6 Best Jason Robards Sr. Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 2, 2026

Jason Robards Sr. built a long Hollywood career as a dependable character actor, later overshadowed in fame only by his celebrated actor son. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House spirals a country-home dream into expense, Born to Kill marries a murderer into wealth, Bedlam wrongly commits a headstrong woman to an 18th-century asylum, and Isle of the Dead traps refugees on a plague-ridden island. I Love You Again and San Francisco round out the list.

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A New York advertising executive's dream of building a country home spirals into a money pit.

Directed by H. C. Potter · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Born to Kill (1947)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A ruthless, violent man's marriage of convenience is complicated by his obsessive attraction to his sister-in-law.

Directed by Robert Wise · 1h 32m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bedlam (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A headstrong woman is wrongly committed to a brutal 18th-century asylum after exposing its corrupt administrator.

Directed by Mark Robson · 1h 16m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Isle of the Dead (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A Greek general and a group of refugees become trapped on a plague-ridden island.

Directed by Mark Robson · 1h 12m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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I Love You Again (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.2

An amnesiac con man returns to his old identity as a boring, respectable businessman.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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San Francisco (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A nightclub owner's romance with a devout singer is upended by the catastrophic 1906 earthquake.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 55m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Jason Robards Sr. Movies

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Born to Kill (1947)

Bedlam (1946)

Isle of the Dead (1945)

I Love You Again (1940)

San Francisco (1936)

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