Screenplay: Paul Cox

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Paul Cox. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Man of Flowers

1984 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Norman Kaye · Alyson Best · Chris Haywood · Werner Herzog

Synopsis An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching pretty women undress.

6.9

45 votes

6.9

45 votes

Vincent

1987 · Documentary · 105 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Marika Rivera · Gabriella Trsek

Synopsis VINCENT: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF VINCENT VAN GOGH is a captivating study of a brilliant artist. One of the Top 10 documentaries the year it was released, Paul Cox's portrait of Vincent Van Gogh is a journey through the...

6.6

69 votes

6.6

69 votes

Innocence

2000 · Movie · 95 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Julia Blake · Charles Tingwell · Terry Norris · Robert Menzies

Synopsis This tender tale of love reignited begins when Andreas (Charles Tingwell) writes a letter to Claire (Julia Blake), the girl he loved in his youth. Though they've married other people (Andreas's wife has died) and had children who are now...

5.9

170 votes

5.9

170 votes

Golden Braid

1990 · Movie · 91 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Chris Haywood · Gosia Dobrowolska · Paul Chubb · Norman Kaye

Synopsis When a man discovers a golden braid hidden inside an antique he has purchased, he becomes obsessed with the fantasy of a love affair from time passed and the woman he imagines the braid belonged to.

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Touch Me

1993 · Movie · 28 min. · Germany

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Lonely Hearts

1982 · Movie · 106 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Wendy Hughes · Norman Kaye · Jon Finlayson · Julia Blake

Synopsis In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker.

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The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky

2001 · Movie · 95 min. · Sweden

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Derek Jacobi · Delia Silvan · Chris Haywood · Kevin Lucas

Synopsis Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Italian wife.

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We Are All Alone My Dear

1975 · Documentary · 22 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Synopsis Presents a compassionate study of aged women, and of living in an old age home through the observations of Jean Campbell as she moves from room to room talking with other residents and discussing the experiences of living in the...

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Cactus

1986 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Isabelle Huppert · Robert Menzies · Norman Kaye · Monica Maughan

Synopsis Isabelle Huppert plays a Frenchwoman on holiday who may lose her sight after a car accident. The titular plant is represented by Robert Menzies, a blind man who lives in the small community, growing prize cacti which reach to staggeringly...

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My First Wife

1984 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast John Hargreaves · Wendy Hughes · Lucy Angwin · David Cameron

Synopsis The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.

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Lust and Revenge

1996 · Movie · 95 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Nicholas Hope · Gosia Dobrowolska · Claudia Karvan · Victoria Eagger

Synopsis A man in need of a tax write-off decides to let his useless daughter supervise a sculpture donation.

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Force of Destiny

2015 · Movie · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast David Wenham · Jacqueline McKenzie · Shahana Goswami · Terry Norris

Synopsis A journey of love on a transplant waiting list.

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A Woman's Tale

1991 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Sheila Florence · Gosia Dobrowolska · Norman Kaye · Chris Haywood

Synopsis Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created...

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Exile

1994 · Movie · 95 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Aden Young · Beth Champion · Claudia Karvan · Norman Kaye

Synopsis When Peter Costello is exiled to a deserted island for stealing sheep, Mary, a maid, decides to join him there.

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The Nun and the Bandit

1992 · Movie · 92 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Gosia Dobrowolska · Chris Haywood · Victoria Eagger · Charlotte Haywood

Synopsis Outlaws kidnap their 14-year-old cousin and hold her for ransom. The girl is being chaperoned by a visiting nun, who refuses to abandon her during the kidnapping.

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Salvation

2008 · Movie · 98 min. · Australia

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Human Touch

2004 · Movie · 102 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Jacqueline McKenzie · Aaron Blabey · Chris Haywood · Rebecca Frith

Synopsis The wealthy Edward (Haywood) sparks to Anna (Mckenzie), the lead voice in a choir that's raising money for an upcoming trip to China. He donates money to her choir, and she agrees to sit for him for a series of...

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Island

1989 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia

Direction Paul Cox

Cast Irene Papas · Eva Sitteová · Anoja Weerasinghe · Chris Haywood

Synopsis A formerly rich Czech-Australian emigrant comes to a tiny, poor and sleepy Greek Island to rethink her life. Suprisingly she develops a sincere relationship with two other women who each in their own way suffer from their pasts. As time...

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