Four Rooms (1995)
Nov 12, 2002Black Comedy Portmanteau
An anthology of blackly funny tales, including episodes directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, all centred around Tim Roth as a long-suffering hotel bellboy
Robert Rodriguez
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Oct 19, 2002Getaway Thriller/Vampire Bar
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino combine forces on a film that begins as a getaway thriller and then abruptly morphs into a vampire film. This has a smart edginess to it but the vampire scenes have not dated well
The Faculty (1998)
Dec 16, 1999Alien Body Snatchers Take Over a High School
Robert Rodriguez directs from a script by Scream writer Kevin Williamson. This wittily deconstructs the 1950s alien body snatchers film by way of The Breakfast Club
Spy Kids (2001)
Apr 3, 2001Juvenile Spy Adventures
Robert Rodriguez has a huge amount of fun by recasting James Bond antics with kids. The film was a success that spawned several sequels
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Jan 25, 2002Juvenile Spy Adventures
The second of Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids films is slightly the lesser of its predecessor – it makes the mistake of stripping out the gadgets – nevertheless is fun and has all of wacky surrealism Rodriguez gave the first film
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Jan 13, 2004Adventures Inside a Videogame
The third in the series is no longer even a Spy Kids film but a Virtual Reality videogame film. Robert Rodriguez has some fun creating the virtual worlds but the parody that the other films engaged in is missing
Sin City (2005)
Aug 20, 2005Graphic Novel Adaptation/Ultra-Violent Film Noir Tales
Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels is groundbreaking and one of the most visually adventurous films in years. A trio of film noir-styled tales where he sets out to replicate the look of Miller's comic panels
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
Oct 8, 2005Gonzo Children's Planetary Adventure
This is another one of Robert Rodriguez's home made children's films that takes off in a wackily gonzo manner. The results are uneven but often cutely appealing
Planet Terror (2007)
Nov 22, 2008Zombie Film
Robert Rodriguez's half of the Grindhouse double-bill where Rodriguez makes an hilariously tongue-in-cheek zombie film with great absurd comic energy and packed with witty cameos from various stars
Shorts (2009)
Oct 20, 2009Magic Wishing Stone
Another of Robert Rodriguez's children's films about the wacky chaos caused by the discovery of a magic wishing stone. Nothing earth-shattering but Rodriguez has a lot of fun with the visual absurdities
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
Aug 27, 2011Juvenile Spy Adventures
A series that reached its maximum level of cuteness two films ago is dragged out for another pointless entry that nobody was asking for. Robert Rodriguez delivers shabby juvenile slapstick
Machete Kills (2013)
Oct 12, 2013Gonzo Action Film
Robert Rodriguez escalates his earlier Mexican-themed action film into an insanely creative comic-book overflowing with science-fiction devices (and homages). The casting alone is side-splitting and Rodriguez's nonsensical absurdism wins the day
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Aug 23, 2014Graphic Novel Adaptation/Ultra-Violent Film Noir Tales
Robert Rodriguez makes his return to Frank Miller's classic film noir-styled graphic novels. You keep expecting this to hit in with the astonishing freshness the first film did. Rodriguez and Miller give us more of the same amazing visuals but there is the feeling it is no longer original and new
Red 11 (2019)
Jul 10, 2022Illicit Medical Experiments
Robert Rodriguez made his first film for $7000 and repeats the same here to show anyone can do it in a wild, mind-bending work based on his own experience as a human test subject in drug trials
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Jul 20, 2019Cyborg Girl/Manga Adaptation
What was once a planned James Cameron adaptation of a manga about a cyborg girl is now brought to the screen by Robert Rodriguez but it is hard to say what an underwhelming disappointment the result is
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Jan 10, 2021Kid Superheroes
Robert Rodriguez appears to have gotten the oversized non-event that was Alita: Battle Angel out of his system by making another of his seat of the pants home movies – this is less Spy Kids than Superhero Kids – and brings back one element Alita forgot, a sense of fun
Hypnotic (2023)
Jun 10, 2023Psychic Powers/Reality Bender
Robert Rodriguez makes a film with Ben Affleck as a detective dealing with a man who can control others' minds. However, this develops into a mind twister of considerable reality bending proportions
Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
Oct 7, 2023Juvenile Spy Adventures
Robert Rodriguez revisits his juvenile spy capers franchise after a twelve year absence. Not perfect but it improves over the last couple of sequels