Top 10 Robert Downey Sr. Movies
by caspian1978 | created - 27 Nov 2020 | updated - 27 Nov 2020 | PublicA list of the top 10 movies directed by Robert Downey Sr.
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1. Putney Swope (1969)
R | 84 min | Comedy
The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell
Votes: 4,343 | Gross: $2.73M
2. Chafed Elbows (1966)
63 min | Comedy
A welfare recipient marries his mother.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: George Morgan, Elsie Downey, Lawrence Wolf, Tom O'Horgan
Votes: 515
3. Pound (1970)
X | 92 min | Fantasy
In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Joe Madden, James Green, Mariclare Costello, L. Errol Jaye
Votes: 350
4. Greaser's Palace (1972)
TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy, Western
A strange man named Jesse who can revive life and walk on water comes into a surreal and cruel western town.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Albert Henderson, Michael Sullivan, Luana Anders, George Morgan
Votes: 1,203
5. Balls Bluff (1961)
24 min | Fantasy, Short
During a Civil War battle, a soldier is transported through time, landing in New York City's Central Park in the year 1961. He then explores Manhattan and goes to Yankee Stadium in an attempt to locate other Civil War soldiers.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Star: Robert Downey Sr.
Votes: 33
6. Babo 73 (1964)
57 min | Comedy
Tribulations of a newly elected President.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Jim Antonio, Tom Gaines, James Greene, Taylor Mead
Votes: 423
7. Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight (1975)
85 min | Comedy
An experimental, ludicrous, plotless, absurd, surreal comedy. It is seemingly intentionally impossible to understand. It leaps from scene to scene, world to world, with recurring names and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Leonard Buschel, Elsie Downey, Michael Sullivan, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 235
8. Sweet Smell of Sex (1965)
70 min | Drama
A young woman arrives in New York to visit a friend and lands in one hot spot after another as she fends off the perverted advances from every man she meets.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Lawrence Wolf, Tom O'Horgan, Elmer Kline, John Fodor
Votes: 40
9. No More Excuses (1968)
62 min | Comedy
Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan's singles scene of the late sixties. Of course, that's not all: No More Excuses cuts... See full summary »
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Robert Downey Sr., Alan Abel, Lawrence Wolf, Prentice Wilhite
Votes: 341
10. Sticks and Bones (1973 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama
A young man returns home from Vietnam blind. He is very bitter about the war and alienates his family and friends. This movie deals with the aftermath of war and how people react to it both veterans and their families.
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Tom Aldredge, Anne Jackson, Alan Cauldwell, Joe Fields
Votes: 72
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