Robert Zemeckis's Best Movies
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Robert Zemeckis's Best Movies

In movies like Back to the Future and The Polar Express, Zemeckis combines dazzling special effects and old-fashioned storytelling. But which flick is his best?

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1 Forrest Gump
The first teaming of Zemeckis and Tom Hanks brought them more than a box of chocolates: it brought Oscars for both. 210 308
2 Cast Away
It's the Tom Hanks show. Zemeckis's steady plays a modern-day Robinson Crusoe who forms a relationship with a volleyball. 135 277
3 The Polar Express
Lush animated landscapes provide the backdrop for motion-capture performances, with Tom Hanks in multiple roles. 82 282
4 Contact
Jodie Foster searches the heavens for intelligence, and Zemeckis finds a solution to the problem of depicting aliens in movies. 21 241
5 Back to the Future
Zemeckis's tale of time travel used dazzling special effects, a solid cast, and a tight script to introduce the world to the flux capacitor. 20 314
6 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Zemeckis creates an alternate Hollywood universe that mixes Chinatown noir and Looney Toons animation with equal audacity. -2 224
7 Back to the Future Part II
This sequel is a glimpse into a future everyone loves to imagine -- with flying skateboards, shiny fashion, and holograms. -2 206
8 Romancing the Stone
Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas spar in this romantic comedy with plenty of Indiana Jones-style adventure. -12 186
9 Death Becomes Her
Zemeckis uses CGI to go grotesquely slapstick with an all-star cast -- Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn. -73 171
10 Used Cars
This early work doesn't have big-budget special effects. But it's hardly a lemon -- mostly thanks to Kurt Russell's madcap performance. -76 148