Robert Towne Movies

Want to know the best Robert Towne movies?  How about the worst Robert Towne movies?  Curious about Robert Towne box office grosses or which Robert Towne movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Towne movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.

Robert Towne (1934-) is an Oscar®-winning American writer, producer and director. Towne is best remembered for his screenplay for 1974’s Chinatown.   His IMDb page shows over 36 writing credits since 1960. This page will rank Robert Towne movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.  Some of his direct to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.

Robert Towne Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1974	Chinatown (1974) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Writing Win
1967	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) AA Best Picture Nom Writer
1978	Heaven Can Wait (1978) AA Best Picture Nom Writer
1993	The Firm (1993) Writer
1975	Shampoo (1975) AA Best Writing Nom
1996	Mission: Impossible (1996) Writer
1973	The Last Detail (1973) AA Best Writing Nom
2000	Mission: Impossible II (2000) Writer
1984	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) AA Best Writing Nom
1972	The New Centurions (1972) Writer
1990	Days of Thunder (1990) Writer
1971	McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Writer
1977	Orca (1977) Writer
1988	Tequila Sunrise (1988) Director
1976	The Missouri Breaks (1976) Writer
1988	Frantic (1988) Writer
1974	The Parallax View (1974) Writer
1974	The Yakuza (1974) Writer
1964	The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) Writer
1982	Personal Best (1982) Director
1998	Without Limits (1998) Director
1971	Drive He Said (1971) Writer
1968	Villa Rides (1968) Writer
1971	Cisco Pike (1971) Writer
1994	Love Affair (1994) Writer
2006	Ask the Dust (2006) Director
1983	Deal of the Century (1983) Writer
1987	Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) Writer
1986	8 Million Ways to Die (1986) Writer

Robert Towne Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

• Sort Robert Towne movies by the stars of his movies.
• Sort Robert Towne movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Robert Towne movies by yearly domestic box office rank
• Sort Robert Towne movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Robert Towne movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Robert Towne movie won.
• Sort Robert Towne movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Robert Towne Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

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