Roger Donaldson

In this crime thriller from Roger Donaldson, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger play Doc and Carol McCoy, a couple who must run for their lives when a heist goes sideways.

Roger Donaldson directs this historical thriller about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 - the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

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

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

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. 

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

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.

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.

In this crime thriller from director Roger Donaldson, a bored small-town sheriff (Willem Dafoe) finds a body in the desert, along with a suitcase and $500,000. He assumes the man's identity and stumbles into an FBI investigation.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.