Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Peter Weir has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2010s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Dead Poets Society.
1998
Drama
The Truman Show
1998 · Movie · Director
Top 1%MGM+ · Included
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 10%Apple TV+ · Included
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Movie · Director
Top 26%Max · Included
The Way Back
2010 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 36%Mubi · Included
The Last Wave
1977 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 56%Max · Included
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?
Dir. Peter Weir · With Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell, Bebe Neuwirth
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
Dir. Peter Weir · With Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage. As he becomes entangled in the town’s routines, tensions between its residents and a rebellious group of youths begin to surface.
Dir. Peter Weir · With John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles
