List of the best Niki Caro movies: Whale Rider(2002), McFarland, USA(2015), North Country(2005), The Zookeeper's Wife(2017), Mulan(2020) ... ...
Kids & Family, Drama
New Zealand|Germany
2002
101 Minutes
Director
Keisha Castle-Hughes Rawiri Paratene Vicky Haughton Cliff Curtis Grant Roa Mana Taumaunu Rachel House Taungaroa Emile Tammy Davis Mabel Wharekawa-Burt Rawinia Clarke
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A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
129 Minutes
Director
Kevin Costner Maria Bello Morgan Saylor Michael Aguero Sergio Avelar Hector Duran Rafael Martinez Martha Higareda Johnny Ortiz Carlos Pratts Ramiro Rodriguez
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Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach, and at his new school he turns seven disappointing students into one of the best cross-country teams in the region.
Drama
USA
2005
126 Minutes
Director
Charlize Theron Frances McDormand Sean Bean Jeremy Renner Michelle Monaghan Woody Harrelson Richard Jenkins Sissy Spacek Rusty Schwimmer Jillian Armenante Thomas Curtis
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A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Biography, Drama, History
Czech Republic|UK|USA
2017
125 Minutes
Director
Jessica Chastain Johan Heldenbergh Michael McElhatton Daniel Brühl Iddo Goldberg Anna Rust Brian Caspe Goran Kostic Shira Haas Efrat Dor
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Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.
Adventure, Action
USA|Canada|Hong Kong
2020
116 Minutes
Director
Liu Yifei Donnie Yen Jason Scott Lee Yoson An Utkarsh Ambudkar Ron Yuan Tzi Ma Rosalind Chao Cheng Pei-Pei Nelson Lee Chum Ehelepola
A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.