Direction: Philippe Mora

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


Mad Dog Morgan

1976 · Movie · 102 min. · Australia

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Dennis Hopper · Jack Thompson · David Gulpilil · Frank Thring

Synopsis The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

5.5

80 votes

5.5

80 votes

The Beast Within

1982 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Ronny Cox · Bibi Besch · Paul Clemens · Don Gordon

Synopsis In the beginning of the movie you see a woman getting raped by a man-creature of some sort. The movie takes place years later when the child that was a result of that rape is on the rampage looking for...

4.8

170 votes

4.8

170 votes

Communion

1989 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Christopher Walken · Lindsay Crouse · Frances Sternhagen · Andreas Katsulas

Synopsis Adaptation of the Whitley Strieber's non-fiction account of his encouters with "nonhuman beings". On December 26th, 1985, Whitley Strieber had a dream. Weeks later, he discovered his family had the same dream. Months later, he made the most shocking discovery...

4.6

836 votes

4.6

836 votes

A Breed Apart

1984 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Rutger Hauer · Powers Boothe · Kathleen Turner · Donald Pleasence

Synopsis Jim Malden, a Vietnam veteran who has lost wife and child, lives as a recluse on an island full of rare birds. His only contacts with humanity are with Stella Clayton and her young son Adam, who have a small...

4.4

71 votes

4.4

71 votes

Precious Find

1996 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Rutger Hauer · Joan Chen · Harold Pruett · Brion James

Synopsis Ben Rutherford, a man looking for work, arrives on Moon City, a colony on the moon to find work as a miner. On Moon City, Ben meets a pilot named Sam Horton and a gambler named Armond Crille. Armond has...

3.4

104 votes

3.4

104 votes

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Christopher Lee · Annie McEnroe · Reb Brown · Marsha Hunt

Synopsis A young girl whose sister was murdered by werewolves helps an investigator track down a gang of the beasts through the U.S. and Europe.

3.2

422 votes

3.2

422 votes

Howling III

1987 · Movie · 98 min. · Australia

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Barry Otto · William Yang · Imogen Annesley · Deby Wightman

Synopsis A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

3.0

257 votes

3.0

257 votes

Swastika

1974 · Documentary · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Eva Braun · Galeazzo Ciano · Albert Einstein · Josef Goebbels

Synopsis Found home movies of Nazi leaders paint them in an eerily human and deceptive light.

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Mercenary II: Thick & Thin (TV)

1998 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Robert Townsend · Olivier Gruner · Nicholas Turturro · Claudia Christian

Synopsis Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...

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Back in Business

1997 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Brian Bosworth · Joe Torry · Dara Tomanovich · Alan Scarfe

Synopsis An ex-cop gets pulled back in an undercover mission for the FBI by his former partner. The mission is to catch drug runners, but it is also sting operation against dirty cops, some of whom set up the ex-cops' dismissal...

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Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1975 · Documentary · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philippe Mora

Synopsis A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.

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The Return of Captain Invincible

1983 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Alan Arkin · Christopher Lee · Kate Fitzpatrick · Bill Hunter

Synopsis The plot involves the Captain America/Superman inspired super-hero called "Captain Invincible" (also known as Legend in Leotards, The Caped Contender and Man of Magnet) who is active during World War II and afterwards. Once a popular hero to all Americans...

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Death of a Soldier

1986 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast James Coburn · Reb Brown · Max Fairchild · Bill Hunter

Synopsis Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in...

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