Watch These Hilarious Movies to Honor Robin Williams’ Birthday

Published: July 14, 2025 by Nixza Gonzalez

The whole world mourned when the legendary actor Robin Williams passed away. It’s still so shocking to know that he’s been gone for over ten years now.

Robin Williams was a talented actor with a large range. He was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago, where he spent most of his childhood and young adult years. Although he was born in Chicago, he really got into comedy and acting in California by performing stand-up comedy.

Eventually, he transitioned to film and TV, where he really shined bright. Not many actors can go from a dramatic, tear-jerking role to a funny, light-hearted one with improvised lines. Williams wasn’t only a physical actor but a voice actor, best known for his role as Genie in “Aladdin.”

Sadly, Williams passed away at 63 years old after battling depression and Parkinson’s disease. Although a huge loss to the world as he shaped so many of our childhoods, he lives on in his many roles. To honor his life, click through the slideshow for some of his best movies. Have you watched all of these?

“Popeye” (1980)

Character: Popeye
Director: Robert Altman
Release Date: December 12, 1980
Running Time: 114 minutes
Other Actors: Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Richard Libertini, Ray Walston, and Donald Moffat

“The World According to Garp” (1982)

Character: T.S. Garp
Director: George Roy Hill
Release Date: July 23, 1982
Running Time: 136 minutes
Other Actors: Mary Beth Hurt, Glenn Close, and John Lithgow

“Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987)

Character: Airman Second class Adrian Cronauer
Director: Barry Levinson
Release Date: December 23, 1987
Running Time: 121 minutes
Other Actors: Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran, Chintara Sukapatana, Bruno Kirby, and Robert Wuhl

“Dead Poets Society” (1989)

Character: John Keating
Director: Peter Weir
Release Date: June 9, 1989
Running Time: 128 minutes
Other Actors: Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, and Allelon Ruggiero

“Cadillac Man” (1990)

Character: Joey O’Brien
Director: Roger Donaldson
Release Date: May 18, 1990
Running Time: 97 minutes
Other Actors: Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, and Fran Drescher

“Hook” (1991)

Character: Peter Banning / Peter Pan
Director: Steven Spielberg
Release Date: December 11, 1991
Running Time: 142 minutes
Other Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, and Charlie Korsmo

“Aladdin” (1992)

Character: Genie
Directors: John Musker and Ron Clements
Release Date: November 11, 1992
Running Time: 90 minutes
Other Actors: Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Douglas Seale

“Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993)

Character: Daniel Hillard / Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire
Director: Chris Columbus
Release Date: November 24, 1993
Running Time: 120 minutes
Other Actors: Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, and Robert Prosky

“Jumanji” (1995)

Character: Alan Parrish
Director: Joe Johnston
Release Date: December 15, 1995
Running Time: 104 minutes
Other Actors: Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde, and Bebe Neuwirth

“Flubber” (1997)

Character: Professor Philip Brainard
Director: Les Mayfield
Release Date: November 26, 1997
Running Time: 93 minutes
Other Actors: Marcia Gay Harden, Jodi Benson, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, Wil Wheaton and Clancy Brown

“Good Will Hunting” (1997)

Character: Dr. Sean Maguire
Director: Gus Van Sant
Release Date: January 9, 1998
Running Time: 126 minutes
Other Actors: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, and Minnie Driver

“Patch Adams” (1998)

Character: Patch Adams
Director: Tom Shadyac
Release Date: December 25, 1998
Running Time: 115 minutes
Other Actors: Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Gunton, Daniel London, and Peter Coyote

“Robots” (2005)

Character: Fender Pinwheeler
Director: Chris Wedge
Release Date: March 11, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes
Other Actors: Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, and Drew Carey

“RV” (2006)

Character: Bob Munro
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Release Date: April 28, 2006
Running Time: 99 minutes
Other Actors: Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, Will Arnett, Joanna “JoJo” Levesque, and Josh Hutcherson

“Happy Feet” (2006)

Character: Ramón and Lovelace
Director: George Miller
Release Date: November 17, 2006
Running Time: 108 minutes
Other Actors: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski and Steve Irwin

“Night at the Museum” (2006)

Character: Theodore Roosevelt
Director: Shawn Levy
Release Date: December 22, 2006
Running Time: 108 minutes
Other Actors: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs

“License to Wed” (2007)

Character: Reverend Frank Littleton
Director: Ken Kwapis
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Running Time: 91 minutes
Other Actors: Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Christine Taylor, Eric Christian Olsen and Josh Flitter

“World’s Greatest Dad” (2009)

Character: Lance Clayton
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Release Date: August 21, 2009
Running Time: 99 minutes
Other Actors: Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore, Evan Martin, Lorraine Nicholson, and Henry Simmons

“Happy Feet Two” (2011)

Character: Ramón and Lovelace
Director: George Miller
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Running Time: 99 minutes
Other Actors: Elijah Wood, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon

“The Big Wedding” (2013)

Character: Father Bill Moinighan
Director: Justin Zackham
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Running Time: 89 minutes
Other Actors: Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, and Susan Sarandon

“The Angriest Man in Brooklyn” (2014)

Character: Henry Altmann
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Running Time: 84 minutes
Other Actors: Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, and Melissa Leo

“A Merry Friggin’ Christmas” (2014)

Character: Virgil Mitchler
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Running Time: 82 minutes
Other Actors: Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, Clark Duke, Oliver Platt, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tim Heidecker, and Candice Bergen