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John Hillcoat


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John Hillcoat - what members say


  • The Road
  • The Road review by acatris from Caerphilly
    Rated - 0.0 stars Highly anticipated but sadly disappointing. 11 January 2010
    ...John Hillcoat's vision of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' is a very tactile experience. The definition of sight and sound seem to morph into taste and touch as you feel the cru...   Read customer review
  • Lawless
  • Lawless review by Seaghost from
    Rated - 4.5 stars Backwoods gangsters, some violence, great soundtrack 1 April 2013
    ...time and place (1920s backwoods Virginia) are so beautifully evoked by director John Hillcoat I could practically smell the Moonshine. The performances are great too, with T...   Read customer review

John Hillcoat - filmography


  • Lawless on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Tom Hardy,  Shia LaBeouf
    Director: John Hillcoat,  John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set in 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard, is loyal but reckless and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 10,527 members
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  • Lawless - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Tom Hardy,  Shia LaBeouf
    Director: John Hillcoat,  John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set in 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard, is loyal but reckless and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,191 members
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  • The Road on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Viggo Mortensen,  Kodi Smit-McPhee,  Charlize Theron
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Post apocalyptic tale based on the bestselling novel by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men). A father and son travel on foot through a devastated American landscape, battling both starvation and cannibals.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 45,847 members
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  • The Proposition - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Tom Budge,  Emily Watson,  Ray Winstone
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    John Hillcoat directs this violent western set in the Australian outback, from an original screenplay by musician Nick Cave. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is presented with an impossible choice by ruthless lawman Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone). To save his younger brother from the gallows, he must ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,853 member
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  • The Proposition on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Guy Pearce,  Tom Budge,  Emily Watson
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In the hostile and unforgiving Australian Outback of the 1880's, men live and die by the gun and justice comes at the end of a hangman's rope. Struggling to bring the order to the territory, a ruthless English police captain (Ray Winstone) hunts down the Burns gang - the brothers wanted for a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 16,753 members
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  • To Have And To Hold on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tcheky Karyo,  Rachel Griffiths,  Steve Jacobs
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Australian romantic author Kate (Rachel Griffiths) believes her own lovelife has taken a fairytale turn when she meets the rugged Jack (Tcheky Karyo), who has left his Papua New Guinea home to visit the mainland. Returning to his remote island retreat, Kate begins to suspect Jack is not the man of ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 97 members
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  • Ghosts...of the Civil Dead (1988)
    Starring: Dave Field,  Mike Bishop,  Chris De Rose
    Director: John Hillcoat
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Hillcoat makes a remarkable début with this brutal depiction of prison life. The technology appears futuristic, but the New Generation prison under scrutiny is very much a contemporary phenomenon based on the production team's research. The film unfolds in flashback, detailing the violent incidents ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 14 members
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John Hillcoat facts

5 most recent films

Lawless - 3.5 stars
Lawless - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Road - 3.0 stars
The Road - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Proposition - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lawless - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Lawless - 3.5 stars
The Road - 3.0 stars
The Proposition - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Proposition - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ghosts...of the Civil Dead - 4.0 stars
To Have And To Hold - 2.0 stars
The Road - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Proposition - 3.0 stars
The Proposition - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Guy Pearce - 8 times - show films
Tom Budge - 3 times - show films
Robert Duvall - 3 times - show films
Danny Huston - 3 times - show films
Garret Dillahunt - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Hillcoat - 2 times - show films