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Nov 27, 2018 · Robert Altman put out over 30 movies, some of them masterpieces. We rank the best Altman movies, including Gosford Park, Popeye, Nashville, Short Cuts, The Player, and more.
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- 'Short Cuts' (1993) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. It's understandable why Short Cuts is Robert Altman's highest-rated movie on IMDb, because it's easy to argue it's the best film of his career.
- '3 Women' (1977) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. A perplexing film that's hard to break down narratively, 3 Women is essentially Robert Altman's (mostly successful) attempt to make a psychological drama/mystery movie.
- 'Nashville' (1975) IMDb Rating: 7.6/10. Nashville is a movie that's so large and sprawling it feels overwhelming at points. It runs for 160 minutes, has more than 20 main characters, and features plenty of subplots and music, with most of the characters being involved in the country music scene in the titular town.
- 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller' (1971) IMDb Rating: 7.6/10. After making a darkly comedic anti-war movie in 1970, Robert Altman pivoted dramatically and, the very next year, released a revisionist Western.
Jul 15, 2024 · From Hollywood satire to period pieces, novelistic dramas to character-driven crime films, here are the director's ten best movies, ranked. 10 'A Prairie Home Companion' (2006)
- NASHVILLE (1975) Director: Robert Altman. Writer: Joan Tewkesbury. Starring Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakley, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Harris, Ned Beatty, Michael Murphy, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin.
- M*A*S*H (1970) Director: Robert Altman. Writer: Ring Lardner, Jr. Starring Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall.
- THE PLAYER (1992) Director: Robert Altman. Writer: Michael Tolkin, based on his novel. Starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Vincent D’Onofrio and seemingly every working actor in Hollywood.
- McCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971) Director: Robert Altman. Writers: Robert Altman, Brian McKay. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René Auberjonois, Michael Murphy, Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Hugh Millais.
- Nashville. Nashville is a truly iconic film and deserves its place at the top spot of this list. The film was released in 1975 and was a statement film about Bicentennial-era America.
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller. 1971 saw the release of McCabe & Mrs. Miller, a truly important film that become a significant influence on future filmmakers. The film is a romantic anti-western that follows Warren Beatty, who builds a brothel in a mining town, which doesn't sit well with its inhabitants.
- 3 Women. 1977 saw the release of 3 Women, which is a complex film that stands the test of time as one of the most important in Altman’s filmography. The first half is a comedy about mismatched flatmates, who are played by Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek.
- Popeye. Popeye was released in 1980 and is one of the few comic book movies that stays completely true to its original source. The film is set in the town of Sweethaven, and Robin Williams plays the well-known sailor, with Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.
Apr 1, 2022 · From MASH to Popeye, these are the best films made by director Robert Altman. Robert Altman was a great American film director, a rebellious and curious filmmaker who had a prolific...
Feb 4, 2020 · Robert Altman's work is both recognizable and varied. From Gosford Park to The Long Goodbye, we look at his best movies, as rated by Rotten Tomatoes.
