A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

The Plumber

1979

English

6.5

♡ 9

60%

psychological thriller

Thriller

Peter Weir Director

Henri Szeps as David Medavoy

Bruce Rosen as Dr. Don Felder

Judy Morris as Jill Cowper

David Burchell as Professor Cato

A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.

Gallipoli

1981

English

7.4

♡ 38

91%

Peter Weir Director

Mark Lee as Archy Hamilton

Steve Dodd as Billy Snakeskin

Mel Gibson as Frank Dunne

Bill Hunter as Major Barton

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982

English

7.1

♡ 20

88%

Peter Weir Director

Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan

Mel Gibson as Guy Hamilton

Sigourney Weaver as Jill Bryant

Michael Murphy as Pete Curtis

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Green Card

1990

English

6.3

♡ 43

59%

Peter Weir Director

Andie MacDowell as Brontë

John Spencer as Harry

Bebe Neuwirth as Lauren

Ann Wedgeworth as Party Guest

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974

English

5.6

♡ 6

65%

Peter Weir Director

Bruce Spence as Charlie

Peter Armstrong as Gorman

John Meillon as Mayor

Max Phipps as Rev. Mulray

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

The Mosquito Coast

1986

English

6.6

♡ 31

78%

61%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Peter Weir Director

Harrison Ford as Allie Fox

River Phoenix as Charlie Fox

Helen Mirren as Mother Fox

Dick O'Neill as Mr. Polski

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

The Way Back

2010

English

7.3

♡ 112

73%

Peter Weir Director

Mark Strong as Khabarov

Ed Harris as Mr. Smith

Colin Farrell as Valka

Gustaf Skarsgård as Voss

A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

The Truman Show

1998

English

8.2

♡ 365

94%

Peter Weir Director

Ed Harris as Christof

Natascha McElhone as Lauren / Sylvia

John Pleshette as Network Executive

Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003

English

7.5

♡ 128

85%

80%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Peter Weir Director

Patrick Gallagher as Awkward Davies, Able Seaman

Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey

Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin, Surgeon

Robert Pugh as Mr. Allen, Master

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

Dead Poets Society

1989

English

8.1

♡ 217

85%

92%

Action

a midsummer night's dream

Peter Weir Director

Robin Williams as John Keating

John Cunningham as Mr. Anderson

Robert Sean Leonard as Neil Perry

Ethan Hawke as Todd Anderson

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975

English

7.4

♡ 30

92%

84%

Action

australia

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Peter Weir Director

John Jarratt as Albert Crundall

Peter Collingwood as Col. Fitzhubert

Jacki Weaver as Minnie

Anne-Louise Lambert as Miranda

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

Witness

1985

English

7.3

♡ 83

94%

philadelphia, pennsylvania

police brutality

Romance

Thriller

Peter Weir Director

Tim Bagley as Criminal

Harrison Ford as John Book

Viggo Mortensen as Moses Hochleitner

Timothy Carhart as Zenovich

While protecting an Amish boy – the sole witness to a brutal murder – and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.

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The Last Wave

The Plumber

Gallipoli

The Year of Living Dangerously

Green Card

The Cars That Ate Paris

The Mosquito Coast

The Way Back

The Truman Show

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Dead Poets Society

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Witness