28 Ron Howard Movies Ranked ( Eden )

(Photo by Vertical/ Courtesy Everett Collection. EDEN.) The latest: Survival thriller — starring Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, and Daniel Brühl, and sees Howard operating at his darkest and most cynical — is out now in theaters.

A look at Ron Howard ’s career will have you wondering if he’s lived just about as many lives as the number of memorable characters he’s actualized on the big screen. His career began in acting as Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show and as Richie Cunningham on the hit sitcom Happy Days , as well as acclaimed films like George Lucas’s coming-of-age picture, American Graffiti (1973) .

However, Howard’s true passion lied in directing. His goal was to direct a movie before he exit

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