John Boorman

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

Dir. John Boorman · With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Dir. Farhad Safinia · With Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer

Arthur fulfills his fate by bringing together the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot and unifying the country. However, this flawed monarch faces greater tests ahead in pursuit of love, the Holy Grail, and his nation's survival.

Dir. John Boorman · With Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

Dir. John Boorman · With Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Vernon

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.

Dir. John Boorman · With Powers Boothe, Charley Boorman, Meg Foster

During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.

Dir. John Boorman · With Lee Marvin, Toshirō Mifune

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

Dir. John Boorman · With Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir, Sarah Miles

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

Dir. John Boorman · With Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

Dir. John Boorman · With Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

Dir. John Boorman · With Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?

Dir. John Boorman · With Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher