
7.3
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
6.0
Vincent & Theo
1990
6.5
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988
6.9
Tanner '88
1988
4.5
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
5.3
Aria
1987
6.8
Basements
1987
3.9
Beyond Therapy
1987
5.7
Fool for Love
1985
7.5
The Laundromat
1985
6.7
Secret Honor
1984
5.6
Streamers
1983
5.9
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982
6.1
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
8.5
Precious Blood
1982
6.5
Rattlesnake in a Cooler
1982
5.7
Endless Love
1981
5.6
Popeye
1980
5.4
HealtH
1980
4.9
Rich Kids
1979
5.1
A Perfect Couple
1979
4.9
Quintet
1979
6.3
A Wedding
1978
6.1
Remember My Name
1978
5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
7.1
3 Women
1977
6.3
The Late Show
1977
5.0
Welcome to L.A.
1976
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From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
5.5
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.3
Nashville
1975
6.6
California Split
1974
6.5
Thieves Like Us
1974
7.4
The Long Goodbye
1973
6.8
Images
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.3
Brewster McCloud
1971
7.2
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
4.0
Events
1970
6.9
M*A*S*H
1970
6.6
That Cold Day in the Park
1969NR
Premiere
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
5.8
Countdown
1967
6.3
The Happening
1967
4.5
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965
5.5
Pot au feu
1964
4.0
Nightmare in Chicago
1964
NR
The Party
1963
9.0
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley
1963
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
8.0
The Gallant Men
1962
7.9
Combat!
1962
10.0
Bus Stop
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
7.2
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
NR
The Roaring 20's
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
10.0
The Troubleshooters
1959
6.0
U.S. Marshal
1958
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
7.0
Maverick
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
5.6
The James Dean Story
1957
4.8
The Delinquents
1957
6.0
Whirlybirds
1957
6.7
The Gale Storm Show
1956
7.0
Corn's-a-Poppin'
1956
10.0
The Magic Bond
1956
6.7
The Perfect Crime
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955NR
The Perfect Crime
1955
7.0
The Dirty Look
1954
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
7.0
The Sound of Bells
1952
4.6
Modern Football
1951NR
Honeymoon for Harriet
1950
6.1
Bodyguard
1948
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947NR
24 Tracks: Robert Altman's Nashville
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