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  • The Horse Whisperer
  • The Horse Whisperer review by Alfod from West Midlands
    Rated - 4 stars Wholly satisfying, well-rounded movie experience 14 July 2004
    ...Random Hearts with Harrison Ford. Here she's Redford's leading lady, married to Sam Neill, mother to Scarlett Johansson who is left physically and emotionally crippled a...  
  • Merlin
  • Merlin review by from GRAMPIAN
    Rated - 5 stars Excellent telling of the Arthurian legend 4 October 2005
    ...d "magic" effects are truly breathtaking. As for the characters, I feel that Sam Neill has done justice to Merlin rather than portray him as mythical or ficticious, h...  
  • The Piano
  • The Piano review by from Dorset
    Rated - 5 stars Elegant Masterpiece 15 March 2005
    ... piano is left on the beach. She is not at all enamoured with her new husband (Sam Neill) and refuses to get emotionally involved with him. A Maori man (Harvey Keite...  

Sam Neill - filmography


  • Daybreakers (2010)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Willem Dafoe,  Sam Neill
    Director: Michael Spierig,  Peter Spierig
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7 members
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  • Dean Spanley on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Northam,  Sam Neill,  Bryan Brown
    Director: Toa Fraser
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,727 members
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  • Skin on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sophie Okonedo,  Sam Neill,  Alice Krige
    Director: Anthony Fabian
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A dark-skinned girl born to white South African parent attempts to explore her identity in the era of apartheid as her government, her parents, and society as a whole struggle with what it means to the black child of Caucasian descent in a nation deeply divided by race. The year is 1955. Sandra ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 153 members
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  • Yes on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Simon Abkarian,  Sam Neill
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,074 members
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  • Wimbledon on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Kirsten Dunst,  Paul Bettany,  Sam Neill
    Director: Richard Loncraine
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Richard Loncraine's 'Wimbledon' is a lighthearted romantic comedy set in the high-pressure world of professional tennis. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is a 31-year-old Englishman who was once ranked 11th in the world, but has now dropped to a pathetic 119th. Realising that his days are numbered, Peter ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 56,168 members
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  • Perfect Strangers on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Rachael Blake,  Joel Tobeck
    Director: Gaylene Preston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    PERFECT STRANGERS is a striking feature from New Zealand director Gaylene Preston (BREAD & ROSES, WAR STORIES). One night, bored thirty-something Melanie goes out drinking with her friends. After getting sufficiently intoxicated, she goes home with a charming man (Sam Neill). When she wakes up, she'..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 1,379 member
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  • Doctor Zhivago (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Chris Marshall,  Hans Matheson
    Director: Giacomo Campiotti
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young married man Yury Zhivago falls in love with a Lara. Meanwhile Lara attempts to escape from her lover Komarovsky.This television mini-series, based on Boris Pasternak's romantic novel, set amid the atrocious, bloody events of the Russian Revolution, stars Hans Matheson as Yury Zhivago and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 948 members
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  • Dirty Deeds on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Bryan Brown,  John Goodman,  Toni Collette
    Director: David Caesar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    DIRTY DEEDS is an Aussie gangster flick set against the booming casino underworld of late 1960s Sydney. Bryan Brown (COCKTAIL, THE THORN BIRDS) stars as Barry Ryan, an Australian mobster who controls the city's gambling scene and is making a killing from the casino slot machines. His profitable ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,049 member
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  • Jurassic Park 3 on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Tea Leoni,  William H. Macy
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) has sworn never to return to Jurassic Park. But he needs funding for his research, so when a wealthy thrill-seeking couple (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) come calling, Grant and his protegee, Billy (Alessandro Nivola), agree to take them on a sightseeing ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 15,386 members
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  • Space on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This awe-inspiring six-part TV series, hosted by actor Sam Neill, explores the universe using state-of-the-art computer graphics. The programme poses big questions while it reveals fascinating glimpses of outer space. The release includes "Star Stuff," "Staying Alive," "Black Holes," "Are We Alone
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,221 member
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  • Framed on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Rob Lowe,  Peter MacNeill
    Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    New York detective Mike Santini (Rob Lowe) is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers (Sam Neill) a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile money-laundering case. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers, prompting the wiley criminal to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 279 members
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  • The Dish on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Kevin Harrington,  Tom Long
    Director: Rob Sitch
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In July 1969, the eyes of the world were on the Apollo 11 moon landing--but the world would have watched blank television screens if not for the hard work of a group of Australians manning the Parkes Radio Telescope, one of the largest dishes in the world. In THE DISH, a dramatization of the events ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,548 members
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  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Geoffrey Rush,  Sam Neill
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 20 members
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  • Bicentennial Man on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Sam Neill,  Embeth Davidtz
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Andrew Martin (Williams) is a household android whose intended function is thrown for a loop when he begins to feel genuine human emotions. Over the next two centuries the resulting dealings with his adopted family and new acquaintances provide the film with ample opportunities to raise important ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,384 members
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  • Merlin on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Helena Bonham-Carter,  John Gielgud
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This ambitious, all-star miniseries treatment of the Round Table legends is narrated from the perspective of the sorcerer Merlin (Sam Neill), who must choose between loyalty to the court and his love for beautiful Nimue (Isabella Rossellini). Solid acting and spectacular special effects combine to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,877 member
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  • Event Horizon on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Laurence Fishburne,  Kathleen Quinlan
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    In this eerie science-fiction ghost story, an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), haunted by the memory of his wife's suicide, joins a rescue mission to salvage his life's work: the Event Horizon, a prototype spacecraft capable of faster-than-light travel that has been missing for seven years. Their ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 13,679 members
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  • In Cold Blood (1996)
    Starring: Anthony Edwards,  Eric Roberts,  Sam Neill
    Director: Jonathan Kaplan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Stylish mini-series based on Truman Capote's haunting non-fiction novel. Two aimless drifters, Perry Smith (Eric Roberts) and Dick Hickock (Anthony Edwards), target the home of Kansas businessman Herbert Clutter. After breaking into the house, they find no money, and, infrustration, brutally kill ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 6 members
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  • Children of the Revolution (1996)
    Starring: Judy Davis,  Sam Neill
    Director: Peter Duncan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A blindly idealistic Australian Communist believes so fervently in the Revolution that she writes weekly love letters to Joseph Stalin, conceives his child (or so she believes), and raises a son in the tradition of iron-fisted tyranny. A scathing, idiosyncratic satire of ideological zealotry in ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 12 members
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  • The Jungle Book on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Jason Scott Lee,  Sam Neill,  Lena Headey
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilisation" of Colonial India which he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 826 members
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  • Sirens on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Hugh Grant,  Elle Macpherson
    Director: John Duigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a young English minister (Hugh Grant) takes an Australian parish, his first assignment is to dissuade a local painter (Sam Neill) from showing a provocative painting. He and his wife (Tara Fitzgerald) visit the artist's home only to be smitten by three ravishing models posing, ironically, as ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,446 member
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  • Jurassic Park on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Sam Neill,  Bob Peck
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Steven Spielberg directed this blockbuster thriller based on the popular book by Michael Crichton. Millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his entrepreneurial endeavor--an amusement park with DNA-cloned live ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 40,365 members
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  • The Piano on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Harvey Keitel,  Sam Neill
    Director: Jane Campion
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This controversially erotic film from New Zealand established screenwriter-director Jane Campion as a universally recognized talent. Holly Hunter stars as Ada, a mute 19th-century woman sent to New Zealand in an arranged marriage with a patriarchal landowner (Sam Neill). She brings along her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,189 members
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  • Memoirs Of An Invisible Man on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Daryl Hannah,  Sam Neill
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Chevy Chase stars as Nick Holloway in John Carpenter's comedy as a man who seems to have everything but then ends up with the unwanted bonus of being invisible. The CIA are after Nick (who wouldn't want an invisible agent), but all he wants to do is settle down with Alice (played by Darryl Hannah) ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 928 members
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  • Hostage on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  James Fox,  Talisa Soto
    Director: Robert Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    John Rennie, a special forces agent is sent to recover an abducted defence analyst from Argentina. Arranging the kidnapping of the chief suspect's children and executing the terrorists should have seen the job finished. But instead John has questions he would like the answers to and strangely his ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 292 members
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  • The Hunt For Red October on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Alec Baldwin,  Sam Neill
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It is the pre-Glasnost era, and the captain of a Soviet sub intends to betray his brutal government and defect, but as the deadly Red October approaches the eastern seaboard of the United States, only special agent Jack Ryan might be able to head off a nuclear confrontation. Based on Tom Clancy's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10,116 members
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  • Dead Calm on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Nicole Kidman,  Billy Zane
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Returning from duty with the Australian navy, John Ingram (Sam Neill) is surprised to be met by two policemen, who inform him of a car accident that has left his son dead and his wife, Rae (Nicole Kidman), injured. The grieving couple seeks refuge on their yacht, the Saracen. Out on the boat, the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,627 members
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  • A Cry In The Dark on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Sam Neill,  Nick Tate
    Director: Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 961 members
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  • The Good Wife on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Rachel Ward,  Bryan Brown,  Sam Neill
    Director: Ken Cameron
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Starved for affection from her unromantic husband, Marge's long denied sexuality is unleashed by a charming but coldhearted womaniser who arrives in town to run the hotel bar. Set in 1939 in a small New South Wales timber town.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 37 members
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  • Reilly - Ace Of Spies - Gambit on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Director: Martin Campbell,  Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "Gambit" and "Endgame."
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 160 members
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  • Reilly - Ace Of Spies - After Moscow on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Director: Martin Campbell,  Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "After Moscow" and "The Trust."
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 169 members
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  • Reilly - Ace of Spies - The Last Journey on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Director: Martin Campbell,  Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV mini-series as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "The Last Journey" and "Shutdown."
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 181 members
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  • Reilly - Ace Of Spies - The Visiting Fireman on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Sam Neill
    Director: Martin Campbell,  Jim Goddard,  Jim Goddard
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sam Neill stars in this 1983 TV miniseries as Sidney Reilly, an enigmatic spy operating in Europe and Asia. The character is based on a real person, who was the primary inspiration behind the creation of James Bond. This collection presents two more episodes: "The Visiting Fireman" and "Anna."
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 156 members
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  • My Brilliant Career (1979)
    Starring: Judy Davis,  Sam Neill,  Wendy Hughes
    Director: Gillian Armstrong
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The oldest child of a poor Australian ranch family has aspirations of artistic greatness. However, she finds that she must choose between her dream and her less-than-perfect love affair. Based on the autobiographical novel by Miles Franklin. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 351 members
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  • The Triangle (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Michael Rodgers,  Eric Stoltz
    Director: Craig R. Baxley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Billionaire shipping magnate Eric Benirall (Sam Neill) keeps losing ships in the Bermuda Triangle, so he hires a motley band of experts to uncover the mystery that has haunted the Bermuda Triangle for centuries. The team includes Howard Thomas (Eric Stoltz), a tabloid reporter and cynic who only ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 7,970 members
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  • Scully (2 discs)
    Starring: Andrew Schofield,  Ray Kingsley,  Sam Neill
    Director: Les Chatfield
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. BBC comedy series from 1984 about a 15 year old boy and his dreams to play for his beloved Liverpool F.C. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale from the two novels 'Scully (1975) and 'Who's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 78 members
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Sam Neill - watch online


  • Event Horizon to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: Laurence Fishburne,  Sam Neill,  Kathleen Quinlan
    Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 95 minutes
    Its name: EVENT HORIZON. The high-tech, pioneering research spacecraft mysteriously vanished, without a trace, on its maiden voyage seven years earlier. But a weak, persistent signal form the long-missing craft prompts a rescue team, headed by the intrepid Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne, THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 113 members
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Sam Neill facts

5 most recent films

Daybreakers - 3.5 stars
Dean Spanley - 3.0 stars
Skin - 3.5 stars
Iron Road - 3.5 stars
Tudors, The - Series 1 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Tudors, The - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Tudors, The - Series 1 - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Hunt For Red October - 3.5 stars
Space - 3.5 stars
Jurassic Park - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Good Wife - 2.5 stars
Sweet Revenge - 2.5 stars
Children of the Revolution - 2.5 stars
The Magic Pudding - 2.5 stars
Piano, The - Bonus Materials - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Natalie Dormer - 8 times - show films
Gabrielle Anwar - 8 times - show films
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - 8 times - show films
Laurence Fishburne - 5 times - show films
Joely Richardson - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Hirst - 8 times - show films
Martin Campbell - 6 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 6 times - show films
Jim Goddard - 6 times - show films
Paul W.S. Anderson - 5 times - show films