Portrait of Robert Zemeckis

Directing

Robert Zemeckis

Career

Active from 1972 to 2024, busiest in 1992 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Back to the Future
Back to the Future
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Zemeckis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    4.0, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    3.9, average 4.7
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.6, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Cult Classic Status 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Satirical 2
  • High-Energy Pacing 2
  • Retro Futurism 2
  • Visually Striking 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2
  • 80s Nostalgia 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
School for Scumbags
School for Scumbags

Executive Producer

Barracuda
Barracuda

Executive Producer

The Last Mrs. Parrish
The Last Mrs. Parrish

Director

2020s

6 titles · average score 54
Here
Here (2024)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Screenplay

Pinocchio
Pinocchio (2022)
GoodWatch score 35

Screenplay, Director

Finch
Finch (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

Executive Producer

Roald Dahl's The Witches
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
GoodWatch score 48

Producer, Screenplay

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
GoodWatch score 71

Thanks

Project 88: Back to the Future Too
Project 88: Back to the Future Too (2020)

Creator

2010s

11 titles · average score 60
Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Screenplay

Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg
Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg (2017)

Executive Producer

Allied
Allied (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Producer

The Walk
The Walk (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Screenplay

Doc Brown Saves the World
Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

Flight
Flight (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

Bound by Flesh
Bound by Flesh (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer

Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica
Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica (2012)
GoodWatch score 58

Thanks

Real Steel
Real Steel (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer

Mars Needs Moms
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
GoodWatch score 45

Producer

Behind the Burly Q
Behind the Burly Q (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

Executive Producer

2000s

17 titles · average score 53
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Producer

Beowulf
Beowulf (2007)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Producer

Monster House
Monster House (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Last Holiday
Last Holiday (2006)
GoodWatch score 61

Executive Producer

House of Wax
House of Wax (2005)
GoodWatch score 45

Producer

The Polar Express
The Polar Express (2004)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay, Producer

Gothika
Gothika (2003)
GoodWatch score 41

Producer

Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men (2003)
GoodWatch score 71

Executive Producer

Ghost Ship
Ghost Ship (2002)
GoodWatch score 36

Producer

Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
GoodWatch score 40

Producer

Cast Away
Cast Away (2000)
GoodWatch score 80

Producer, Director

What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

Producer, Director

1990s

16 titles · average score 60
House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
GoodWatch score 42

Producer

The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness (1999)

Director

Contact
Contact (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Producer

Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood (1996)
GoodWatch score 39

Executive Producer, Story

The Frighteners
The Frighteners (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

Executive Producer

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
GoodWatch score 57

Executive Producer

Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump (1994)
GoodWatch score 83

Director

Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her (1992)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer, Director

Trespass
Trespass (1992)
GoodWatch score 61

Executive Producer, Writer

Two-Fisted Tales
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Executive Producer

Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Characters, Director

Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Robert Zemeckis

1980s

8 titles · average score 75
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
GoodWatch score 70

Story, Director

Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation (1989)

Thanks

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
GoodWatch score 84

Director

Citizen Steve
Citizen Steve (1987)

as Screenwriter

Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Back to the Future
Back to the Future (1985)
GoodWatch score 89

Director, Writer

Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone (1984)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Used Cars
Used Cars (1980)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

1970s

5 titles · average score 61
1941
1941 (1979)
GoodWatch score 45

Screenplay, Story

I Wanna Hold Your Hand
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Director

The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

A Field of Honor
A Field of Honor (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

The Lift
The Lift (1972)
GoodWatch score 60

Director