Celebrate Rob Reiner’s legacy by streaming his best films
Celebrate Rob Reiner’s legacy by streaming his best films
We’ve compiled a list of the storied director’s most beloved TV shows and movies, and we’ll show you how to stream them here.
Cinophiles around the United States woke up to terrible news on Monday morning. Rob Reiner, director of timeless classics like “Sleepless in Seattle,” “This is Spinal Tap,” and many, many more titles throughout the decades, has passed away at the age of 78.
Police are treating the deaths of Reiner and his wife, Michele, as homicides, but as of the writing of this article, publicly confirmed details are minimal. Doubtless, readers would rather remember and celebrate the storied career of Reiner instead of focusing on the tragic way his life ended. .
We’ve assembled a list of the best TV shows and movies of Reiner’s career below, including titles he starred in and ones that he stepped behind the camera as director. Take a look and see which of his works — as both an actor and as a director — would be most appropriate to celebrate his life and career using our list below.
Where to stream the biggest TV shows and movies of Rob Reiner’s career
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All in the Family
January 12, 1971Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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The Jerk
December 14, 1979After discovering he’s not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
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This Is Spinal Tap
March 2, 1984“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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Stand by Me
August 8, 1986After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
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The Princess Bride
September 25, 1987In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can’t stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
This is an endlessly quotable classic. It’s a perfect blend of comedy, fantasy, action, and love conquering all odds.
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Throw Momma from the Train
December 11, 1987Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie’s plot into action and offers to kill Larry’s ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.
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A Few Good Men
December 11, 1992When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
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Sleepless in Seattle
June 24, 1993After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?
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Bullets Over Broadway
October 14, 1994After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick’s girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she’s a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive’s interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
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The American President
November 17, 1995Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world’s most powerful men, can have anything he wants — and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd’s attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
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Ghosts of Mississippi
December 20, 1996A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Primary Colors
March 20, 1998In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton’s 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician’s colorful world and looks on as Stanton — who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall — contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
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Alex & Emma
June 20, 2003Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn’t, he won’t get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
December 25, 2013A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort’s autobiography.
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LBJ
November 3, 2017The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
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