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1. Species (1995)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Votes: 85,241 | Gross: $60.07M
2. Brooklyn (2015)
PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 150,446 | Gross: $38.32M
3. Cocktail (1988)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes
Votes: 91,825 | Gross: $78.22M
4. Dante's Peak (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Votes: 98,317 | Gross: $67.13M
5. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell
Votes: 58,566 | Gross: $5.13M
6. The Bounty (1984)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
Votes: 30,422 | Gross: $8.60M
7. No Way Out (1987)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
Votes: 45,930 | Gross: $35.51M
8. The Bank Job (2008)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays
Votes: 189,149 | Gross: $30.06M
9. The Getaway (1994)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods
Votes: 19,645 | Gross: $16.10M
10. Thirteen Days (2000)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Shawn Driscoll, Drake Cook
Votes: 62,681 | Gross: $34.59M
11. The November Man (2014)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-C.I.A. 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 C.I.A. officials and the Russian President-elect.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Bill Smitrovich
Votes: 70,543 | Gross: $24.98M
12. The Recruit (2003)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Thriller
A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht
Votes: 142,216 | Gross: $52.80M
13. Good One (2024)
R | 89 min | Drama
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Director: India Donaldson | Stars: Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal, Valentine Black, Diana Irvine
Votes: 65
14. Cadillac Man (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Joey gets 2 days to sell 12 cars to keep his job and keep his girlfriends happy. It gets worse. He's juggling 3 buyers when a guy with a machine gun crashes into the car dealership and takes everybody hostage.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Fran Drescher
Votes: 15,636 | Gross: $27.63M
15. Quartet (2012)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
Director: Dustin Hoffman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay
Votes: 21,201 | Gross: $18.39M
16. Seeking Justice (2011)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 47,987 | Gross: $0.04M
17. White Sands (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 8,880 | Gross: $9.01M
18. Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sam Neill, Nevan Rowe, Ian Mune, Warren Oates
Votes: 1,656
19. McLaren (2017)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The story of Bruce McLaren, the New Zealander who founded the McLaren Motor Racing team. A man who showed the world that a man of humble beginnings could take on the elite of motor racing and win.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Chris Amon, Jim Anderton, Mario Andretti, Colin Beanland
Votes: 2,712
20. Marie (1985)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama
A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 1,025 | Gross: $2.51M
21. Smash Palace (1981)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
After the break-up of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get back his daughter - at any cost.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson-Kirk, Keith Aberdein
Votes: 1,167
22. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
23. Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009–2018)
26 min | Biography
Looks at Hollywood's best or luckiest directors.
Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, William Friedkin, Chris Columbus
Votes: 133
24. The Guinea Pig Club
Drama | Pre-production
Surgeon Archie McIndoe risks his life and career to save injured British pilots during World War II.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Star: Richard E. Grant
25. The Movie Show (1991–2008)
30 min | Talk-Show
For 15 years now, Australia has joined Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton every week to review the latest movies. Margaret and David talk about 4 or 5 movies each week and give us a ... See full summary »
Stars: David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Russell Crowe, Miranda Otto
Votes: 62
26. American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
90 min | Documentary | Completed
A look at Michael Madsen's entire life and film career.
Director: Dominique Milano | Stars: Quentin Tarantino, Mykelti Williamson, Ron Perlman, John Travolta
27. Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Oleg Vidov-one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors-was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West and achieving the American dream.
Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Vladimir Andreyev, Radyk Ayupov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leonid Berdichevskiy
Votes: 35
28. Monday Morning Critic Podcast (2017 Podcast Series)
Talk-Show
Monday Morning Critic podcast was developed by my passion for people whose work has moved me. Guests are hand picked and purposely selected in a format where storytelling is done properly.
Stars: Chukwudi Iwuji, Austin Pendleton, Lennie James, Bernard White
Votes: 18
29. Nhiem
Drama, War | Pre-production
A young student is drafted into the Vietnam War. He joins the Viet Cong and films their operations.
Stars: Laëtitia Eïdo, Sebastian Koch
30. Burt Munro: Offerings to the God of Speed (1971 TV Movie)
28 min | Documentary
Short subject documentary about land speed record holder Burt Munro. Produced for NZBC.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Star: Burt Munro
Votes: 92
31. Icarus Factor
Thriller | Announced
A thriller that brings together three different stories from London, Mumbai, and New York as the Dow Jones nears an all time high.
Director: Roger Donaldson
32. Nutcase (1980)
49 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The City of Auckland is hold ransom for 5 million dollars by Evil Eva and her Cronies. Threatening to drop a nuclear device into the crater of the volcano Rangitoto, thus activating it. ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Melissa Donaldson, Peter Shand, Aaron Donaldson, Jon Gadsby
Votes: 37
33. Greatest Mysteries (2013– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Stars: Don Wildman, Candida R. Moss, Steve Garfanti, Rory Duffy
Votes: 32
34. Lawyers (2010)
7 min | Short
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Larry Bates, Saffron Burrows, Ron Livingston
Votes: 12
35. Jocko (1981–1983)
23 min | Adventure
Stars: Bruce Allpress, Desmond Kelly, Keith Aberdein, Rick Adcock
37. The Bazura Project (2006–2011)
Comedy
The Bazura Project is a comedy show about the history of cinema, written and presented by Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah.
Stars: Shannon Marinko, Lee Zachariah, Paul Anthony Nelson, Dean Cartmel
Votes: 47
39. Survey (1970–1972)
Documentary, Drama
Stars: Michael Heath, Maxwell Fernie, Terry McLean, Michael Dean
40. The Making of 'the Bounty' (1984 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary about the making of the film adaptation of 'Mutiny on the Bounty.'
Director: William Riead | Stars: Roger Donaldson, Edward Fox, Mel Gibson, Bernard Hill
Votes: 67
41. Untitled Roger Donaldson Documentary
Documentary | Pre-production
Stars: Bryan Brown, Roger Donaldson, Mike Medavoy
42. Alta Voltagem (1996–1997)
Action, News
Stars: Rui Unas, Rita Leão, Sónia Marques, Zé Pedro
Votes: 12
43. Derek (1974 TV Movie)
44 min | Comedy
Directors: Roger Donaldson, David Mitchell, Ian Mune | Stars: Ian Mune, Shirley Duke, Ann Webster, Don Hutchins
44. The Pharm
Thriller | Announced
The Pharm is a thriller set in the world of Big Pharma where a public defender is recruited into a mass tort civil action law firm that sends him down the rabbit hole and a dark truth is revealed.
Director: Roger Donaldson
45. Fearless (1999 TV Movie)
93 min | Action, Drama
A Hollywood stuntman leaves the movie business and heads to New Zealand after a tragic accident on a film set results in a co-worker's death.
Director: Charlie Haskell | Stars: Kavan Smith, Dean O'Gorman, Gregory Storm, Kelson Henderson
Votes: 91
46. Winners and Losers (1975–1976)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Ian Mune, Bob Crockett, Ivan Beavis, Bernard Moody
47. E! Behind the Scenes (1996–2007)
Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Wes Craven
Votes: 25
48. The November Man: Brosnan Is Back! (2014 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
It has various cast crew extolling Pierce's virtues.
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Roger Donaldson, Beau St. Clair
49. Mundo VIP (1996–2001)
50 min | News
50 minute weekly show covering show business from Hollywood movies, to Brazilian "novelas" and Portugal's film, theater and music scenes with interviews and reports made all over the world.... See full summary »
Stars: Felipa Garnel, Paulo Pires, Carlos Dias da Silva, Margarida Pinto Correia
Votes: 89
50. South from Bluie West
Adventure, Drama | Announced
'South From blue West' is one of the greatest , TRUE , crash and survival saga's in the history of the American military. Set at the start of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union , ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Donaldson