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Miranda Otto

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InitiationInitiation (1987)
Dir. Michael Pearce
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Rodney Harvey, Anna-Maria Winchester
Oddball coming of age tale with a young American venturing to the outback to reunite with his estranged father – a drug trafficker.
Sex Is a Four Letter WordSex Is a Four Letter Word (1994)
Dir. Murray Fahey
Feat. Joy Smithers, Mark Lee, Miranda Otto
A love columnist holds a dinner party for six young Ozzies, ostensibly to source material for her spicy novel. Low budget comedy–drama.
Love SerenadeLove Serenade (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Shirley Barrett
Feat. George Shetsov, Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith
Two sisters fall for a middle–aged, schmoozing radio–jock in this perfectly measured Australian comedy set in a tinpot outback town.…
True Love and ChaosTrue Love and Chaos (1997)
Dir. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto
A half–baked script straight out of the same Melbourne film school that produced LOVE & OTHER CATASTROPHES leaves an Aussie brat–pack…
Well, TheWell, The (1997)
Dir. Samantha Lang
Feat. Miranda Otto, Pamela Rabe
Evocative Gothic psychodrama, firmly in the Jane Campion mould, effectively explores the dark side of female relationships in ominous blue–grey…
Doing Time for Patsy ClineDoing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
Dir. Chris Kennedy
Feat. Miranda Otto, Matt Day, Richard Roxburgh
A quietly inspired drama, set around the journey of an Australian lad (Day) towards Country Music fame in Nashville, who becomes waylaid by a curious…
Dead Letter OfficeDead Letter Office (1998)
Dir. John Ruane
Feat. Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto impresses as a perky lonely–heart who's lifelong search for her missing father resumes when she gets a job at the postal Dead…
In the Winter DarkIn the Winter Dark (1998)
Dir. James Bogle
Feat. Miranda Otto, Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett
The spooky qualities of the Australian Outback enhance this tale from Tim Winton's novel, which has an unknown marauder attacking stock in a remote…
KinKin (1999)
Dir. Elanie Proctor
Feat. Miranda Otto, Isaiah Washington, Chris Chameleon
A game–keeper of elephants in the Namibian desert, Miranda Otto hovers between passions for brother Chris Chameleon and American newcomer…
Human NatureHuman Nature (2001) Recommended
Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Patricia Arquette
An odd yet amusing burlesque from the makers of BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, presenting a wildly contrived scenario as an excuse to examine the comedy of…
The Way We Live NowThe Way We Live Now (2001)
Dir. David Yates
Feat. David Suchet, Matthew MacFadyen, Shirley Henderson
The rise and fall of a Jewish financer is laid bare by the masterful pen of Anthony Trollope. David Suchet broadly, if unlikeably encompasses the…
Lord of the Rings - The Two TowersLord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Edition)Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and dramatic…
HypnoticHypnotic (Doctor Sleep) (2002)
Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson
The smouldering Visnjic (THE DEEP END) plays a hypnotherapist who has the gift of receiving startling visualisations from the minds of his…
Lord of the Rings - The Return of the KingLord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
Peter Jackson's adaptation of J R R Tolkien's fantasy trilogy of 'Middle Earth' reaches its spectacular climax, drawing the story–threads…
Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Extended Edition)Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Extended Edition) (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
The final installment in Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy classic. This version includes an extra 45 minutes of footage.
In My Father's DenIn My Father's Den (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Brad McGann
Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Emily Barclay, Miranda Otto
Achieving a new high watermark in production terms at least, this vivid New Zealand melodrama harnesses the complexities of Maurice Gee's…
Flight of the PhoenixFlight of the Phoenix (2004)
Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Miranda Otto
Workmanlike remake of the 1965 Aldrich near–classic, in which a plainload of oilworkers crashland in the desert (here the Gobi), leaving them…
Healer, TheHealer, The (Julie Walking Home) (2004)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau
A crisis of family and faith challenges this distilled drama of a woman’s pilgrimage to Poland in search of a mysterious healer failing modern…
War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds (2005)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto
Dynamic and intense re–imagining of H.G. Wells sci–fi staple (for its first half at least), in which hostile aliens invade Earth in…
Starter Wife, The (Mini-Series)Starter Wife, The (Mini-Series) (2007)
Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Debra Messing, Miranda Otto, Judy Davis
Attractive, summery affair concerns a pampered Hollywood trophy wife (Messing) who must get back on the horse after her marriage comes abruptly to an…
Cashmere Mafia (TV Series) Cashmere Mafia (TV Series) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto, Frances O’Connor
Short–lived drama series centred on four career hungry New York friends who turn to each other in times of personal and professional crisis.…
BlessedBlessed (2009)
Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Miranda Otto, Frances O’Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness
Four vivid stories of mothers and their children are interwoven in this confronting drama set in Melbourne's outer suburbs, blessed by the acting…
South SolitarySouth Solitary (2010)
Dir. Shirley Barrett
Feat. Miranda Otto, Marton Csokas, Barry Otto
The dir. of Australian gem LOVE SERENADE returns with this windswept drama about an unmarried woman's (Miranda Otto) stay at a remote lighthouse.
Turning, TheTurning, The (2013) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving
Tim Winton's epic collection of short stories is adapted into 17 distinct yet interlocking narratives about the turning points in a spectrum of…
Reaching for the MoonReaching for the Moon (2013)
Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Gloria Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf
A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
I, FrankensteinI, Frankenstein (2013)
Dir. Stuart Beattie
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto
Chaotic and at times incoherent action fantasy following Frankenstein's creature Adam in the centuries old war to prevent evil demons from taking…
Homesman, TheHomesman, The (2014) Recommended
Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer
Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
Daughter, TheDaughter, The (2015)
Dir. Simon Stone
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Paul Schneider
Australian melodrama based on Henrik Ibsen's play "The Wild Duck", in which a prodigal son's return home to a small logging town reveals a dark…
Annabelle: CreationAnnabelle: Creation (2017)
Dir. David F. Sandberg
Feat. Stephanie Sigman, Jason Bateman, Lulu Wilson
A "return to form" for THE CONJURING franchise (after the egregious ANNABELLE), this prequel featuring the eponymous possessed doll tormenting a nun…

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