Robert Zemeckis: movies and TV shows
Robert Zemeckis has 143 credits in the archive: 123 films and 20 TV series, from 1953 to 2025. Highest rated: Forrest Gump (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2025 · busiest year: 1989 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 2025 | A Future on Stage | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2025 | You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2024 | Here | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2024 | Here | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2024 | Here | Film | 6.5 | 73 | |
| 2023 | Tom Hanks: The Nomad | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC | Self - Director, Back to the Future | TV | 7.8 | 71 |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Film | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Film | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Film | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 2021 | Finch | Film | 7.8 | 70 | |
| 2020 | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2020 | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2020 | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Film | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Film | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 2020 | Project 88: Back to the Future Too | Film | 8.5 | 69 | |
| 2019 | Project Blue Book | TV | 8.1 | 68 | |
| 2019 | WHAT / IF | TV | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2018 | Manifest | TV | 7.6 | 67 | |
| 2018 | Manifest | TV | 7.6 | 67 | |
| 2018 | Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles | TV | — | 67 | |
| 2018 | Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles | TV | — | 67 | |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Film | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Film | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Film | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self | Film | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2017 | Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg | Film | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2016 | Allied | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2016 | Allied | Film | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 64 |
| 2015 | The Walk | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2015 | The Walk | Film | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 2015 | Back in Time | Self | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2015 | Doc Brown Saves the World | Film | 6.1 | 64 | |
| 2015 | Doc Brown Saves the World | Film | 6.1 | 64 | |
| 2015 | Back To the Present: The Special | Film | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2014 | The Director's Chair | Self | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2013 | Milius | Self | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 2012 | Flight | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2012 | Flight | Film | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 2012 | Bound by Flesh | Film | 5.9 | 61 | |
| 2012 | Persistence of Vision | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 2012 | Plaga zombie: zona mutante: revolución tóxica | Film | 5.7 | 61 | |
| 2011 | Real Steel | Film | 7.1 | 60 | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Film | 6.0 | 60 | |
| 2011 | Brian May's Brief History of 3D | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2010 | Tales from the Future | Self | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2010 | Behind the Burly Q | Film | 4.9 | 59 | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Film | 6.9 | 58 | |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2009 | Looking Back to the Future | Self | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2009 | Looking Back to the Future | Film | 6.6 | 58 | |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Film | 5.9 | 56 | |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Film | 5.9 | 56 | |
| 2007 | The Reaping | Film | 5.8 | 56 | |
| 2006 | Monster House | Film | 6.7 | 55 | |
| 2006 | Last Holiday | Film | 7.3 | 55 | |
| 2005 | House of Wax | Film | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Film | 6.6 | 54 | |
| 2005 | Le court des grands | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Film | 6.7 | 53 | |
| 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2003 | Gothika | Film | 6.1 | 52 | |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 2003 | Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit | Self | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2002 | Ghost Ship | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 2002 | Ritual | Film | 4.7 | 51 | |
| 2002 | Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy | Self | Film | 7.7 | 51 |
| 2001 | Thir13en Ghosts | Film | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Film | 7.7 | 49 | |
| 2000 | Cast Away | Film | 7.7 | 49 | |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | Film | 5.6 | 48 | |
| 1999 | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Self | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1999 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1999 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Film | 8.7 | 48 | |
| 1998 | The Making of 'The Frighteners' | Self | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1997 | Contact | Film | 7.4 | 46 | |
| 1997 | Contact | Film | 7.4 | 46 | |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | TV | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1996 | The Frighteners | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1996 | The Making of '1941' | Self | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Film | 6.9 | 44 | |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self | TV | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1995 | W.E.I.R.D. World | Film | 3.5 | 44 | |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Film | 8.5 | 43 | |
| 1994 | DeGenerazione | Film | 5.9 | 43 | |
| 1994 | Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump | Self | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1993 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | TV | 7.8 | 42 | |
| 1993 | Johnny Bago | TV | 8.0 | 42 | |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1992 | Death Becomes Her | Film | 6.8 | 41 | |
| 1992 | Trespass | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1992 | Trespass | Film | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1992 | The Public Eye | Film | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Film | 5.1 | 41 | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Film | 5.1 | 41 | |
| 1991 | Back to the Future | TV | 6.3 | 40 | |
| 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Robert Zemeckis | TV | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1990 | The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy | Self | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | TV | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Film | 7.8 | 38 | |
| 1989 | First Works | Self | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1989 | Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation | Self | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1989 | Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation | Film | 7.6 | 38 | |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Film | 7.5 | 37 | |
| 1987 | Citizen Steve | Screenwriter | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Film | 6.2 | 35 | |
| 1986 | The Making of Back to the Future | Self | Film | 7.6 | 35 |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Film | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Film | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | TV | 7.5 | 34 | |
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone | Film | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1980 | Used Cars | Film | 6.4 | 29 | |
| 1980 | Used Cars | Film | 6.4 | 29 | |
| 1979 | 1941 | Film | 5.8 | 28 | |
| 1979 | 1941 | Film | 5.8 | 28 | |
| 1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Film | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Film | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1973 | A Field of Honor | Film | 6.6 | 22 | |
| 1973 | A Field of Honor | Film | 6.6 | 22 | |
| 1972 | The Lift | Film | 6.2 | 21 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 2 |
| Barracuda | Film | — | — | ||
| The Last Mrs. Parrish | Film | — | — | ||
| A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf | Self | Film | — | — | |
| School for Scumbags | Film | — | — |