Search results for "Bruce Beresford"
Ladies in Black (2018)

Ladies in Black (2018)

Ladies in Black (2018)
IMDb: N/A
109

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…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Flint (2017)

Flint (2017)

Flint (2017)
IMDb: N/A
96

A woman deals with the toxic water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and the effect it has on her family.

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Mr. Church (2016)

Mr. Church (2016)

Mr. Church (2016)
IMDb: 7.6
104 min

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook – Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead…

Genre: Drama
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
IMDb: N/A
96

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
IMDb: N/A
117

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Contract (2006)

The Contract (2006)

The Contract (2006)
IMDb: N/A
96

Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
IMDb: N/A
112

In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa (Antonio Banderas) invites studios to shoot his actual battles against PorfĂ­rio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual…

Evelyn (2002)

Evelyn (2002)

Evelyn (2002)
IMDb: N/A
92

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care…

Genre: Drama
Double Jeopardy (1999)

Double Jeopardy (1999)

Double Jeopardy (1999)
IMDb: N/A
105

A woman framed for her husband’s murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can’t be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills…

Paradise Road (1997)

Paradise Road (1997)

Paradise Road (1997)
IMDb: N/A
122

Paradise Road is a 1997 film which tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned in Sumatra during World War II. It…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Last Dance (1996)

Last Dance (1996)

Last Dance (1996)
IMDb: N/A
103

Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Silent Fall (1994)

Silent Fall (1994)

Silent Fall (1994)
IMDb: N/A
101

An autistic boy witnesses his parents’ double murder. Richard Dreyfuss as a controversial therapist, seeks to probe the child’s mind in order to solve the case.

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

A Good Man in Africa (1994)

A Good Man in Africa (1994)
IMDb: N/A
94

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rich in Love (1992)

Rich in Love (1992)

Rich in Love (1992)
IMDb: N/A
105

The legendary Albert Finney heads an all-star cast (Jill Clayburgh, Kyle MacLachlan and Ethan Hawke) in this heartwarming drama of a retired man whose family blossoms after his wife leaves…

Genre: Drama
Black Robe (1991)

Black Robe (1991)

Black Robe (1991)
IMDb: N/A
101

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict…

Mister Johnson (1990)

Mister Johnson (1990)

Mister Johnson (1990)
IMDb: N/A
97

In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity — an educated black man who doesn’t really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the…

Genre: Drama
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
IMDb: N/A
99

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong…

Genre: Drama
Her Alibi (1989)

Her Alibi (1989)

Her Alibi (1989)
IMDb: N/A
94

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers’ block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Aria (1987)

Aria (1987)

Aria (1987)
IMDb: N/A
90

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner),…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Crimes of the Heart (1986)

Crimes of the Heart (1986)

Crimes of the Heart (1986)
IMDb: N/A
105

Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and…

Genre: Drama, Family
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)

The Fringe Dwellers (1986)

The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
IMDb: N/A
98

The story of an Aboriginal family’s attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their…

Genre: Drama
King David (1985)

King David (1985)

King David (1985)
IMDb: N/A
114

This is a movie about the life of Israel’s king David.

Tender Mercies (1983)

Tender Mercies (1983)

Tender Mercies (1983)
IMDb: N/A
92

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Puberty Blues (1981)

Puberty Blues (1981)

Puberty Blues (1981)
IMDb: N/A
87

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney. Meet Sue, an Australian teenager in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Club (1980)

The Club (1980)

The Club (1980)
IMDb: N/A
96

Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Breaker Morant (1980)

Breaker Morant (1980)

Breaker Morant (1980)
IMDb: N/A
107

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Money Movers (1978)

Money Movers (1978)

Money Movers (1978)
IMDb: N/A
92

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

The Getting of Wisdom (1977)

The Getting of Wisdom (1977)

The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
IMDb: N/A
101

The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own…

Genre: Drama
Don’s Party (1976)

Don’s Party (1976)

Don’s Party (1976)
IMDb: N/A
90

Don’s Party stars John Hargreaves as Don Henderson, a schoolteacher living with his wife, Kath (Jeanie Drynan), in 1969. Out of boredom, he invites a small group of friends to…

Genre: Comedy
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
IMDb: N/A
93

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…

Genre: Comedy
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
IMDb: N/A
114

Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he…

Genre: Comedy