The story of New Zealander Bruce McLaren, who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team, showing the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.

Smash Palace

1981

English

7.0

♡ 7

100%

Roger Donaldson Director

Chris Parkinson as Commentator

Anna Maria Monticelli as Jacqui Shaw Don Lee

Don Lee as Minister

Terence Donovan as Traffic Officer

Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left.

White Sands

1992

English

6.0

♡ 16

47%

suitcase full of money

Thriller

Roger Donaldson Director

John P. Ryan as Arms Dealer

Mickey Rourke as Gorman Lennox

Samuel L. Jackson as Greg Meeker

Willem Dafoe as Ray Dolezal

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

The Bounty

1984

English

7.1

♡ 56

74%

73%

Action

Adventure

based on a true story

Roger Donaldson Director

Malcolm Terris as Dr. John Huggan

Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian Master's Mate

Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant William Bligh

Liam Neeson as Seaman Charles Churchill

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

The Getaway

1994

English

5.8

♡ 29

33%

Roger Donaldson Director

Kim Basinger as Carol McCoy

Jennifer Tilly as Fran Carvey

James Woods as Jack Benyon

David Morse as Jim Deer Jackson

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

The Bank Job

2008

English

7.2

♡ 125

79%

74%

Action

based on a true story

Roger Donaldson Director

Michael Jibson as Eddie Burton

James Faulkner as Guy Singer

Stephen Campbell Moore as Kevin Swain

Jason Statham as Terry Leather

Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime.

Seeking Justice

♡ 56

Roger Donaldson Director

Mike Pniewski as Gibbs

Guy Pearce as Simon

Jennifer Carpenter as Trudy

Nicolas Cage as Will Gerard

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

The November Man

2014

English

6.3

♡ 91

36%

based on novel or book

central intelligence agency (cia)

Roger Donaldson Director

Amila Terzimehic as Alexa

Olga Kurylenko as Alice

Pierce Brosnan as Devereaux

Will Patton as Perry Weinstein

An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

Cadillac Man

1990

English

5.7

♡ 26

62%

Roger Donaldson Director

Annabella Sciorra as Donna

Robin Williams as Joey O'Brien

Lori Petty as Lila

Pamela Reed as Tina

Joe's a car salesman with a problem—he has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two-timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife.

No Way Out

1987

English

7.1

♡ 52

92%

Roger Donaldson Director

Marshall Bell as Contra #1

Leon Russom as Kevin O'Brien

Brad Pitt as Party Guest

Kevin Costner as Tom Farrell

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

Thirteen Days

2000

English

7.3

♡ 29

83%

Roger Donaldson Director

John F. Kennedy as Himself

Bruce Greenwood as John F. Kennedy

Kevin Costner as Kenny O'Donnell

John Aylward as Orville Dryfoos

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

Cocktail

1988

English

5.9

♡ 63

9%

Roger Donaldson Director

Tom Cruise as Brian Flanagan

Gina Gershon as Coral

Harvey J. Alperin as Job Interviewer

Elisabeth Shue as Jordan Mooney

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

The World's Fastest Indian

2005

English

7.8

♡ 34

83%

Roger Donaldson Director

Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro

Carlos Lacamara as Cabbie

Paul Rodriguez as Fernando

Walton Goggins as Marty

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

The Recruit

2003

English

6.6

♡ 68

43%

58%

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Roger Donaldson Director Ron Lea

Ron Lea as Bill Rudolph, Dell Rep

Colin Farrell as James Douglas Clayton

Merwin Mondesir as Stan

Al Pacino as Walter Burke

A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.

Dante's Peak

1997

English

6.1

♡ 78

28%

Roger Donaldson Director

Pierce Brosnan as Harry Dalton

Peter Jason as Norman Gates

Christopher Murray as Pilot

Linda Hamilton as Rachel Wando

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

Species

1995

English

5.9

♡ 126

42%

Roger Donaldson Director

Frank Welker as Alien Sil

Alfred Molina as Dr. Stephen Arden

Natasha Henstridge as Sil

Ben Kingsley as Xavier Fitch

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

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