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...
6.6
132 votes
6.6
132 votes
High Tide
1987 · Movie · 102 min. · Australia
Direction Gillian Armstrong
Cast Judy Davis · Jan Adele · Claudia Karvan · Colin Friels
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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