Rob Reiner directed an extraordinary run in the 1980s and early 1990s: This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men. Almost no director has moved between mockumentary, coming-of-age, fairy tale, romantic comedy, horror and courtroom drama that successfully.
He came to directing as an established television actor from All in the Family, and the performances in his films are consistently the best thing in them. Kathy Bates and Jack Nicholson both got their most quoted work under him.
The later career has not sustained it, and Reiner himself has been candid about that. The 1984 to 1992 stretch is enough on its own.
Rob ReinerMisery is Rob Reiner's 1990 American psychological-thriller film adapted from Stephen King's 1987 novel, depicting a romance novelist who crashes his car in a Colorado snowstorm and is rescued by his self-described number-one fan, who imprisons him in her isolated…
Rob ReinerRob Reiner's 1986 Stephen King novella adaptation. Phoenix, Wheaton, Feldman, O'Connell.
Rob Reiner1992 Rob Reiner courtroom drama with Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer and Jack Nicholson as the Marine colonel who can't handle the truth. A Few Good Men is Rob Reiner's 1992 American courtroom drama and one of the strongest…
Rob ReinerThe Princess Bride is one of the most quoted films in American popular culture and one of the most enduring family films of the past forty years. The Princess Bride extended his range into family adventure territory that his previous…
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