Sam Neill

Director, Actor

Films to Rent

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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…
Victory (1996): Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill…; Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
Event Horizon (1997): Dir. Paul Anderson
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill; This sleek monstrosity is worth a look for some reasonably scary special effects or if you just want reminding of what a masterpiece ALIEN really is.…
Century of Cinema - Australia / NZ / UK (1997): Dir. George Miller, Sam Neill, Stephen Frears; Director George Miller (MAD MAX) construes his own personal perspective on the history of Australian cinema and its wider cultural meanings. Perhaps…
Merlin (1998): Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Rutger Hauer…; Playing the titular wizard, Sam Neill lends his talents to a well thought–out, monster–filled variation on the King Arthur cycle. Other…
Horse Whisperer, The (1998): Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson…; A modern–day 'horse opera' saddles up with Robert Redford both directing and starring in the title role of an appropriately handsome version of…
Bicentennial Man (1999): Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz; The indefatigable Robin Williams extends his range into the robotic, playing a household android who, over the course of 200 years learns what it is…
Molokai - The Story of Father Damien (1999): Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. David Wenham, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…; An earnest account of a Belgian priest’s heroic efforts in the Hawaiian leper colony of Molokai in the 1870s, distinguished by its intriguing tale…
My Mother Frank (2000): Dir. Mark Lamprell
Feat. Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill, Sacha Horler…; Sober comedy with an 'it's never too late' theme, is nicely done despite some rather convenient plotting. Mother and widow Sinead Cusack decides…
Dish, The (2000): Dir. Rob Sitch
Feat. Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Harrington…; Another endearing tale from the creators of much–adored THE CASTLE, based on real events that involved small–town Aussies in the…
Space (TV Series) (2000): Feat. Sam Neill; Sam Neill conducts a tour of Outer Space and some of the phenomenon of this vast (indeed possibly infinite) region. Broadly examines galactic and…
Sally Hemings - An American Scandal (Mini Series) (2000): Dir. Charles Haid
Feat. Sam Neill, Carmen Ejogo; Provocative mini–series telling the allegedly true story of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's thirty–eight year affair with…
Magic Pudding, The (2000): Feat. Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving…; Based on Norman Lindsay's hilarious classic book about Albert, a magic pudding and his three companions who must defend him against the Pudding…
Jurassic Park 3 (2001): Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy…; Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
Zookeeper, The (2001): Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen…; A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
Dirty Deeds (2002): Dir. David Caesar
Feat. Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Sam Neill…; A brassy Aussie cousin to SNATCH, this fun Aussie thriller sees the thriving criminal empire of Bryan Brown in late 60s Sydney scouted by Mafia…
Sweet Revenge (The Revenger's Comedies) (2002): Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas…; A blackly comic caper, this adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s “Revenger’s Comedies” concerns two would–be suicides who, on…
Doctor Zhivago (TV Series) (2003): Dir. Giacomo Campiotti
Feat. Sam Neill, Keira Knightley, Kris Marshall…; A 'Masterpiece Theatre' adaptation of Pasternak's novel of Tsarist Russia. Generally more complete and faithful than the Lean version, but less…
Perfect Strangers (2003): Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck; Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
Wimbledon (2004): Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Paul Bettany, Kirsten Dunst, Robert Lindsay…; The producers of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL et al replay the Anglo–American romance formula, appealingly set in the world of professional…
Stiff (2004): Dir. John Clarke
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, Sam Neill; Superior telemovie adaptation from the popular crime novel series by Shane Maloney, based around a shambling but effective government advisor…
Brush Off, The (2004): Dir. Sam Neill
Feat. David Wenham, Mick Molloy, John Clarke…; David Wenham returns as the untidy Melbourne official from STIFF who in this story becomes an effective, if bruised detective tracking a case of a…
Colin McCahon: I Am (2004): Dir. Paul Swadel
Feat. Sam Neill; A sterling examination of the life and work of New Zealand's most renowned modern artist, Colin McCahon, who was born in 1919 and blossomed into a…
Yes (2004): Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill…; Love and politics are brilliantly and inextricably entwined in this daringly original drama that sees a middle–aged American woman fall out of…
Little Fish (2005): Dir. Rowan Woods
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving…; Another bleakly intense and beautiful drama from the dir. of THE BOYS, here depicting the efforts of a heroin addict (Blanchett) to put her life back…
Triangle, The (TV Mini-series) (2005): Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips…; Three part miniseries produced by sci–fi aficionado BRYAN SINGER (X MEN), following a crew of specialists who attempt to uncover the truths…
Irresistible (2006): Dir. Ann Turner
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt; Susan Sarandon feels the wrath of Emily Blunt in this Hitchcockian fable of one woman's struggle to prevent her life from being overtaken by another.…
Merlin's Apprentice (2006): Feat. Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson; Fantastical sequel to the popular mini–series version of MERLIN, this also stars Sam Neill as the legendary wizard, now mentoring a young…
Angel (2007): Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Sam Neill, Lucy Russell…; Pretty costume drama follows the fortunes of an aspiring lady writer in Edwardian England. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Taylor (MRS PALFREY AT…
Tudors, The (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Johnathon Rhys-Myers, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill…; Top–rating British costume drama brings to noughties audiences the rollicking, bed–hopping, head–lopping early years of the court…
Dean Spanley (2008): Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole…; This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
Skin (2008): Dir. Anthony Fabian
Feat. Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige…; Stirring biopic of a black girl born to two white parents in Apartheid era South Africa.
Crusoe (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Philip Winchester, Tongayi Chirisa, Sam Neill…; Lavishly mounted, if undeniably corny production of Daniel Defoe’s island classic, with the titular castaway fending off pirates, mutineers and…
Under the Mountain (2009): Dir. Jonathan King
Feat. Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, Sam Neill…; The special effects are right up to spec, and it's a step up for the director of BLACK SHEEP, but in souping up its source material for a teenage…
Daybreakers (2009): Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill…; Inventive take on the vampire genre has a world populated with the fanged undead facing a food shortage with the human population rapidly dwindling.…
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga' Hoole (2010): Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren…; A young owl who is abducted by an evil Owl army, and must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.…
Hunter, The (2011): Dir. Daniel Nettheim
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O’Connor…; Willem Dafoe plays a mercenary sent to hunt for an endangered Tasmanian tiger in this sparse, psychological showcase of the Australian wilderness.
Vow, The (2012): Dir. Michael Sucsy
Feat. Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange…; More fodder for helpless romantics, with beefcake romeo Channing Tatum losing his new bride (Rachel McAdams, naturally) to amnesia via a car…
Alcatraz (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill…; A short–lived but engrossing policier with a mystery hook – a la LOST – which re–imagines San Francisco's Alcatraz prison as…
Harry (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu…; Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
Escape Plan (2013): Dir. Mikael Håfström
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent…; When a structural–security authority (Stallone) finds himself incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his…
Adventurer, The - The Curse of the Midas Box (2013): Dir. Jonathan Newman
Feat. Aneurin Barnard, Lena Headey, Sam Neill…; Spiffy period adventure set in Victorian England about a teenager racing to find the eponymous 'Midas Box', a treasure which can turn any object to…
Peaky Blinders (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory…; A gangster epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy…
A Long Way Down (2014): Dir. Pascal Chaumeil
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots…; Four lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul–mouthed teen, an isolated single mother and a solipsistic muso – decide to end…
Why ANZAC with Sam Neill (Tides of Blood) (2015): Feat. Sam Neill; Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths. From the Gallipoli…
Daughter, 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…
And Then There Were None (Mini-series) (2015): Feat. Douglas Booth, Charles Dance, Maeve Dermody…; A three–part miniseries based on the popular Agatha Christie novel, perhaps her darkest and most sinister work. Ten strangers are invited to an…
Backtrack (2015): Dir. Michael Petroni
Feat. Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, George Shevtsov…; Australian paranormal thriller about a psychotherapist (Adrian Brody) who is plagued by sinister visions after the death of his daughter. Returning…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016): Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata…; A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series) (2016): Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill…; A four–part dramatisation of how a penniless, ostracised archaeologist named Howard Carter became a household name following his discovery of…
Tommy's Honour (2016): Dir. Jason Connery
Feat. Jack Lowden, Peter Mullan, Sam Neill…; Father and son camaraderie and rivalry lies at the heart of this bittersweet tale of the real–life founders of the modern game of golf set in…
Sweet Country (2017): Dir. Warwick Thornton
Feat. Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown…; A sparse and beautifully shot film from the director of SAMSON AND DELILAH, telling a profound morality tale of almost biblical proportions, and…
Commuter, The (2018): Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Feat. Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson…; A breakneck thriller starring latterday action man Liam Neeson, who here plays an insurance salesman who is unwittingly recruited into a murder…
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018): Feat. Sam Neill; 250 years after Captain James Cook began his epic exploration of the Pacific, Sam Neill journeys in the wake, uncovering stories that resonate from…
Palm Beach (2019): Dir. Rachel Ward
Feat. Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Aaron Jeffery…; Veteran Australian actor Rachel Ward directs this ensemble comedy in which lifelong friends of a privileged class reunite for a party at Sydney's…
Ride Like a Girl (2019): Dir. Rachel Griffiths
Feat. Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton; Gritty and passionate racing drama based on the true story of jockey Michelle Payne, who fulfilled a life–long dream of winning the Melbourne…
Blackbird (2019): Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska…; An effective remake of the 2014 Danish drama SILENT HEART (2014), with Susan Sarandon playing a terminally ill mother who arranges to bring her…
Rams (2020): Dir. Jeremy Sims
Feat. Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson…; Aussie re–imagining of the hit Icelandic comedy RAMS (2016), with Sam Neill the obvious choice to play a farmer in a decades long war with his…
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022): Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern…; This Jurassic franchise has finally gone full flintstones. Dinosaurs and Humans coexisting together all over the planet. Numerous homages to…

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