Cast: Mel Gibson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mel Gibson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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

Gallipoli

1981 · Movie · 110 min. · Australia

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

Mad Max

1979 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia

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

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