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Roger Donaldson

Roger Donaldson


Filmography

Roger Donaldson - filmography


  • Justice on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  January Jones,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    High school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) lives a life of content domesticity with his beautiful wife Laura (January Jones) until one night’s horrific events turns their world upside when Laura is left for dead after being violently attacked. As Laura lays helpless in hospital with Will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,417 members
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  • Justice - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  January Jones,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nicolas Cage stars as a high school teacher who bands with a group of vigilantes in order to avenge a violent crime against his wife in this thriller from director Roger Donaldson. Robert Tannen handles scripting duties, with January Jones, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Carpenter, and LOST's Harold ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,314 member
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  • The Bank Job on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jason Statham,  Saffron Burrows,  Stephen Campbell Moore
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    The Bank Job is a highly-charged heist thriller based upon the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London. Starring Jason Statham as Terry, a car dealer with a dodgy past and Saffron Burrows as Martine, the woman with the plan, The Bank Job interweaves corruption, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 76,620 members
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  • The World's Fastest Indian on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Chris Bruno,  Anthony Hopkins,  Diane Ladd
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story. After a lifetime of perfecting his classic 1920 Indian motorcycle, in 1967 Burt Munro set off from New Zealand to test his bike in Utah with only a shoestring budget. Even at the age of 68 Burt is a man who has never let the dreams of youth fade, and with the odds stacked ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 20,148 members
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  • The Recruit on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 22,009 members
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  • The Recruit - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Al Pacino,  Bridget Moynahan
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Computer genius, James Clayton, is one of the cleverest graduating seniors in the U.S. He is persuaded to try out for the CIA by enrolling in 'The Farm' - a secret training ground for new recruits. He soon makes a good impression and rises through the ranks. He is given one last mission in order to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,997 member
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  • Thirteen Days on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Stephen Culp,  Bruce Greenwood
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A series of beautiful but devastating atomic explosions provides a vision of gorgeous, appalling destruction that hangs ominously over the political drama of THIRTEEN DAYS. It's October 16, 1962 and, it is not just another day at the office for Kenneth O'Donnell (Kevin Costner), the Special ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,291 members
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  • Dante's Peak - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Linda Hamilton,  Pierce Brosnan,  Elizabeth Hoffman
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A volcanologist forlorn over the loss of his wife in the Mt. Pinatubo eruption arrives at a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the rumblings of the local dormant volcano. Though he instantly fears the worse, he must convince the skeptical townspeople and his suspicious superiors who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 71 members
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  • Dante's Peak on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Linda Hamilton,  Elizabeth Hoffman
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A volcanologist forlorn over the loss of his wife in the Mt. Pinatubo eruption arrives at a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the rumblings of the local dormant volcano. Though he instantly fears the worse, he must convince the skeptical townspeople and his suspicious superiors who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 8,065 members
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  • Dante's Peak - HD (1997)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Linda Hamilton,  Elizabeth Hoffman
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A volcanologist forlorn over the loss of his wife in the Mt. Pinatubo eruption arrives at a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the rumblings of the local dormant volcano. Though he instantly fears the worse, he must convince the skeptical townspeople and his suspicious superiors who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 265 members
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  • Species - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Michael Madsen,  Alfred Molina
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,144 member
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  • Species on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Michael Madsen,  Alfred Molina
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 6,623 members
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  • The Getaway (1994)
    Starring: Alec Baldwin,  Kim Basinger,  Michael Madsen
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star in the highly charged remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic action-thriller. In a world where dishonour is commonplace, master thief Doc McCoy (Baldwin) is the exception. He lives by a code of ethics and stands by his word. His wife and partner in crime, Carol (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 189 members
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  • Cadillac Man on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Robin Williams,  Tim Robbins,  Pamela Reed
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When one car salesman gets the opportunity to redeem himself from all his sleazy sales pitches, financial philandering, and relentless womanizing, he is forced to confront all his demons in one very long afternoon.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 571 members
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  • Cocktail on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Bryan Brown,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Tom Cruise juggles Martini shakers and ice cubes as the materialistic Brian Flanagan, a bartender who drops out of school to search for the perfect rich chick who will bankroll him into luxury. Brian meets up with bar veteran Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) and they put together a dance-duo bar-tending ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 13,862 members
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  • No Way Out on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Kevin Costner,  Sean Young
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this taut remake of THE BIG CLOCK, Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), a Naval intelligence officer, begins dating an alluring woman (Sean Young) who happens to be the girlfriend of his boss--the Secretary of Defense (Gene Hackman). When the woman is murdered, the Secretary assigns the task of tracking ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,322 members
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  • Marie - A True Story (1985)
    Starring: Sissy Spacek,  Jeff Daniels,  Keith Szarabajka
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on an actual event, "MARIE" is the story of a young woman who, a victim of domestic violence, escaped her husband, put herself through school and raised her chronically ill child. She got into politics and eventually became the appointed Head of the State Parole Board of Tennessee. She ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 121 members
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  • The Bounty on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Mel Gibson,  Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Fox
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Captain Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,572 members
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Roger Donaldson facts

5 most recent films

Justice - 3.0 stars
Justice - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Bank Job - 3.5 stars
The Bank Job - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The World's Fastest Indian - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The World's Fastest Indian - 4.0 stars
Thirteen Days - 3.5 stars
The Bank Job - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Bank Job - 3.5 stars
The Recruit - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Marie - A True Story - 2.5 stars
Cadillac Man - 3.0 stars
The Getaway - 3.0 stars
White Sands - 3.0 stars
Species - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Madsen - 5 times - show films
Forest Whitaker - 4 times - show films
Ben Kingsley - 4 times - show films
Natasha Henstridge - 4 times - show films
Alfred Molina - 4 times - show films