| Marty, Life Is Short (2026) as Self |
| John Candy: I Like Me (2025) as Self - Director, Splash (archive footage) |
| Enterprise or Love: The Story of Far and Away (2024) as Self |
| Music by John Williams (2024) as Self - Filmmaker |
| Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
| John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons (2023) as Self |
| Willow: Behind the Magic (2023) as Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022 |
| 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022) as Self |
| Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (2022) as Self |
| Fuck Coin (2021) as Self |
| Roger Corman, le pape du pop cinéma (2021) as Self |
| The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020) as Self |
| The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019) as Wilcox Boy (archive footage) |
| Dads (2019) as Self |
| Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 (2019) as Self |
| Kasdan on Kasdan (2018) as Self |
| Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017) as Self |
| Tom Hanks: A League of His Own (2016) as Self |
| Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) as Himself |
| The Arrested Development Documentary Project (2013) as Self |
| Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013) as Self |
| Radioman (2012) as Self |
| Corman's World (2011) as Self - Filmmaker |
| The Death and Return of Superman (2011) as Max's Son |
| Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011) as Self |
| Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored (2011) as Richie Cunningham (archive footage) |
| Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) as Self |
| Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010) as Self |
| Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film (2008) as Self |
| Bienvenue à Cannes (2007) as Self |
| George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005) as Self |
| Tell Them Who You Are (2004) as Self |
| Making a 'Splash' (2004) as Self - Director |
| Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (2004) as Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage) |
| Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002) as Self |
| Inside a Beautiful Mind (2002) as Self |
| A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Man at Governor's Ball (uncredited) |
| Osmosis Jones (2001) as Tom Colonic (voice) |
| The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking (2001) as Self - Director |
| The Independent (2000) as Ron Howard |
| Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) as Self |
| Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Ron Howard |
| From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) as Self |
| Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) |
| The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998) as Self |
| Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) as Self |
| Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997) as Self |
| Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997) as Self |
| Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996) as Self |
| Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996) as Herbert Biberman |
| Hollywood on Hollywood (1993) as Host |
| The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) as Self |
| The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) as Self |
| First Works (1989) as Self |
| Channel 99 (1988) |
| Willow: The Making of an Adventure (1988) as Self - Director |
| Return to Mayberry (1986) as Opie Taylor |
| Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985) as Self (archive footage) |
| Night Shift (1982) as Annoying Sax Player (uncredited) |
| Fire on the Mountain (1981) as Lee Mackie |
| Bitter Harvest (1981) as Ned De Vries |
| Act of Love (1980) as Leon Cybulkowski |
| More American Graffiti (1979) as Steve Bolander |
| A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979) as Richie Cunningham (archive footage) |
| Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979) as Self |
| NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978) as Self - Host |
| Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978) as Self |
| Huckleberry Finn (1978) as Huckleberry Finn |
| Grand Theft Auto (1977) as Sam Freeman |
| I'm a Fool (1977) as Andy |
| A Special: Olivia Newton-John (1976) |
| The Shootist (1976) as Gillom Rogers |
| Eat My Dust (1976) as Hoover Niebold |
| The First Nudie Musical (1976) as Auditioning Actor |
| Locusts (1974) as Donny Fletcher |
| The Spikes Gang (1974) as Les |
| The Migrants (1974) as Lyle Barlow |
| Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) as Johnny |
| American Graffiti (1973) as Steve Bolander |
| The Wild Country (1970) as Virgil Tanner |
| Smoke (1970) as Chris (as Ronny Howard) |
| A Boy Called Nuthin’ (1967) as Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell |
| Village of the Giants (1965) as Genius |
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) as Eddie Corbett |
| The Music Man (1962) as Winthrop Paroo |
| Five Minutes to Live (1961) as Bobby Wilson |
| The Journey (1959) as Billy Rhinelander |