The great Robert Redford died on Sept. 16 at the age of 89. Here’s how you can watch „Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid“ and more to celebrate his life and career.
Two-time Oscar winner Robert Redford has died at the age of 89.
“Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” Rogers & Cowan PMK chief executive Cindi Berger told The Post in a statement. “He will be missed greatly. The family requests privacy.”
Redford, an acclaimed actor and director, had a career that spanned decades, from his first film credit in 1962’s “War Hunt” to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” to 2019, when he made a cameo appearance in “Avengers: Endgame.” Behind the camera, Redford enjoyed success as a director, winning an Oscar for his debut picture “Ordinary People.”
In addition to a storied career on screen, Redford co-founded the Sundance Institute in 1981; the Sundance Institute organizes the annual Sundance Film Festival, which is still the largest independent film festival in the United States and happens yearly in January. Redford was also known for his activism, particularly related to environmental causes and and the rights of Native American, indigenous, and LGBT people.
The actor’s oeuvre is plentiful, but here are 13 movies you can check out on streaming now to celebrate the life of a great actor. ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969)
One of the best westerns ever made, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” starred Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy and Redford as Harry Longabaugh, also known as the Sundance Kid. Based loosely on real life, the film follows Butch and Sundance on the run after a string of train robberies alongside Sundance’s lover Etta Place (Katharine Ross).
The role led to Redford’s first and only BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) win. It can currently be rented on Prime Video for $3.79.‘All the President’s Men’ (1976)
In “All the President’s Men,” Redford played Bob Woodward opposite Dustin Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein. The Alan J. Pakula political thriller follows the true story of Woodward and Bernstein uncovering the Watergate Scandal that eventually ended Richard Nixon’s presidency.
“All the President’s Men” is available to rent for $3.79 on Prime Video. ‘The Sting’ (1973)
Four years after Butch and Sundance, Redford reunited with Newman and director George Roy Hill in “The Sting,” a crime caper inspired by real events. Redford and Newman play a pair of professional grifters carrying out a complicated plot to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw).
The Best Picture winner is available to rent for $3.79. ‘The Way We Were’ (1973)
In his third (of seven) collaborations with director Sydney Pollack, Redford starred opposite Barbra Streisand in “The Way We Were.
