Mel Gibson
Director, Actor
Sullivans, The (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Mel Gibson
- Long–running Australian series set during WW2 Melbourne that became an iconic, antipodean version of THE WALTONS, eventually running to 1114…
Summer City (1977)
- Dir. Christopher Fraser
Feat. Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, John Jarratt
- The exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Unfortunately the fun takes a serious turn when they…
Tim (1979)
- Dir. Michael Pate
Feat. Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie
- Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie are the young simpleton and older woman drawn together in this adaptation of Colleen McCullough's first novel.
Mad Max (1979)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley…
- Mel Gibson made his international splash in an apocalyptic, futuristic actioner charged with a fierce energy that only a paltry budget can bring.…
Gallipoli (1981)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Mark Lee
- Well–crafted, intoxicating depiction of the Gallipoli landings in WWI with a boyish Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as youthful idealists who enlist as…
Mad Max II - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
- Studio–backed sequel retains the integrity of the first while sprucing up the artillery, pyrotechnics and going for a more futuristic style.…
Attack Force Z (1982)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
- Manly, gung–ho war vehicle stars fresh–faced Australasians Mel Gibson and Sam Neill as commandos dispatched to rescue survivors of a…
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1983)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt…
- Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
Bounty, The (1984)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier…
- Robert Bolt’s (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) version of the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ tale of Fletcher Christian’s (Mel Gibson) mutiny…
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine…
- Sombre though interesting drama set in 1901 Pittsburgh about a woman who helps one of the inmates of her prison warden husband.
River, The (1984)
- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, Scott Glenn
- A handsomely–shot epic set around a struggling Midwest farming couple who must battle the elements and local land barons to survive on their…
Mad Max III - Beyond Thunderdome (Mad Max 3) (1985)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence
- Tina Turner's appearance as Mel Gibson's foe in this third of the series, signalled a vie for a broader audience, but the hyper–kinetic battle…
Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Lethal Weapon Legacy (Lethal Weapon 1-4) (1987-1998)
- Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
- All four outings for Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched cops.
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Wandering yet amiable thriller replicates the trashy romanticism of Old Hollywood, with drug–dealer Mel Gibson trying to go straight under the…
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci…
- Riggs and Murtaugh are back in a slicker, crasser, bigger–budget sequel, the hallmarks of Bond–style franchise fare. With Mel Gibson,…
Bird On a Wire (1990)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine…
- Mel Gibson plays a protected witness who is wanted by some nasty crooks for putting them behind bars.
Hamlet (1990)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates…
- Mel Gibson pulls off a creditable lead performance as the melancholy Dane, certainly aided by the director's eye for detail, and top supporting…
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo
- More Mel Gibson and Danny Glover – it's another action–packed, fast–paced and amusing ensemble of good–guy/bad–guy…
Forever Young (1993)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis
- 1930s test pilot Mel Gibson loses his great love and volunteers for a cryogenics experiment. Fast forward fifty years, enter Jamie Lee Curtis and son…
Man Without a Face, The (1993)
- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Mel Gibson
- Mel Gibson directs his first film, playing a guy with only half a pretty face. The other half is deformed, but inside lies an astute academic, a…
Maverick (1994)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner
- The popular TV Western is refried with Mel Gibson as the carefree card–shark, Jodie Foster his not–too–bright love interest and…
Braveheart (1995)
- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan…
- Mel Gibson stars in and directs this illustrious historical account of the struggle of William Wallace, a common Scot who initiated a revolt against…
Ransom (1996)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise…
- Kidnappers post a nasty ultimatum to airline mogul Mel Gibson, who didn't get to where he is today by responding kindly to threats.
Hi–gloss…
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts
- Mel Gibson plays a conspiracy–obsessed psychiatric patient, who bends the sympathetic ear of lawyer Julia Roberts, and uncovers a real one. A…
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci…
- Mel and Danny couldn't refuse the pay–cheque for this fourth and biggest–grossing outing yet, which at least has Hong Kong's Jet Li to…
Payback (1998)
- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Mel Gibson, Deborah Kara Unger
- Mel Gibson gets to behave badly as an indestructible armed robber who gets carried away on a sadistic get–even mission against a crime…
Million Dollar Hotel, The (1999)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich…
- Dir. Wim Wenders (WINGS OF DESIRE) works–up his latest narrative of modern alienation in the scuzzy, titular hotel (which actually exists in…
Patriot, The (2000)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson…
- Mel Gibson transplants the patriotic, anti–English fervour of BRAVEHEART into an American Revolutionary setting, playing real–life…
Chicken Run (2000)
- Dir. Nick Park, Peter Lord
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson
- Britain's Aardman animation studio make the feature film leap with the aid of Hollywood and pull it off with wit and spirit in tact, while making…