Direction: Gillian Armstrong

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


My Brilliant Career

1979 · Movie · 100 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Judy Davis · Sam Neill · Wendy Hughes · Robert Grubb

Plot The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man (Harry played by Niel) whom she...

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6.6

132 votes

6.6

132 votes

High Tide

1987 · Movie · 102 min. · Australia

6.5

41 votes

6.5

41 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

Charlotte Gray

2001 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Cate Blanchett · Billy Crudup · Michael Gambon · Rupert Penry-Jones

Plot Set in Nazi–occupied France at the height of World War II, Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K 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

Mrs. Soffel

1984 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Diane Keaton · Mel Gibson · Matthew Modine · Edward Herrmann

Plot Peter Soffel is the stuffy warden of a remote American prison around the turn of the century. His wife, Kate, finds herself attracted to prisoner Ed Biddle. She abandons her...

5.6

293 votes

5.6

293 votes

Death Defying Acts

2007 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Catherine Zeta-Jones · Guy Pearce · Timothy Spall · Saoirse Ronan

Plot It is 1926, and Harry Houdini is the most famous performer in the world. Audiences flock to watch him perform his amazing stunts. But the man behind the legend is...

4.8

7K votes

4.8

7K votes

Fires Within

1991 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Jimmy Smits · Greta Scacchi · Vincent D'Onofrio · Luis Avalos

Plot Released after years as a political prisoner, a Cuban rejoins his wife and daughter in Miami.

4.2

40 votes

4.2

40 votes

Starstruck

1982 · Movie · 105 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Jo Kennedy · Ross O'Donovan · Margo Lee · Max Cullen

Plot Young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.

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Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

2006 · Documentary · 81 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Plot Based on the colourful life of flamboyant design pioneer Florence Broadhurst. In 1977, when the flamboyant designer Florence Broadhurst was found murdered in her studio, few people claimed to know...

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Women He's Undressed

2015 · Documentary · 95 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Darren Gilshenan · Deborah Kennedy · Louis Alexander · Nathaniel Middleton

Plot A celebration of the colorful life of Australia's great Oscar winner, Orry-Kelly, played out during the Golden Years of Hollywood. Until now, Orry-Kelly has been unacknowledged in his country of...

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The Last Days of Chez Nous

1992 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia

Direction Gillian Armstrong

Cast Lisa Harrow · Bruno Ganz · Kerry Fox · Miranda Otto

Plot Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth's house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience...

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Not rated