Sam Neill
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
- Sleeping Dogs (1977)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
- Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
- My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill
- Landmark Australian film, with Judy Davis as a determinedly independent femme in the late 19th century. From the novel by Miles Franklin.
- Lucinda Brayford (TV Mini Series) (1980)
- Dir. John Gauci
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill
- Australian mini–series based on the novel by Martin Boyd, and depicting the span of generations of a family of English emigrees in the late…
- Possession (1981)
- Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani
- Brazenly over–the–top tale of domestic disharmony and demon possession, infamous for an incredibly mannered performance by Sam Neill and…
- Final Conflict, The (The Omen III) (1981)
- Dir. Graham Baker
Feat. Sam Neill
- Anti–christ Damien Thorn is now a 33–year–old corporate tycoon planning a diabolical takeover bid. This installment has the…
- 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…
- Enigma (1982)
- Feat. Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey…
- Iron curtain defector Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) returns to East Germany on a CIA mission to save five dissidents by stealing an exemplary of the…
- Reilly Ace Of Spies (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson…
- Quintessential 1980s mini–series follows the adventures of a real life British superspy Sidney Reilly in the turbulent Russia, Europe and Asia…
- Plenty (1985)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill…
- Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
- Robbery Under Arms (1985)
- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. Sam Neill
- Rollicking outback western with our Sam Neill as a charismatic bushranger at the head of a wild colonial gang in search of love, loot and adventure.…
- Kane And Abel (Mini-series) (1985)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Strauss, Ron Silver
- Based on the epic best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, about two ambitious men born on the same day on either side of the Atlantic, one to a…
- Umbrella Woman, The (1986)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Rachel Ward, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown
- Smalltown adultery in 30s Australia, with Rachel Ward and Sam Neill.
- Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) (1988)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, Sam Neill
- Jack–of–all–accents, Meryl Streep, does wonders as Lindy Chamberlain, the woman accused of murdering her child in the Australian…
- Dead Calm (1989)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane
- A married couple are terrorised by a charmer with a bad case of sea–stroke in this riveting sea–bound thriller. A unique genre entry with…
- Death in Brunswick (1990)
- Dir. John Ruane
Feat. Sam Neill, John Clarke
- Sam Neill gets himself into deep water when he lands a job in a seedy nightclub, falls in love, but unwittingly gets caught up in ethnic…
- Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Sean Connery, Adam Baldwin, Scott Glenn…
- Sean Connery plays a renegade Soviet captain of a high–tech submarine who deviates into Western waters. Is he hostile or is he trying to…
- Until the End of the World (1991)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill
- Wim Wenders dream project, shot in nine countries, concerns global ambling at the end of the millenium before developing its best idea about…
- One Against the Wind (1991)
- Dir. Larry Elikann
Feat. Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Anthony Higgins…
- Judy Davis gives a typically gutsy performance in this drama set during the Nazi occupation of France and based on the true story of a British Red…
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill…
- 'Straight' comic vehicle for Chevy Chase in which he plays a womanising stock–broker blessed/cursed with invisibity. Blessed with some great,…
- Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (1992)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Sam Neill, Jon Voight, Tony Barry…
- Telemovie enactment of the French–sponsored bombing of the Greenpeace vessel ' Rainbow Warrior' in 1984. Solidly dramatised with Neill and…
- Piano, The (1993)
- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin…
- A romantic masterpiece set in pioneering New Zealand worthy of its reputation and phenomenal success. Worth a second glance for the cast's impeccable…
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum…
- Richard Attenborough's eccentric billionaire has perfected his tropical island themepark. With cutting edge science; he has revived the dinosaurs!…
- Sirens (1994)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Hugh Grant, Sam Neill, Elle MacPherson…
- Catholic minister Hugh Grant and wife are sent to rural Australia to dissuade renegade artist Sam Neill from painting 'pornography'. As an 'Elle…
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Sam Neill
- Sam Neill is uncannily good as an insurance investigator who uncovers a diabolical alternate reality when he is sent to locate a vanished…
- Jungle Book, The (1994)
- Dir. Stephen Sommers
Feat. Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey…
- Disney's live–action rendering of the adventures of Mowgli is a treat, with Jason Scott Lee perfectly cast as the adult jungle boy. Spectacular…
- Country Life (1994)
- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, Kerry Fox
- Yet another version of Uncle Vanya, this time set 'out back' in WWI–era New South Wales, and providing some interesting comparisons between…
- Restoration (1995)
- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Sam Neill, Meg Ryan…
- Golden–age English past is again revisited, to when debauched King Charles II was re–throned and decadence reigned. Robert Downey Jnr,…
- Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Dir. Peter Duncan
Feat. Judy Davis, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Neill
- An eclectic, ambitious black comedy based on a highly fictional premise – Stalin's son rises through the ranks in Australian politics.…
- Snow White in the Black Forest (A Tale of Terror) (1996)
- Dir. Michael Cohn
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill
- A Brothers Grimm fairytale more grim than fairy–ish. Sigourney Weaver steps into the wicked–stepmother robes for a nice little bedtime…
- In Cold Blood (1996)
- Dir. Jonathan Kaplan
Feat. Sam Neill, Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts
- Mini–series adaptation of Truman Capote's novel about the real–life murders of a family in a sleepy Kansas town. Solid but not a patch on…