Roger Donaldson

Roger Donaldson directs this black comedy starring Robin Williams as Joe, a womanising car salesman whose already complicated life gets worse when he's caught in a hostage situation.

Documentary telling the story of Bruce McLaren, the Kiwi founder of the McLaren Motor Racing team.

Pierce Brosnan leads this spy thriller as an ex-CIA operative who is pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game that involved the Russian president-elect, as well as some very personal stakes. Co-stars Luke Bracey (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) and Olga Kurylenko (Oblivion).

Nicolas Cage is an ordinary man forced to return a fatal favour for a vigilante group in this action thriller from director Roger Donaldson (The World’s Fastest Indian). Co-stars January Jones and Guy Pearce.

From Roger Donaldson (Smash Palace), the true story of Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins) from Invercargill who set out to set the land speed record at the ripe old age of 68.

Director Roger Donaldson follows up The World's Fastest Indian with this retro 70s crime caper starring Jason Statham.

Colin Farrell and Al Pacino star in this Roger Donaldson spy flick. Crack CIA recruit James Clayton (Farrell) must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one. Pacino plays the enigmatic Walter Burke, Clayton's recruiter and mentor.

Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye) and Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) star in this 1997 disaster flick centred on a sleepy American town forced to run for their lives when a dormant volcano starts to erupt.

Sci-fi horror about an alien-human hybrid with the potential to eliminate humanity. A team of government agents (led by Ben Kingsley) racing against time to track her down. 

Kiwi director Roger Donaldson's mega-hit (though critically panned it made $170 million) 1988 comedy-romance starring Tom Cruise as a bartender with the right stuff. "When he pours," goes the tagline, "he reigns".

Kiwi filmmaking great Roger Donaldson (The World’s Fastest Indian) made his feature debut with this classic 1981 New Zealand drama, starring Bruno Lawrence (The Quiet Earth) as a scrap heap owner deep in an act of domestic disturbance. Considered by NZ On Screen as one of the Top 10 NZ features of all time.

Classic Kiwi thriller, the debut film from Roger Donaldson (The World’s Fastest Indian). Set in the near future, Sam Neill is a reclusive New Zealander caught between two warring factions: the fascist government and its resistance movement.

A cover-up and witch-hunt occur after a politician (Gene Hackman) accidentally kills his mistress in Washington DC. Co-stars Kevin Costner.

Swashbuckling, high-seas adventure with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson, directed by Roger Donaldson (The World's Fastest Indian).