Best movies of Peter Weir

Actors : Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy, Paul Bettany, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Peter Weir,

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

Actors : Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a television show.

Actors : Dragos Bucur, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.

Actors : Josh Charles, Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard,
Directors : Peter Weir,

English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.

Actors : Linda Hunt, Sigourney Weaver, Mel Gibson, Bembol Roco,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Actors : Bebe Neuwirth, Gregg Edelman, Andie MacDowell, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Actors : David Gulpilil, Richard Chamberlain, Frederick Parslow, Olivia Hamnett,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

Actors : River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Peter Weir,

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build a utopia in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and ...

Actors : Harold Hopkins, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Mel Gibson,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Actors : Helen Morse, Anne-Louise Lambert, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray,
Directors : Peter Weir,

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Actors : Tom Hulce, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Peter Weir,

A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.

Actors : Kevin Miles, Terry Camilleri, Rick Scully, John Meillon,
Directors : Peter Weir,

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

Actors : Kate Fitzpatrick, Barry Donnelly, Geoff Malone, Grahame Bond,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Guests arrive at an expensive private guest house on a remote island near Sydney. The guest house and weird activities, like theatre sports and orienteering, are run by a leery eccentric. ...