List of the best Peter Weir movies: Dead Poets Society(1989), The Truman Show(1998), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003), Gallipoli(1981), The Way Back(2010), The Last Wave(1978), Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975) ... ...
Drama
USA
1989
128 Minutes
Director
Robin Williams Robert Sean Leonard Ethan Hawke Josh Charles Gale Hansen Dylan Kussman Allelon Ruggiero James Waterston Norman Lloyd Kurtwood Smith Carla Belver
teacher student headmaster father best friend girlfriend cheery emotional inspiring moving sad school cave dorm classroom education friendship male bonding rebellion empowerment
Maverick teacher John Keating uses poetry to embolden his boarding school students to new heights of self-expression.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
102 Minutes
Director
Jim Carrey Laura Linney Noah Emmerich Natascha McElhone Holland Taylor Ed Harris Brian Delate Una Damon Paul Giamatti Philip Baker Hall Peter Krause
good guy producer actress ex-girlfriend uplifting endearing quirky alternate reality florida small town television studio manipulation media deception television discovery transformation underdog 1980s
An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.
War, Adventure, Drama
USA
2003
139 Minutes
Director
Russell Crowe Paul Bettany Billy Boyd James D'Arcy Lee Ingleby George Innes Mark Lewis Jones Chris Larkin Richard McCabe Robert Pugh David Threlfall
captain surgeon sailor confident spirited tense ship h.m.s. surprise ocean galapagos islands dangerous assignment napoleonic wars naval warfare friendship pursuit quest underdog 1800s
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Drama
Australia
1981
110 Minutes
Director
Mark Lee Mel Gibson Bill Kerr Ron Graham Harold Hopkins Charles Yunupingu Heath Harris Gerda Nicolson Robert Grubb Tim McKenzie David Argue
teenager soldier messenger gory gripping gutsy australia battlefield turkey egypt world war i friendship duty adventure growing up sacrifice 1910s
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates|Poland|India
2010
133 Minutes
Director
Jim Sturgess Ed Harris Colin Farrell Saoirse Ronan Mark Strong Gustaf SkarsgÄrd Alexandru Potocean Sebastian Urzendowsky Stanislav Pishtalov Zachary Baharov
spy wife soldier prisoner emotional engaging siberia himalayas prison camp military war courage disillusionment journey escape quest 1930s
Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
Mystery & Thriller
Australia
1978
105 Minutes
Director
Richard Chamberlain Olivia Hamnett David Gulpilil Frederick Parslow Vivean Gray Nanjiwarra Amagula Roy Bara Cedrick Lalara Morris Lalara Peter Carroll Athol Compton
lawyer defendant aborigine medical examiner judge bleak disturbing sydney office outback courtroom underground apocalypse murder dreams weather prophecy self-discovery mystery transformation
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1975
110 Minutes
Director
Rachel Roberts Dominic Guard Helen Morse Jacki Weaver Vivean Gray Kirsty Child Anne Louise Lambert Tony Llewellyn-Jones
student young girl young boy headmistress teacher police officer eerie emotional australia boarding school field rock formation town school young love landmark disappearance loss mystery mystery
In turn-of-the-century Australia, three young schoolgirls wander away from a school picnic and become lost in the bush.