Direction: Peter Weir

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Peter Weir. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Truman Show

1998 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Jim Carrey · Laura Linney · Noah Emmerich · Ed Harris

Plot He's the star of the show - but he doesn't know it! Jim Carey plays unwitting Truman Burbank, an ordinary man in a not-so-ordinary life. From the time he was...

7.7

122K votes

7.7

122K votes

Dead Poets Society

1989 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Robin Williams · Robert Sean Leonard · Ethan Hawke · Josh Charles

Plot Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the...

7.6

116K votes

7.6

116K votes

Gallipoli

1981 · Movie · 110 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Mel Gibson · Mark Lee · Bill Hunter · Robert Grubb

Plot 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...

7.1

7K votes

7.1

7K votes

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Russell Crowe · Paul Bettany · James D'Arcy · Max Pirkis

Plot During the Napoleonic Wars, Lucky Jack Aubrey captains the crew of the H.M.S. Surprise. When the ship is suddenly attacked by a superior enemy, it is badly damaged and much...

7.0

58K votes

7.0

58K votes

Witness

1985 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Harrison Ford · Kelly McGillis · Danny Glover · Lukas Haas

Plot When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy traveling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother...

6.9

38K votes

6.9

38K votes

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982 · Movie · 115 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Mel Gibson · Sigourney Weaver · Linda Hunt · Michael Murphy

Plot 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...

6.9

14K votes

6.9

14K votes

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975 · Movie · 110 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Rachel Roberts · Vivean Gray · Helen Morse · Kirsty Child

Plot When a group of schoolgirls from an elite Victorian finishing school embark on a Valentines day excursion to an unusual outcropping of volcanic rock, four members of the party are...

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6.8

4K votes

6.8

4K votes

The Last Wave

1977 · Movie · 106 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Richard Chamberlain · Olivia Hamnett · David Gulpilil · Frederick Parslow

Plot A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the...

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Way Back

2010 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Jim Sturgess · Ed Harris · Colin Farrell · Saoirse Ronan

Plot A fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940.

6.4

15K votes

6.4

15K votes

The Plumber

1979 · Movie · 76 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Judy Morris · Ivar Kants · Robert Coleby · Candy Raymond

Plot In Adelaide, the wife of Dr. Brian Cowper, Jill Cowper, is developing her thesis at home to finish her Master in Anthropology. When the plumber Max unexpectedly arrives for a...

6.2

410 votes

6.2

410 votes

The Mosquito Coast

1986 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Harrison Ford · River Phoenix · Helen Mirren · Andre Gregory

Plot A brilliant and obsessive inventor, fed up with capitalistic and consumeristic modern society, picks up and moves his family to an isolated Caribbean island, where he puts his ideas into...

6.2

8K votes

6.2

8K votes

Fearless

1993 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Jeff Bridges · Rosie Pérez · Isabella Rossellini · John Turturro

Plot San Francisco architect and family man Max Klein survives the plane crash that kills his best friend and undergoes a mystical transformation. Having overcome not only his fear of flying,...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K 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

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974 · Movie · 84 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast John Meillon · Terry Camilleri · Kevin Miles · Rick Scully

Plot Mild-mannered Arthur (Terry Camilleri) wakes up in a hospital in the quiet NSW country town of Paris after he and his brother have run off the road. The brother is...

5.3

368 votes

5.3

368 votes

Incredible Floridas (S)

1972 · Documentary · 12 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Richard Meale

Plot This short film documents Australian composer Richard Meale's homage to the young French poet, Arthur Rimbaud. Meale composed a music piece for woodwind, percussion and strings which he titled "Incredible...

5.2

37 votes

5.2

37 votes

Homesdale

1971 · Movie · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Geoff Malone · Grahame Bond · Kate Fitzpatrick · Barry Donnelly

Plot Written and directed by Peter Weir, this is the very rarely seen debut of the australian director, a 50 minute B&W black comedy in 1971 about a group of guests...

4.9

22 votes

4.9

22 votes

3 Directions in Australian Pop Music (S)

1972 · Documentary · 11 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Wendy Saddington & Teardrop · Mic Conway · Jim Conway · Stephen Cooney

Plot An 11 minute documentary short for Film Australia. Offers a sample of three trends in recent Australian pop music: the theatrical act of Wendy Saddington and Teardrop; the jug music...

4.6

34 votes

4.6

34 votes

Not rated

The Field Day (S)

1972 · Documentary · 5 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Plot Made by the Commonwealth Film Unit 1972. Directed by Peter Weir. An agricultural field day provides an opportunity to share ideas. A teaching aid to promote group discussion on the...

Not rated

Not rated

Heart, Head and Hand (S)

1979 · Documentary · 24 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Peter Rushforth

Plot A short documentary on the work and craft of ceramist and teacher Peter Rushforth. The film presents his countless works and the skills used in his pottery creations and also...

Not rated

Not rated