List of the best Peter Donat movies: Massive Retaliation(1984), Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains(1982), The Deep End(2001), The Bay Boy(1984), A Different Story(1978), Billy Jack Goes to Washington(1977), The Babe(1992), Seduced and Betrayed(1995), Highpoint(1980), The China Syndrome(1979), Russian Roulette(1975), Mazes and Monsters(1982) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1984
90 Minutes
Lee Briscoe
Peter Donat Tom Bower Karlene Crockett
Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the stress to come while the children are ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1982
87 Minutes
Harley Dennis
Diane Lane Ray Winstone Peter Donat David Clennon John Lehne Cynthia Sikes Laura Dern Fee Waybill Christine Lahti
teenager singer punk rocker mother manager unrestrained gutsy small town stage backstage bus troubled youth rebellion music industry rock 'n' roll young love rise fall underdog transformation
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. So far that she gets them (she and two cousins) on a tour with a washed-out glam-rock ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2001
99 Minutes
Jack Hall
Tilda Swinton David Siegel Goran Visnjic Jonathan Tucker Peter Donat Josh Lucas Raymond J. Barry Tamara Hope Jordan Dorrance Georgeann Johnson Holmes Osborne
mother son lover husband deputy tense suspenseful intricate lake california family home blackmail cover-up maternal instinct homosexuality family discovery sacrifice mystery 1990s
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Drama
Canada|France
1984
104 Minutes
Will Campbell
Liv Ullmann Kiefer Sutherland Alan Scarfe Peter Donat Mathieu Carrière Isabelle Mejias Chris Wiggins Leah Pinsent
police officer sister son mother brother father dark touching tense emotional nova scotia canada town bay church young love religion family witnessing murder difficult decision
A teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.
Drama
USA
1978
104 Minutes
Sills
Perry King Meg Foster Valerie Curtin Peter Donat Richard Bull Barbara Collentine
A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.
Drama
USA
1977
155 Minutes
Ralph Butler
Tom Laughlin Delores Taylor Lucie Arnaz Peter Donat Sam Wanamaker Dick Gautier
After a Senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining Senator and the state Governor must decide on a person who will ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1992
115 Minutes
Harry Frazee
John Goodman Kelly McGillis Trini Alvarado Bruce Boxleitner Peter Donat James Cromwell J.C. Quinn Joe Ragno Bernard Kates Michael McGrady Andy Voils
baseball player wife teacher team owner teammate lou gehrig fascinating rousing unrestrained baltimore boston new york city yankee stadium babe ruth baseball troubled childhood bad behavior fame rise fall
Babe Ruth becomes a baseball legend but is unheroic to those who know him.
Mystery & Thriller
1995
97 Minutes
Judge Van Owen
Susan Lucci David Charvet Gabrielle Carteris Zach Glicksman Peter Donat Mary Ellen Trainor John Verea Lillie Richardson Ken Kolb Sanford Gibbons Marissa Hall
Revenge drives a widow (Susan Lucci) rejected by a carpenter (David Charvet) with a wife and young son.
Comedy, Drama
1980
88 Minutes
Maronzella
Richard Harris Christopher Plummer Beverly D'Angelo Kate Reid Peter Donat Saul Rubinek
An out-of-work accountant (Richard Harris) becomes bodyguard for the sister (Beverly D'Angelo) and mother of an industrialist (Christopher Plummer) on the run.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1979
122 Minutes
Don Jacovich
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1975
93 Minutes
McDermott
George Segal Tina Herazo Bo Brundin Denholm Elliott Gordon Jackson Peter Donat Richard Romanus Val Avery Nigel Stock Louise Fletcher Jacques Sandulescu
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When his prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assasination scheme.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
100 Minutes
Harold
Tom Hanks Wendy Crewson Chris Makepeace David Wallace Lloyd Bochner Peter Donat Anne Francis Murray Hamilton Vera Miles Louise Sorel Susan Strasberg
A college student (Tom Hanks) begins to live the role he plays with three friends in a medieval fantasy game.
Comedy
USA
1989
116 Minutes
Jason Larrabee
Michael Douglas Kathleen Turner Danny DeVito Marianne Sagebrecht Sean Astin Heather Fairfield G.D. Spradlin Peter Donat Trenton Teigen Bethany McKinney
husband wife lawyer son daughter brash amusing dark hysterical madcap house massachusetts auction house law firm divorce marriage marital problems family feud greed rivalry
A married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Drama
USA
1978
145 Minutes
Arthur St. Clair
Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman Tony Lo Bianco Kevin Conway Cassie Yates Peter Donat Henry Wilcoxon John Lehne
union boss blue-collar worker mobster senator intense brooding cleveland warehouse labor union organized crime aspirations justice underdog rise rivalry fall 1930s
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Mystery & Thriller
2003
96 Minutes
Angela Lansbury Fionnula Flanagan Cyril O'Reilly Lynn Wanlass Timothy V. Murphy Joe Michael Burke Andrew Connolly Geraldine Hughes Helena Carroll Sean Lawlor W. Morgan Sheppard
investigator suspenseful spirited rousing intricate gripping fascinating engaging ireland murder treasure teamwork family relationships mystery pursuit 2000s
While Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) is in Ireland for the reading of a will, someone starts murdering the heirs.