List of the best Bruce Beresford movies: Breaker Morant(1980), Tender Mercies(1983), Mao's Last Dancer(2009), Driving Miss Daisy(1989), Evelyn(2002), Paradise Road(1997), Ladies in Black(2018), Crimes of the Heart(1986), Mister Johnson(1990), The Getting of Wisdom(1977), Puberty Blues(1981), Her Alibi(1989) ... ...
7.8/10
Drama, War, History
Australia
1980
107 Minutes
Director
Edward Woodward Jack Thompson Bryan Brown John Waters Rod Mullinar Lewis Fitz-Gerald Charles "Bud" Tingwell Vincent Ball Frank Wilson Terence Donovan Russell Kiefel
military officer lord soldier enemy prisoner of war somber south africa court battlefield military base horrors of war war murder court battles injustice sacrifice fall 1900s
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1983
90 Minutes
Director
Robert Duvall Tess Harper Betty Buckley Wilford Brimley Ellen Barkin Allan Hubbard Lenny Von Dohlen Paul Gleason Michael Crabtree Norman Bennett Rick Murray
singer innkeeper son daughter reporter ex-wife engaging uplifting touching texas motel small town redemption alcoholism fame family love country music wretched excess metamorphosis
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
Australia
2009
117 Minutes
Director
Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Joan Chen Chi Cao Amanda Schull Wang Shuangbao Camilla Vergotis Zhang Su Guo Chengwu Huang Wenbin Steven Heathcote
dancer peasant boy thrilling ballet star time life government transformation
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
7.3/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1989
99 Minutes
Director
Morgan Freeman Jessica Tandy Dan Aykroyd Patti LuPone Esther Rolle Crystal Fox Joann Havrilla William Hall Jr.
elderly person driver widow son jewish woman daughter-in-law charming endearing heartwarming touching amusing car household georgia american south party rally friendship racism aging
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
7.0/10
Drama
USA|Germany|Ireland|UK|Netherlands
2002
93 Minutes
Director
Pierce Brosnan Aidan Quinn Julianna Margulies Stephen Rea Sophie Vavasseur Alan Bates Niall Beagan Hugh MacDonagh Claire Mullan
daughter father son lawyer judge emotional ireland family home courtroom child custody abandonment divorce alcoholism quest 1950s
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. Unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages. Employed again, Desmond tries to get his kids back.
6.8/10
Drama
Australia|USA
1997
115 Minutes
Director
Glenn Close Pauline Collins Cate Blanchett Frances McDormand Julianna Margulies Jennifer Ehle Elizabeth Spriggs Tessa Humphries Susie Porter Sab Shimono
dowager prison guard doctor musician socialite nurse chilling heartwarming pow camp singapore prisoners of war prison life singing world war ii violence prostitution escape rise 1940s
A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2018
109 Minutes
Director
Julia Ormond Rachael Taylor Angourie Rice Vincent Perez Ryan Corr Nicholas Hammond Noni Hazlehurst Luke Pegler Alison McGirr Shane Jacobson Deborah Kennedy
schoolgirl store clerk woman father mother european woman amusing charming confident cool engaging inspiring department store sydney australia work retail sales education conflict of interest gender roles
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Director
Diane Keaton Jessica Lange Sissy Spacek Sam Shepard Tess Harper David Carpenter Hurd Hatfield Beeson Carroll Jean Willard Tom Mason Gregory Travis
sister mother grandfather singer sibling heartwarming engaging profound deep south household mississippi family dysfunction crime sister relationship relationships suicide love sacrifice 1980s
Three southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1990
101 Minutes
Director
Maynard Eziashi Pierce Brosnan Edward Woodward Beatie Edney Denis Quilley Nick Reding Bella Enahoro Femi Fatoba
accountant administrator shopkeeper nigerian colonist touching somber emotional nigeria government building store road race relations culture clash scam aspirations murder colonialism quest discovery
In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.
6.4/10
Drama
Australia
1977
100 Minutes
Director
Julia Blake Dorothy Bradley Kay Eklund Max Fairchild Jan Friedl Diana Greentree Maggie Kirkpatrick Monica Maughan Candy Raymond Terence Donovan Kerry Armstrong
Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1981
87 Minutes
Director
Nell Schofield Jad Capelja Geoff Rhoe Tony Hughes Sandy Paul Leander Brett Jay Hackett Alan Cassell
The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.
5.8/10
Romance
USA
1989
94 Minutes
Director
Tom Selleck Paulina Porizkova William Daniels James Farentino Hurd Hatfield Ronald Guttman Victor Argo Patrick Wayne Tess Harper Barbara Caruso
novelist district attorney murder suspect mother father spy amusing dark madcap endearing connecticut hospital country house courtroom writer's block dangerous romance murder case suspicion deception espionage
Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?
5.8/10
Musical
UK
1987
91 Minutes
Director
Franc Roddam Charles Sturridge Derek Jarman John Hurt Julien Temple Theresa Russell
maid bodybuilder lover husband wife king creative dreamy moving offbeat paris opera house gym las vegas hotel california opera seduction suicide affair
Ten short films by ten different directors with nearly no speech but set to arias by different composers.
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Director
Sharon Stone Rob Morrow Randy Quaid Peter Gallagher Jack Thompson Jayne Brook Pamala Tyson Skeet Ulrich Don Harvey Diane Sellers Ken Jenkins
lawyer criminal politician boss suspenseful melodramatic tense prison courtroom office murder case court battles capital punishment race against time investigation unlikely friendship rescue quest transformation 1990s
A lawyer assigned to the clemency case of a woman on death row finds himself forming a deep friendship with her while he tries to prevent her impending execution.
5.7/10
Biography, Drama
UK|Germany|Austria
2001
99 Minutes
Director
Sarah Wynter Jonathan Pryce Vincent Perez Simon Verhoeven Gregor Seberg Dagmar Schwarz Wolfgang Hubsch August Schmolzer Johannes Silberschneider Franziska Becker Renée Fleming
musician composer socialite lover painter wife passionate engaging melodramatic vienna spa concert hall ballroom romance music family infidelity sexual conquests alma mahler forbidden love
This movie is a biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
5.7/10
Comedy
Australia
1972
117 Minutes
Director
Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Paul Bertram Dennis Price Spike Milligan Peter Cook
Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
5.4/10
Comedy
Australia
1975
93 Minutes
Director
Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Donald Pleasence
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that ... See full summary »
5.3/10
Drama, History
UK|USA
1985
114 Minutes
Director
Richard Gere Edward Woodward Alice Krige Denis Quilley Niall Buggy Cherie Lunghi Hurd Hatfield Jack Klaff
The Biblical story of Israel's greatest King.
4.7/10
Drama
Australia
1999
281 Minutes
Director
Lucy Bell Paul Mercurio Mitch Mathews Penne Hackforth-Jones Arthur Dignam
Virginia, a young and adventurous woman, travels from England to Sydney, Australia, in search of her Australian ancestors.
Drama
2017
120 Minutes
Director
Queen Latifah Marin Ireland Betsy Brandt Rob Morrow Lyndie Greenwood Jill Scott Dylan Taylor Emma Campbell Brian Hamman
Drama
2003
110 Minutes
Director
Antonio Banderas Eion Bailey Michael McKean Colm Feore Matt Day Damián Alcázar Kyle Chandler Alexa Davalos Alan Arkin Jim Broadbent
revolutionary producer d.w. griffith executive engaging gritty mexico battlefield countryside mexican revolution battle filmmaking unlikely allies pancho villa quest pursuit 1910s
To finance his forces, the Mexican revolutionary leader (Antonio Banderas) sells the movie rights to his battles to filmmaker D.W. Griffith.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1979
91 Minutes
Director
Terence Donovan Tony Bonner Bryan Brown Ed Devereaux Charles "Bud" Tingwell Candy Raymond Jeanie Drynan Alan Cassell Gary Files Ray Marshall Hu Pryce
security guard robber crime boss businessman criminal brutal confident gripping gritty intense suspenseful thrilling australia heist organized crime police corruption quest 1970s
Several master thieves join forces to crack open and rob the most carefully guarded and impenetrable safe in Australia.
Drama
1986
97 Minutes
Director
Kristina Nehm Justine Saunders Bob Maza Kylie Belling Denis Walker Ernie Dingo
aborigine boyfriend mother emotional gutsy moving powerful australia suburbia suburban life unwanted pregnancy culture clash race relations quest discovery 1980s
The plight of Australia's Aborigines as seen through the experiences of a teen seeking escape from her shantytown.
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