Cinematography: Geoffrey Simpson

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Geoffrey Simpson. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Shine

1996 · Movie · 106 min. · Australia

Direction Scott Hicks

Cast Geoffrey Rush · Armin Mueller-Stahl · John Gielgud · Noah Taylor

Plot Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he...

7.4

10K votes

7.4

10K votes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction Jon Avnet

Cast Kathy Bates · Jessica Tandy · Mary Stuart Masterson · Mary-Louise Parker

Plot Evelyn's smalltown Alabama existence has become meaningless. But her life takes on new meaning listening to the stories told by Ninnie Thredgoode about the Whistle Stop Cafe which was run...

7.4

55K votes

7.4

55K votes

Some Mother's Son

1996 · Movie · 115 min. · Ireland

6.8

3K votes

6.8

3K votes

The Sessions

2012 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Ben Lewin

Cast John Hawkes · Helen Hunt · William H. Macy · Moon Bloodgood

Plot At the age of 38, Mark O'Brien, a tetraplegic man in an iron lung, decides he no longer wishes to be a virgin. With the help of his therapist and...

6.8

12K votes

6.8

12K votes

The War

1994 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Jon Avnet

Cast Kevin Costner · Elijah Wood · Mare Winningham · Christine Baranski

Plot The return of a Vietnam-veteran to his family in small-town America finds himself coping with the realities of what he has experienced, as well as trying to help his children...

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

Little Women

1994 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Winona Ryder · Susan Sarandon · Gabriel Byrne · Trini Alvarado

Plot LITTLE WOMEN is based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 novel about a family's struggles during the Civil War while the father, a Union army chaplain, is away. Together, the...

6.2

11K votes

6.2

11K votes

Celia

1989 · Movie · 102 min. · Australia

Direction Ann Turner

Cast Rebecca Smart · Nicholas Eadie · Victoria Longley · Mary-Anne Fahey

Plot Set in mid 1950s Australia, with the fear of communism in the air and the country's farmlands overrun by a plague of rabbits, the film depicts a long hot summer...

6.2

35 votes

6.2

35 votes

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

1988 · Movie · 91 min. · New Zealand

Direction Vincent Ward

Cast Bruce Lyons · Chris Haywood · Hamish McFarlane · Marshall Napier

Plot Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Aim High in Creation

2013 · Documentary · 96 min. · Australia

Direction Anna Broinowski

Cast Peter O'Brien · Kathryn Beck · Susan Prior · Matt Zeremes

Plot Determined to stop a gas mine being built near her inner-city Sydney home, Anna Broinowski, in a world first, goes to North Korea to meet the masters of propaganda filmmaking,...

6.0

25 votes

6.0

25 votes

Oscar and Lucinda

1997 · Movie · 131 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Cate Blanchett · Tom Wilkinson · Ciarán Hinds

Plot In mid-1800's England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal...

5.9

489 votes

5.9

489 votes

Center Stage

2000 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Hytner

Cast Amanda Schull · Zoe Saldana · Susan May Pratt · Peter Gallagher

Plot "Center Stage" follows the hopes and dreams of a tight-knit group of young dance students as they try to make a name for themselves and become stars in the fiercely...

5.9

988 votes

5.9

988 votes

Green Card

1990 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Andie MacDowell · Bebe Neuwirth · Gregg Edelman

Plot With the help of his lawyer, Georges (Gérard Depardieu), a composer and one-time petty thief who grew up in poverty, attempts to escape his life in Paris and begin anew...

5.9

9K votes

5.9

9K votes

Please Stand By

2017 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Ben Lewin

Cast Dakota Fanning · Toni Collette · Alice Eve · River Alexander

Plot A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her manuscript to a writing competition.

5.8

1K votes

5.8

1K votes

Under the Tuscan Sun

2003 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Audrey Wells

Cast Diane Lane · Sandra Oh · Lindsay Duncan · Raoul Bova

Plot San Francisco writer Frances Mayes (Diane Lane) travels to Italy when her 2 best friends offers her a special gift -- 10 days in Tuscany. Once there, she is captivated...

5.7

14K votes

5.7

14K votes

Romulus, My Father

2007 · Movie · 103 min. · Australia

Direction Richard Roxburgh

Cast Eric Bana · Franka Potente · Marton Csokas · Kodi Smit-McPhee

Plot ROMULUS, MY FATHER is based on Raimond Gaita's critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity...

5.6

392 votes

5.6

392 votes

The Starter Wife (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Series · 276 min. · United States

Direction Jon Avnet

Cast Debra Messing · Judy Davis · Joe Mantegna · Anika Noni Rose

Plot An ex-wife of a Hollywood studio boss starts her life after her divorce. Based on the novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.

5.5

105 votes

5.5

105 votes

Cargo

2017 · Movie · 105 min. · Australia

Direction Ben Howling · Yolanda Ramke

Cast Martin Freeman · Anthony Hayes · Caren Pistorius · Susie Porter

Plot "Cargo" is a post apocalyptic thriller and an emotional story of a father trying to save his child at all costs.

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Paradise Found

2003 · Movie · 89 min. · Australia

Direction Mario Andreacchio

Cast Kiefer Sutherland · Nastassja Kinski · Alun Armstrong · Thomas Heinze

Plot Set in Paris and Tahiti in the late 19th century, PARADISE FOUND examines a slice of life of French painter Paul Gauguin in his attempt to create a revolution in...

5.3

68 votes

5.3

68 votes

Kill Me Three Times

2014 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia

Direction Kriv Stenders

Cast Simon Pegg · Alice Braga · Sullivan Stapleton · Teresa Palmer

Plot In the Australian surfing town of Eagle's Nest, a young woman is the thread that binds three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge.

5.2

454 votes

5.2

454 votes

Monk Comes Down the Mountain

2015 · Movie · 107 min. · China

5.1

83 votes

5.1

83 votes