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Guy Pearce

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Priscilla: Queen of the DesertPriscilla: Queen of the Desert (Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The) (1994) Recommended
Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
Three drag queens drive to Alice Springs in a bus called Priscilla. A perfect ensemble cast make this classic "out" in the outback roadtrip as…
Dating the Enemy (1996)
Dir. Megan Simpson Huberman
Feat. Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan
Daft Oz fantasy works surprisingly well as camp–king Guy Pearce and Claudia Karvan mysteriously swap bodies, leading to some dicey…
FlynnFlynn (1996)
Dir. Frank Howson
Feat. Guy Pearce, John Savage, Claudia Karvan
The adventures and film career of Hollywood's leading debauchee of the 1940s, Errol Flynn, are enacted with spunk by fellow–Australian Guy…
L.A. ConfidentialL.A. Confidential (1997) Recommended
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey
Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
RavenousRavenous (1998) Recommended
Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones
Good taste is dispatched with relish in this period cannibal piece that promises gruesome chills from its 19th century Rocky Mountains setting, but…
Woundings (1998)
Dir. Roberta Hanley
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Lloyd
In a near–future world, after a debilitating military campaign for Great Britain (reminiscent of the Falkland Islands conflict), a unit of…
Rules of EngagementRules of Engagement (2000)
Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce
Colonel Samuel L. Jackson interprets the 'rules' when the US Embassy in Yemen is attacked by terrorists. But after the smoke has cleared 83…
MementoMemento (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
A sensational twist on the 'amnesiac' thriller that perfectly matches its subject with an intricate narrative that unfolds almost completely from…
Till Human Voices Wake UsTill Human Voices Wake Us (2001)
Dir. Michael Petroni
Feat. Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter
A supernaturally–tinged drama in which psychiatrist Guy Pearce returns his hometown and the spectres of a doomed teenage romance. Mourning…
Time Machine, TheTime Machine, The (2002)
Dir. Simon Wells
Feat. Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons
Though directed by the great–grandson of H G Wells, this adaptation of the classic sci–fi fable glosses the humbling future vision of a…
Count of Monte Cristo, TheCount of Monte Cristo, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Michael Wincott
Replicating the contemporary–yet–traditional witty action–mix of MASK OF ZORRO, this version of Alexander Dumas’ 19th century…
Hard Word, TheHard Word, The (2002)
Dir. Scott Roberts
Feat. Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Damien Richardson
A lean comic thriller taking its attitude from LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, but given stubbled Aussie charm by leads Guy Pearce and Rachel…
Two BrothersTwo Brothers (2004) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jean Claude Dreyfus
One of the most compelling 'wildlife' films of recent years proffers the tale of two Bengal tiger cubs, orphaned and separated by a remorseless…
Proposition, TheProposition, The (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
Factory GirlFactory Girl (2006)
Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Guy Pearce
Sienna Miller plays the ill–fated Warhol 'superstar' Edie Sedgwick in this flashy, precocious portrait of her rise and fall out of the New York…
First SnowFirst Snow (2006)
Dir. Mark Fergus
Feat. Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner
Fateful neo–noir thriller stars Guy Pearce as a shyster salesman whose life is sent into a paranoid tailspin after a trailer park palm reader…
Death Defying Acts Death Defying Acts (2007)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Saoirse Ronan
Handsomely mounted period romp from Aussie director Gillian Armstrong in which the illustrious escape–artist Harry Houdini (Pearce) becomes…
TraitorTraitor (2008)
Dir. Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Feat. Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui
Don Cheadle stars as a Semtex racketeer selling to the highest bidder – be he CIA or Jihadist – and finds himself a pawn on the twin…
Bedtime StoriesBedtime Stories (2008) Recommended
Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce
Sure–fire Disney high–concept comedy starring Adam Sandler as a baby–sitting uncle whose bedtime stories start to influence his…
Winged CreaturesWinged Creatures (Fragments) (2008)
Dir. Rowan Woods
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce
A tired formula is tackled admirably by Australian dir. Rowan Woods in this high–strung melodrama, revolving around half–a–dozen…
Hurt Locker, TheHurt Locker, The (2008) Recommended
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
Nerve–jangling Iraq War set drama follows a gung–ho bomb disposal expert with a seeming addiction to adrenaline. The most…
Road, TheRoad, The (2009) Recommended
Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Cormac McCarthy’s much–feted novel about the lengths a father goes to protect his son’s innocence in a post–apocalyptic wasteland is…
Animal KingdomAnimal Kingdom (2010) Recommended
Dir. David Michod
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce
The deadly underworld politics of a Melbourne crime family come under the microscope in this outstanding Australian gangland thriller. Framed…
King's Speech, TheKing's Speech, The (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
Justly acclaimed tale of King George VI, his nervy, impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become…
Don't Be Afraid of the DarkDon't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Dir. Troy Nixey
Feat. Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
Guillermo del Toro penned this creepily old fashioned remake of a 1974 TV movie that scared the bejesus out of the Mexican filmmaker as a young boy.…
Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series)Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (2011) Recommended
Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood
Kate Winslet gives a towering performance as the titular housewife of James M. Cain's classic noir novel of Depression Era desperation and…
Seeking JusticeSeeking Justice (2011)
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce
Nicholas Cage enters into an agreement with an organization of vigilantes who offer to avenge a violent crime committed on his wife, only to demand…
PrometheusPrometheus (2012) Recommended
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender
Ridley Scott's return to the ALIEN franchise results in his most visually enthralling film since BLADE RUNNER, with outstanding art direction and…
LockoutLockout (2012)
Dir. James Mather, Stephen St. Leger
Feat. Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare
Guy Pearce chews the scenery in this enjoyable piece of space junk, about a hard–as–nails convict who must escape the confines of a…
LawlessLawless (2012)
Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce
Three ambitious brothers from the south turn to bootlegging, only to come up against the might of powerful urban gangsters in this vivid…
33 Postcards33 Postcards (2012)
Dir. Pauline Chan
Feat. Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan
An affecting, small scale drama of redemption, with Guy Pearce playing a jailed businessman whose sponsored Chinese orphan arrives in Sydney to meet…
Jack Irish: Bad DebtsJack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
Dir. Jeffrey Walker
Feat. Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen
Guy Pearce plays the whiskey–soaked private investigator of the Peter Temple novels whose troubling past resurfaces after the death of an…
Jack Irish: Black TideJack Irish: Black Tide (2012)
Dir. Jeffrey Walker
Feat. Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen
Second Jack Irish film has the beleaguered private investigator on the trail of an old mates missing son, who may have his reasons for disappearing.
Iron Man 3Iron Man 3 (2013)
Dir. Shane Black, Jeff Habberstad
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Robert Downey Jr. returns for a third outing as the power–suited superhero in this latest installment to the Marvel canon.
Breathe InBreathe In (2013)
Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan
The dir. of LIKE CRAZY explores another English–American relationship in this melancholic romance between a British exchange student and the…
Rover, TheRover, The (2014)
Dir. David Michod
Feat. Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy
David Michôd (ANIMAL KINGDOM) directs this searing outback thriller set ten years after a global economic collapse.
ResultsResults (2015)
Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Guy Pearce, Kevin Corrigan, Cobie Smulders
An unorthodox take on the romantic comedy has Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders as personal trainers' whose personal lives are upended by the actions of…
Holding the ManHolding the Man (2015) Recommended
Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce
Moving adaptation of the classic Australian memoir chronicling the 15–year romance between an aspiring actor and the captain of the high school…
EqualsEquals (2015)
Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Guy Pearce
Thoughtful sci–fi drama set in an emotionless utopia with Hoult and Stewart as two people falling in love after they regain their feelings from…
BrimstoneBrimstone (2016)
Dir. Martin Koolhoven
Feat. Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Carice Van Houten
Terrifying western–horror set in a frontier town and following a mute midwife who is terrorised by a malevolent reverend.
Mary Queen of ScotsMary Queen of Scots (2018)
Dir. Josie Rourke
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden
Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are well matched in this period thriller presenting a revisionist, but not overly contentious, account of the fiery…
Swinging SafariSwinging Safari (2018)
Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell
Slap–dash cringe comedy set in suburban Australia in the 1970's, where everyone's lives are disrupted when a 200–ton whale washes up on…
BloodshotBloodshot (2020)
Dir. David S. F. Wilson
Feat. Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan
Superhero movie packed with old–school action, based on the Valiant Comics character of the same name. A Marine (Vin Diesel) is killed in…
Mare of Easttown (TV Mini-series)Mare of Easttown (TV Mini-series) (2021)
Dir. Craig Zobel
Feat. Kate Winslet, Evan Peters, Angourie Rice
Crime series set in rural Pennsylvania following a detective investigating an unsolved murder. Kate Winslet is a triumph in the role of the…

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