Cast: Mel Gibson
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mel Gibson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 74
Braveheart
1995 · Movie · 177 min. · United States
Direction Mel Gibson
Cast Mel Gibson · Sophie Marceau · Patrick McGoohan · Angus MacFadyen
Synopsis Based on the life of legendary 13th century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the Longshanks, King of England (Patrick McGoohan), has...
8.0
151K votes
8.0
151K votes
Direction Peter Weir
Cast Mel Gibson · Mark Lee · Bill Hunter · Robert Grubb
Synopsis A profound study of the friendship of two young Australian men caught up in the murderous First World War. Set on the Turkish front in 1915, this film effectively combines history and drama.
7.1
7K votes
7.1
7K votes
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Movie · 115 min. · Australia
Direction Peter Weir
Cast Mel Gibson · Sigourney Weaver · Linda Hunt · Michael Murphy
Synopsis Set in Indonesia during the 1965 coup against President Sukarno, Australian reporter Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) is covering the scene. Whenever Hamilton becomes too glib or indifferent for his own good, he is brought back to earth by his "conscience,"...
6.9
14K votes
6.9
14K votes
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Mel Gibson · Danny Glover · Gary Busey · Mitchell Ryan
Synopsis The first in a series of four Lethal Weapons. Mel Gibson plays an emotionally off-balanced undercover cop. His partner, Danny Glover, is good valued family man. The two opposite personalities become embroiled in a series of tense and exciting situations.
6.7
83K votes
6.7
83K votes
Dragged Across Concrete
2018 · Movie · 159 min. · United States
Direction S. Craig Zahler
Cast Mel Gibson · Vince Vaughn · Tory Kittles · Laurie Holden
Synopsis The script centers on two policemen, one an old-timer (Gibson), the other his volatile younger partner (Vaughn), who find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics become the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no...
6.7
4K votes
6.7
4K votes
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
1981 · Movie · 92 min. · Australia
Direction George Miller
Cast Mel Gibson · Bruce Spence · Michael Preston · Vernon Wells
Synopsis Mad Max, a former police officer is now a lone wanderer, travelling through a devasted Australia after a nuclear war looking for the now-priceless fuel of petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself...
6.6
22K votes
6.6
22K votes
Direction George Miller
Cast Mel Gibson · Joanne Samuel · Steve Bisley · Hugh Keays-Byrne
Synopsis Max Rockatansky, an officer in the Main Force Patrol, an ultra-tough near future highway patrol, kills The Nightrider, an escaped cop killer, during a high-speed road chase. The Nightrider’s comrades, a motorcycle gang led by The Toecutter, go on a...
6.6
64K votes
6.6
64K votes
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
2023 · Series · 90 min. · United States
Direction Greg Coolidge · Shawn Simmons · Kirk Ward · Albert Hughes
Cast Colin Woodell · Mel Gibson · Ben Robson · Mishel Prada
Synopsis TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. A prequel to the 'John Wick' saga, 'The Continental' will explore the origin behind the 'hotel for assassins,' the centerpiece of the Wick universe, through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodell),...
6.5
3K votes
6.5
3K votes
Payback: Straight Up
2006 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Brian Helgeland
Cast Mel Gibson · Maria Bello · James Coburn · Jack Conley
Synopsis Seven years after seeing his original vision butchered under studio interference as well as his star's, director Brian Helgeland finally was given the chance to piece together his director's cut under the name "Payback: Straight Up". Along with reinstating the...
6.4
784 votes
6.4
784 votes
The Patriot
2000 · Movie · 158 min. · United States
Direction Roland Emmerich
Cast Mel Gibson · Heath Ledger · Joely Richardson · Jason Isaacs
Synopsis Year 1776, in South Caroline. A former war hero, Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) has renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. As time passes on his sprawling plantation, the wife of this once efficient and ferocious soldier bears...
6.4
39K votes
6.4
39K votes
Hamlet
1990 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Franco Zeffirelli
Cast Mel Gibson · Glenn Close · Alan Bates · Paul Scofield
Synopsis When he hears that his father the king has died, Hamlet (Mel Gibson) returns home to Denmark. He finds that mother Gertrude (Glenn Close) has married his uncle Claudius who is now the new king and they are planning that...
6.2
4K votes
6.2
4K votes
The Professor and the Madman
2019 · Movie · 124 min. · United States
Direction Farhad Safinia
Cast Mel Gibson · Sean Penn · Natalie Dormer · Stephen Dillane
Synopsis A professor begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century and receives over 10,000 entries from a doctor at an insane asylum.
6.2
2K votes
6.2
2K votes
The Bounty
1984 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roger Donaldson
Cast Mel Gibson · Anthony Hopkins · Laurence Olivier · Edward Fox
Synopsis The familiar story of Lieutenant 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 Lieutenant...
6.2
4K votes
6.2
4K votes
Maverick
1994 · Movie · 129 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Mel Gibson · Jodie Foster · James Garner · James Coburn
Synopsis Bret Maverick is a superb professional poker gambler, as handy with the handgun as he handles the cards, but also a master at avoiding violence by deception. Like all great poker layers, he's on his way to a winner take...
6.1
18K votes
6.1
18K votes
The River
1984 · Movie · 122 min. · United States
Direction Mark Rydell
Cast Mel Gibson · Sissy Spacek · Shane Bailey · Becky Jo Lynch
Synopsis Mae and Tom Garvey (Sissy Spacek and Mel Gibson, respectively) are farmers at a time (the mid-1980s) when bankers, real estate agents, and nature itself threaten to destroy their way of life in THE RIVER, a powerful film about the...
6.1
2K votes
6.1
2K votes
Get the Gringo
2012 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Adrian Grunberg
Cast Mel Gibson · Kevin Hernández · Daniel Giménez Cacho · Jesús Ochoa
Synopsis A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 10-year-old boy.
6.1
11K votes
6.1
11K votes
Payback
1999 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Brian Helgeland
Cast Mel Gibson · Gregg Henry · Maria Bello · David Paymer
Synopsis Porter (Mel Gibson) is pulled into a heist by his old friend, Val (Brian De Palma regular, Gregg Henry). As they're stealing $130,000 in laundered drug money from Chinese Triads, no one is going to call the police. Everything goes...
6.1
12K votes
6.1
12K votes
We Were Soldiers
2002 · Movie · 138 min. · United States
Direction Randall Wallace
Cast Mel Gibson · Madeleine Stowe · Sam Elliott · Greg Kinnear
Synopsis Recounting the true story of one of the most savage battles in U.S. history, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) and 400 of his men touched down on November 14, 1965, at a clearing in Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam. All...
6.0
12K votes
6.0
12K votes
Conspiracy Theory
1997 · Movie · 135 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Mel Gibson · Julia Roberts · Patrick Stewart · Cylk Cozart
Synopsis A crackpot Big Apple cabbie finds himself in a heap of trouble after his self-published conspiracy zine elicits the interest of some shady government heavies--and leads to the unexplained murders of all five subscribers. As the J. Edgars close in,...
6.0
15K votes
6.0
15K votes
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Richard Donner
Cast Mel Gibson · Danny Glover · Joe Pesci · Joss Ackland
Synopsis Buddy cops Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and his partner Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are assigned to protect a witness, Leo Getz (Joe Pesci), who soon tells them he has done business with the same South African smugglers Murtaugh and Riggs...
6.0
50K votes
6.0
50K votes