Search results for "Bruce Beresford"
Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
IMDb: 7.4
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: Comedy, Drama
The Contract

The Contract

The Contract
IMDb: 5.7
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.

Mr. Church

Mr. Church

Mr. Church
IMDb: 7.6
104

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: Comedy, Drama
Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy
IMDb: 6.4
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…

Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues
IMDb: 5.8
87

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

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant
IMDb: 7.9
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
Black Robe

Black Robe

Black Robe
IMDb: 7.1
101

In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of…

Last Dance

Last Dance

Last Dance
IMDb: 5.8
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
Mister Johnson

Mister Johnson

Mister Johnson
IMDb: 6.5
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
Peace, Love, And Misunderstanding

Peace, Love, And Misunderstanding

Peace, Love, And Misunderstanding
IMDb: 5.9
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.

Ladies in Black

Ladies in Black

Ladies in Black
IMDb: 6.9
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
Aria

Aria

Aria
IMDb: 6.7
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
Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer
IMDb: 6.8
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…

Evelyn

Evelyn

Evelyn
IMDb: 5.7
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
Flint

Flint

Flint
IMDb: 7.1
96

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

Genre: Drama, TV Movie