Direction: John Roberts

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


War of the Buttons

1994 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Roberts

Cast Gregg Fitzgerald · Gerard Kearney · Darragh Naughton · Brendan McNamara

Synopsis The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups...

6.6

310 votes

6.6

310 votes

Paulie

1998 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction John Roberts

Cast Gena Rowlands · Tony Shalhoub · Cheech Marin · Bruce Davison

Synopsis Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulies story begins many years earlier when he...

4.8

2K votes

4.8

2K votes

Day of the Flowers

2013 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Roberts

Cast Eva Birthistle · Charity Wakefield · Carlos Acosta · Bryan Dick

Synopsis Two Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a popular party girl, travel to Cuba to scatter their late father’s ashes. In losing and trying to reclaim their father’s ashes, the bickering sisters set off on a journey that...

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